Name: Cilantro Lime Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Mexican Inspired
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons lime juice; 1 cup cilantro leaves and tender stems, lightly packed; 1/2 cup Greek yogurt*; 1/4 cup mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon water; 1/2 teaspoon maple syrup (or honey or sugar); 1/2 teaspoon each garlic powder and onion powder; 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

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This cilantro lime dressing recipe is fresh and zingy! It takes just 5 minutes to make this versatile drizzle for salad, tacos, and more.

Here’s one of the tastiest green sauces we know: creamy cilantro dressing! You’re going to want to bathe in this one. It’s creamy, savory, fresh, and tangy all at once. You can drizzle it on salads like our Mexican side salad, tacos or enchiladas, or burrito bowls! Or use it as a dip for fries. It’s multi-purpose and it takes only 5 minutes to blend up. Alex and I exclaimed “Wow!” the first time we tasted it, and we knew we’d be making it for years.

Ingredients in cilantro lime dressing

You’ll need a handful of ingredients for this cilantro lime dressing. Outside of the ingredients in the title, many of them are likely already in your pantry and fridge! Here’s what you’ll need to whip up this tasty green sauce:

Lime juice
Fresh cilantro
Greek yogurt
Mayonnaise
Garlic powder & onion powder
Maple syrup or honey or sugar
Olive oil

Tips & storage info

All you’ve got to do for this cilantro lime dressing is one thing: blend it up! Here are a few notes on how to make it:

Use a standard blender, or an immersion or small blender works even better. Since this dressing only makes ¾ cup, it’s very easy to blend in a small blender. But it does work in a standard-sized blender since there’s a lot of liquid! You’ll still have to stop and scrape a bit to get everything to whiz nicely.
Stores 1 week refrigerated. Pour your cilantro lime dressing into a mason jar or container and it keeps for 1 week refrigerated. It gets a little thinner as it warms, so if it’s rather thick wait for it to come to room temp.

10 best ways to use cilantro lime dressing

There are so many uses for this cilantro lime dressing! Not only does it work on salads, it works as a dip for roasted veggies, or on Mexican-style recipes like tacos, enchiladas, and quesadillas. Here are our top 10 favorite ways to serve it:

Mexican chopped salad: This Mexican Chopped Salad is a simple side that goes perfectly with tacos and enchiladas.
Sweet potato fries: These baked sweet potato fries are fantastic with this green sauce! Or try it with a baked sweet potato.
Tacos: Try it with cauliflower tacos or shrimp tacos.
Quesadillas: Opt for cilantro sauce with easy quesadillas or baked quesadillas.
Rice bowl: Try it on a rice bowl with black beans and veggies.
Baked potatoes: Mexican-style sweet potatoes are delicious with black bean salsa and green dressing.
Roasted vegetables: Roasted vegetables are even better with dipping sauce.
Burrito bowls: It’s the ideal drizzle for a burrito bowl.
Nachos: These sheet pan nachos love creamy cilantro dressing!
Shrimp: Try it in a shrimp nowl or as a sauce for sautéed shrimp.

Mexican salad with cilantro lime dressing — Try it on a Mexican-style salad with tortilla strips

More cilantro recipes

Got cilantro on the brain? Here are a few more cilantro recipes to try:

Try Cilantro Lime Rice as a tasty side
Opt for Cilantro Lime Ranch Sauce or Cilantro Lime Crema
Blend up tangy Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette
Go for vegan Creamy Cilantro Sauce
Try Cilantro Lime Shrimp

This cilantro lime dressing is…

Vegetarian and gluten-free.