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Cilantro Lime Ranch Salad Dressing

August 2, 2013 By Sarah Westover McKenna 13 Comments

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Cilantro Lime Ranch Salad Dressing is one of my favorite and this is my copycat version of Cafe Rio’s dressing.  Yum, yum, YUM!

This creamy cilantro lime ranch salad dressing recipe comes together in a flash! It is a copycat recipe for the amazing cilantro lime dressing at Cafe Rio and works great as a marinade too.

Have you heard of the restaurant Cafe Rio?  I discovered it in the state of Utah while attending college, and I have had a longstanding love affair with their sweet pulled pork ever since.  Our family’s sweet pulled pork copycat recipe for the Cafe Rio pork isn’t as good as the true blue original, but it is insanely simple, and it totally hits the spot.  A very close substitute!  (Plus, quite frankly, I have never had a copycat Cafe Rio pork recipe that TRULY tastes like the original, and I have tried SO many.  People need to stop making that outlandish claim!)  🙂

Many recipes for copycat Cafe Rio Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing call for making “homemade” ranch using a packet.  I just use the dressing straight from the bottle.  It’s so much easier, and I can’t tell a difference between the bottle and the packets.  (Just don’t use light ranch salad dressing — use full fat salad dressing, people.  Full fat!)  Plus, I always have bottled ranch salad dressing on hand, unlike the dry packets, so I’m ready to whip up a jar at almost any given moment!

This cilantro lime ranch salad dressing is great on meat and lovely on salads.  Mix some up in a hurry and enjoy!

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Cilantro-Lime Ranch Salad Dressing
Ingredients
  • 1 cup ranch dressing
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ⅛ cup lime juice (or more to taste)
  • 1 jalapeno, seeded
  • 1 large tomatillo
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro (or more to taste)
Instructions
  1. Gather your ingredients. Be sure to seed the jalapeno. I recommend using disposable gloves when doing so if you have any on hand.
  2. Place all of the ingredients in a blender and blend on high until well mixed.
  3. Taste to be certain you like the flavor. The lime juice and cilantro taste can be adjusted a bit to accommodate for personal preference.
  4. Pour this over some food and enjoy!
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Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah is the scattered creative mind behind Bombshell Bling. A former elementary school teacher and a current stay-at-home mom, she loves developing her creativity through her blog and her jewelry design business, Bombshell Bling Jewelry. Sarah is a lover of all things vintage, colorful, and BLING. She is also a sweets addict with a major obsession with s'mores.
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Comments

  1. Laura@live-love-scrap says

    August 9, 2013 at 6:53 pm

    oooo. . . this looks sooo good! My hubby’s favorite Italien restaurant serves a cilantro lime dressing on their salads and I just love it! Can’t wait to give this a try!

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  2. Vida says

    September 11, 2014 at 5:04 am

    Found your site on Pinterest when looking for a copycat recipe for this dressing! Tastes great! We upped the jalepenos bc we like extra spice 🙂 thanks for sharing – can’t wait to try your pork recipe soon.

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    • Sarah Westover McKenna says

      September 11, 2014 at 3:21 pm

      Glad you found me! I love jalapeño flavor, so maybe I’ll have to try that next time!

      Reply
  3. Jillian says

    January 27, 2015 at 5:19 pm

    WAY too spicey!! I’m sure if ppl want a spicey sauce this is great… And I had my doubts because of the tomatillo and jalepino… But if you’re going to call it something, don’t call it cafe rio sauce cuz theirs is NOT spicey!

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    • Sarah Westover McKenna says

      January 27, 2015 at 8:02 pm

      Ours has never turned out spicy! (I’m not particularly a spicy food fan. I have a wimpy palate.) Maybe you used larger jalapenos and tomatillos than I do? I’m sorry it didn’t turn out/you didn’t like it! 🙁

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  4. Rebekah says

    March 24, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    Love the Cilantro Lime Ranch Salad Dressing, Amazing thanks so much for the share!

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    • Sarah Westover McKenna says

      March 24, 2015 at 7:39 pm

      Yay! You are welcome!

      Reply
  5. SaraColorado says

    May 12, 2015 at 8:18 am

    Can you tell me how much dressing (when completely made) this makes? (How many cups dressing)?

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    • Sarah Westover McKenna says

      May 12, 2015 at 10:11 am

      I’m not sure exactly, sorry! A couple of cups? Most of a fairly large jam jar. We always have extra when we use it for the shredded pork. I will have to measure it next time!

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  6. Ginger Wroot says

    April 11, 2016 at 10:01 am

    This dressing looks like it has great flavor combinations! Can’t wait to make and try this soon. Pinned. Thanks!
    –G
    gingerwroot,com

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  7. Lee Ann says

    October 5, 2018 at 4:02 pm

    Do you use a fresh tomatillo or jarred?

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    • Sarah Westover McKenna says

      October 5, 2018 at 4:36 pm

      Fresh

      Reply

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  1. Sweet Pulled Pork says:
    August 5, 2013 at 6:01 am

    […] gonna get outside of the restaurant. On Friday I shared our version of Cafe Rio’s Cilantro Lime Ranch Salad Dressing.  You can use this pork and that dressing to create a taco salad using tortillas, black beans, […]

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