Mango Cilantro Salad Dressing (Blender, Gluten Free)
on Jun 27, 2017, Updated Apr 16, 2024
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Mango Cilantro Salad Dressing is a fresh, tropical, creamy dressing that’s super healthy, easily made in a blender and is gluten free. You’ll want to pour it on everything!
I insist that this mango cilantro salad dressing jar should be a permanent fixture in your refrigerator for every mango season day in your life. Because you’ll want to pour it on everything and eat it out of the jar at the same time. I have made this mango cilantro dressing about 156 times in the last 3 weeks, and it was wiped clean before i could take pictures. It’s that good! And the best part is that this one’s a salad dressing, so it’s insanely healthy and can be eaten guilt-free.
Quick Walk Through: Mango Cilantro Salad Dressing
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- An insanely delicious and healthy salad dressing made with everyone’s favorite seasonal ingredient – mango
- Can be used in multiple ways, including as salad dressing and dipping sauce
- Requires almost no prep, and comes together in the blender in under 10 minutes
- Does not need any added sweetner, thanks to the mangoes
Frequently Asked Questions
Just in case the mangoes you get are not very sweet, feel free to add a dash of honey or maple syrup which will make things perfect!
This is one of those super versatile mango recipes that can be used in so many different ways. Apart from pouring it over your salads, you can use it as a dipping sauce for fries, pakoras, etc. You can even use it as a marinade for chicken and paneer to make a delicious and unique curry.
Tip: Check out the Mango Cilantro Grilled Chicken Salad Recipe here to see this delicious dressing live in action!
Top tips to make this healthy salad dressing
- Use an immersion blender or food processor where it’s easy for you to pour in the olive oil to help the dressing magically emulsify and become super creamy.
- If you are not fans of cilantro, you can easily switch it up for basil because that works just as well. I’ve tried both ways and I can’t decide which one I like more.
- Use fresh ingredients like mango, cilantro, chillies or jalapeno and garlic because the ingredients are the star of this recipe
- Pour in the olive oil slowly so that the dressing emulsifies and changes from chunky to creamy
- The dressing stays good in the refrigerator for up to a week in an airtight jar, so you can easily make it ahead.
If you’re looking for a delicious and non-boring way of using up all the extra mangoes, then I would really encourage you to give this mango cilantro salad dressing a try. I promise that this is one of those recipes that will find a permanent spot in your kitchen every mango season.
How to make Mango Cilantro Salad Dressing Video
Mango Cilantro Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- 1 cup Ripe Mangoes, diced
- 1/2 cup Cilantro / Coriander leaves
- 1 Thai Red Chilli
- 3 Garlic Cloves
- 2 tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
- 3/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Olive Oil, Extra Virgin
Instructions
- Add mangoes, cilantro, red chilli, garlic, red, wine vinegar and salt to a food processor or immersion blender. Start blending and once the ingredients start breaking down, slowly pour in olive oil till the dressing emulsifies and becomes creamy.
Notes
- Substitutions:
- Red wine vinegar can be substituted with rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
- Thai red chilli can be substituted with green chilli, red chilli or birds eye chilli.
- Use immediately as this dressing is made with fresh ingredients. It will tend to separate or settle when left to store.
Nutrition
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Yummy dressing. If you are wanting to cut fat in your diet you can omit the oil and it will still taste great. I use rice vinegar that has been seasoned (Nakhon).
This is so good and easy! It’s fresh, light, tasty! I couldn’t find a Thai chili so I used one Serrano pepper (I removed half the seeds). I used it on her salad and my husband and I loved it! He asked if we could have it again for dinner this week, so that’s how much he loved it. 😉
Yay! Glad you both liked it
How many servings does this make? I’m on a WW budget so it would help if I could figure out the point value
Hey Terri, this recipes makes 6 servings.
If substituting basil for the cilantro, do I need the same amount as the cilantro? A half of cup of basil would be a lot!
Thanks!
Hey Katie, I would use about 2-3 tbsp of basil and then taste and add more.
Used frozen mango and it is delicious. I made it two days in advance and I will always do so from now one, because the taste even gets better I think. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe.
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Thanks for trying out this recipe and leaving a comment Rita. Soooo glad you liked it!
This dressing comes together nicely. I don’t have access to fresh mangoes so I use frozen mangos. I want my kids to eat this so I leave out the chili peppers. My husband says it is delicious. Thank you Richa.
do you think it would taste alright to use frozen mango thats dethawed instead of fresh mango? im the actual worst at peeling mangoes
Absolutely – frozen mangoes will work easily. They might make the dressing a little thicker in texture, so you can add a little water to thin it out.
Hi Richa,
Nice recipe but I was wondering if I can substitute the red wine vinegar for something else? I am allergic to sulfites so I can’t do the red wine vinegar…do you have an alternative? If I don’t add it will it taste the same? Good luck with your blog, you have good recipes. Thank you for sharing.
Chandni
Hey Chandni! You can substitute it with lime juice 🙂
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I’ll definitely be trying this out. It looks lovely. Thank you
Thank you! I hope you like it. It’s totally lickable 😀