Make delicious Lime Jalapeño Salad Dressing in only 3-4 minutes. It has 5 ingredients and adds a zesty, fresh pop of flavor to green salads.
I am always looking for new and exciting salad dressings that I can make from scratch at home. Usually it costs less in the long run to make homemade salad dressings, especially with the cost of groceries recently!
This recipe for Lime Jalapeño Salad Dressing is one I found in an old cookbook of mine and tweaked the recipe slightly, to suit our taste.
It is simple salad dressing to prepare, and is a fresh, flavorful addition to mixed green salads. The total amount of salad dressing (as written) is enough for a big green salad (4 servings).
If you want to have more on hand, the recipe can EASILY be doubled or tripled to meet your needs. Here’s how to make it.
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What Are The Ingredients I Will Need?
To make this salad dressing you will need 5 ingredients. They are fresh lime juice (from 1 lime), vegetable oil, a small jalapeño pepper, a clove of garlic, and a small piece of fresh ginger.
Prepping The Jalapeño
This recipe, as written, calls for using ¼ of a small jalapeño pepper. The photos below are representative only, to show you what must be removed.
Remove the seeds (they contain the heat so don’t rub your eyes after handling them!). and finely dice the jalapeño.
Prep The Fresh Ginger
Peel a very small “knob” of fresh ginger. Once peeled, mince the small piece very finely with a knife OR use a microplane (shown in photo below) to do the same thing.
The amount of fresh ginger needed is very small (but necessary for the flavor of the salad dressing). Did you know you can freeze the leftover ginger and continue to use it over and over? Here’s how to freeze ginger.
Make The Lime Jalapeño Salad Dressing
Now that the ingredients are prepped, the Lime Jalapeño Salad Dressing will come together in only a brief minute!
Place the lime juice, oil, minced jalapeño pepper, garlic, and ginger in a small bowl. Use a fork and whisk these ingredients together until they are fully combined.
Once the salad dressing is fully mixed, it can be used immediately OR you can cover and store it in the refrigerator.
If you choose to refrigerate it right when it’s done, you will need to re-stir the ingredients well once again before you use it.
Serve And Enjoy!
When ready to use, give it a quick stir, then add the lime jalapeno salad dressing to any of your favorite mixed green salads.
The salad shown below (first photo) is a kale and sweet potato salad, and this simple, but this flavor-packed dressing pairs really well with it.
The salad dressing also compliments green salads with fresh fruit, because it compliments the sweet fruit well.
Hope you give this unique (but delicious) salad dressing a try, and trust you’ll enjoy it! It’s such a simple recipe, but it tastes really good on a cold, crisp green salad.
Thanks for stopping by, and please come back again soon for more family-friendly recipes. Take care, may God bless you, and have a GREAT day!
Looking For More SALAD DRESSING Recipes?
You can find ALL of my recipes in the Recipe Index, which is located at the top of the page. I have quite a few homemade salad dressing recipes to choose from, including:
- French Salad Dressing
- Bleu Cheese Dressing
- Creamy Lemon Salad Dressing
- Ranch Dressing
- Poppyseed Salad Dressing
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Salad dressing recipe adapted from: “Year Round Fresh”, page 184, published by WW International, Inc. in 2018
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Make delicious Lime Jalapeño Salad Dressing in only 3-4 minutes. It has 5 ingredients and adds a zesty, fresh pop of flavor to green salads.
- 1½ Tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2½ teaspoons vegetable oil or other neutral oil
- ¼ teaspoon fresh minced ginger finely minced
- ¼ small fresh jalapeño pepper seeded, finely minced
- ½ small garlic clove finely minced
Place the lime juice, oil, minced jalapeño pepper, garlic, and ginger in a small bowl.
Use a fork to whisk these ingredients together for about a minute until they're fully combined.
Once fully mixed, it can be used immediately OR cover and store it in the refrigerator. If refrigerate it right when it's done, you will need to re-stir the ingredients well before you use it. Serve, and enjoy.
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