All the style of a regular Bloody Mary but made with roasted tomatillos. Add some Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce and adobo chili for a spicy breakfast kick!
I need to level with you. I'm not a big fan of Bloody Mary's at all, but my wife LOVES them. It's not that I don't like the taste or the booze.
uh uhh...not that, not that at all. It's the cold tomato juice that I have trouble with. But tomatillos might push me over the edge.
I saw them in the store and wondered if there was such a thing as a green Bloody Mary. Of course there was, everything's been done at least once but nobody seemed to have roasted the tomatillos.
Weird, because for me every vegetable should be roasted.
Roasting the tomatillos gave them an awesome smoky flavor. There's no need to peel them or take out the seeds.
Just half them and grill until lightly charred, though not as far as you would do with a pepper before peeling off the black skin. The rest of the recipe follows along the basic ingredients for a regular red tomato Bloody Mary more or less.
I added a piece of chipotle pepper in adobo sauce. Be careful with this, the first batch had no kick, the second batch had too much pepper and turned that gorgeous tomatillo puree a very unsexy shade of blah brown.
The third batch hit the spot, even for my non-Bloody Mary lips.
And the spice. Bloody Mary's need to have a bite, I was told by the expert. Bring on the pepper sauce from Tabasco...and it's green!
This was just meant to be, it was Bloody Mary destiny. Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce is made from jalapeños so it's slightly milder than regular red pepper Tabasco.
One or two drops would be enough but I used double that. I'm a total spice head so after each sip, I was left with a slow burn in my throat. Not too hot, Perfect!
You can really get crazy with the garnish. Like this crazy or if you love bacon. I'm all over that giant shrimp though.
This post is part of an ongoing collaboration with Tabasco. All thoughts and ideas are my own.
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