Green Peruvian Dipping Sauce
This green Peruvian dipping sauce is amazing!! I was making a Peruvian roasted chicken for dinner recently and it was served with a green Peruvian dipping sauce from a recipe on Serious Eats. Sadly, I couldn’t find the aji Amarillo paste, after searching in three different stores, so I just added a bit more jalapeno as the recipe suggested. This green dipping sauce is so tasty!! It’s spicy, creamy, tangy, and filled with lots of cilantro and garlic flavor. My husband, daughter and I really loved this spicy green sauce!! My son thinks it has great flavor but that it’s a bit too spicy. I’m looking forward to trying the remaining sauce on other meats, seafood, tacos, etc.
How to Make Green Peruvian Dipping Sauce
Combine the chopped jalapenos, fresh cilantro, cotija cheese, garlic, vegetable oil, vinegar, and lime juice together in a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth paste forms.
Add the mayonnaise and blend until creamy. Taste and add more salt, pepper, or lime juice if needed. Serve with the roasted chicken (or whatever you want) and enjoy.
The unused sauce can be stored in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Ingredients
- 3 jalapenos, stem removed & roughly chopped, including seeds and ribs from 1 jalapeno Side Note: I removed the seeds and ribs from 2 jalapenos so it wouldn't be too spicy.
- 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves and stems
- 2 tbsp cotija cheese, grated *You can use Parmesan if needed
- 2 small cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1 tsp lime juice
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Combine the chopped jalapenos, fresh cilantro, cotija cheese, garlic, vegetable oil, vinegar, and lime juice together in a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth paste forms.
- Add the mayonnaise and blend until creamy. Taste and add more salt, pepper, or lime juice if needed. Serve with the roasted chicken (or whatever you want) and enjoy.
- The unused sauce can be stored in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Love the color of this sauce. And I’ll bet the flavor is outta sight! This really looks like a good recipe, and I can use all the dipping sauce recipes I can find. Thanks!
Something different to try. Looks great.
Gorgeous green and great flavour too! I can’t wait to try this for my next roasted chicken too.
Ooohh love the flavors in this. I bet it would be a great dipping sauce for some fries.