Avocado Crema Recipe

Name: Avocado Crema Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 Avocados, peels and seeds removed; 6 sprigs Fresh Cilantro; 1/2 cup Sour Cream; 1/2 teaspoon Salt; 1/4 cup Water; Juice from 1 Lime; Cayenne Pepper or Hot Sauce

10 mins prepServes 10

This creamy, tart, avocado-based sauce can be made in just a few minutes in a food processor. While it’s great in Mexican meals like on tacos or enchiladas, try it as a topping for burgers, dip for vegetables, or dressing for salads!Want to adjust the servings in this recipe to make more or less? Just click on the number next to “servings” and you can easily scale the recipe.

10 servings

What you need

2 avocado

1 fresh cilantro, (you can include the stems; if you just want to use cilantro leaves, you’ll need about 1 cup of lightly packed leaves)

½ cup sour cream, (see note)

½ tsp salt

¼ cup water

1 lime juice

1 cayenne pepper, (optional, only if you want this to be spicy)

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Instructions


0 Combine avocados, cilantro, sour cream, salt, water, and lime juice in a food processor.
1 Blend until smooth. Add more water, if needed, until the crema is still thick but pours easily off a spoon. 
2 Taste the crema and add some more lime juice or salt, if needed. If you’d like some spice add a pinch of cayenne pepper or some hot sauce.

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