Aji Verde Recipe

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Theodore Harvey Modified: March 22, 2022
Aji Verde Recipe
Aji Verde Recipe

How To Make Aji Verde

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Try your hand on this Peruvian spicy green sauce! Our aji verde makes the perfect sauce for tacos, meats, and many more tasteful meals.

Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking:
Total: 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

  • ½cupmayonnaise
  • 2 cupsfresh cilantrolightly packed
  • 2medium jalapeñosseeds and membranes removed but reserved, roughly chopped
  • 2garlic clovesroughly chopped
  • â…“cupCotijaor Parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1tbsplime juice
  • ÂĽtspfine sea salt

Instructions

  1. In a food processor or blender, combine the mayonnaise, cilantro, jalapenos, garlic, cotija, lime juice, and sea salt.

  2. Blend until the cilantro has broken into very tiny pieces and the sauce is green and mostly smooth.

  3. Serve on desired meals, and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

 

If the flavor is too overwhelming, blend in 1 tablespoon of olive oil while running the food processor. If it’s not spicy enough, add some of the reserved jalapeño seeds and blend again. For a more tangy sauce, add another tablespoon of lime juice and/or a pinch of salt.

 

Nutrition

  • Calories: 970.25kcal
  • Fat: 101.16g
  • Saturated Fat: 20.32g
  • Monounsaturated Fat: 25.68g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat: 53.89g
  • Carbohydrates: 7.28g
  • Fiber: 1.42g
  • Sugar: 1.61g
  • Protein: 9.04g
  • Cholesterol: 85.05mg
  • Sodium: 1235.96mg
  • Calcium: 347.10mg
  • Potassium: 244.88mg
  • Iron: 0.47mg
  • Vitamin A: 160.95µg
  • Vitamin C: 44.02mg
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