salsa verde
Americannoun
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Mexican Cooking. a green sauce of tomatillos, chile peppers, cilantro, garlic, and onion.
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Italian Cooking. a green sauce of olive oil and vinegar or lemon juice, flavored with parsley, capers, anchovies, garlic, and mustard.
Etymology
Origin of salsa verde
From Spanish and Italian: literally, “green sauce”
Example Sentences
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The result lands somewhere between a salsa verde, a vinaigrette and a very loose tapenade.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
“You can make a salsa verde or a chimichurri out of it,” he added, noting that the ramp also pairs well with proteins like beef and chicken as well as pork and fish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
In my 500-taco roundup last year, the salsa verde chicken taco at this pop-up made the cut as one of the best in Western Washington.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
Eddie Leon, who has run the market for 20 years, cashed farmworkers’ checks from local growers and rang them up for Bud Lights, energy drinks, salsa verde and pan dulce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
He traveled across the border weekly to pick up condiments and other supplies that graced our table as polio en salsa verde and enchilada con came.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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