Garlic Cilantro Sauce Recipe

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This garlic cilantro sauce is the easiest to make! It’s full of flavor and can be used as a salad dressing, for dipping and pairs really well with baked salmon skewers.

Cilantro Dipping Sauce

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It’s all about the sauces! Dips and sauces are great for topping rice bowls, dipping potatoes or for serving with meat like burgers or fish. Our cilantro dip is super flavorful and versitle. The best part, it takes a few minutes to make!

This recipe has a cream cheese base (yum!) and is packed with fresh cilantro, lemon juice, salt and garlic.

Cilantro, milk, cream cheese, lemon juice, salt and garlic

How to Make Cilantro Sauce

Ingredients

  • Cilantro
  • Garlic
  • Lemon Juice
  • Cream Cheese
  • Milk
  • Salt
Cilantro and cream cheese in a blender

Directions

Add all of the ingredients into a blender or food processor and blend until the sauce is completely smooth.

Serve in a small bowl for dipping and enjoy!

Green cilantro sauce for dipping

How to Store Cilantro Sauce

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for one week.

Make it Spicy

If you want a spicy cilantro dip, add a few jalapeño slices in with the ingredients when blending. Quickly gives this dip a spicy kick!

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4.50 from 2 votes

The Best Cilantro Sauce

By: Eden
This garlic cilantro sauce is the easiest to make! It's full of flavor and can be used as a salad dressing, for dipping and pairs really well with baked salmon skewers.
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
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Total: 5 minutes
Servings: 1 cup
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Ingredients 

  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 cup cilantro
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions 

  • Add all of the ingredients into a blender or food processor and belnd on high until the sauce is smooth.

Nutrition

Calories: 821kcal, Carbohydrates: 14g, Protein: 16g, Fat: 80g, Saturated Fat: 45g, Cholesterol: 255mg, Sodium: 1924mg, Potassium: 493mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 4223IU, Vitamin C: 7mg, Calcium: 307mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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I’m Eden Passante and I develop, create, style and photograph every recipe and party on Sugar and Charm. I’m the author of Entertaining with Charm and have a Bachelor’s Degree in Home Economics and I’m here to help you create simple and easy recipes for entertaining and how to add charm to any gathering!

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