The humble tomatillo is good for so much more than salsa verde, and we have the recipes to prove it. Paul Stephen is a food writer for the Express-News. He can be reached at [email protected].

Brandon V. Williams won first place earlier this month in the annual salsa contest at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Farmers Market with this recipe for salsa verde. Salsa verde features green ...

You may be initially intimidated by tomatillos when you first see them in the supermarket. Hiding a bright green fruit similar to a tiny green tomato, their papery greenish-brown husk gives them an ...

Traditional salsa verde recipes are purely plant-based, but vegan chef Jocelyn Ramirez brings even more depth to her version with the addition of dried shiitake mushroom powder. You can make it simply ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn — I love salsa year round, but there's something about making it from fresh local produce. It tastes so much better! I’m on Week Five of my CSA at Untiedt's Vegetable Farm out of ...

One of our most underused vegetables is the tomatillo. True, it’s a basic ingredient in salsa verde and chile verde, but its acidic tang can brighten dishes across the culinary spectrum, too, not just ...

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Properties: Though they look like green tomatoes, they are firmer and have a different flavor. Look for firm tomatillos that fill the papery husk to the point of pushing at the edges. Uses: Can be ...