This Roasted Jalapeno Ranch dressing is made with my dairy-free Homemade Ranch Seasoning and easily made paleo!

Are you a ranch dressing remixer, too? I feel like I’ve made every Latin-inspired variation of paleo ranch I can come up with.

(And if you’ve been around here long, you’ll know that I’m still a hard core ranch lover. Like, I put it on everything like I’m six.)

Jalapeno Ranch Ingredients

• Homemade Ranch Seasoning
• Avocado Oil Mayo (like Primal Kitchen)
• Coconut drinking milk (as opposed to the thicker canned coconut milk)
• Lime
• Jalapenos
• Cilantro
• Nutritional Yeast (optional, but highly recommended)

Besides roasting the jalapenos (which is super easy) it’s just a dump and blend situation.

I like to clean the seeds out of my jalapenos so the dressing won’t be too spicy, but you can leave them in if you’d like a bigger punch of heat.

By the way, roasting the jalapenos mellows them out, too.

If you’re roasting other things (like other vegetables or salmon) you can toss them on the pan, too. I love cooking components for more than one dish at a time.

Once your jalapenos are finished roasting, just blend up all of your ingredients!

I use my food processor, but you can toss everything into a blender, too.

If you don’t have either, just chop up the jalapeno and cilantro as finely as you can and whisk everything together in a bowl or a mason jar.

Jalapeno Ranch Add-Ins

Here are a few fun things you can add (or add a combination of them!)

• Half of an avocado. You can never go wrong with this.
• Roast other kinds of chilis! Anaheim & poblano chilies are especially good roasted.
• A few shakes of hot sauce to give it some extra heat and flavor
• A minced chipotle pepper or two would give it a nice, smoky flavor.
• 1/2 clove of fresh garlic
• Zest the lime for extra limey-ness
• If you’re OK with dairy, replace the nutritional yeast with some Mexican Cotija cheese

How long does Homemade Ranch last in the fridge?

If you’re using commercially made mayonnaise, it will last 10-14 days.

If you’re making your own mayonnaise, I’d keep it under a week unless you hatch chickens in your backyard and you’re confident of their freshness and quality.

Ways to Use Jalapeno Ranch Dressing

• Drizzle it over a Latin-inspired salad or rice bowl! The Sweet Chipotle Salmon I just posted and the Instant Pot Green Chile Shredded Beef are especially good with this dressing!
• Use it as a dipper for Fiesta Popcorn Chicken or roasted vegetables. (Mmm. or Sweet Potato Fries)
• Putting ranch on nachos isn’t too much, is it? Paleo Nachos are delish with it.
• I love a creamy sidekick with these Stacked Roasted Vegetable Enchiladas!

To sum it up — head to my Latin/Tex-Mex section of my Recipe Index and put it on ALL THE THINGS.