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Homemade Ranch Dressing

  • Author: Cookie and Kate
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 1 cup
  • Diet: Vegetarian

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Make ranch dressing from scratch with this simple recipe! This creamy ranch dressing recipe calls for fresh herbs and tastes amazing. Recipe yields about 1 cup dressing.

ranch dressing recipe

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ¼ to ½ cup buttermilk, depending on your desired consistency
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro or dill, or a combination of the two
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh chives
  • 1 garlic clove, pressed or minced
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, to taste
  • ½ teaspoon fine salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, combine the sour cream, ¼ cup buttermilk, mayonnaise, fresh herbs, garlic, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, salt, and about 5 twists of black pepper. Whisk to combine. 
  2. Taste, and add up to ¼ cup more buttermilk if you desire a thinner, more drizzly consistency. Add up to 1 teaspoon more lemon juice if you would like more zing, and/or more pepper to kick it up a notch. 
  3. This dressing tastes great immediately and even better after a 10-minute rest. Use as desired, and store leftovers in an air-tight jar in the refrigerator, covered, for 5 to 7 days.

Notes

Change it up: Like spicy ranch? Add sriracha, to taste, or a finely chopped seeded jalapeño.

Nutrition

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