Peruvian Green Sauce Recipe (Aji Verde Sauce)

By: Becky HardinPosted: 12/29/17Updated: 10/6/20

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Peruvian Green Sauce(Aji Sauce) is our go-to sauce for anything and everything. We love this Peruvian Green Sauce Recipe on chicken, steak, grilled veggies, salad, and more. SO DARN GOOD. Aji Verde (Green Sauce)is loaded with jalapenos, basil, parmesan, ginger, honey, garlic, lime, and more!

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Easy Peruvian Green Sauce (Aji Verde Sauce)

This Peruvian Green Sauce Recipe is one of my favorite things I’ve tasted in life…EVER! If something is green and delicious, odds are it’s in this Aji Verde Sauce (well, except for avocados…but you could probably add those in too!).

The Aji Sauce has a little heat from jalapenos, a little creaminess from mayo or yogurt, and some fresh earthy goodness from cilantro and basil. Add in the brightness from lime, some sweetness from honey, and of course some garlic because every good aji sauce needs garlic! I’m obsessed with this Peruvian Green Sauce and love it on everything from potatoes to chicken to steak to salad. So much to love!

This Peruvian Green Sauce goes with EVERYTHING. Try out this Aji Verde Sauce on your next dish!

Peruvian Green Sauce, Aji Verde, Aji Sauce…

Whatever you call it, this Aji Verde Sauce is incredible!

We first fell in love with this Peruvian Green Sauce when making thisPeruvian Chicken Recipe and haven’t looked back. Since then I’ve used this Aji Verde so many times. Two of my favorites ways to use this Aji sauce is as a dipping sauce for our Guacamole Egg Rolls and also our Green Chile Cheesy Bean Taquitos.

Of course it’s AMAZING on the Peruvian Chicken (and so pretty too) but it’s just so darn good on anything and everything else. If I felt like it was acceptable to eat Aji Sauce as a soup, I seriously just might.

What to eat with Aji Verde Sauce

If I haven’t made it clear already, this Peruvian Green Sauce goes with literally everything. Drizzle it on one of these chicken recipes or eat it with tacos.

Try these recipes and add on LOTS of Aji Sauce:

Chicken Tacos
Oven Fried Chicken
Buffalo Shrimp Tacos
Cod Fish Tacos
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

The sky is the limit with this delectable green sauce!

Peruvian Green Sauce (Aji Verde Sauce)

4.66 from 23 votes

Author: Becky Hardin

Prep: 5 minutes minutes

Total: 5 minutes minutes

Serves16

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Ingredients

▢ 3 jalapenos – white ribs and seeds removed if more heat is desired, don’t remove the white ribs and seeds
▢ 1 tablespoon Aji Amarillo paste optional
▢ 1 ¼ cups fresh cilantro, tightly packed; longer stems removed and roughly chopped
▢ ¼ cup fresh basil leaves tightly packed
▢ 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
▢ 1 tablespoon ginger paste
▢ 1 tablespoon honey
▢ 2 cloves garlic minced
▢ Fresh juice from 1 lime juice
▢ 1 tablespoon canola oil **see note
▢ ½ cup real mayonnaise NOT Miracle Whip
▢ Kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Combine all ingredients except mayonnaise in a blender or food processor. **see note.
Blend on HIGH until smooth..
Add mayonnaise and blend until completely incorporated.
Season to taste with salt & freshly ground black pepper.
Transfer to jar or container with a tight fitting lid.
Sauce will keep, refrigerated, up to one week.

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Becky’s tips

*Note: If using a food processor, process all ingredients except the oil & mayonnaise for several minutes until smooth. Then add the oil and mayonnaise and continue to process until hom*ogenous. (I think a good blender or stick blender works best, but the sauce did come together using the food processor.)

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1tablespoon Calories: 66kcal (3%) Carbohydrates: 1g Fat: 6g (9%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Cholesterol: 3mg (1%) Sodium: 60mg (3%) Potassium: 16mg Sugar: 1g (1%) Vitamin A: 145IU (3%) Vitamin C: 3.8mg (5%) Calcium: 13mg (1%) Iron: 0.1mg (1%)