A quick, fresh Avocado Sauce for dipping, dolloping and scooping!
Terrific as a dip for chips or vegetable sticks, as a sauce for all things Mexican including quesadillas, burritos, nachos, and tacos.
Avocado Sauce
This is a terrific Avocado Sauce that I use for all things Mexican. Pictured above with Quesadillas, the other recipe I published today.
It pairs really well with Mexican food because it’s got a lovely bright flavour which tempers the bold flavours of Mexican food – and of course is reminiscent of our ever favourite Guacamole!
Made with avocado, sour cream or yoghurt, lemon or lime, coriander/cilantro, garlic and olive oil, I describe it as fresh and bright but it’s also got the natural rich creaminess from avocados.
How to serve Avocado Sauce
Dipping sauce for Quesadillas
Dollop sauce for Chicken Tacos, Beef Tacos or Carnitas Tacos, Beef or Chicken Fajitas
With crackers, chips or veggie sticks
Dipping/dolloping for all things Mexican
Quick and easy to make with the aide of your food processor, the other benefit of this Avocado Sauce is that it stays green for days and days! Pictured below on Day 3, and it’s just as green and fresh tasting as it was on Day 1.
Enjoy! – Nagi x
Health Benefits of Avocado
An Avocado Sauce is a far healthier option than a mayo-laden dip! Avocado are packed full of vitamins, minerals, fiber and healthy fats! One of the few natural produce that contains a substantial amount of monounsaturated fatty acids which are good fats known to lower cholesterol and promote heart health.
With almost 20 vitamins and minerals, their potential health benefits include improving digestion, good for your heart, lower cholesterol, decrease risk of depression, and protection against cancer.
Avocado is also good for weight loss because it’s high in fibre and (good!) fats which will keep you feeling full for longer. You’re far better off loading up a salad with avocado than cheese, or smushing avocado on your morning toast than peanut butter! But because they are 77% fat, they do need to be eaten in moderation.
Avocado Sauce
Watch how to make it
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Avocado Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 large , ripe avocado
- 1/3 cup sour cream or yoghurt
- 1/2 small clove of garlic
- Juice of 1/2 lemon OR 1 lime
- 1 – 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup (packed) coriander / cilantro, roughly chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a food processor, blend until very smooth. (Or use a stick blender). Use water to adjust consistency as required.
- Adjust lemon or lime as required, and add salt to taste (bearing in mind saltiness of the food you are serving it with). Should have a bit of tang if intended to be paired with rich, bold flavoured food like Mexican food.
- Keeps for 4 days in an airtight container – and stays green!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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This sauce is like crack. I can eat it off a spoon. It’s so good! All of the ingredients are delicious but somehow, the sum is greater than its parts.
Amazing!
oh my goodness this recipe was amazing! I came across it by accident yesterday looking for taco inspiration and decided i would try it because i had all the ingredients. Next time i’ll try it with greek yoghurt instead of sour cream just to see what it’s like. Thank you Nagi!
The sauce was a bomb, everybody enjoyed it. I used lime instead of lemon and did use 1 clove of garlic.
YUM
Awesome! Made it as written. I thought it was wonderful and I’m rather choosy. Some have mentioned that it was too tart with the half lemon called for in the recipe, I did use a small lemon on a double recipe and It came out perfect. Maybe that’s where the difference is because lemons vary greatly in size
YUM YUM YUM
Delicious and very easy to make. I served it with a Mexican meal.
Man, this is so delicious. Simple, easy to whizz up and the flavour payoff is amazing! I’m lucky enough to have a fruiting avocado tree and fresh coriander in the garden box so this will be going on high rotation over summer, yum!
Superb on fajitas! 😁
Absolutely Amazing!
Has anyone tried this with frozen avocado chunks?
I made Nagi’s Avocado Dressing and sat down to try it and very soon realised it was disappearing very rapidly. Absurdly delicious – I can’t stop eating it! Thankyou Nagi.
Hi Nagi
Please tell me where does the olive oil go in this recipe as it’s not added in the video many thanks x
To avoid browning after using, smooth the sauce and add a thin layer of water on top. When you are ready to use again, pour off the water and use. This also works great with guacamole.
Thanks for that tip Nick! N x
This was very good. Easy to make and very tasty.
Morish, not modish! Bleedin’ auto correct!
Delicious! I made it with yoghurt. Very morish! Thank you for a wonderful recipe Nagi!
Delicious! I made it with yoghurt. Very modish! Thank you for a wonderful recipe Nagi!
This is so good! I made with yogurt and it’s light and creamy 🙂
Love Love love ❤️
Absolutely ❤️ this!So delicious.I served with oven baked quesadillas and Mexican rice.All of your recipes are fantastic.
Oh my gosh, sooo good! Made the avocado sauce, Taco sauce, chicken taco and Mexican corn recipies. All for sons 21st, Taco bar party. Many, many compliments from guests. Thanks Nagi, you made me look like a great cook. Lol.
Question, can the avocado sauce be frozen?
Hi Kylie – not advisable no – it will turn brown! N x
I used it as a topping on poached eggs on a bed of sauteed spinach onion and bacon bits on toast instead of the usual hollandaise.
My new favorite
Can you use dried coriander if that is all I have? Not ideal I know. If so how much do you use of dried vs fresh?
PS love your recipes. Life changing for our family! Made from scratch and lots of variety.
Was wondering the same thing now, did you figure it put yet?