You can make a creamy and delicious Garlic Cilantro Sauce in just 5 minutes! A sauce you can use as pasta sauce, or salad dressing, to dip or drizzle over food!
This Garlic Cilantro Sauce is delicious. It is a sauce that goes well with almost anything like my mayo with ketchup sauce. It is delicious when poured over the mofongo twist trifongo.
I love to drizzle it over a good juicy oven baked chicken or a delicious fried Puerto Rican chicken.
You will love the taste of this recipe and it even might have a familiar flavor. This sauce tastes like Pollo Tropical’s cilantro sauce.
What I love about this recipe is that it is very versatile. It is used as a dipping sauce next to some Puerto Rican style bolitas de arroz mamposteao. But also as a salad dressing in my simple ensalada verde.
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Why This Recipe Works
- This sauce is different from other recipes because we don’t add mayonnaise to it, making it a very light sauce.
- It is an easy sauce that can even be made by hand. All you have to do if finely chop your cilantro!
- This sauce goes well with any meat like chicken wings in garlic butter or seafood like crunchy fried tilapia.
Recipe Ingredients
- Cilantro- The star ingredient is cilantro. I use it all even with stems but only chop the ends if they look a little brown. Make sure you don’t get confused when buying cilantro because it looks similar to parsley.
- Sour Cream- I used sour cream but you can substitute it with plain yogurt. Some people also like using mayonnaise but I don’t because it makes the sauce heavier.
- Oil- I use vegetable oil but you can use olive oil, coconut, or your preferred oil of choice.
- Garlic- I always use fresh garlic because I like the flavor but you can use store-bought garlic paste.
- Lemon- I always use fresh lemons but you can use limes if that’s what you have.
- Seasonings- I used a little bit of salt and garlic powder to season.
How to Make A Garlic Cilantro Sauce
- Photo 1: Add all your ingredients to a blender, or a food processor. I always like to chop the cilantro into smaller pieces to make it easier on the blender. Remember that you can also make this by hand.
- Photo 2: Blend all your ingredients. I blend until is nice and smooth but you can blend it only for a few seconds and get a chunky sauce.
Recipe Tips
- I like storing this sauce in a condiment bottle for easy use but a jar with a lid will do.
- I will not leave this sauce at room temperature for longer than 2 hours because it has sour cream. Store it in your fridge for up to 5 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
The sauce has a subtle herby taste that is not very pungent thanks to the acidic taste of the lemon. It is very delicious. Is like a lemony dressing but with a creamier texture.
Yes, you can! But the only thing is that the texture will slightly change. This can be a problem depending on what you use the sauce for. But as far as taste, it will stay the same.
You can use it but not completely substitute the cilantro for parsley because it doesn’t have the same potent flavor. So if you find cilantro too strong you can use half cilantro and half parsley to make a cilantro sauce.
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Garlic Cilantro Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup cilantro
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ lemon
- ¼ teaspoon garlic paste
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Roughly chop your cilantro into smaller pieces. In a medium bowl add your cilantro and oil. Squeeze the lemon over the cilantro and mix everything. Now add your sour cream, garlic powder and salt.
- Now, with the aid of a hand blender or food processor, blend all together. Do this for about 2 minutes or until the consistency of your sauce is smooth. Last, add your garlic paste and mix. Serve and enjoy.
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