Cowboy Salad Dressing

Boost your salads and appetizers with our Cowboy Dressing recipe. This do-it-yourself dressing delivers huge Tex-Mex taste, made with salsa verde, lime juice, and our smoky spice mix. Plus, it’s so straightforward to make. When you attempt it, you’ll by no means return to store-bought!

Attempt our scrumptious Cowboy Pasta Salad, that includes this do-it-yourself dressing!

Why Our Recipe

• Southwestern flavors make this creamy dressing certainly one of our favorites.
• This dressing makes a scrumptious dipping sauce for fries and hen tenders. Yum!

By making your personal dressing, you possibly can say goodbye to store-bought variations and customise the style to your liking. Chili powder, smoked paprika, and cumin give this creamy dressing the proper stability of smoky taste with a contact of warmth.

Ingredient Notes

• Salsa Verde: The star of the dressing! Use gentle or spicy salsa verde relying in your warmth desire. If you happen to can’t discover salsa verde, tomatillo salsa and even common purple salsa can work in a pinch.
• Mayo: Plain Greek yogurt can be utilized in its place.
• Lime Juice: Freshly squeezed lime juice provides one of the best taste. Bottled lime juice will work too.
• Smoked Paprika: Provides a smoky depth to the dressing. If you happen to don’t have smoked paprika, common paprika will do, however you’ll miss out on that smoky taste.
• Floor Cumin: Offers that Tex-Mex taste.
• Chili Powder: Provides a light smokiness and spice with out being overwhelmingly spicy.
• Granulated Garlic: Garlic powder can be utilized instead in the identical quantity.

Modify the Warmth

This smoky, southwestern-inspired dressing has a light warmth profile from the chili powder and salsa verde. Kick up the warmth with these variations.

Salsa Verde: Select a medium or scorching salsa verde as an alternative of gentle for slightly extra warmth.

Spices: Add a 1/2–1 teaspoon cayenne pepper or a 1/2–1 teaspoon purple pepper flakes.

Blender Technique

Somewhat than simply merely combine the elements collectively, we use a blender to get the smoothest, creamiest consistency. Utilizing a blender is particularly necessary to completely incorporate the salsa verde in with the remainder of the elements for a easy and creamy dressing.

The best way to Use It

Dipping Sauce: This smoky, mayo-based sauce is ideal for dipping fries, chicken tenders, and even as a dip for chips. To make the dressing thicker for chips, merely substitute the mayo with plain Greek yogurt or bitter cream.

Salads: This creamy, Southwestern-inspired dressing is the star of our Cowboy Pasta Salad, however this dressing is so good, you’ll need to apply it to the whole lot. This dressing additionally pairs properly with a taco salad—yum!