Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing Recipe

This straightforward, creamy cilantro lime dressing recipe is one in every of our favourite sauces to maintain within the fridge. Use it for salads, drizzle over tacos, add to burritos, and extra!

This dressing got here to be after I was craving a taco salad and wished a shiny, creamy cilantro dressing to go along with it. I began with our selfmade ranch as a base, however swapped the herbs for a bunch of cilantro and the lemon for contemporary lime juice.

The outcomes had been one of many yummiest salad dressings we’ve made. This creamy cilantro lime dressing recipe is ideal for salads, however you need to use it for a lot extra. Assume tacos, burritos, rice bowls, a dip for veggie quesadillas, and whilst a dip for greens.

Key Elements

• Bitter Cream and Mayonnaise: I exploit bitter cream and mayonnaise to make our ranch recipe further creamy, so I do the identical right here. If you wish to lighten issues up somewhat, you possibly can substitute the bitter cream with Greek yogurt and even blended cottage cheese (bizarre, however it works!).
• Buttermilk or Milk: Buttermilk provides a tangy, creamy taste that’s exhausting to beat. When you don’t have buttermilk, common milk with a bit extra lime juice additionally works. When you purchase buttermilk for this recipe and have some left over, attempt these buttermilk pancakes (I really like them!).
• Lime Juice: A splash of contemporary lime juice brightens the dressing in a approach that store-bought bottles can’t compete with. Plus, the lime works so properly with the contemporary cilantro.
• Cilantro and Inexperienced Onion: I really like contemporary herbs and am dedicated to utilizing loads of them at any time when I purchase them. That’s why you’ll be utilizing a complete cup of cilantro leaves for this cilantro dressing. The inexperienced onion provides much more contemporary taste. I adore it!
• Jalapeño: This was a last-minute addition the primary time I made this, and I’ve been including it ever since. I mince about 1 tablespoon of contemporary jalapeño, after which mix it with the opposite elements. It doesn’t make it spicy. That stated, you possibly can all the time improve it.
• Spices: Onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper spherical all the things out and make this dressing further scrumptious.

Discover the total recipe with measurements under.

Ideas for Making My Cilantro Lime Dressing

Tip 1: Use a blender. The quickest strategy to make this recipe is so as to add all of the elements to a blender, hit go, and wait 30 seconds. A meals processor works, too!

Tip 2: Make it forward of time. Making your personal salad dressing each night time of the week might be not preferrred. That’s why I’m pleased to say that this one lasts when saved in an hermetic container for about 4 days. The inexperienced of the cilantro might boring barely, however not a lot, and the dressing will nonetheless style nice.

And there you go, my new favourite dressing! I’m already utilizing it for all the things. It’s wonderful for this taco salad, as a sauce for these easy hen breasts, drizzled over roasted veggies, and I’ve added it to burrito bowls made with my favourite cilantro lime rice!