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Avocado Dressing

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Sam Jones/Quinn Brein
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Serves 4
Category
Salad Dressings
Course
Side Dishes
Preparation Method
No Cook
Sources
Vegetable Cookbook
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Love avocados? Try this lovely pale green avocado dressing! Serve over salad leaves, a rice bowl, leftover chicken—you name it! Call it our magic green sauce.

You can also dress it up. For example, add a spoonful next to a portion of chilled crabmeat salad. Beautiful!

Note that the consistency is thicker than your typical dressing but it’s still liquid enough to use as a salad dressing, too.

Ingredients
1 large avocado
2 garlic cloves, sliced
3 green onions, white portion only, sliced
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
3/4 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1/2 green chili, minced
1 cup water
Instructions

Combine the avocado, garlic, and onions in the container of a blender or processor, then whirl until smooth. Add the oil, lemon juice, cumin, salt, and pepper, and water and whirl briefly. Stir in the green chili. Refrigerate and pour over 4 individual salads.

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Comments

Katherine Jacque (not verified)

6 years 10 months ago

I make a smooth avocado guacamole and freeze it in portions. I think this dressing would freeze well, too.

CJ. De Rosa (not verified)

6 years 10 months ago

If stored in a vacuum sealed bag, could this dressing be frozen?

Hi, CJ. Avocados do not tend to freeze well, so we don’t recommend it.

Shaun McDonnell (not verified)

6 years 10 months ago

Could you comment on how long you can keep the Avocado Dressing (and) best storage method

Store the dressing in an airtight container in the fridge for 5 to 7 days.

Stephen Brown (not verified)

6 years 10 months ago

The recipe for avocado dressing calls for "half of a green chili" - what kind of chili do the recipe authors have in mind?

I do not normally purchase green chilis. Is there a substitute?