Easy Quesadilla Sauce (No Cooking, Better Than Taco Bell)

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Easy Quesadilla Sauce (No Cooking, Better Than Taco Bell)

This quesadilla sauce is composed to uplift the flavors of any preparation of the tortilla dish, but even more so of a steak quesadilla. It comes together in minutes and there is no cooking required, just the mixing of ingredients. Better than Taco Bell quesadilla sauce, it is creamy, tangy and umami flavored all at the same time.

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Course: sauce

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 1

Calories: 88kcal

Author: Milena Perrine

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream
3 tablespoon pickling liquid from pickled jalapeños
2 tablespoon finely chopped pickled jalapeños, or to taste
2 tsp ground cumin
½ teaspoon garlic powder, or to taste
½ tsp onion powder, or to taste
1 teaspoon chili powder, or to taste
pinch kosher salt, or to taste
¼ teaspoon chile lime seasoning, or to taste, optional

Instructions

In a bowl combine the mayonnaise, sour cream and spices.
Add the pickling liquid from the jar of pickled jalapeños.
Stir to combine.
Add the finely chopped pickled jalapeños and fold them in. The sauce is ready to use!

Notes

Do not use fresh jalapeños - the sauce leverages the softer texture, subdued spiciness and briny acidity notes of the pickled jalapeños.

If you would like to add extra heat to the quesadilla sauce consider stirring in a bit of cayenne pepper or hot sauce. Do so only after you taste the finished sauce.

This sauce works really well slathered over the bits of steak when making a steak quesadilla, just before you fold the tortilla over the filling and begin cooking it to melt the cheese. It is also excellent as a dip.

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