Ingredients
The following ingredients have 2 Servings
- 10 large tomatillos, ripe but firm, skins removed and washed
- 1 medium yellow onion
- Olive oil for grilling
- 1/2 cup chopped dried pineapple (the sweetened kind)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Large pinch red chili flakes
- 1 canned chipotle chili in adobo sauce, plus 1 teaspoon adobo
- Good tortilla chips for serving
Instruction
- Heat a grill to medium-high. Slice the tomatillos and onion in half across their bellies and put on a baking sheet with a small bowl of olive oil and a brush. Take everything out to the grill.
- Brush the cut sides of the tomatillos and onion lightly with oil and arrange cut-side-down on the grill. Cook the tomatillos for 3 to 5 minutes, until you see clear char marks (make sure they don't start to get soft, though). Turn them over and grill briefly on the other side, about a minute. Remove to the baking sheet to cool while you continue to grill the onion.
- Turn the onion after about 10 minutes -- they should have a nice char to them at this point, and the cooked side will have started to soften a little. Cook them for about 5 minutes on the other side and then remove from the grill.
- Once the onion and tomatillos have cooled enough to handle, roughy chop them and add them to the bowl of a food processor. Add the pineapple, salt, chili flakes and chipotle with adobo. Pulse several times, scrape down the sides of the bowl and continue to pulse until you have a fine salsa. (I take it almost to the point of a puree, but the texture is really up to you.)
