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How to Roast Tomatillos - RECIPE
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How to Roast Tomatillos

Roasting tomatillos is easy and ideal for making sauces, salsas, and more. Learn how to roast them in the oven and broiler.
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine American, Mexican
Keyword tomatillos
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 12 tomatillos

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Baking Sheet

Ingredients

  • 12 tomatillos
  • Olive oil or spray oil

Instructions

HOW TO ROAST TOMATILLOS IN THE BROILER

  • First, preheat your oven to broil.
  • Next, peel off the outer brown skin that wraps the tomatillos and discard. Rinse the tomatillos.
  • Slice the tomatillos in half through the horizontal center (not up and down) and arrange on a large baking dish with the skin sides up. Spray lightly with oil.
  • Bake about 12 minutes until skin side is blistering.
  • Lastly, remove and cool before using.

HOW TO ROAST TOMATILLOS IN THE OVEN

  • First, preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
  • Next, peel off the outer brown skin that wraps the tomatillos and discard. Rinse the tomatillos.
  • Slice the tomatillos in half through the horizontal center (not up and down) and arrange on a large baking dish with the skin sides up. Spray lightly with oil.
  • Bake about 20 minutes until skin side is blistering and the tomatillos are nice and soft.
  • Lastly, remove and cool before using.

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Notes

NOTE: The tomatillos will be very soft at this point.