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Cilantro Dressing for Salads
"This dressing is great on a fresh veggie salad, chicken salad, crisp green salad, taco salads or any tossed salad. Especially good on a salad that is accompanying a Mexican entree."
photo by Colorado Veg Chef 77
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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32 tablespoons
ingredients
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cilantro, packed
- 1 cup parsley, packed
- 1⁄4 cup sherry wine vinegar (you can substitute either red wine or cider vinegar)
- 3⁄4 cup olive oil (I use lite)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 1 pinch sugar
directions
- Using your steel knife in the food processor mix garlic and salt; process until it is a paste.
- Add cilantro and parsley; process to a fine mince.
- Add vinegar; process for 10 seconds.
- Add oil in a slow steady stream with the processor on.
- Add hot pepper sauce (to match your taste) and a pinch of sugar.
- Chill the dressing for several hours in a glass jar; shake to combine before using.
Questions & Replies
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Can I freeze this? I have a ton of cilantro and parley to use and I'm afraid the dressing will go bad in the fridge.
Reviews
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excellent! Love cilantro, served it with taco salad everyone enjoyed it, my son drizzled some over his subway sandwich the next day he liked it so much. -
Really great salad dressing! I used all cilantro (didn't have any parsley) and only 1/2 cup oil. Great way to use up a lot of cilantro! -
Yum! This is a great way to use up a big bunch of cilantro from the garden. We used it as a salad dressing & it was gone in a few days. I skipped the parsley & just used 2 cups of cilantro. We loved how it came out. I also tried the same recipe with fresh basil and was thrilled with the simple, delicious results. -
This was very yummy.... easy too! I had never made my own dressing before, and after this, I will do it again! i added a bit of lime juice to this dressing and it gave it just the right amount of zip... my husband really liked it! Thanks! -
Awesome dressing! I used it over Southwestern Chicken Salad #170916 and my hubby couldn't stop raving about how good it was! Thanks Bergy!
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Tweaks
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Absolutely AWESOME!!! Like many others, I did not use parsley due to a ton of cilantro in the garden. I added 1/2 a seeded jalapeno and grape seed oil instead of olive oil, otherwise it was identical to the recipe. Thank you soooooo much!
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This recipe is a keeper. I modified to use as a marinade for sockeye salmon. I didn't have parsley so just omitted; substituted lime juice for vinegar and spread over the salmon marinating 2 hours before grilling skin side down, until medium rare. Can't wait to try with other protiens. Yum!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
In the past 16 months I have taken off 61 pounds and feel wonderful. I am off all medications and all systems are GO! In years I may be 79 but in spirit I am still in my forties. We are only as old as we allow ourselves to feel. Always think positive. Do something a bit challenging every day & always do something silly every day. Be a kid again! Laugh every day - it is internal jogging.
Here are a few of my photos
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