White Sauce

"Mexican" Ranch Dip
Salsa Blanco

Who cares what you call it, it's freakin awesome.

I first had this dip at a local taco/burrito dig called Chiloso. I always got this sauce with everything. Chips, nachos, breakfast tacos (ugh, yes). And then another hometown-local burrito chain that no longer exists had it. For two years, I looked everywhere for the recipe. I know it should be an easy recipe to make. But I wanted to have the exact, perfect recipe. Never found it.

And then came Pinterest. After about a year of pinning, I found a copy cat recipe of Chuy's jalapeno ranch dip. I honed in on that recipe so fast it'd make your head spin. So I looked and it seemed pretty on target for what I wanted. Except it has tomatillo in it. I'm sure what I'm looking for didn't. And this was a rather large recipe so I halved it.

1 1/3 C mayo
1/3 C buttermilk
1/3 C jalapeno, canned
1 Tbsp jalapeno juice
A small bunch of cilantro, chopped
1 packet of dry ranch mix - I used the larger packet, I think there's a small packet.
1 Tbsp lime juice

I chopped the small handfull of cilantro and blended everything together in the blender (we dont have a food processer) until it was all chopped and creamy.

I guess this is right. It's still a bit tangy and salty. But daaaaaaamn it's good.