Easy Lime Crema Recipe

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A Simple Cream Sauce to Elevate Your Mexican Cuisine

 Tired of your go-to Mexican dishes missing that certain something? Look no further than this easy cream sauce recipe featuring lime, sour cream, and mayo. Whether you’re serving it on nachos, tacos, enchiladas, burritos, or any other favorite dish, this sauce is sure to become a new staple. Plus, it’s a breeze to prepare!

Create a Burst of Flavor with Lime Crema!

This is a very versatile sauce. It goes well with just about anything you can imagine. Beef, pork, chicken, and fish. Veggies as a dip. The options are really limitless! Drizzle this sauce on your low-carb taco salad bowls, with tamales, tostadas, and so much more! 

In addition to its versatility, this sauce is also incredibly easy to make. All you need is some sour cream, lime juice, mayo, and a few spices. Simply mix everything together and voila! You have a delicious and flavorful sauce that will take your meals to the next level. Plus, it’s a healthier alternative to many store-bought sauces that are often filled with preservatives and additives. Give it a try and see how it transforms your meals!

For the Lime Crema recipe you will need these ingredients:

Sour Cream – You can also use Mexican sour cream, Mexican crema, greek yogurt

Mayonnaise – Replace regular mayo with Keto mayonnaise for keto diets, or vegan mayo

Lime – Zest lime first then squeeze your lime for about 1-2 tablespoons of juice.

Garlic – Finely minced, crushed, or powder

Salt – regular salt or sea salt

Cilantro(optional) – cilantro lovers can add more instead of 1 tablespoon. For those who don’t like cilantro, you can leave it out

How To Make This Recipe

Zest the lime, then squeeze the juice into a small bowl.

In a bowl whisk the sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic or garlic powder, lime zest, lime juice, and salt. Stir in finely chopped cilantro(optional).

If you prefer a thinner sauce place all ingredients but the cilantro in a blender for a minute. Place sauce in a squeeze bottle for topping tacos, enchiladas, and nachos.

Use immediately or store in a covered bowl in the fridge until ready to serve

🌶Tip: This Lime crema recipe will naturally thicken in the fridge, pull out the whisk and add 1/4 tsp of water or lime juice to thin out the sauce if this happens.

Storing

Lime crema is good for up to 3 days in fridge in an airtight container or squeeze bottle.

Lime Crema Recipe

Eunice Huerta

An easy cream sauce with lime, sour cream, and cilantro, it may be exactly what your favorite Mexican dish is missing.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course sauce

Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• zest of 1 lime
• juice of 1 lime
• 1 teaspoon finely minced garlic or 1/4 tsp granulated garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

 

• Zest the lime, then squeeze the juice into a small bowl.
• In a bowl whisk the sour cream, mayonnaise, crushed garlic or powder, lime zest, lime juice, and salt. Stir in finely chopped cilantro.
• Serve over tacos, in burritos, top tostadas, and much more!
• Use immediately or store in a covered bowl in the fridge until ready to serve. Crema will be good for up to 3 days in the fridge.

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