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Home-style Cilantro Lime Avocado Dressing

Home-style Cilantro Lime Avocado Dressing

We love putting this Avocado Cilantro Dressing on everything from veggies, to Buddha bowls, to taco salads. It’s straightforward to whip up considering you throw everything the food processor, give it a few zaps and you’re good to go!

avocado cilantro dressing in a glass jar

What Makes this Cilantro Avocado Dressing Recipe the Best

This Cilantro Avocado Dressing Recipe is a house favorite because it’s quick and straightforward to cook with ingredients that are found in your local store.

This dressing recipe isn’t great on salads, it’s also an excellent dipping sauce for taquitos and makes a great taco sauce. It goes great on everything!

Avocado Cilantro Dressing Ingredients

  • Avocados
  • Cilantro
  • Avocado oil
  • Lime
  • Garlic
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Cumin
  • Water
ingredients for avocado cilantro dressing

How To Make Cilantro Lime Avocado Dressing

It’s a few plain steps.

  1. You’ll take all of your ingredients and add them to the food processor.
  2. Pulse until smooth.
  3. Slowly add in the water until it’s your desired consistency.

Can this Avocado Cilantro Dressing be made in advance?

Yes! You can make this about 5 days in advance. We actually prefer the flavor after it’s been in the fridge for a day. The flavors combine and it gets even better!

ingredients for avocado cilantro dressing in food processor
avocado and cilantro in food processor

Cilantro Avocado Lime Dressing Tips

  • We like to use closer to 1/2 cup of water in our dressing because we like our dressing runny.
  • If you’d like a creamier version, you can add in heavy cream rather than water.
  • This recipe can still work even if your avocado isn’t quite evenly ripe.
  • We sometimes add some extra cumin and a touch of chili powder for some spice.
  • This will keep in the fridge for about 5 days.

What Can we Serve With Cilantro Avocado Dressing?

You can serve salad, burrito bowls, taquitos, tacos, or pour it over enchiladas.

avocado cilantro dressing in food processor

Avocado Dressing Recipe FAQs

avocado cilantro dressing in a glass jar

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Prep 5 minutesTotal 5 minutesMakes 12 tablespoons

Ingredients

  • 1 large avocado
  • 2 handfulls fresh cilantro
  • 1/4 cup avocado oil
  • 1 whole lime juice and zest
  • 2 whole garlic cloves
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 – 1/2 cup water

Method

  1. In a food processor combine all the ingredients except the water. Pulse until smooth. Add water in gradually until it is the consistency you prefer. That’s all!

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