avocado salsa

This creamy avocado salsa is blended up with tomatillos, green chiles, onion and cilantro for a new take on guacamole salsa. It’s creamy, tart, spicy and so fresh!

This creamy avocado salsa will be your new favorite way to serve up avocados. We start by blending raw tomatillos and chiles into a tart green salsa verde, then we pulse in avocado and fresh cilantro.

The salsa is the best of both worlds: it has the creamy, fatty texture of guacamole and the fresh zip of salsa verde. It’s thin enough to pour, but we’ve kept some buttery chunks of avocado in it for the best texture. 

My favorite part of this creamy avocado salsa verde? It doesn’t discolor! The blended tomatillos prevent the avocado from oxidizing, which means this guacamole salsa will stay a gorgeous green for its entire life.

what you need for avocado salsa:

• avocado
• tomatillos 
• serrano peppers
• cilantro
• onion
• garlic
• kosher salt
• food processor or blender

what is avocado salsa?

Avocado salsa is essentially an avocado tomatillo salsa, or avocado salsa verde. What does that mean? It’s a tomatillo salsa (tomatillos, raw onion, serrano chiles, garlic and cilantro) that is blended up with avocado.

The avocado adds a creamy, buttery consistency to an otherwise tart green salsa. It’s like the child of guacamole and salsa verde and its a recipe you need in your repertoire!

how to make avocado salsa:

1. Chop the onion and rinse under cold water to soften the bite.
2. Quarter the tomatillos and roughly chop the chiles and garlic. This helps everything get blended up evenly in the food processor or blender.
3. Blend the tomatillo mixture until mostly smooth
4. Halve the avocado, remove the pit, and score the avocado flesh into chunks. Scoop the pieces into the blender and add the chopped cilantro.
5. Blend slowly, or pulse if using a food processor, to combine the salsa. We want to stop just when it’s blended together, to keep those delicious buttery chunks of avocado throughout.
6. Stir in a tablespoon or two of water, if needed, to thin to the desired consistency. 
7. Taste and adjust seasoning.
8. Serve!

how long does avocado salsa last in the fridge?

This salsa will keep for up to 3 days in the fridge.

It won’t oxidize and brown the way guacamole does, thanks to the acidity of the tomatillos.

If you make it ahead and refrigerate it, make sure to pull it out 30 minutes before eating to take off the chill. 

what is the difference between guacamole and avocado salsa:

Guacamole is essentially mashed avocado with salt and a few add-ins such as lime, garlic, chiles and possibly tomato chunks. Avocado salsa, however, uses tomatillos as a base-- like salsa verde-- and adds avocado for creaminess.

It’s thinner and more pourable than guacamole, which makes it absolutely perfect spooned on top of tacos, nachos, and bowls.

what to eat with avocado salsa:

• Chips!
• Spooned onto burrito bowls or grain bowls
• Served with tacos, fajitas, burritos or quesadillas
• On top of a southwest salad
• Dolloped onto a spicy mexican skillet
• Over grilled chicken, shrimp or fish
• Scooped onto scrambled eggs or a frittata
• On top of a black bean burger
• Dolloped onto stuffed peppers
• On a loaded baked potato
• Dipping sauce for shrimp cocktail
• Spooned onto your favorite crispy carnitas

more salsa recipes to try!

spicy dried red chile salsa

tomatillo red chili salsa

mango habanero salsa

roasted chili corn salsa

avocado mango salsa

habanero salsa

homemade restaurant-style salsa

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