Avocado Salad Dressing
July 9th, 2011 in Sauces & Dips & Spreads by Julia Volhina
Total cooking time: 15min
This creamy avocado salad dressing somewhat resembles guacamole dip, after all it consists of almost the same ingredients, just in different proportion.
However it is much more spicy and more liquid which obviously makes it easier to dress salads with it: lettuce salad with tomatoes, avocados and shrimps is my personal choice for this dressing.
Ready spicy avocado dressing can be stored in the airtight container in fridge for several days.
Ingredients:
- 1 avocado
- 1 shallot onion
- 2 serrano peppers
- 1.5 – 2 lemons (juice)
- 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil
- Boiled water cooled down to room temperature (1-2 cups)
- Fresh cilantro
- Ground black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
How to prepare, step-by-step:
- Prepare ingredients: if you want to make dressing less spicy take just one serrano pepper instead of two:
- Skin avocado, remove pit and slice it in to blender or food processor cup (you can also scoop avocado pulp from the skin with a spoon, if it is easier for you):
- Peel and chop shallot:
- Clean serrano peppers (remove stems and seeds) and slice into smaller pieces (don’t forget to thoroughly clean your hands after handling serrano peppers – the juice can be quite irritating to skin and very irritating to the eyes, use gloves if you have them):
- Add about 1/2 cup of boiled water cooled down till room temperature:
- Squeeze juice of 1-2 lemons (I took 1.5):
- And pour about 2 table spoons of olive oil in:
- Add rinsed and chopped cilantro:
- Season with ground black pepper:
- And salt:
- Cover blender with a lid and pure until all parts are well incorporated:
- Then keep adding more boiled water until dressing gets consistency you are looking for:
- And blend to get homogeneous texture:
- Avocado dressing is ready – pour it to the sauce pan or store in the airtight container in fridge:
- Pour it over salad of your choice:
Why boil the water? Does it change something?
I use boiled water for all recipes which call for water but don’t require heating while cooking, to ensure no unnecessary elements in uncooked water are added to the food making it spoil faster. If you know what I mean.
how many calories is in this ?
I don’t know.
you my friend give me a lot of nice ideas with this web page thanks, btw love your avocado salad dressing. just ate a salad with it.
Thank you 🙂