Avocado Chipotle Sauce

You'll love this velvety smooth Avocado Chipotle Sauce that features the zip of those tasty, smoked jalapeños known as chipotles. You can scoop it up with tortilla chips but there are endless ways to enjoy this delectable sauce. Why buy processed guacamole (and read another label) when you can make this!

this gluten free recipe

During barbecue season I serve this sauce with grilled shrimp for dipping. Other Mexican and Southwestern inspired dishes that it would go with include Achiote Chicken, Spatchcock Chicken, Flank Steak or grilled vegetables. End your dinner with homemade Aztec Chocolate Ice Cream and your friends will be asking to come back!

Variations For Serving Avocado Chipotle Sauce

I love taking any of my everyday recipes and dressing them up. Here are three ways I might do that with this sauce:

• Serve it alongside skewers of grilled shrimp as a main course for a casual summer barbecue.
• Spoon this Avocado Chipotle Sauce into individual martini glasses and hang a few grilled shrimp around the edge of the glass. You can also stick a nacho in the centre for people to scoop up the last of the sauce.
• For a smaller crowd fill tiny shot glasses with the sauce and lay a single grilled shrimp on top, held in place by a small skewer. Insert one of those tiny spoons in the glass and serve.

Get The Tools

Do you have some of those tiny spoons? Disposable or reusable, these little spoons fit into little cups and glasses. Also called espresso spoons, I think these are pretty handy for all sorts of little jobs in the kitchen. I sometimes see the disposable ones at the Dollar Store or hanging in some random aisle at the grocery store. You can buy them on Amazon, disposable or reusable, and you might want to get some now because they suddenly seem hard to find the day you want them.

Let me know in the comments below if you made this sauce and how you served it.

Avocado Chipotle Sauce

You'll love this velvety smooth sauce that features the zip of those tasty, smoked jalapeños known as chipotles. Serve with grilled shrimp and vegetables for a simple summer meal.

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Course: Homemade Sauces

Cuisine: Southwestern

Keyword: avocado chipotle sauce

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Calories: 151kcal

Author: Cinde Little

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 avocado, coarsely mashed
• ▢ 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, finely minced (or 2-3 teaspoon chipotle puree)
• ▢ 5 teaspoon lime juice
• ▢ 2 teaspoon white wine vinegar
• ▢ ½ cup plain yogurt
• ▢ 1½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ▢ 1 teaspoon coarse salt
• ▢ ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• ▢ ½ cup firmly packed fresh cilantro

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Instructions

• Puree all ingredients with a hand blender or food processor.
• Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve with grilled shrimp, sticks of jicama, raw or grilled vegetables or as a dip for tortilla chips.

Notes

• Serve sauce alongside skewers of grilled shrimp as a main course for a casual summer barbecue.
• Spoon Avocado Chipotle Sauce into individual martini glasses and hang a few grilled shrimp around the edge of each glass for a nice appetizer. Stick a tortilla chip in the centre of the glass to scoop up the last of the sauce.
• For a small group fill shot glasses with sauce and lay a single grilled shrimp on top, held in place by a small skewer. Insert a tiny spoons in each glass and serve.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Avocado Chipotle Sauce

Amount Per Serving (1 person)

Calories 151 Calories from Fat 135

% Daily Value*

Fat 15g23%

Saturated Fat 2g13%

Polyunsaturated Fat 2g

Monounsaturated Fat 10g

Cholesterol 3mg1%

Sodium 401mg17%

Potassium 216mg6%

Carbohydrates 5g2%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 2g4%

Vitamin A 168IU3%

Vitamin C 5mg6%

Calcium 35mg4%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.