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Creamy Cilantro Lime Sauce

by Laura Fuentes

April 29, 2022
updated Jul 6, 2023
5 from 12 votes
This cilantro lime sauce is the ultimate dressing for salads and drizzled over fish tacos.
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This cilantro lime sauce is the perfect drizzle for tacos, although I’ve been known to pour it generously on salads, drizzle over grilled chicken breasts, and more.

It’s the perfect combination of creamy and tangy with the freshness you expect from freshly chopped cilantro.

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Easy Creamy Cilantro Lime Sauce

What’ makes this recipe easy, you ask? The fact that it comes together in a blender in under a minute.

From the blender, you can simply pour it into a jar or squeeze bottle and keep it in the fridge for when you need it.

What Goes in Cilantro Lime Sauce?

Outside of drizzling it straight into your mouth, this cilantro lime dressing is great over blackened fish tacos, drizzled over a tex-mex omelet, used as a salad dressing, and with grilled shrimp.

The real question is: what doesn’t go great with it? I’ve yet to find out.

How to Make Creamy Cilantro Lime Sauce

I did say it was easy, right? There aren’t many steps so stop scrolling because you’ll miss it.

  1. Let’s Blend
    Place the sour cream, milk, lime juice, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and cilantro in your blender jar. Blend until smooth.
  2. Store
    Pour this delicious sauce into a lidded jar or a squeeze bottle and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

Watch the magic happen in this super-quick video!

What to Serve it On

Refrain from grabbing a spoon and sipping it. You’ll want to drizzle this cilantro lime sauce over:

  • Blackened Fish Tacos
  • Santa Fe Salad
  • Chicken Tostadas
  • Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas

Cilantro Lime Sauce

Laura Fuentes
5 from 12 votes
This cilantro lime sauce is the ultimate dressing for salads and drizzled over fish tacos.
Servings: 12
Prep Time 2 minutes mins
Total Time 2 minutes mins

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • pinch of salt
  • pinch of black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Instructions
 

  • Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Transfer inside a lidded jar or squeeze bottle and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

Notes

Yield: ¾ cups of sauce

Equipment

squeeze bottle
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Nutrition

Serving: 1 servingCalories: 10kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 0.4gFat: 0.01gSaturated Fat: 0.002gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.004gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 14mgPotassium: 21mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 0.1gVitamin A: 32IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.05mg
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  1. Jenna Marie

    May 01, 2023 at 2:32 pm

    5 stars
    This cilantro lime sauce was creamy and delicious. We used it over tacos and leftovers over a steak salad. Sooo good.

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