Avocado Sauce

What's left of dinner (and will be gone by bedtime).

I've been a bit under the weather the past few days and me and solid food were not getting along.  When I finally got my appetite back tonight, I wanted my ultimate comfort food meal:  Taquitos and Avocado Sauce from my childhood.  We used to get them from Tastee Freez and a few other walk up places in Southern California.  Our local Latin market had frozen Taquitos on sale last week and I bought a couple of big boxes.  In a fair distribution of labor in my marriage, I made the sauce and he manned the deep fryer. There are a few ways to cook frozen Taquitos following the directions on the box.  I made up the sauce based on what I thought might be in it and it was really good.  If you make small batches of sauces and dressings, I suggest you invest in a mini food processor.  I got mine a few years ago at Wal-Mart for around $7 and it is really easy to clean.

Avocado Sauce

1 small Mexican onion bulb (or regular onion piece a little smaller than a golf ball)
1 large seeded jalapeno
3 Tbsp. cilantro leaves
1/2 tsp salt
1 small avocado peeled and seeded
2 heaping Tbsp. sour cream
1 tsp. white vinegar

Place onion, jalapeno, cilantro, and salt in food processor.  Grind together until very fine.  Add remaining ingredients and process until smooth.  I like mine thicker but you can add small amounts of water or milk to get it to your preferred consistency.

This made enough to generously accompany 8 Taquitos (with a little to dip my finger into later).