This truly is the best homemade Blue Cheese Dressing made with wholesome ingredients and no fillers or extra sodium. Perfect for serving on salads or as a dip, it’s ready in just 10 minutes and made in one bowl!
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I love blue cheese. Without reservation, I’ve never met a funky cheese I didn’t like. Since my affection for blue cheese is so strong, it was just right and proper that I come up with my own blue cheese dressing recipe.
What To Serve With The Best Blue Cheese Dressing
This family-favorite, farmhouse-style dressing makes a classic salad with fresh lettuce with tomatoes. It’s so delicious drizzled over roasted pork tenderloin and baked potatoes. I love serving it as a dip for chicken wings, made in the air fryer, and of course, slathered on a bun for buffalo chicken sandwiches.
Ingredients For This Recipe
- Blue Cheese – Be sure to buy a block and crumble it yourself!
- Sour Cream – This adds tang and is one of the bases for the creaminess of the dressing. Some recipes use buttermilk, but I’ve found that sour cream lends a better texture. Plain Greek yogurt could be used in place of sour cream.
- Mayonnaise – This is the other base of the dressing. This helps to balance the tang of the sour cream.
- Half and Half – You can also use milk to help thin out the dressing a bit.
- Lemon Juice – A bit of citrus helps cut through the richness of the creams, mayo, and cheese. You can also use white wine vinegar.
- Garlic Powder – Garlic powder is a staple of blue cheese dressing.
- Worcestershire Sauce – This adds delicious umami flavor to the dressing. You notice This flavor if it’s not there, but you might not realize when it is.
- Fresh Chives– I like adding finely chopped chives for a fresh element.
- Salt and Black Pepper – Always taste and adjust salt and pepper as needed.
Donya’s Success Tips
- Use whatever kind of blue cheese you like. My favorites are Stilton and Roquefort. Gorgonzola is a great choice and not too expensive. Once you’ve selected the cheese, MAKE SURE to buy it in a block. Please don’t use blue cheese crumbles. They taste different, and you’ll be disappointed in the outcome.
- You can crumble the cheese by hand, with a grater, or carefully and slowly in a food processor.
- Add the half-and-half at the end of the recipe. It thins out the dressing, so just judge how thick you like it.
How To Make Blue Cheese Salad Dressing Or Dip
- Whisk together the mayonnaise, lemon juice, garlic powder, and Worcestershire sauce in a medium bowl. Stir in the blue cheese, chives, and pepper.
- Mix in 1 tablespoon at a time of half-and-half to thin the dressing to the desired consistency. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and additional pepper.
- Store in an airtight container or jar in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Commonly Asked Questions
No, ranch uses dill and other spices and omits Worcestershire sauce. Blue cheese dressing uses fewer spices, so the blue cheese really shines.
This dressing will last about a week in the fridge. I like to store it in a mason jar with a screw-top lid.
Sure! Just crumble extra clue cheese into the dressing mixture until you have the consistency you like.
Blue cheese is naturally low in carbs making it a keto-friendly food.
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If you tried this Blue Cheese Salad Dressing Recipe or any other recipe, please leave a 🌟 star rating and let me know how it went in the comments below. Thanks!
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup blue cheese, crumbled
- 1 teaspoon fresh chives, chopped
- ¼ teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
- 2 tablespoons Half and Half
- salt to taste
Instructions
- In a medium-size bowl, whisk together sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, garlic powder, and Worcestershire sauce. Add-in crumbled blue cheese, chives, and pepper. Stir. Add-in 1 tablespoon at a time of Half and Half to thin dressing to desired consistency. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and additional pepper.
- Store in an airtight container or jar in the refrigerator for up to one week.
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Victoria
Excellent recipe! I love to make homemade dressing whenever I can and this hit the spot for my wings. I did use precrumbled blue cheese because I had to and it was still delicious! This will be my go to recipe!
Awesome and thanks for the terrific rating!
~Donya
Nanette
This is my go to blue cheese dressing. Since making your recipe,I no longer buy premade dressing. So easy and sooo good!! Thank you for a fantastic recipe.
Donya
Hey there Nanette!
Wow! I am so happy to hear that you’ve been enjoying this recipe, I completely agree with you that once you try the homemade version you can’t go back to store bought. If you liked this dressing, you should check out my Homemade Greek Salad Dressing, it’s my go-to vinaigrette and it’s just as easy to make as this recipe. Thank you so much for your kind words and this phenomenal rating, I really appreciate your support!
~Donya
Carol
This may sound silly but can you use an 8oz block of blue cheese crumbled instead of measuring it in a cup? I do not know if the measurements would be the same or not.
Hey Carol.
Sure the 8 ounces will work. Go for it!
Have a great day.
~Donya
sTONEY
Is that your cucumber recipe you had playing while I was looking at the blue cheese recipe??? where is It ///
Hey Stoney.
I’m not sure which video was playing so here are 2 cucumber salad recipes:
https://www.asouthernsoul.com/creamy-cucumber-salad/
https://www.asouthernsoul.com/tomato-cucumber-salad/
Enjoy!