Spicy Cilantro Pesto

Spicy Cilantro Pesto requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. For 37 cents per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 98 calories, 1g of protein, and 10g of fat. This recipe serves 6. If you have chili powder, sea salt, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. It works well as a condiment. It is brought to you by spoonacular user meredithwjaco. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Spicy Cilantro Pesto, Spicy Cilantro–Marconan Almond Pesto, and TILAPIA WITH CILANTRO PESTO (TILAPIAn A LA PLANCHA CON PESTO DE CILANTRO).

Servings: 6

 

Ingredients:

1/4 teaspoon hot or mild chili powder

2 cups fresh cilantro, chopped

3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Equipment:

food processor

Cooking instruction summary:

  1. Place cilantro in food processor. Pulse until well chopped. Add garlic, sea salt, pepitas, and chili powder. Chop well.
  2. Using an attachment for adding liquids, add olive oil drop by drop to the running food processor to form a thick paste. Scoop paste into pint jars and store in fridge or freezer.

 

Step by step:


1. Place cilantro in food processor. Pulse until well chopped.

2. Add garlic, sea salt, pepitas, and chili powder. Chop well.Using an attachment for adding liquids, add olive oil drop by drop to the running food processor to form a thick paste. Scoop paste into pint jars and store in fridge or freezer.


Nutrition Information:

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98k Calories
1g Protein
10g Total Fat
1g Carbs
2% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
98k
5%

Fat
10g
16%

  Saturated Fat
1g
9%

Carbohydrates
1g
0%

  Sugar
0.1g
0%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
198mg
9%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
1g
2%

Vitamin K
22µg
21%

Vitamin E
1mg
10%

Manganese
0.17mg
9%

Vitamin A
385IU
8%

Magnesium
17mg
4%

Phosphorus
37mg
4%

Copper
0.05mg
3%

Vitamin C
1mg
2%

Iron
0.42mg
2%

Zinc
0.26mg
2%

Potassium
57mg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.03mg
2%

Fiber
0.37g
1%

Folate
4µg
1%

Vitamin B3
0.21mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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