Best 6 Cilantro Lime Sauce For Tacos Recipes

CILANTRO LIME SAUCE

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to a high speed blender or food processor. Pulse until it's mostly smooth - you want to leave it just slightly chunky with visible small bits of cilantro.

SOUTHWEST SALMON WITH CILANTRO-LIME SAUCE (COOKING FOR 2)

Steps:

• In small bowl, mix sour cream, cilantro, lime peel, lime juice, honey and salt; set aside.
• Season salmon fillets with taco seasoning mix. In 8-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add fillets to skillet, skin-side down.
• Cook 6 to 8 minutes or until skin is browned. Turn fillets; cook 2 to 4 minutes or until salmon flakes easily with fork.
• Serve salmon with cilantro-lime sauce.

CILANTRO LIME SAUCE

Steps:

• Add the oil, garlic, cumin, salt, lime juice, honey and cilantro to a blender or food processor. Blend on low until just combined.
• Use as a drizzle sauce, dipping sauce, dressing, or marinade.
• Make the sauce according to the instructions above. Add half the sauce to a zip-top bag or shallow baking dish along with 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts, tossing to coat. Set the other half of the sauce aside.
• Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, or up to 8 hours.
• Uncover and discard the marinade. Shake any excess marinade off the chicken.
• Grill over medium heat, flipping halfway through. Cook until the chicken thighs register 185F to 190F degrees or chicken breasts register 165F.
• Remove from the grill and allow to rest for 5-10 minutes, tented with foil. When ready to serve, slice against the grain and serve with remaining sauce for drizzling or dipping.

GRILLED SHRIMP TACOS WITH CREAMY CILANTRO SAUCE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, season shrimp with paprika, garlic powder, oregano, cumin, red pepper flakes, and salt. Toss gently to combine.
• Using 2 bamboo or metal skewers, poke through the top and bottom of the shrimp and push down to the bottom of the skewer.
• Add 3 more shrimp to the same skewer and repeat until all of the shrimp are used.
• Right before you put the shrimp on the grill, brush each skewer with a generous amount of olive oil, to prevent sticking.
• Grill over high heat for 3 minutes, brush the top side with more olive oil, flip, and let cook for an additional 3 minutes.
• Remove from skewers & set aside for taco assembly.
• In a bowl, combine all creamy cilantro sauce ingredients. Stir well to combine.
• In a large bowl, combine green cabbage, red cabbage, and minced jalapeño. Pour half of the sour cream mixture over the cabbage, saving the other half for extra sauce to put on the tacos.
• Assemble the tacos on corn tortillas. Add the cabbage mixture, followed by the shrimp. Top with the creamy cilantro sauce, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime juice.
• Enjoy!

CILANTRO BEEF TACOS

Steps:

• Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat. Add steak; cook 5-7 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 135°; medium, 140°; medium-well, 145°). Remove from pan., In same skillet, heat remaining oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir 4-5 minutes or until tender. Add jalapeno and garlic; cook 2 minutes longer. Stir in salsa, cilantro, lime juice and pepper sauce; heat through., Thinly slice steak across the grain; stir into onion mixture. Serve in tortillas; top as desired.

LIME-CILANTRO PORK TACOS

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle pork with salt and black pepper. Add oil to pan.
• Add pork, and saute 4 minutes or until browned Remove pork from pan; place in a bowl. Add onion and jalapeno to pan. Add broth; reduce heat, and simmer for 1 minute, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Stir in tomato; simmer 2 minutes.
• Return pork and accumulated juices to pan. Stir in cilantro and lime juice; cook 1 minute or until pork in done.
• Heat tortillas according to package directions. Spoon 1/2 cup pork mixture into each tortilla; roll up.