Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing

Make this super creamy avocado lime ranch dressing in just 5 minutes. Use it as a salad dressing, dip or in wraps, burritos, or tacos (gluten-free).

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• About This Recipe
• Ingredients
• How to make Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing?
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Pro Tips by Neha
• Serving Suggestions
• Storage Suggestions
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About This Recipe

There are some dressings that just make you go ‘WOW’ with its first taste. It happened to me when I first had a bite of this salad in Chick-fil-A which had a creamy texture from avocado lime ranch dressing. I must say, it was love at the first bite.

This homemade Avocado Lime Dressing will take less than 5 minutes of your kitchen time. Just add in all the ingredients in the blender and blend to get a smooth dressing.

Super creamy, spicy, and tangy, this dressing will surely be a new favorite to make your simple and boring salads interesting. To make it healthier, you can replace sour cream with Greek yogurt or use fat-free sour cream.

This Chick-fil-a copycat dressing can be served as a dip with fried starters, crackers, chips, etc, or even add it to my tacos, sandwiches, burgers, and wraps. It is just super versatile and tastes heavenly!

You will easily find this dressing in the market too, in the packaged bottle but I feel homemade is far better than the store-bought one.

As the homemade one is fresh, prepared with high quality and real ingredients, has no artificial color, no non-GMO oil and is also free of preservative. Well, yes the shelf life of the homemade one is less but I guess it so easy that you can whip it up in just 5 minutes anytime.

This dressing is,

• Delicious & Flavourful
• Super Creamy
• Versatile
• Tangy
• Dressing with robust flavors
• Easy + Quick
• Refreshing

Ingredients

Avocado – Finding a good avocado can be a task sometimes. You will need a ripe avocado for this dressing. When you go to buy the same, press it lightly, it is soft, then it is ripe and good to buy. Ripe avocado adds a perfect creamy texture to the dressing. If the avocado is even very slightly raw, it will taste very bitter. So be very careful while choosing it.

Lime Juice & Lime Zest – To add the zesty flavor, we have lime juice and lime zest. Both add a refreshing flavor, that just makes the overall taste of the dressing so good.

Sour Cream & Mayonnaise – For the creaminess in the dressing, we will add a combination of sour cream and mayonnaise. Both of them are easily available in the market.

You can use fat-free sour cream, in place of the regular sour cream. You can even use Greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise for a healthy twist.

Garlic – This is a must ingredient, that you just cannot miss adding in this dressing, as it plays an essential role when it comes to its oh-so-good flavor. You can reduce the amount of garlic if you are not a fan of the garlicky flavor.

Cilantro – Now add in some green color and a refreshing flavor with cilantro. Make sure that the cilantro leaves are fresh and not wilted.

Seasonings – To enhance the flavor, even more, add in mixed Italian seasoning, red chili flakes, salt, and pepper. You can adjust the amount of red chili flakes and pepper as per the spice you need. The same goes with the Italian seasoning too.

How to make Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing?

Start by preparing the avocado. Choose a ripe avocado and cut it into half vertically. Now rotate the two halves in the opposite direction and separate them from each other. Using a paring knife, remove the seed and discard it. Now scoop out the avocado flesh using a large spoon and add it to the medium jar of a grinder.

Add ¼ cup lime juice, 2 teaspoon lime zest, ½ cup sour cream, ½ cup mayonnaise, 1 cup cilantro, 1 teaspoon chopped garlic, 1 teaspoon mixed Italian seasoning, ½ teaspoon red chili flakes, and salt and pepper to taste to the jar, and blend to make a smooth dressing. Scrap the sides of the jar while blending a few times.

The dressing is ready. Store it in a mason jar and use s required. Make sure to shake or stir it well before using.

Frequently Asked Questions

Pro Tips by Neha

Make it healthier by replacing the sour cream and mayonnaise with Greek yogurt and fat-free sour cream.

This recipe will yield approximately 2 cups of dressing. You can easily half, double or triple the recipe.

Make it vegan by using vegan sour cream and mayonnaise.

Reduce the amount of garlic if you are not a fan.

Serving Suggestions

Well, as I said this dressing is super versatile and can be used in many ways. Some of the ways I like to use it are,

First of all, this is one of my favorite creamy dressing for salads. It just makes the simple and boring salads so delicious and refreshing. If it looks very thick, thin it out with some water.

You can serve it as a dip with crackers, tortilla chips, bread, veggie stick, or even your favorite starters and appetizers.

Pour it on tacos, burgers, sandwiches, wraps, burritos, taquitos and what not!

Drizzle this dressing on grilled meats such as chicken, fish, beef, prawns, etc. Even try drizzling it on baked veggies, potato wedges, or even fries.

Storage Suggestions

This dressing will last in the fridge for 3 to 5 days. Store it in a covered mason jar or a glass bottle. Every time you use it, make sure you use a clean and dry spoon to take out the dressing.

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Store in a glass jar and use as required.