This cilantro-lime ranch dressing is a Tex-Mex take on your favorite creamy salad dressing. We make ours with yogurt and a touch of mayo. It has all the ranch flavors you love, plus some tangy lime juice and a handful of cilantro.

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Ranch dressing is hard not to love — it’s creamy, classic, and about as cozy as a salad dressing gets. I make this version with yogurt, which gives it a bright tang that I actually prefer over a mayo-heavy ranch. It’s rich, familiar, and the kind of dressing I’m always happy to drizzle generously.

Lime and cilantro turn this into a Tex-Mex–style ranch that works just as well as a sauce for tacos as it does tossed with a salad. It comes together in minutes, and once you taste it, you’ll find plenty of excuses to put it on just about everything.

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How to serve cilantro lime ranch

We love serving this with some crunchy lettuce greens (think romaine hearts, iceberg, or bibb lettuce) with some croutons, grated carrots, and sometimes some sliced radishes if we’re getting fancy. But this ranch is super versatile. Here are a few of our other recipes that it does great with:

  • Chili Lime Shrimp
  • Mexican Pork Carnitas
  • Cilantro Lime Chicken
  • Mexican Pasta Salad
  • Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos
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Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing Recipe

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Ingredients

  • ▢ 1 cup greek yogurt or sour cream
  • ▢ 2 tablespoons mayonnaise (can be light)
  • ▢ ½ cup cilantro
  • ▢ 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • ▢ 1 teaspoon EACH: onion powder and garlic powder
  • ▢ ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Add the ingredients to your food processor or blender and blend on high until mostly smooth. 1 cup greek yogurt or sour cream, 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, ½ cup cilantro, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 1 teaspoon EACH: onion powder and garlic powder, ½ teaspoon salt
  • Store for up to a week in a sealed container in your fridge.

Nutrition

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Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup greek yogurt or sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise , can be light
  • ½ cup cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon EACH: onion powder and garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Add the ingredients to your food processor or blender and blend on high until mostly smooth. 1 cup greek yogurt or sour cream, 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, ½ cup cilantro, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 1 teaspoon EACH: onion powder and garlic powder, ½ teaspoon salt
  • Store for up to a week in a sealed container in your fridge.

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