Creamy Chipotle Sauce & Dressing
Smoky, spicy, and bursting with flavor, this Creamy Chipotle Sauce & Dressing is the ultimate multi-use condiment for fries, salads, tacos, and more!
Equipment
- small mixing bowl
- whisk
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup mayo
- 1-2 chipotle peppers from a can of chipotles in adobo finely minced
- 1 tablespoon adobo sauce from can of chipotle peppers
- 1 tablespoon lime juice (approx. 1/2 a lime)
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon water or milk (to make it pourable) optional
Instructions
- Add the sour cream, mayo, chipotle pepper (start with 1 and add another if you want it more spicy), adobo sauce, lime juice, honey, smoked paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, and salt to a small mixing bowl. Whisk everything together until fully combined, then refrigerate for at least 20 minutes for the flavors to develop.
- As a dipping sauce, it's ready. To make it thinner and pourable for a salad dressing or drizzling on tacos or nachos, add a tablespoon of water or milk. Give it a stir. You can incrementally add a little liquid if desired, but add small amounts. Enjoy!
Notes
- Alternatively, you can add the ingredients to a personal-size blender instead of whisking in a bowl.
- Store leftover sauce in an air-tight container in the fridge and use within 4 days.
- Because it is dairy-based, freezing is not recommended.
- Agave or maple syrup can be used in place of honey, but their sweetness' vary. Agave is a little sweeter than honey and maple syrup is a little less sweet than honey.
- Plain Greek yogurt can be used instead of sour cream, but the sauce may taste tangier and a little lighter in richness.
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