Chipotle Sauce

This homemade creamy Chipotle Sauce recipe is another family favorite tacos, fajitas, bowls, roasted vegetables, grilled chicken, and more.! It’s a delicious chipotle cream sauce made with sour cream, buttermilk, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, cilantro, lime juice and seasoning.

If you love a good smoky-flavored sauce, you’ll love this easy chipotle cream sauce . It is made with just a few ingredients and it comes together in a pinch.

Why We Love This Recipe

• Amazing Flavor. This chipotle sauce has an amazing flavor. If you’re a sauce person, like we are, you will love it! It’s our go-to sauce for serving with chicken tacos.
• Quick and Easy. Just measure a few ingredients, then toss them all in a blender or food processor. 
• Great For Sharing. Serve this popular chipotle sauce at all your outdoor taco bars, taco Tuesdays, cookouts, backyard barbecues and game days. Family and friends will love it!

Creamy Chipotle Sauce Recipe Ingredients

• Chipotle Peppers In Adobo Sauce. We use canned chipotles in adobo sauce for this recipe. 
• Sour Cream. We use sour cream as our base instead of mayonnaise.
• Buttermilk.  Buttermilk is used to thin the sour cream and add a richness to the sauce.
• Lime Juice.  A little lime juice balances the smokey flavor of the adobo sauce.
• Cilantro. Fresh cilantro adds flavor.
• Seasonings. We add onion powder, garlic powder, salt and black pepper to season the sauce.

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How To Make Chipotle Sauce

1. Blend Ingredients. Whisk together the mayonnaise, olive oil, lime juice, grated garlic and adobo sauce. Add more adobo sauce if you want things a little spicer. Season with a pinch of salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste.
2. Refrigerate. Transfer aioli to an airtight container and place in the refrigerator for up to an hour before serving (longer is even better) to allow the flavors to blend together.

How To Store Leftover Chipotle Peppers In Adobo Sauce

Sometimes recipes call for chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (like this one), but we don’t typically end up using the whole can, and then we are left wondering what to do with what’s left. Rather than just tossing  the can in the trash, you can quickly and easily measure the remaining peppers and adobo sauce out and freeze it for later use. Here’s how:

1. Prep Cookie Sheet. Line a cookie sheet with a Silpat, parchment paper or waxed paper.
2. Mark Date On Freezer Bag. Label freezer bags with date and contents of bag.
3. Blend Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce. Add the leftover chipotle peppers and the adobo sauce to a small blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
4. Measure Sauce. Using a tablespoon or small melon scoop, measure the blended chipotle adobo sauce by the tablespoonfuls onto the silicon mat or waxed paper. We like to measure out the tablespoonful that way when we add the chipotle adobo sauce to recipes, it’s already measured out for us. Alternatively, you can also measure the chipotle adobo sauce into an ice cube tray.
5. Freeze. Pop the cookie sheet (or ice cube tray) into the freezer for 30-45 minutes, or until frozen solid.
6. Freezer Bags. Transfer the frozen scoops (or cubes) of blended chipotle sauce into the prepared plastic freezer bag.

More Recipes Using Chipotles In Adobo Sauce

• Aioli. We use chipotles in adobo sauce for our Chipotle Aioli, which we love to slather on burger buns, inside wraps and as a dipping sauce for French fries.
• Salad Dressings. We add it to salad dressings, like our Chipotle Honey Vinaigrette, Chipotle Ranch Dressing and Southwest Ranch Dressing.
• Bean Dip. We also add it to our smokey Chipotle Black Bean Dip.

More Sauce Recipes

• Homemade Alfredo Sauce
• Garlic Butter Sauce
• Artichoke Dipping Sauce
• Classic Burger Sauce
• Lemon Dill Sauce

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Yield: 8 Servings

Chipotle Sauce

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

This homemade creamy Chipotle Sauce recipe is another family favorite tacos, fajitas, bowls, roasted vegetables, grilled chicken, and more.! It’s a delicious chipotle cream sauce made with sour cream, buttermilk, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, cilantro, lime juice and seasoning.

Ingredients

• 1-1/4 cups sour cream
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• 1 chipotle chili in can
• 2 teaspoons adobo sauce
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Place the ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until the consistency is smooth. There will be little fine specks of cilantro in the sauce, and that's fine. Season with a pinch of salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste. Add more chipotle pepper or adobo sauce if you want a spicier sauce.
2. Transfer sauce to an airtight container and place in the refrigerator. Refrigerate for up to 1 hour before serving so the flavors have time to blend together.
3. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If properly stored, it should last up to 5 days.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 78Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 409mgCarbohydrates: 5gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 5g

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