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sandi-in-hawaii

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I just discovered the salsa verde from Herdez - love it! It has only natural ingredients (tomatillos, onions, garlic, etc), and this dish came together so quickly!! I musta had dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes.

Chicken Salsa Verde

4-5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 ½” cubes

1 16oz. jar Herdez brand salsa verde

1 can stewed tomatoes

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

2 cups corn (I used frozen, from Costco)

Cut the chicken into cubes, and season with salt and pepper.

Heat saucepan on medium high heat, add oil, and brown chicken pieces.

When all pieces are browned, add the salsa verde, stewed tomatoes and black beans. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for about 15-20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked.

Add the frozen corn, and heat thru. (I think the Costco frozen corn is key here - I love the crunch it gives.) Cilantro to garnish would be good too.

Cilantro Lime Rice

3 cups rice, cooked

1 small bunch cilantro, chopped

Juice of 1 lime

Drizzle of olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

Cook rice in rice cooker. After rice is done steaming, add the rest of the ingredients and toss.

 
I love the Herdez salsas. I have one of each kind in the pantry.

If you like really spicy salsas, try Mrs. Renfro's Jalapeno Salsa and Habanero salsa. Those two are actually hot for me, which takes some doing. The chicken sounds great and I will definitely be trying it soon. Thanks for posting!

 
Dawn -if it is available in your area try the La Costena salsa verde too. I like it

even better than Herdez. I like to saute onion, garlic and jalapeno, then add a can of the salsa verde & pork cut in big cubes that I have browned in a separate pan, then simmer until very soft. Throw in a big handful of chopped cilantro when done and serve on tortillas or even over rice.

 
I have been impressed withe the Herdez salsas also. . . .

very good and fresh tasting. The also seem to not add citric acid or vinegar as an acidifying agen (for canning) to their salsas, which means they must actually TEST their salsas for appropriate pH instead of automatically adding and acid agent.

--Which makes for better taste, IMHO!

 
I have seen the brand, but I haven't noticed if they carry the verde. I will check it out. Thanks!

Now if I could only figure out the recipe for the Pico Pica taco and hot sauce, I would be one happy camper. There is only one store that carries them, and I just know that one day I am going to reach for it, and they won't carry it anymore.

 
Herdez is very popular here, but especially so with hispanic cooks who know...

...what it tastes like when it's homemade.

Not that canned is as good as homemade, but Herdez is pretty close. It also tends to run cheaper than the jarred brands.

Michael

 
Agreed - so happy to be able to get them again!

The green sauce on it's own makes great huevos rancheros...

And the salsa Mexicana is great for corn chip or totopos

La Costena sauces are good also, but I prefer them when I'm going to cook them through into something else, they don't taste as "fresh"

 
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