Use this delicious creamy jalapeno spread on tacos, quesadillas, or anything else you like. It has the exact same flavor as the quesadillas from Taco Bell.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 1/4 cup |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons diced canned jalapeno peppers
- 2 teaspoons juice from canned jalapeno peppers
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¾ teaspoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- dash salt
Instructions
- In a blender or food processor, mix together the mayonnaise, diced jalapenos, jalapeno juice, cumin, sugar, paprika, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder. Blend until smooth and jalapeno is completely pureed, about 1 minute. Season to taste with salt, as needed.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 70 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 4 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 149 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious
I put my own twist on this sauce by twerking the ingredients but all in all great recipie
Tastes nothing like Taco Bell’s sauce. Did not like at all and won’t make again.
Great sauce for Mexican food.
It was not what I was expecting. But three stars because it is pretty dang good. I do plan to use it on my breakfast tacos and what not. It just doesn’t taste like Taco Bell’s CJsauce. I just wish they sold it in bottles. My life would be complete.
Been using this recipe for the family for 3 yrs now. Its my husbands fav to add to quesadillas
Excellent! I like it hotter so I increased the diced jalapeno by 50% and some used red pepper flakes instead of paprika. I used lite mayo and followed the recipe otherwise. Great on the buns of bacon cheeseburgers to kick off the first day of the NFL!
I love the taco bell sauce but this wasn’t quite like it. I think I def would cut back on mayo or use sour cream and less cumin
Excellent recipe! Just like everyone else, I came because of Taco Bell and this did not disappoint!
A nice spread with a kick. I used pickled jalapeños rather than canned. The next time, I would also like to add some fresh jalapeño to the mix. It worked nicely on ‘Fajita Quesadillas’ from AR. I also served ‘Rice Elena’ from AR.
This stuff ROCKS! Doubled recipe and adjusted slightly for our family’s tastes. Sub a little sour cream for some of the mayo (about a third), kept sugar at 1 tsp and cumin at 1/2 tsp. Used home canned jalapeno’s pretty much just using heaping scoops directly from jar. Leaves the most delightful *tingle* on your tongue. Thanks SO much for recipe!
Yum! This was SOOOOO good and a perfect condiment for our quesadilla burgers!!! I have never had a quesadilla from the popular chain (I know, shocking!), but if their “secret” sauce tastes anything like this, I’m hooked. 🙂 Even my hubs commented that this had a nice kick and suggested using what tiny bit was left to dip our fries in haha! I guess it’s a good thing that I made a double batch lol! Thanks for sharing your delicious recipe, ALLJER! 🙂
This is wonderful on shrimp tacos! I made it exactly as written and it taste great. The second time I made it I doubled the recipe and had the perfect amount for the family.
add less jalepenos
Please forgive me I hate it when someone sayes awsome recipe but here is what I changed!!!! Well we had no mayonnaise. So I used sour cream in place of it. My wife and mother-in-law loved it. My only advice is to hold back on the juice from the canned jalapeno peppers and add it in the end. I added it and it was thin like a sauce. But still very tasty. I made a triple batch and we ate it all. Thank You for sharing this recipe. This will be a staple in our house for mexican night.
Yummy and easy to make. Works fine with fresh jalapeños from the garden.
I used vegan mayo, and proceeded to make the most amazing vegan quesadillas. A definite keeper.
I really did enjoy this BUT it really needs something other than JUST mayo, like sour cream or yogurt mixed in. It’s pretty mayo-e tasting. Other than that all the flavors are great. Oh and I just chopped everything VERY small since i drastically reduced the ingredients, my blender would not have worked.
Substituted yogurt for mayo & used 1 fresh jalapeno. EXCELLENT! David thought it was Lizano Sauce from Costa Rica.
I used bananna peppers bc thats what I had and added a bit more juice from the jar. More cayanne and added onion powder. Very tasty on my cheese quesadilla.
love it !