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Green Goddess Sauce

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Green Goddess Sauce

I love to make sauces especially this green goddess sauce.  Sauces are one of my favorite avenues of cooking and I’m always mixing things up to find the perfect one.  The inspiration for this sauce came from a food truck episode on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives a couple of years ago.  I have tried since then to find the recipe but cannot so this is one of my versions of a green goddess sauce.  I remember her sauce having a mayo base and maybe other herbs.  I really like the tang you get from using Greek yogurt in this one.  You can use this sauce with so many dishes….fish, chicken, beef, lamb, pork, re-fried beans and the list goes on!

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Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup Greek yogurt
  • 1/3 cup mayo (I use Hellmans)
  • 1 cup fresh cilantro
  • 1 garlic clove put thru press
  • 1/2 jalapeño diced
  • 1 tsp. grated vadalia onion ( or yellow onion)
  • 1 tbsp each lime juice, sugar & “seasoned” rice wine vinegar
  • 2-3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • s & p
  • dash of Siracha or Tabasco (Siracha is a hot chili sauce sold next to Tabasco at the store)

Directions:

  1. Place all of the ingredients into a blender an purée and you will probably need to stop and stir everything a couple of times to get it going but do not add any more liquid (you will see that once it gets going it will be just right).
  2. When you begin to purée start to drizzle in 2-3 tbsp of olive oil, it will help the sauce to emulsify and become fluffy and smooth
  3. You can make this ahead of time and keep sauce in a plastic container and refrigerate.  It stays nicely for days in frig.  Yum!
  4. This green sauce is absolutely delicious on so many things …… be creative.
  5. Try it with Sautéed Chicken Breasts and Spinach or on Crock Pot Pulled Pork sandwiches, BBQ Pork Wraps, Sautéed Chilean Sea Bass or as a dip for Baked Coconut Shrimp!

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Greek Yogurt Remoulade

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Greek Yogurt Remoulade

Having a homemade gourmet dipping sauce as tasty as this and made with greek yogurt is pretty much a no brainer for me.  This sauce has the tang from the yogurt, a little sweet from the ketchup and a nice spice from the fresh garlic and Siracha…..yum.  You need to try this sauce with the  Baked Yukon Potato Fries recipe.  It’s such a nice combination and a change up from plain ketchup!  The gourmet remoulade sauce is outrageous on sandwiches too.

You may want to try this on jumbo crab cakes too:

Jumbo Crab Cakes
Jumbo Crab Cakes

 

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

    • 3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
    • 1/3 cup Hellman’s mayo
    • 1/3 cup plus 1 tbsp. ketchup (6 tbsp)
    • 3 dashes of Siracha – OPTIONAL (Siracha is a hot chili sauce sold next to the Tabasco at the store or what ever your favorite hot sauce is!)
    • Juice from 1/2 lime
    • 1 lg. garlic clove (put thru press )
    • 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
    • 1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar (I use “seasoned” rice wine vinegar)
    • Freshly chopped chives to sprinkle on top of finished remoulade

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DIRECTIONS:

  1. Whisk all of the ingredients except the chives in a mixing bowl, then top with chopped chives.