Garlic-Cilantro Dressing

Name: Garlic-Cilantro Dressing
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (300 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 1 small head (~10 cloves) blanched Garlic; 1 small stemmed rough-chopped Jalapeno; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Vegetable Oil; 1/2 cup creme fraiche (120 ml) Creme Fraiche; 2 Tbsp lime juice or light vinegar (30 ml) Lime Juice; handful tough stems off (15 g) Cilantro; scant 1 tsp (5 g) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Rick Bayless recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Rick Bayless.

DRESSING · SALADS & TACO TOPPINGS

A dressing for salads & taco toppings.

Bayless' creamy jalapeño-garlic dressing for salads, tacos.

On the jar

CREAMY

Method: blend
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 7

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Vegetable Oil 120 mlCreme Fraiche 120 mlLime Juice 30 ml

Ingredients

Garlic1 small head (~10 cloves) blanched
Jalapeno1 small stemmed rough-chopped
Vegetable Oil1/2 cup (120 ml)
Creme Fraiche1/2 cup creme fraiche (120 ml)
Lime Juice2 Tbsp lime juice or light vinegar (30 ml)
Cilantrohandful tough stems off (15 g)
Saltscant 1 tsp (5 g)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Mexican–Mexican-American chef of Frontera Grill and Michelin-starred Topolobampo in Chicago; James Beard Outstanding Chef and Best Chef: Midwest. Regional Mexican research over four decades.

Originally published as Creamy Jalapeño-Garlic Dressing.

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Bayless in Rick Bayless.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Rick Bayless (published as “Creamy Jalapeño-Garlic Dressing”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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