Cilantro lime sauce recipe

The cilantro lime sauce recipe (or coriander sauce) is very easy to make, and tastes great with chicken as well as other foods

5 from 2 votes

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 2

Total Time 7

Keyword cilantro sauce, coriander sauce

Servings people

Calories 120

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Equipment

1 Chef Knife
1 measuring jug
1 Food processor

Ingredients

1 Cup Cilantro or Coriander (30g)
1 Clove Garlic
1 Lime or Lemon
1/2 tsp Sea salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
1/2 cup Extra virgin olive oil (60ml)

Instructions

Wash the cilantro and then chop the cilantro stems and leaves into smaller bits
1 Cup Cilantro or Coriander
Peel and crush the garlic, Squeeze the lime or lemon juice (alternatively use ready squeezed juice)
1 Clove Garlic, 1 Lime or Lemon
Add all the ingredients into the food processor, Process into small items
1/2 tsp Sea salt, 1/2 tsp Pepper
Add olive oil, Process for 1 minute
1/2 cup Extra virgin olive oil
Pour into bowl and enjoy

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Nutrition

Serving: 10gCalories: 120kcal

3 key items to making the cilantro lime sauce recipe:

There are 3 key elements to making the best possible cilantro lime sauce:

Item 1. Do you use Lemon or Lime?

Whether you use lemon or lime depends on how you want your cilantro sauce to taste:

Lemons – tend to be sweeter
Limes – have a more bitter flavour

OK – it’s very much down to individual tastes and habits.

But as a very rough ‘rule of thumb’ most cilantro sauces for use with Mexican or spicy meals tend to use limes.

Whereas cilantro sauces for Indian or average hot meals tend to use lemons

Item 2 – Use either Greek yogurt, sour cream or mayonnaise

Adding yogurt, cream, etc will make the cilantro sauce a lot richer. There are a variety of extra items you can add,

If you make the recipes below than all you do is add 1 to 2 cups of Greek yogurt, sour cream, etc.

This will turn the cilantro sauce into either a tasty salad dressing, or great on meals roasted chicken breasts, meats.

The alternative is to combine cilantro sauce with a butter sauce to make something similar like a Chinese parsley sauce.

Item 3 – Peppers, Herbs & Spices

In addition you can also add other items to change the flavour and intensity.

For example:

Jalapeno peppers,
Red pepper flakes,
Or dried spice combination
Or a hot pepper paste (as shown right)

Similar you can make it sweeter by adding honey, brown soft sugar, etc.

The key to realise is that the more items you add the less you will taste the original cilantro flavour

How to use cilantro lime sauce

There are lots of ways to use cilantro lime sauce recipe:

1. For chicken

You can either simply cut some chicken breasts into slices or cubes and then fry them in a frying pan and use the sauce as a covering.

Or a better option is to make the sauce, cut the chicken breasts and add both into a sealed bag (or on a plate with foil) and marinade in the fridge for 2 hours or more. And then fry them.

2. Samosas, meats, croissants, etc.

The lovely flavour of cilantro lime sauce means that it goes well with lots of other meals. For example you can replace the mint jelly in the picture with the sauce it and will tastes just as well!!!

Easy way to grow coriander at home

When you are cooking fresh herbs tend to make a real difference to the results. Herbs are really easy to grow at home and many of them grow really fast.

To grow your own coriander

Used in many different recipes, ranging from Chinese stir-fry to Mexican Salsa, etc.

Days from seed to harvest – about 30 to 40 (1 to 2 months)
About 30 to 60 cm high

They are really easy to grow at home, and from planting seed to harvest will only take 1 to 2 months – even indoors (in your kitchen, spare bedroom, garage, etc. All you will need are seeds, growing system and some growing lights.

There is detailed description of the – how to grow herbs indoors