Cilantro Jalapeno Sauce
The easiest 5 min sauce ever. And you can use this on anything – from grilled meats to fries and even chips for dipping!
Guys. This sauce. It’s absolutely everything.
It’s just one of those sauces to have on hand so you can use it on every single meal, including snack time.
So if you have some chips lying around, this sauce can work as the perfect dipping sauce.
If you have some leftover chicken from the night before, throw it on a bed of rice with this sauce. You have yourself a mini, and pretty epic, chicken bowl right there.
And as you can see here, fries are also an excellent choice for dipping purposes.
Yes, those are pineapples on my nails. They match perfectly with these waffle fries, right?
No, but really, this sauce needs to be made right now. I promise – you’ll always find a use for it!
Cilantro Jalapeno Sauce
Ingredients
- 4 jalapenos, halved
- 2 cups loosely packed cilantro, stems removed
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 cloves garlic
- Juice of 1 lime
- Pinch of salt
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Combine jalapenos, cilantro, sour cream, garlic, lime juice and salt in the bowl of a food processor. With the motor running, add olive oil and vinegar in a slow stream until emulsified.
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style=”text-align: center;”>Why It’s A Smart Choice
Herbs are a great way to add a ton of flavor with no added calories. Plus, cilantro is a source of iron, manganese, and magnesium. It’s also a great source for antioxidants and phytonutrients.
Nutritional information provided by Jessica Penner, RD at Smart Nutrition.
Soooo good! Can be drizzled over anything. We love it with salmon, pan seared, with a generous spoonful of this sauce poured over the filets – YUM!
I didn’t make this exact recipe. I wanted a very small bowl of this or something similar for just two people. So I used sour cream & mashed avocado for the base. I finely chopped cilantro. Added a sprinkling of garlic salt. A few drops of lime juice. And a quarter of a jalapeño pepper finely chopped. Delicious!
Amazing. Used one bundle of cilantro. I use this for everything now – salad dressing, topping for tacos, added it to my cole slaw. This is a staple in my kitchen now!
Delicious. Today I made it with serranos from our garde
Can you freeze this?
I’ve made a similar version (based on Trader Joes Zoung sauce).Cilantro, parsley, cumin , cardomen, garlic, jalapenos, sea salt and oil. So I’ll definitely try adding sour cream!
Just made it to spoon over some enchilada’s I made with leftover pulled pork! I added some taco seasoning to my pulled pork, some cheese and enchilada sauce over all, more cheese and black olives!! Pico on the side too 🙂 Yum
We tried it tonight to make share with friends for tapas tomorrow. We added more lime, cumin and himalayan salt to get it to a spot we liked it but it needed something, maybe avocado. It’s a good base!
I’ve been making this for a few years now and it’s my go to whenever I make tacos or tostadas- pulled pork, chicken, shrimp , roasted cauliflower whatever. It’s also great drizzled over the leftovers meat and rice for lunches the next day. I will remove some/all of the seeds from the jalapeños to make it milder depending on how I’m using it and who will be eating it. It churches up my tacos so they’re company worthy, but it’s easy enough to make it any time.
This is absolutely amazing. I’ve been making it and eating it daily for months. It make a great salad dressing too.
Excellent so fresh and unique
This sauce has become a staple in our house! I make it every week. We love it on everything from eggs to salad to chips to tacos. Sometimes I sub Greek yogurt because we always have a lot of that in the fridge.
We tried smoking the jalepeños with our new smoker and that was an awesome experiment I would highly recommend smoking atleast one of the jalapeños. Thanks for the inspiration and the amazing recipe!
The last time I made it, it turned out very runny. Any idea. Why this might be?
I wanted to try and recreate a cilantro sauce from a local restaurant, El Arepezo – so good!
They have a “regular” and a spicy version – both are excellent!
This was very fresh-tasting but really bland…
I cut the recipe in half to try it – I tasted it after I mixed it all up and it was bland.
I added more lime juice – 1/2 lime added, more salt and 1/8 c mayo for some body/tang, and some fresh ground pepper
It tastes a bit more lively and I am looking forward to trying with some grilled chicken.
I just tried this sauce, although I used only 1 jalapeno. It was amazing and whole family loved it! I will be making this again! Thank you.
I just have to say thank you! This stuff is absolutely incredible. I did everything like you said, but used 1/3c olive oil because it was all I had. It’s seriously so good.
Trying not to waste anything during this pandemic and my cilantro was about to turn. This is AMAZING!!! I omitted the vinegar, halved the oil (which I threw in w everything in the beginning), had no lime, added a dash of garlic powder and am blown away by how good this is! Fantastic, easy, delicious recipe!
I just made this and it’s soo good! I seeded 2 jalapeños but will seed 3 next time. The hubby doesn’t like too spicy and it’s a bit too much for him. I’m wondering how it would be with cream cheese instead of sour cream to thicken it up a bit for a dip. I plan on trying that next time!
This recipe sounds ah-maaaazzzing. Do you think this could be used as a salad dressing for a black bean salad?
Absolutely!
Yes! I eat this on salad everyday with chicken and pinto or black beans. Delicious!
So delicious, I eat it with tortilla chips.
QUESTION, can this be frozen?
Freezing sounds like an amazing idea but unfortunately, I cannot answer this with certainty as I have never tried freezing this myself. Please use your best judgment for freezing and reheating.
The best sauce ever! I added 1/4 cup more sour cream to tone down the taste of the apple cider vinegar.
Yum!