Jalapeño-Cilantro Sauce

Los Pacos, a small restaurant in Oaxaca, gets credit for this spicy jalapeño sauce that can be served as a salad dressing or a dipping sauce.

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Salsa de Jalapeño y Cilantro

Name: Salsa de Jalapeño y Cilantro
Ingredients: 2 large jalapeño chiles (stemmed, seeded, veins removed, and chopped); 2 small garlic cloves (thinly sliced); 3 ⁄4 cup lightly packed coarsely chopped fresh cilantro; 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice; 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 1 ⁄4 cup olive oil; 1 ⁄2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)

Jalapeño-Cilantro Sauce

Los Pacos, a small restaurant in Oaxaca, gets credit for this spicy jalapeño sauce that can be served as a salad dressing or a dipping sauce.

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Ingredients

Makes about 1 cup

▢ 2 large jalapeño chiles stemmed, seeded, veins removed, and chopped
▢ 2 small garlic cloves thinly sliced
▢ 3 ⁄4 cup lightly packed coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
▢ 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
▢ 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
▢ 1 ⁄4 cup olive oil
▢ 1 ⁄2 teaspoon salt or to taste

Instructions

In a blender, purée all of the ingredients together until smooth.
Pour into a small bowl.

Notes & Wine Advice

Use as a dipping sauce or salad dressing

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Course; Sauce

Cuisine; Mexican