Tex-Mex Green Sauce
"Found this on the internet years ago. It is now a family favorite and I make it every year for the snack table at Thanksgiving. I usually omit the green chiles because I'm a wimp. Prep time is a guess, I'm notoriously slow in the kitchen. Cook time is chill time."
photo by Debi9400
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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15
ingredients
- 4 medium avocados, peeled, pitted and cubed
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
- 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chilies (like Ro*Tel)
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice (I use a bit more)
- 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies (optional)
- tortilla chips
directions
- In a medium bowl mash avocados and cream cheese together. Add remaining ingredients except tortilla chips and combine well until smooth.
- Can also be made in a food processor or blender. Just dump in all ingredients and blend or process until smooth.
- I usually combine everything except the tomatoes then use an immersion blender. Then add the tomatoes and blend lightly until combined but with some texture remaining.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow flavors to blend. Serve with tortilla chips for dipping.
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Reviews
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Very Good! I used 6 Avocados and it came out perfectly! Thanks for posting! I have tried alot of different version of the Casa Ole green sauce and in my opinion this is the closest and that is saying alot as Casa Ole has been my favorite restaurant since I was a kid! -
My family loves this and the only reason I did not give it 4 stars is bc I have to up the seasoning in it...needs much more garlic powder and salt than called for. I also use fresh lime juice instead of the lemon and less sour cream. Try adding some fresh jalepenos for a kick...just throw them in the food processor with everything. This is a very good recipe. I have already made it 3 times and it never lasts more than a day!!! -
I don't like it when people change things around on a good recipe, but to save work and buying extra ingredients, I bought a guacamole dip, 12 oz. Since it is already seasoned with salt, jalapeno, and garlic, I cut back or eliminated. This is what I used: guacamole dip, 16 oz sour cream, 4 oz cream cheese, 1/4 t. salt, 1/4 t. garlic powder, 1 t lemon juice, and a 7 oz can of Salsa Verde (a green tomato, tomatillo sauce in Mexican grocery isle). The dip is pretty garlicy and salty, so adjust to taste. Jalapeno is not needed to a kick, because the dip has that too. -
It was a great sauce, just not the flavor I was looking for. I tried a second time with half the cream cheese and two extra avocados, i also added 3 or 4 dashes of cholula hot sauce which seemed to kick it up a notch. I enjoyed it
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GREAT COPYCAT RECIPE!! If you love Casa Ole green sauce, then you will LOVE this! I just wish you had a recipe for the red sauce too!! The only change I made was that I decreased the salt by half. PERFECT!! BTW- I beleive the restuarant adds a tiny bit of green food coloring to theirs as well. THANKS!
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My family loves this and the only reason I did not give it 4 stars is bc I have to up the seasoning in it...needs much more garlic powder and salt than called for. I also use fresh lime juice instead of the lemon and less sour cream. Try adding some fresh jalepenos for a kick...just throw them in the food processor with everything. This is a very good recipe. I have already made it 3 times and it never lasts more than a day!!!
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This is really good stuff! Amazingly good stuff! It's avocado season here now and one of my veggie daughters came to visit and we had this as an appetizer for our Sabbath lunch. I halved some pitas lengthwise and them brushed them with olive oil and sprinkled on some zaater. Left those on the hot plate that was heating up our food and they were nice and crispy in time for lunch. We had this green sauce spread on the pita chips and it was delicious. We also had hummous and smoky eggplant spread on the table, but those two were ignored, the avocado sauce was inhaled, the bowl wiped clean and my daughter went home with the recipe. The only change I made to the recipe was to use a soft, 3% fat white cheese instead of the cream cheese. Thanks so much for posting, it was sublime!
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