Spiced Chips and Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Recipe

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Your food processor does most of the work for this green salsa studded with mango and splashed with lime. Yum! —Mary Relyea, Canastota, New York

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Spiced Chips and Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 15 min. + cooling

Yield: 10 Servings

25 15 40

Ingredients

10 flour tortillas (6 inches)
Cooking spray
3 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
SALSA:
3/4 pound tomatillos, husks removed, quartered
1 small onion, cut into wedges
1 jalapeno pepper, halved and seeded
2 garlic cloves
3 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves
1-1/2 teaspoons lime juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 medium mango, peeled and diced

Directions

Cut each tortilla into six wedges; place on ungreased baking sheets. Spritz with cooking spray. Combine the chili powder, cumin and salt; sprinkle over wedges. Bake at 425° for 5-8 minutes or just until edges begin to brown.
For salsa, place the tomatillos, onion, jalapeno and garlic in a single layer in a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Broil 4-6 in. from the heat for 14-17 minutes or until tender and lightly browned, stirring once. Cool to room temperature.
Transfer to a food processor; add the cilantro, lime juice and salt. Cover and process until coarsely chopped. Stir in mango. Refrigerate until serving. Serve with chips. Yield: 5 dozen (2-1/2 cups salsa).

Editor's Note: Wear disposable gloves when cutting hot peppers; the oils can burn skin. Avoid touching your face.

Nutritional Facts 6 chips with 1/4 cup salsa equals 127 calories, 4 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 470 mg sodium, 20 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Spiced Chips and Roasted Tomatillo Salsa in Healthy Cooking August/September 2011, p19

Tomatillos

Also called a Mexican green tomato, the tomatillo is a green fruit that is covered with a thin papery brown husk that is removed before using. It resembles a small green tomato in size and shape, once the husk is removed, and is used in Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes including guacamole, salsa and sauce. Tomatillos are mild in flavor and offer a hint of lemon and apple which is enhanced by cooking.