Ojai Green Sauce

When Robert and I were in Cusco, Peru we ate at one restaurant that had bottles of green sauce on the table as a condiment.  It was kind of similar to the Tabasco, Cholula and Tapatio bottles of sauce I see in our restaurants except this sauce was in a squirt bottle and it was green and freshly made.

Here’s my vegan recipe for this wonderful Aji sauce. Use it as a condiment for my  potatoes, empanadas,  veggie burgers or anything else that suits your fancy.

Ingredients:

1/4 head Romaine lettuce (torn into pieces)

3 jalapeno chiles (veined and seeded)

1/4 cup vegenaise

5 green onions (chopped)

1/2 bunch cilantro leaves (no stems)

1 teaspoon fresh lime juice

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

2 cloves garlic (pressed)

Directions:

Put all ingredients in a blender or food processor and process until smooth. If too thick, add a tablespoon of vegetable broth until the green sauce can be squeezed out of a squirt bottle!