Pollo Tropical Copycat Cilantro Garlic Sauce

Make this creamy Pollo Tropical Copycat Cilantro Garlic Sauce at home in just 5 minutes. Serve it with tacos, wings, or any appetizer of your choice (vegetarian, gluten-free, keto-friendly).

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• About Cilantro Garlic Sauce
• Ingredients
• How To Make Cilantro And Garlic Sauce
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Serving Suggestions
• Storage Suggestions
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About Cilantro Garlic Sauce

Cilantro Garlic Sauce is a delicious creamy sauce prepared with fresh cilantro leaves, garlic, lime juice, mayo, and sour cream.

This sauce is very popular at Pollo Tropical, a South Florida-based restaurant chain and franchise specializing in fast food inspired by Latin-Caribbean cuisine. 

The restaurant chain has a sauce bar and serves some incredible sauces like curry mustard, sweet BBQ, hot sauce, fresh salsa, and this delicious cilantro and garlic sauce.

The good new news is that you can make this Pollo Tropical Copycat Cilantro and Garlic Sauce at home in under 5 minutes using simple ingredients.

Serve it with tacos, wings, wraps, salads, sandwiches, fries, wedges, burritos, etc to perk up their taste.

This cilantro garlic sauce recipe is vegetarian and gluten-free and the recipe can be easily doubled or tripled.

Ingredients

Sour Cream – Use homemade Full-Fat Sour Cream or buy a tub.

To make the sauce healthier, you can replace sour cream with whole-milk Greek yogurt or plain yogurt.

Mayonnaise – A little mayo makes the sauce extra creamy. Use low-fat or full-fat mayonnaise, whichever you like.

Cilantro – Use fresh cilantro for the best taste. You can increase the quantity of cilantro for a more robust herb flavor.

Others – You will also need garlic, extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lime juice (or freshly squeezed lemon juice), red pepper flakes, and salt to make this creamy cilantro sauce recipe.

If you are a garlic fan, use a few more cloves of garlic than mentioned in the recipe. You can also use roasted garlic in place of raw garlic for a deeper flavor.

You can replace extra virgin olive oil with avocado oil or grapeseed oil.

You can also add fresh herbs like green onions, parsley, etc to this recipe.

How To Make Cilantro And Garlic Sauce

Add

• 12 oz (350 g) full-fat sour cream
• ¼ cup mayonnaise
• 2 cloves peeled garlic
• ¼ cup (packed) cilantro
• 4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• ½ teaspoon salt

to a blender or a food processor.

Blend until smooth. Scrape the sides of the blender a few times while bending.

Check for salt and add more if needed.

Serve and enjoy!

Frequently Asked Questions

Serving Suggestions

Cilantro and garlic sauce is a very versatile sauce that instantly perks up the taste of everything you add it to.

Top over tacos, burritos, burrito bowls or fajitas.

Slather in wraps, rolls, or sandwiches.

Thin it down with some water and use a salad dressing.

Use it as a dip with tortilla chips, chicken wings, yuca fries, french fries, raw veggies, pita chips, or potato wedges.

Top over grain bowls or buddha bowls.

Serve this delicious condiment with broiled salmon, pulled pork, mojo pork, or veggie platters.

Top over stuffed sweet potatoes.

Storage Suggestions

This creamy cilantro garlic sauce can be stored in an airtight container for up to 7 days.

Use a clean and dry spoon for every use, to ensure that the sauce lasts longer.

Garlic cilantro sauce doesn’t freeze well, its texture will be weird once you thaw it.

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