
How To Make Aji Verde
Try your hand on this Peruvian spicy green sauce! Our aji verde makes the perfect sauce for tacos, meats, and many more tasteful meals.
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
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In a food processor or blender, combine the mayonnaise, cilantro, jalapenos, garlic, cotija, lime juice, and sea salt.
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Blend until the cilantro has broken into very tiny pieces and the sauce is green and mostly smooth.
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Serve on desired meals, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
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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.
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Nutrition
- Calories:Â 970.25kcal
- Fat:Â 101.16g
- Saturated Fat:Â 20.32g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 25.68g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 53.89g
- Carbohydrates:Â 7.28g
- Fiber:Â 1.42g
- Sugar:Â 1.61g
- Protein:Â 9.04g
- Cholesterol:Â 85.05mg
- Sodium:Â 1235.96mg
- Calcium:Â 347.10mg
- Potassium:Â 244.88mg
- Iron:Â 0.47mg
- Vitamin A: 160.95µg
- Vitamin C:Â 44.02mg
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