Salsa Verde With Toasted Breadcrumbs Recipes

SALSA VERDE WITH TOASTED BREADCRUMBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Bake bread on a rimmed baking sheet 5 minutes to dry out. Let cool.
• Heat 1/4 cup oil in a medium skillet over medium. Add bread and cook, tossing and shaking pan often, until golden and crisp, about 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer croutons to paper towels to drain; season with salt and let cool. Transfer croutons to a medium bowl and crush using your hands or a metal spoon until finely ground. Set aside.
• Using the side of a chef's knife, mash anchovies, garlic, and capers to a paste on a cutting board. Transfer anchovy mixture to a medium bowl. Add vinegar and let sit 10 minutes. Stir in parsley and remaining 3/4 cup oil.
• To serve, mix breadcrumbs into salsa verde; season with salt and pepper.
• Breadcrumbs can be made 1 day ahead; store airtight at room temperature. Salsa verde (without breadcrumbs) can be made 4 hours ahead; cover and chill.

GRILLED EGGPLANT WITH TOASTED-BREADCRUMB SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375°F. Put the breadcrumbs in a pie plate or on a small rimmed baking sheet, drizzle 1/2 Tbs. of the olive oil on top, and mix well to evenly coat the crumbs. Spread the crumbs and toast in the oven, stirring occasionally, until very crisp and golden brown, about 12 minutes. Let cool.
• Combine the shallot, vinegar, and a pinch of salt in a small bowl. Let sit for at least 10 minutes and up to 2 hours.
• Combine the remaining 1/4 cup oil with the herbs, capers, and anchovy in a medium bowl. Set aside until ready to serve.
• Prepare a medium-high charcoal or gas grill fire. Brush both sides of the eggplant slices with olive oil and season with salt. Grill (covered on a gas grill; uncovered on a charcoal grill) until golden-brown grill marks form, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn the eggplant and grill until tender and well marked on the second sides, 3 to 4 minutes more. The interior should be grayish and soft rather than white and hard.
• Just before serving, combine the shallot mixture and the toasted breadcrumbs with the herb mixture. If the salsa seems too dry, add a bit more olive oil. Season to taste with more salt or vinegar, if necessary-it should have a nice acidic kick. Spoon the salsa verde on top of grilled eggplant slices or serve on the side.

ROASTED SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Lay tomatillos, Anaheim peppers, onions, jalapeno peppers, and garlic on a large rimmed baking sheet.
• Broil in the preheated oven until tomatillos release their juices, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove tomatillos and garlic from the baking sheet; flip Anaheim peppers, jalapeno peppers, and onions and return to the oven. Continue to broil until peppers are blackened, about 5 minutes more. Remove from the oven and let cool until safe to handle, about 5 minutes.
• Peel away blackened parts from vegetables without taking off too much flesh. Transfer tomatillos, Anaheim peppers, onions, jalapeno peppers, garlic, cilantro, lemon juice, and salt to a food processor and pulse until well combined and chopped. Refrigerate salsa until cold, at least 30 minutes.

ROASTED SPICY SALSA VERDE

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil the grate.
• Lay the poblano peppers, serrano peppers, and tomatillos on the hot grill, and cook, turning every 2 minutes, until the pepper skins are evenly charred and blackened, and the tomatillos have turned pale yellow and started to ooze juice, about 10 minutes. Remove the vegetables from the grill.
• Scrape off most of the burned pepper skin, cut the stems off, cut the peppers in half the long way, and remove the seeds.
• Place the onion and garlic in the work bowl of a food processor, and pulse about 4 times to chop. Drop in the peppers, pulse 4 times to roughly chop, and add the tomatillos and salt. Pulse 4 or more times to the desired smoothness, and stir in the cilantro.