Name: Savory Mango Basil Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 red mango (-peeled, sliced & pit discarded); 1.5 cups basil leaves; 2 cloves garlic (-grated); 1 juicy lime or lemon; 1/4 - 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil; 1 pinch sea salt (+more to taste)

Sweet and savory mango basil sauce with garlic and tangy lime. Like an exotic goddess chimichurri you can use to toss with your favorite noodles, salad, drizzle over these jackfruit tacos, peanut tofu, veggie burgers or as a dip for your favorite things.

Sweet and savory mango basil sauce with garlic and lime over soba noodles.

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Mango Basil Sauce

Easy. Tasty. Quick. Saucy. Vegan.

All you need to whip up this awesome sauce is a small food processor or blender to puree your ingredients until smooth, nothing fancy really.

Sweet and savory mango basil sauce with garlic and lime.

There are endless delicious ways to enjoy this mango basil sauce all year long! Soba noodles topped with oven roasted or burst tomatoes and peanut tofu have my heart alongside this fresh heirloom tomato sauce. After all, the best thing to do with the less than perfect wintery tomatoes is to roast them until perfectly caramelized at the edges. Spoon them over a bowl of noodles dressed in this silky sauce and live happily ever after!

How to Choose a Ripe Mango:

Holding the fruit in the palm of your hand gently apply some pressure. If it is slightly soft to the touch and with a fruity aroma then it should be perfect to eat. If life gives you less than perfect mangos you can ripen them in a paper bag at room temperature.

Fun Fact: Mangoes are know as the “king of fruit” and the tree is a symbol of love. Legend has it that Buddha himself found tranquility in a mango grove.

P.S. As always, If you make this recipe don’t forget to come back here to rate it, snap a photo and tag us with #VeggieSociety on Instagram.

Savory Mango Basil Sauce

Sweet and savory mango basil sauce with garlic and tangy lime, chimichurri style!

Course Sauce

Cuisine Latin

Keyword Mango Basil Sauce

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings people

Calories 153kcal

Author Florentina

Ingredients

1 red mango -peeled, sliced & pit discarded
1.5 cups basil leaves
2 cloves garlic -grated
1 juicy lime or lemon
1/4 - 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 pinch sea salt +more to taste

Instructions

Add the mango, basil, juice from half of the lime or lemon plus the olive oil and a pinch of salt to the bowl of a food processor or blender. Puree until silky smooth.
Transfer to a bowl and stir in the grated garlic cloves. Taste and add more lime juice and sea salt to your liking.
Serve as a sauce for soba noodles, as a dip or use to dress a quinoa salad or even brown rice.