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Fried Pork Skin in Green Tomatillo Sauce
Thick pieces of fried pork skin softened in a simmered tomatillo, serrano and cilantro sauce until they turn tender and rich. A classic Mexican brunch dish to scoop up with warm tortillas and refried beans.

- YieldServes 4
- Hands-on30 min
- Total38 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
Sauce
- 680 gtomate verde (tomatillos), husks removed, rinsed well
- 4serrano chiles, 4 to 5, to taste, left whole
- 1 clovegarlic, peeled and roughly chopped
- ¼ cupcilantro, loosely packed, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsplard or safflower oil
- 3 tbspwhite onion, finely chopped
- to tastesea salt
Chicharrón
- 170 gchicharrón (fried pork skin), fatty rather than paper-thin, broken into 4 cm squares
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