This Cilantro Lime Sauce is the perfect addition to all your tacos and burrito bowls. It’s easy to make and has only 5 ingredients. It’s a creamy, citrus, and sweet sauce.
The best cilantro sauce for tacos
This sauce is great for tacos because it’s a creamy, cilantro based sauce with flavors of lime and honey.
It compliments any kind of taco or burrito bowl. It goes great with seafood, beef, and chicken.
Whether you’re adding it to a burrito bowl or beef tacos, this sauce gives that perfect cool, creamy touch. It’s great to use in place of queso.
why you’ll love lime cilantro sauce
Easy to make. This sauce only requires measuring and mixing. There’s no cooking involved.
Simple ingredients. With only 5 simple ingredients, they’re easy to find and you might even have them on hand.
Perfectly balanced. This sauce gives the perfect balance of creamy, citrus, and sweet. It’s a great compliment to every kind of taco.
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- sour cream – I recommend full fat sour cream for this. You could also use light, but I don’t recommend using fat free. It has a completely different taste and texture.
- fresh cilantro – Be sure to chop it as finely as possible to make sure it gets spread evenly throughout the sauce.
- limes – this will help thin it out and add the citrus flavor.
- honey – this helps offset some of the citrus and tang.
- kosher salt – don’t reach for the table salt here.
Substitutions and alterations for cilantro lime crema recipe
The sour cream in this can be replaced with plain Greek yogurt. It’ll give a very similar taste and texture.
If you aren’t a big fan of cilantro, you can omit it entirely. The sauce will still be great.
how to make lime cilantro sauce for tacos
- Add all of the ingredients to a mixing bowl.
- Mix it together until it’s all smooth and combined.
tips and tricks for cilantro lime taco sauce
Make sure that the cilantro is very finely chopped. That will help you avoid getting a large chunk of cilantro in a bite.
Mixing the sour cream before measuring it out is important. You don’t want a watery sauce.
how to store cilantro sour cream sauce
To store cilantro sour cream sauce, place it in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It will stay fresh for up to 5 days.
The lime juice may separate slightly while in the refrigerator. Just give it a good stir before using.
FAQs for cilantro crema
When stored properly, cilantro lime sauce will last up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
It’s important to mix your sour cream completely before mixing it with the other ingredients. Be sure not to add too much lime juice.
Cilantro lime sauce is best drizzled on your favorite tacos or burrito bowls.
what to serve with cilantro lime cream sauce
One of the best things to serve with this cilantro lime cream sauce is tacos.
It also goes great on top of burrito bowls and with carne asada. I even love drizzling it on top of Mexican Rice Casserole and Southwest Chicken and Rice Skillet. It would even be great drizzled over some homemade baleadas.
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Cilantro Lime Sauce Recipe
Equipment
- glass mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 handful fresh cilantro chopped
- 1 lime whole lime, juiced
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
- Mix to combine.
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Notes
- I recommend using a small whisk or fork to really combine the ingredients, but you can also pop it all in a food processor or small blender.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Perfect match for our tacos last night.
So much flavor!
This sauce is so easy to make and yet SO tasty!
This was a huge hit!