Creamy Avocado Dressing
Written by Beth - Budget Bytes
If you’re a fan of my Lime Crema, I think you’re going to also love this Creamy Avocado Dressing. It has the same bones as the Lime Crema, but is dressed up with a few more flavors to really make it a flavor bomb. This dressing comes together super fast, so you can make it fresh on the spot whenever needed.
P.S. It’s great on a lot more than just salads!
What’s in Creamy Avocado Dressing
This recipe is SO simple. It starts with the same ingredients as my Lime Crema: sour cream, garlic, lime, and salt. Then I added an avocado and fresh cilantro to freshen it up and make it a total flavor bomb. It’s so simple, but SO good.
Do I Need a Food Processor?
I found my food processor to be the easiest tool in my kitchen to make this dressing, but it is definitely soft and fluid enough to use a good blender if you have one. This recipe makes about one cup, so you’ll need something with at least a 1.5 cup capacity to allow for movement.
How to Serve Creamy Avocado Dressing
I used this avocado dressing on my Turkey Taco Salad this week, but I found myself dipping all sorts of vegetables into the jar throughout the rest of the day. This dressing is so good that I was looking for anything and everything to dip into it!
Try this dressing on your sandwiches, wraps, tacos, salads, nachos, bowl meals, fresh vegetables, and more!
Creamy Avocado Dressing
Ingredients
- 1 avocado ($0.89)
- 1/2 cup sour cream ($0.24)
- 1 clove garlic, minced ($0.08)
- 1/4 tsp salt ($0.02)
- 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice (1 lime) ($0.50)
- 1/4 bunch fresh cilantro ($0.20)
- 1/4 cup water (or as needed) ($0.00)
Instructions
- Add the avocado, sour cream, minced garlic, salt, lime juice, and cilantro to a food processor or blender. Puré until smooth.
- Add water, 1-2 Tbsp at a time, and purée again until it reaches your desired consistency (leave thicker for a dip, add more water for a pourable dressing).
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Equipment
Pictured with Turkey Taco Salad.
How to Make Creamy Avocado Dressing – Step by Step Photos
Add 1 avocado, ½ cup sour cream, 1 clove of garlic (minced), ¼ tsp salt, 2 Tbsp lime juice, and ¼ bunch cilantro to a food processor or blender.
Purée until smooth. Add water, 1-2 Tbsp at a time, and purée again until the dressing reaches your desired consistency. To use as a dip, leave it thick and don’t add any water. For a more pourable dressing, add about ¼ cup water.
Serve over your favorite salad, tacos, nachos, wrap sandwiches, chips, or fresh vegetables!
How long would this keep in the fridge. It looks best made fresh but I’m just one person eatting it. Thanks
Three days in the fridge. XOXO -Monti
This is one of those “where have you been all my life ?” recipes. I like including some avocado in salads but it was always a struggle to use up the second half of the avocado before it turned brown (which for me was about 15 minutes even with lemon juice & plastic wrap). I already used sour cream in salad dressings so this was perfect – all of the other avocado dressings required oil and a blender while I can make this just fine with a fork. Thanks !!
So I mde this. I used plain greek yogurt instead of sour cream, because I had it, I had a large avocado so I used the whole 8 oz of yogurt. Otherwise I pretty much stuck to the recipe, although I added a bit of dry ranch dressing spices I had on hand, Very tasty!
This looks so simple and delicious. I need some cilantro but I can’t wait to try it
Could I use frozen avocado chunks? I buy these for smoothies and always have them on hand, but I do not always have access to good fresh avocados.
While I haven’t tried that, I feel like it would work as long as they’re fully thawed first.