Mexican Restaurant Style White Sauce
I enjoy eating at the generic Mexican restaurants that all seem to have the same menu. Number One is always the Speedy Gonzales. You know the ones I am referring to.
The dining experience always starts out with tortilla chips, salsa and sometimes a white sauce. This white sauce was always mysterious to me. The ingredients just weren’t obvious. I of course turned to the internet for answers.
The nebulous and illusive ingredient? Miracle Whip! After learning that, it seems obvious but I never connected the flavor dots on it.
If you like this sauce I encourage you to check out the variety of recipes out there and give it a go. That’s what I did and this is my take on it.
- 1 cup Miracle Whip
- 1 cup Sour Cream
- 1/3 – 3/4 cup Milk
- Juice from 1/2 of a Lime
- 1 tspn Cumin
- 1 tspn Garlic Powder
- 1 tspn Onion Powder
- 1 tspn Basil
- 1 tspn Cayenne
- 1-2 Tbls Brine from Pickle Jalapeno
- Salt to taste
This is super easy. I recommend mixing up the night before to allow the spices and flavors time to get together and party.
Just mix all ingredients listed. Starting with the lesser amount of milk. Stir until smooth. For thinner sauce add more milk, lime juice and/or brine.
I used brine left over from homemade Cowboy Candy pickled jalapenos. Sweet & Spicy.
Some recipes call for adding pickled jalapenos and combining all ingredients in a blender.
Make it you own:
- Add your favorite hot sauce.
- Increase the pepper.
- Add or change up the pepper used.