Cilantro Lime green sauce

I love times when we get to gather with our friends for a potluck or a celebration. Chances are if you are one of my friends then you have had my green dip. At the end of parties and such I am always asked how I make this. It is usually described like tasting like the green dip from Chuys. This is an all around great dip/sauce to add to your menus. You can use it to dip chips in or maybe even a quesadilla. We love it on just about anything. It is great on my AMAZING FISH TACOS  or even used when cooking shrimp. I have been making this for over 10 years, the original recipe from a dear friend of mine that I have tweaked through the years.  You will love it because it is so easy to make you will want to put it on EVERYTHING! So.....Here is what you are going to buy:

Now a couple of points......I use light sour cream but you can use regular this is a 16 oz. container. I use HyTop ranch dip because it is SOOOO much cheaper than hidden valley. This package is like .43 @ Brookshires. You can use the little cans of pickled jalapenos but I prefer the jar bacause I don't put alot and the jar keeps forever. Be sure you grab cilantro and not parsley.....I did that when I first started making it and ruined a whole batch. Use a real lime for the lime juice, it taste much better. So, ok. Twist your bunch of cilantro about 1/3 of the way up the stems to snap off the bulk of the stems. Rinse and pat dry. If you see any big stems in there you can break them off if you want. Place them in your food processor, blender, I use a ninja. Add 1 packet of dry ranch mix, juice of 1 lime, and a couple of fork fulls of the pickled jalapenos (use a fork so you don't get alot of the juice and make you dip too runny).

 Blend, pulse, do the happy dance cause you are almost done! You will end with something that looks like this:

 

I like to add my sour cream to the container and blend again however some food processors are not big enough for that so just put both in a bowl and stir. I recommend that when you open your sour cream to pour off any liquid off the top . So now you have this:

 

This will keep in the fridge for a few days but if your family is anything like mine, it won't last that long. I store mine in a mason jar but anything with a fitted lid will work.

 

Enjoy! Here is the Fish Tacos from last week, they are amazing with this sauce on them.....