This copycat chipotle honey vinaigrette is has smoky sweet flavors that go great on a simple salad, burrito bowls, or sandwiches. This popular spicy-sweet dressing is made with simple pantry ingredients, has a beautiful golden color, and is full of zesty flavor.
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❤️ Why you'll love it
Easy to make: this homemade vinaigrette is one of the easiest salad dressing recipes to make with pantry staples you probably have on hand!
Smoky flavors: lightly smoky and spicy flavor and a touch sweet honey makes this a salad dressing that any fan of chipotle will love.
Copycat recipe: if you love Chipotle Mexican Grill, then you will love this honey chipotle salad dressing recipe.
🥘 Ingredients
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Chipotle peppers with adobo sauce: I buy the whole peppers that have been canned with adobo sauce.
Red wine vinegar
Honey: I like to use raw honey like this one from Nate's.
Extra virgin olive oil
Fresh garlic cloves
Dried oregano
Salt
Black pepper
🔪 Instructions
- Place chipotle peppers, red-wine vinegar, honey, olive oil, minced garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper in a blender.
- Blend on high speed for 60 seconds until ingredients are smooth.
- Transfer vinaigrette to a mason jar and seal tight. Refrigerate.
🥄 Equipment
Rubber scraper
Mason jar
🥫Storage
Refrigerate: Store in an airtight container in up to 1 week.
Freezing is not recommended
📖 Variations
- Substitute brown sugar or agave for the honey
- Use avocado oil or canola oil in place of olive oil.
- Use ¼ cup lime juice for ¼ cup of red wine vinegar. Lime is an acid, so it will do the same job as the vinegar, but will add a punch of additional flavor to the salad dressing.
- Use extra chipotles to adjust the level of spiciness to your taste.
- Adjust the sweetness of the vinaigrette by adding a tablespoon
💭 Tips
- Substitute brown sugar or agave for the honey
- Use avocado oil or canola oil in place of olive oil.
- Use ¼ cup lime juice for ¼ cup of red wine vinegar. Lime is an acid, so it will do the same job as the vinegar, but will add a punch of additional flavor to the salad dressing.
- Use extra chipotles to adjust the level of spiciness to your taste.
- Adjust the sweetness of the vinaigrette by adding a tablespoon
🙋 FAQ's
Chipotle chiles are jalapenos that have been smoked and dried. The chilies I use in this recipe have been canned with an adobo sauce.
Chipotle peppers have a distinct flavor and are rather hard to substitute without changing the flavor profile and the profile of this chipotle vinaigrette recipe is based off the chipotle pepper itself.
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🍽 Serve with...
Serve as a dressing on a big bowl of romaine salad, taco salad, or sandwiches. My favorite way to use this as a dipping sauce for chicken nuggets and french fries!
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📖 Recipe
Chipotle Honey Vinaigrette
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Ingredients
- 1 cup olive oil
- ½ cup red wine vinegar
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 chipotle peppers with adobo sauce
- 2 large garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Place chipotle peppers, red-wine vinegar, honey, olive oil, minced garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper in a blender.
- Blend on high speed for 60 seconds until ingredients are smooth.
- Transfer vinaigrette to a mason jar and seal tight. Refrigerate.
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