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Cafe Rio’s Creamy Tomatillo Dressing

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January 21, 2019 by Jodi + 6 Comments

This Cafe Rio Creamy Tomatillo Dressing is made with fresh cilantro, jalapeno and tomatillos. It’s delicious on tacos, salads, burritos, nachos, etc. You’ll never want to be without it in your fridge. 

Cafe Rio creamy tomatillo dressing in bottle

After years of making this Cafe Rio Tomatillo Dressing and only having this recipe on my site in this post for smothered burritos, I am finally getting around to giving this delicious dressing its own post.

It’s definitely worthy of being in the spotlight on its own, so I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long.

Maybe it’s because I know you can find this recipe all over the internet, but I still have friends text me all the time asking me which post it was I included this recipe in. So here you go my friends, now it will be so much easier to find on my site.

For those not familiar with Cafe Rio, it’s a Mexican restaurant that has a bit of a cult following. It started in Utah and can now be found in several states. If you don’t have one where you live and/or have never eaten at one, you need to put it on your bucket list.

I make this dressing all the time. It’s super simple to make. You just throw all of the ingredients in the blender, turn it on until the dressing is nice and smooth, then let the dressing chill for in the fridge for a bit.

Cafe Rio creamy tomatillo dressing being poured on tacos

We go through this stuff like it’s chocolate, I mean water.

We love it on any kind of tacos, enchiladas, burritos. Of course, it’s a must make whenever I make  my copcat Cafe Rio Pork or Chicken. We also LOVE to pour some in a bowl and dip tortilla chips in it. Seriously, it makes the best chip dip ever.

 

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Cafe Rio creamy tomatillo dressing in bottle

Cafe Rio Creamy Tomatillo Dressing


  • Total Time: 18 minute
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This Cafe Rio Creamy Tomatillo Dressing is made with fresh cilantro, jalapeno and tomatillos. It’s delicious on tacos, salads, burritos, nachos, etc. You’ll never want to be without it in your fridge. 


Ingredients

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  • 1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 small tomatillos, husks removed and cut in half
  • 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro
  • 1 jalapeno, seeded
  • 1 teaspoon lime juice
  • 1 clove of garlic

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
  2. Chill in refrigerator.

Notes

Most copycat recipes for this call for 1 cup of buttermilk, but I think it ends up getting a little too runny after being in the fridge for a couple days, so I like using 3/4 cup of buttermilk.

If you want this to have kick, leave the seeds and membrane in the jalapeno.

I buy the large container of Hidden Valley Ranch Mix at Costco, so if you have that and not the packets, it’s 3 tablespoons of the dry mix.

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes chill time
  • Category: Sauces/Dressings/Jams

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Comments

  1. Jenny says

    January 21, 2019 at 9:38 am

    I just made this last night and we dipped everything in it. I’ll try it with less buttermilk next time!

    Reply
    • Jodi says

      January 22, 2019 at 11:03 am

      It’s seriously the best!

      Reply
  2. Billie says

    April 25, 2019 at 11:50 am

    I can not eat cilantro!! Can I sustitute parsley or something else!!??

    Reply
    • Jodi says

      April 25, 2019 at 2:24 pm

      The cilantro is what adds so much of the flavor to this dressing, I don’t know how good it would be without it. Not using cilantro is going to totally change the flavor of this dressing. Yo can try using parsley instead, but I can’t promise if this dressing will be as good.

      Reply
  3. Keshia says

    January 25, 2020 at 10:10 am

    How long does it last in the fridge?

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    • Jodi says

      January 25, 2020 at 4:38 pm

      Hi Keshia! I’ve kept mine a good 6 to 7 days in the fridge with it still tasting delicious, but it doesn’t usually last that long at our house. It does tend to start getting “runnier” after being in the fridge for 4 or 5 days.

      Reply

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