Name: Homemade Blue Cheese Salad Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sour cream; 1/4 cup mayonnaise; 4 oz. blue cheese crumbles ((2/3 to 3/4 cups)); 1/4 tsp. white wine vinegar or white vinegar; 1/4 tsp. kosher salt; 1/4 tsp. sugar; 1/8 tsp. white pepper; Liquid for thinning, water, milk, half and half, cream

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This easy homemade blue cheese salad dressing recipe is creamy and contains just the right ingredients to make the blue cheese flavor shine. If you are a blue cheese lover like me, then you’ve got to make some of this delicious homemade blue cheese dressing.

Inspiration To Make This Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

When you buy blue cheese crumbles, they usually come in a tub. If you purchase it at your local grocery store, it usually comes in 4-ounce to 8-ounce sizes and costs around a dollar an ounce.

But, MaryJo bought this big 24-ounce tub of blue cheese at Sam’s club for $7.78. So when we ran out of store-bought blue cheese dressing, it was time to make my own salad dressing.

I experimented with a variety of ingredients for this homemade dressing, like dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, mustard powder, and olive oil. But in the end, I settled on a recipe using simple ingredients.

My homemade version of chunky blue cheese dressing tastes just like Litehouse Brand that you would purchase at your local grocery store.

Homemade Salad Dressing Ingredients

Blue cheese crumbles
Sour cream
Mayonnaise
White vinegar or White wine vinegar
Kosher Salt
White pepper
Sugar
Thinning liquid – water, milk, half and half, cream

By keeping the ingredients simple, the flavor of the blue cheese is definitely the star of the show.

Making the Dressing

Mix all the ingredients except the blue cheese and the thinning liquid in a medium bowl. Then add in the bleu cheese crumbles. You might find that some of the blue cheese is in big chunks so these can be broken up with a fork if you would like.

The dressing mix will be pretty thick so to thin it, start with 1 or 2 tablespoons of liquid. I used half and half but water, milk, or cream could also be used. Keep adding very small amounts of liquid until you reach the desired consistency. Be careful, it is easy to make the dressing too thin. You want something that can be spooned onto your salad.

The flavors in the dressing really come together after 2 to 4 hours in your refrigerator so it is good to make this ahead of when you will be using it.

To make a more creamy dressing that is pourable as for a salad, 4 to 5 tablespoons of liquid may be necessary. The salads in the photos had 4 tablespoons added and the dressing is a nice “spoon it on” consistency. For a thinner dressing just use a little bit more liquid so that it can be easily poured.

Blue Cheese Dressing For Dips

Chicken wings and blue cheese dressing go together like peas and carrots. For this delicious combination, keep your dressing a little thicker consistency.

And you can serve the dressing as a dip with veggies such as broccoli, carrots, celery sticks, and cauliflower.

This recipe makes about 1 1/2 cups and can easily be doubled or tripled. Keep the dressing refrigerated in an airtight container. The dressing should keep for 7 to 10 days.

Other Uses

Blue cheese is good with:

Steak
Baked potatoes
Roasted vegetables
As a topping for toasted baguette appetizers
Baked chicken
Hamburgers
Buffalo wings
Mac and cheese – mix in a little
Classic wedge salad

Around this house, I usually make a small salad daily for dinner and blue cheese is our go-to dressing.

This homemade blue cheese dressing recipe is easy to make and tastes every bit as good as store-bought. Give it a try.

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