Gregs Green Sauce Recipes

CREAMY GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion, jalapeno pepper, and garlic until onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, tomatillos, avocado, and water to onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until tomatoes are softened and liquid has evaporated, about 15 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool slightly.
• Blend tomato mixture, sour cream, cilantro, and salt together in a food processor or blender, working in batches if necessary, until sauce is smooth.

FRANKFURT'S FAMOUS GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a medium bowl, mash egg yolks with oil and mix to form a smooth paste. Add a teaspoon or two of lemon juice.
• Mix in quark, yogurt, and sour cream. Add herbs and then season to taste with pepper, salt, and lemon juice.
• Transfer to a food processor or blender and process until herbs are reduced to very small pieces and cream is bright green. You can choose to sieve the mixture into a bowl to remove large pieces of herb or egg yolk.
• Serve cold over hot, boiled potatoes and hard-cooked eggs.

GREEN CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the oil. When hot, add the onions and jalapeno and saute until just starting to caramelize, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute more.
• Reduce the heat to medium, sprinkle the onion mixture with the flour and stir constantly until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add the reserved liquid from the chiles, 1 cup water, the vinegar and salt and stir until the liquid is smooth and all the flour is dissolved.
• Add the chiles and pepper and simmer for 5 to 6 minutes. Puree in a blender, or with a stick blender, and add the lime juice. Adjust to taste for salt and pepper. Refrigerate for up to 1 week.

SPICY GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and red-pepper flakes.

ALL-PURPOSE GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• Place herbs, garlic and pepper in a food processor or blender, and pulse to combine, stopping to scrape down the sides of the container if necessary.
• Add yogurt and purée until smooth. (This may take a minute or so; scrape down the sides of the container as needed.) With the motor running, gradually drizzle in the olive oil. Pulse in lemon zest and salt. Taste and add more salt if needed.
• Use immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Spoon over grilled or roasted chicken, seafood (especially shrimp and salmon), sausages, steaks, lamb chops and vegetables. Use as a marinade for chicken, lamb or pork; as a dressing for starchy salads with beans, potatoes or grains, or for hearty vegetable salads, like those with cucumbers or blanched and sliced sugar snap peas or green beans. Serve as a dip for crudité or chips. Spread in roast beef, lamb or pork sandwiches.

ALI'S GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• Place tomatoes, tomatillos, garlic, and jalapenos in a saucepan, and add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook for 15 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Remove from heat, drain, and allow to cool.
• Place avocados, the cooked vegetables, sour cream, and cilantro in a blender or food processor, and blend until smooth. Season to taste with salt. Cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve.

GREG'S GOOD AS GOLD SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large Dutch over or stock pot with heat set at medium.
• Add the diced garlic, diced onions and sliced mushroom and brown.
• Add the ground beef and Italian sausage with the skins peeled off it links.
• Crumble the meat as you are browning over a medium to medium high heat.
• Brown till there is no pink on meat.
• Add the cans Italian tomatoes, tomato puree a tomato paste and the sliced olive and mix well.
• Use a little water to clean cans and add to sauce.
• Add the dry red wine.
• Add the basil, oregano, parsley, red peper flakes, thyme, paprika, sugar, salt and bay leaf.
• Allow the spices to cook in and let simmer on medium-low heat covered.
• I normally let sauce simmer for 2 to 4 hours.
• Boil water and cook thin spaghetti per instruction.
• Remove the bay leaf Garnish the top with grated Romano or parmesan cheese.

GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• Remove husks and stems from tomatillos. Place whole tomatillos in a sauce pan, cover with water and bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes or until easily pierced with a fork. Drain the water and allow to cool.
• Place tomatillos, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, and salt in a food processor or blender. Blend until smooth.
• Stir in sour cream and avocado and blend again until smooth.

GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Place the onion, garlic, and chiles on a baking sheet. Broil for 4 minutes, or until charred and blistered. Discard the garlic skin. Place the onion, garlic, and chiles in a blender jar with the tomatillos, peanuts, salt, and broth. Blend until smooth.

GREG'S GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine in blender until smooth.
• Serve with tortillas chips.