GREEN SAUCE WITH AVOCADO

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Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories easy, quick, condiments, dips and spreads

Time 15m

Yield About 2 1/2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
1 small white onion, coarsely chopped
2 fresh serrano or jalapeño chilies, or to taste, stemmed, seeded and coarsely chopped
6 to 8 tomatillos (about 1/2 pound), husks removed, and quartered
1 ripe avocado
8 to 10 cilantro sprigs.

Steps:

In a food processor or with mortar and pestle, process or pound the garlic and salt to a paste. Add onion, chilies and tomatillos; pulse in processor, or pound to make a slightly chunky paste.
Scoop out the avocado flesh. For a smooth, machine-finished purée, add it and the cilantro to the processor, and process very fine. To do it by hand, finely chop the avocado, and mash it into the onion-tomatillo mixture; stir in cilantro leaves. (For a medium texture, pour the machine-processed onion-tomatillo mixture into a bowl, and mix in the chopped avocado and cilantro.)
Serve immediately as a dip or a sauce with chips or vegetables.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 89, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 8 grams, Fat 6 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 2 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 257 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams