I was hooked at Chuy’s! And since I can’t live at Chuy’s, I decided to see if I could come even close to their recipe, so that my taste buds can experience the deliciousness of this creamy, green, Ranchy, jalapenoey, cilantroey awesomeness.
Yep. I just said deliciousness of the awesomeness.
Because it’s that good.
So anyway, back to (somewhat) normal human language. The photo just doesn’t do it justice. You have to taste it to believe it!
Here’s what I threw into a food processor and it turned out super yummy!
Creamy Jalapeno Ranch Dip
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Ranch dressing (from the bottle, or homemade)
1/2 cup sour cream
one bunch of cilantro, stems removed
one large fresh jalapeno, de-seeded and coarsely chopped
one 7 oz. can chopped green chiles
a large garlic clove, roughly chopped
a teaspoon of salt
juice of one lemon
What to do:
Pulse til smooth. Taste. Add anything it’s missing. I am a cilantro-aholic, so I found myself adding more and more. And you’ll be surprised at how much fresh jalapeno this dip can handle. Remember, it’s creamy, so it’ll be fine. Go easy on the lemon. Better to add a bit more later than to over-do it. Eat it with chips or tortillas.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this stuff would be great over enchiladas.
Love,
This looks like something that my husband would definitely enjoy…and me too!! We’ll have to try it soon. Thanks for the great recipes!
We made it, and we love it!! You were telling the truth about the deliciousness of the awesomeness!! =))
So glad your family enjoyed it, Tara! We finished ours off today over cheese enchiladas at lunch!
Brandy,
Hi! I’m new to your site, and I just love it! I’m finding so many great recipes to try here, but when I started reading this one, it made my heart skip a beat!! We lived in San Antonio for 15 months last year and this year, and Chuy’s was one of our favorite restaurants. (I picked to go there for Mother’s Day last year, ha!) We miss it dearly (and all the wonderful Tex-Mex!) now that we’ve moved. I will try this for sure. Thank you so much, and I look forward to reading more of your wonderful, encouraging blog!
Blessings, Kate
I just wanted to say first that I too spend a lot of time wishing I could live at Chuy’s (alas I live in West by god Virginia) so I’ve been making a similar recipe to this for a couple of years, since I know you’re trying to go the healthy route I thought you may like it… basically do everything you do already, but instead of using bottled ranch use a packet of ranch seasoning and sub the amount of dressing with Greek yogurt, and whap it all in the blender… oh so good…