Avocado Cilantro Dressing

Simple Avocado Cilantro Dressing with creamy avocado, fresh cilantro, zesty lime and savory garlic will be one of your new favorite healthy salad dressings.

I love to drizzle this avocado lime dressing on my chicken quinoa bowl and Mexican kale salad.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

This creamy avocado cilantro dressing is perfect for guacamole lovers everywhere!

• Delicious: Avocado dressing recipe is super fresh, bright, and creamy.
• Simple ingredients: It contains just 5 simple ingredients.
• Quick: Ready in just 5 minutes, this avocado salad dressing is perfect for a last-minute salad.
• Easy: All you need is just a blender or food processor and a knife.
• Versatile: Swap out the herbs, add some heat, adjust the consistency whether you want a dipping sauce or a dressing.

Ingredients for Avocado Cilantro Lime Dressing

To make this creamy avocado cilantro dressing, you will need just 5 simple ingredients plus salt and pepper.

• Avocado: Use one large ripe avocado. Avocado is ripe when its skin is brown and it gives in to the touch.
• Olive oil: Use high quality extra virgin olive oil for the best results. For a more subtle flavor, use light olive oil.
• Cilantro: I recommend using just the cilantro leaves as stems tend to make the salad dressing more bitter. 
• Lime: Fresh lime juice is the best. Lemon juice will also work. You can even try orange juice for slightly sweeter results. 
• Garlic: Feel free to adjust the amount based on how garlicky you like your food. If you don’t have fresh garlic, use 1-2 teaspoons of garlic powder instead. 
• Water: To thin creamy avocado cilantro lime dressing to the desired consistency based on whether you want a dip or avocado salad dressing. 
• Salt and Pepper: Adjust to personal taste.

How to Make Avocado Cilantro Dressing

Here is a quick overview how to make avocado cilantro dressing recipe. Full recipe card is located below.

• Blend the ingredients: In a food processor or blender, combine all of the ingredients and process until smooth.
• Add water if needed: Depending on how thick you want the avocado cilantro dressing to be, you may need to drizzle in a little extra water and blend in-between until it reaches your desired consistency.

Variations

Here are a few swaps you can do for this avocado cilantro dressing depending what you have on hand.

• For avocado ranch dressing: Substitute the olive oil for yogurt instead.
• Creamier avocado dressing: Instead of omitting the oil entirely, you can make slightly more creamy, rich avocado cilantro lime dressing with the addition of just a few spoonfuls of yogurt or sour cream. 
• Add spice: Add a pinch of red pepper flakes for spice. Alternatively, you can add a little bit of diced jalapeno (remove seeds for less heat).
• Cumin: A little cumin helps to add depth of flavor to this creamy avocado dressing.
• Sweetness: I’ve never found the need to add any additional sugar to this dressing recipe. However, if you want to slightly balance the sharp flavors, I recommend to add a drizzle of honey or maple syrup.
• Apple cider vinegar: This dressing is already tangy, thanks to the lime juice. However, combining the lime juice with apple cider vinegar can help to add more depth of flavor to the dressing.

Serving Recommendations

The ways you can enjoy this avocado cilantro dressing depends on whether you’re serving it as a dipping sauce or a salad dressing. 

Drizzle on a salad, flavor load your favorite tacos or just scoop with tortilla chips or veggies.

• Salads: The classic choice is to use this salad dressing with salads.
• Dip: Serve creamy avocado cilantro sauce alongside veggie quesadillas, chicken burritos or drizzle on air fryer nachos. Dip grilled shrimp skewers or falafel in it.
• Meat: Drizzle on carne asada steak or grilled chicken breast.
• Seafood: Avocado pairs amazingly with fish and prawns. Drizzle it over cedar plank salmon or grilled salmon.
• Grains: Drizzle over grain bowls like chicken quinoa bowl. You can even mix it into pasta similarly to this pesto pasta. 
• With sweet potato: Avocado and sweet potato is a great match. Serve with air fryer sweet potato fries.

How to Store It

Store the prepared avocado cilantro dressing in an airtight glass container for up to 5 days, this way it shouldn’t brown. Make sure to stir it before use.

If you notice sauce begins to brown, add a little additional lemon juice or lime juice. You can also refrigerate it with a bit of water or olive oil on top to help keep from oxidizing.

FAQs

More Avocado Recipes to Try

• Avocado corn salad
• Avocado salad
• Shrimp avocado salad
• Chickpea avocado salad
• Cucumber tomato avocado salad

More Salad Dressing Recipes to Try

• Raspberry vinaigrette
• Poppy seed dressing
• Healthy Caesar dressing
• Healthy ranch dressing
• Asian salad dressing
• Spinach salad dressing
• Balsamic vinaigrette

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