Drizzle the creamy avocado lime crema over tacos, burgers, tostadas, and salad. The easy 5-ingredient condiment adds fresh flavor to all the Tex-Mex classics. Keep a batch in your fridge to upgrade meals in seconds.
What is Avocado Lime Crema?
Avocado lime crema is a creamy sauce or dip with a bright green color. It’s crafted from avocados, fresh lime juice, sour cream or yogurt, cilantro leaves, garlic, and various spices. The creamy sauce is the best way to add a flavorful kick to all your favorite recipes.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Avocado: All you need is two ripe avocados.
- Cilantro: Include fresh cilantro leaves to balance the heat and give the sauce its bright green color.
- Garlic: I suggest using two garlic cloves, but measure with your heart.
- Yogurt: Use full-fat Greek yogurt to thicken the avocado lime crema.
- Lime Juice: Prioritize fresh lime juice from one to two limes. You can use store-bought lime juice, but it changes the taste of the sauce.
- Spices: Flavor the crema with simple spices, such as salt and black pepper.
- Water: Add warm water, a little at a time, until you get a pourable consistency.
Additions and Substitutions
- Add peppers like serrano or jalapeño peppers for a little heat.
- Replace full-fat Greek yogurt with sour cream, mayonnaise, or olive oil.
Tools Used to Make this Recipe
You can use an immersion blender, food processor, or high-speed blender to make the sauce. However, I highly recommend using an immersion blender when making salad dressings or sauces for the smoothest result.
Store the sauce in an airtight container, glass jar, or squeeze bottle in the refrigerator.
How to Make Avocado Lime Crema
The full recipe with measurements is in the recipe card below.
Step 1: Combine avocado, cilantro, garlic, Greek yogurt, lime juice, salt, and pepper with a immersion blender, food processor, or blender. Process until smooth.
Step 2: Add 2-4 tablespoons of warm water until you get the desired consistency. Then, taste and season with salt and pepper.
Expert Tips
- Go easy on the salt and black pepper in the beginning so you can season with more at the end as needed.
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What Can I Serve Avocado Crema with?
Use the creamy sauce to flavor everything from tacos, fajitas, enchiladas, nachos, and quesadillas to burgers and grilled chicken.
What to do with the Leftovers
- Refrigerate: Store the leftover crema in an airtight container or glass jar for 3-4 days.
- Freeze: I don’t recommend freezing avocado lime crema since the consistency will change once frozen. Make the sauce fresh and use it in a few days.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between avocado crema and guacamole?
Avocado crema with lime and guacamole uses avocado as a main ingredient but differs in ingredients, texture, use, and flavor.
Avocado crema is a smooth sauce made by pureeing avocado with a cream base, such as yogurt or sour cream. Meanwhile, guacamole is a chunkier dip that sometimes contains cilantro, tomatoes, and onions. Crema is drizzled over dishes as a sauce, while the texture of guacamole is better for dipping and spreading.
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Avocado Lime Crema
- 2 avocados, pitted and peeled
- ¼ cup cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- ½ cup Greek yogurt, full-fat
- lime juice, 1-2 limes
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2-4 tablespoons warm water
- Combine avocado, cilantro, garlic, Greek yogurt, lime juice, salt, and pepper with a immersion blender, food processor, or blender. Process until smooth.
- Add warm water, a little at a time, until it has a pourable consistency. Then, taste and season with salt and black pepper.
- Go easy on the salt and black pepper in the beginning so you can season with more at the end as needed.
- The nutritional information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for professional advice.