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Cafe Rio Style Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing

Name: Cafe Rio Style Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 small bunch cilantro, large stems removed; 1 tsp. Green Tabasco sauce or 1 diced jalapeno pepper; 1/2 tsp. minced garlic; 2 cups prepared Ranch Dressing; 2 large or 4 small tomatillos; 2 T fresh lime juice; I usually use a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch buttermilk mix, but you can make your own

Category
Salad
Cusine
American

What do you need?

How to make?

Ingredients

2 cups prepared Ranch Dressing

I usually use a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch buttermilk mix, but you can make your own

1 small bunch cilantro, large stems removed

2 large or 4 small tomatillos

1/2 tsp. minced garlic

2 T fresh lime juice

1 tsp. Green Tabasco sauce or 1 diced jalapeno pepper

Directions

Prepare Ranch dressing according to directions on the package or recipe you’re following and put in the fridge to chill. Remove large cilantro stems, then wash leaves and spin dry or dry with paper towels. Add cilantro to food processor fitted with the steel blade and pulse until finely chopped. Add tomatillos, garlic, lime juice, and Green Tabasco or chopped jalapeno to the food processor and pulse until ingredients are finely pureed. Add the 2 cups of prepared dressing and pulse just a few times, until ingredients are well combined. Chill dressing for an hour or two and serve.