Cilantro Lime Sauce

Cilantro lime sauce is also popular as cilantro lime dressing or cilantro lime crema, and it is an easy salad dressing. This is a quick 5 minutes dip.

This is one of the easiest condiments you can make in 5 minutes. And no fancy ingredients. It's versatile, too. It's a simple recipe. Add the ingredients to the food processor and blend into a smooth sauce. And a yummy sauce is ready in less than 5 minutes.

Moreover, this cilantro lime crema is perfect for tacos and slaw. Pair this creamy cilantro sauce with any appetizers and serve as a dip. Try them on tofu fajitas or my cauliflower tacos.

This cilantro lime crema or cilantro lime sauce is -

• easy to make
• loaded with flavors
• versatile to use
• quick 5 minutes (or less)
• ridiculously delicious
• can be veganized easily

Cilantro lime dressing:-

Ingredients you need

Cilantro leaves:- This is the hero ingredient in this recipe. Take a bunch of fresh, vibrant cilantro leaves.

Lime - Lime juice. Or you can substitute this with lemon juice.

Garlic - Garlic adds a strong, fresh flavor to the creamy cilantro lime sauce. You can substitute this with some garlic powder, too. But I would recommend fresh garlic for a stronger flavor.

Sour cream or Greek yogurt - take either or a mix of both.

Salt - to taste.

Water to dilute. This may be 2 - 4 tbsp water while blending the ingredients. You can also add olive oil in place of water.

Love spicy sauce?? Add jalapeno or any green chilies to taste.

You can also add any other herbs of your choice. But I prefer only fresh cilantro leaves.

How to make the Cilantro Lime Sauce?

This is an easy task indeed. Put all the ingredients into the blender or food processor and blend until the ingredients are mixed well. I would suggest stopping a little before they turn entirely to a fine paste for a better feel of cilantro in the sauce.

Uses of cilantro lime crema-

Like I said earlier, it's versatile indeed, with endless use. You can use your creativity to pair up with anything you like, and I'm sure you will not be disappointed with this yummy flavor-packed green crema. Though it will go for both meat and meatless dishes, a few meatless ways I recommend are -

As a dip - one of the quickest appetizers, serve this with any snacks. Heavenly combination. Try with fries, potato wedges, buffalo cauliflower bites, cauliflower tots, baked sweet potatoes, and vegetable fritters.

With tacos and fajitas - Serve it with tacos like cauliflower tacos, potato tacos, jackfruit tacos, tofu fajitas, breaded tofu tacos, vegetable fajitas, etc.

As a dressing - serve it with burrito bowls, quinoa salad, potato salads, roasted vegetable salad, slaw, buddha bowls, etc. Drizzle over some Spanish rice.

Recipe:

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