This oven roasted salsa verde is a vibrant, smoky, and flavorful green salsa that’s easy to make at home using fresh tomatillos, jalapeños, and aromatic herbs. Roasting the ingredients in the oven enhances their natural flavors, adding a delicious depth and slight char that takes this classic Mexican salsa to the next level. Perfect for dipping chips, topping tacos, or spicing up your favorite dishes, this salsa verde is fresh, tangy, and packed with flavor.

What makes this salsa verde recipe special is the roasting process, which intensifies the sweetness of the tomatillos and adds a subtle smoky note from the charred jalapeños and garlic. Blended together with fresh cilantro, lime juice, and seasonings, it creates a perfectly balanced salsa that’s both bright and complex. This versatile salsa can be used as a condiment, marinade, or sauce, making it a staple in any kitchen.

This easy oven roasted salsa verde is quick to prepare and stores well in the refrigerator, allowing you to enjoy its fresh flavors for days. Whether you’re planning a Mexican-themed dinner, need a flavorful dip, or want to elevate everyday meals, this salsa verde recipe is a must-try. It’s a crowd-pleasing favorite that adds a burst of freshness and spice to any dish.

Oven Roasted Salsa Verde

Recipe by SamCourse: Dinner, Dips, Lunch

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Ingredients

7 tomatillos
1/2 sweet onion
1-2 jalapenos (depending on preferred spice level, can omit entirely)
4 garlic cloves
1/4 cup packed cilantro
1 can green chiles
Cumin, salt, pepper, lime (all to taste)
Olive oil

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Wash and dry produce.
Chop onion into large chunks, and arrange onion, whole jalapenos, whole garlic cloves, whole tomatillos into a deeper oven safe pan. You want them to all be touching but not laying on top of each other.
Drizzle some olive oil over the vegetables and bake for 20-30 minutes, until the tomatillos begin to sink and vegetables like onions begin to have some light charring.
Let produce cool and then add canned chiles, cilantro, and some seasonings to a deep container and crush with immersion blender. Using a regular blender is fine too. Blend just a bit for a chunkier salsa and longer for more of a liquid salsa. Adjust seasonings to taste.