Blue Cheese Dressing that is chunky and creamy. Perfect for salads or dipping your favorite hot wings. Better then any store bought bottle!
Blue cheese Dressing is actually my favorite dressing, as well as my favorite dip for chicken wings. For more homemade dressings for your favorite salads, check out my Thousand Island Dressing and Caesar Salad Dressing.
Why You’ll Love This Dressing?
- Perfect for dipping and to top your favorite salads.
- Both chunky, creamy and full of flavor!
Sabrina’s Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe
Blue Cheese Dressing isn’t quite as popular as it was a couple of decades ago. These days it seems to be used more as a sauce than as a salad dressing. I know plenty of people have an aversion to it, but since I grew up enjoying it, I now have an acquired taste for it. Blue cheese does have a strong flavor but using it as a dip or dressing like Homemade Ranch Dressing makes it more suitable to others’ tastes.
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Ingredients
- 1/3 cup blue cheese , crumbled
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 teaspoons sugar
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix until well combined.
- Cover and chill at least 2 hours before serving.
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Sabrina’s Tips
One of the most important things about making this recipe taste incredibly delicious is high quality blue cheese… please do not buy those blue cheese crumbles from the grocery store in the tub. Buy a wedge of cheese. The higher the quality the better the taste.
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About this Recipe
You will love the prominent flavors of the blue cheese, a hearty amount of fresh cracked black pepper, mayonnaise, buttermilk, vinegar and sour cream with just a hint of sugar. No matter how you use, this dressing is a classic staple you will always want to keep on hand.
Can this be made ahead of time?
Yes! You can make the dressing in advance and keep it in an air tight container. Since this dressing is homemade, it does not have the same preservatives that you find in the store bought version. Because of the dairy in the dressing, your blue cheese will last in the fridge up to 7 days. Make sure to check the dressing before serving to ensure that the dairy products have not caused it to spoil.
Pairing Suggestions
The most popular salad to use this dressing with is a Wedge Salad, but you can also try it on some of your other favorites like a Cobb Salad or Chef Salad. One of my favorite ways to enjoy this dressing is dipping Classic Buffalo Wings paired with veggies like carrot sticks, celery and jicama. The creamy texture helps balance out the spice of your favorite wings.
How to Store
- Serve: Once mixed, dressing is best served chilled and can be kept at room temperature up to 2 hours.
- Store: Refrigerate the dressing for up to 7 days in a sealed, airtight container like a mason jar. Store it in the back of the refrigerator to keep it extra cold.
- Freeze: You don’t want to freeze this recipe once it’s been mixed because mayonnaise does not defrost well.
Ideas to Serve
If you’re looking for blue cheese sauce for buffalo wings you’re going to want to add the ingredients together in a small food processor instead of whisking them together. I like to leave small bits of texture in the sauce but you can also make it perfectly smooth. If you are serving this with a salad, I’m a firm believer in the chunkier the dressing is, the better!
Variations
- Vinaigrette: To turn the dressing into a vinaigrette swap the mayonnaise for canola oil. With a more prominent vinegar flavor you’ll want to add a bit more vinegar to this recipe as well.
- Greek Yogurt: Instead of using sour cream you can use low-fat greek yogurt.
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What are the storage requirements? How long will it keep in the fridge? How will i know if it’s gone off?
Thank you!
It should last between 5-7 days if stored properly in the refrigerator.
I agree with Robert that the vinegar taste is way too strong, and there is too much sugar. I will try it again and cut both in half, and will also add a little pepper.
Glad you are able to customize it more to your liking.
Unbelievably delicious… the bowl was scraped clean!! That was for the snack tray at Thanksgiving… so… here is Christmas and I bought the ingredients today for another yummy bowlful! Thanks for this great recipe!! ???????????????
Yay!! So glad you enjoy it so much, Christine. Thanks for the 5 stars.
Sabrina, all those question marks were happy emojis that did not send! Now I’m using your stuffed shells recipe — seems whenever I choose a special recipe, your site comes up!! Thanks again, for supper tonight!! Christine
How sweet of you, Christine!
Excellent flavor! It’s very tangy, which I like since the bacon on the wedge can be heavy. I used olive oil, 1/2 the sugar, a pinch of salt, and lots of black pepper. Yum!
So glad you liked it and were able to adjust to your taste!!
I made this exactly as the recipe stated. I taste more red wine vinegar than anything else. It completely over powers the blue cheese. I also feel it’s too sweet for my taste. I don’t want to sound rude but it doesn’t taste at all like blue cheese dressing to me.
It sounds like you may have needed to use a better quality blue cheese. If you used crumbles it just wouldn’t have offered the same quality of taste hence it being over powered. Starting off with a mild flavor, you’re coming from a place of weakness and it won’t have a chance to stand out. Make sure it’s a good quality wedge of blue cheese if you decide to try for next time.
Sabrina,
Could you make a suggestion as to what Blue Cheese package you use? Also, does this go good with a Cobb salad? Thanks in advance …
I use the Costco wedge of blue cheese from Point Reyes (I am a sucker for good blue cheese!)
I all of a sudden have a new relationship with blue cheese dressing. I’ve always had it with buffalo chicken, but now I’ve been putting it on everything. Cant wait to try this recipe.
I don’t blame you. Enjoy!
Too mayo forward as it stands.
Adjusting the ratios to 1/3 cup for sour cream, mayo and blue cheese and adding garlic powder and pepper brought it together.
The recipe sounds great except for the canola oriole which is unhealthy.
3 things I hated growing up.. Spinach, Cilantro, and Blue Cheese.. Now LOVE THEM ALL.
Bottled is disgusting, Litehouse Big Bleu in the Produce Dept is passable, but I prefer homemade.. I’ve made countless recipes, but always used crumbles til my last batch, the store was out so I bought a wedge.. O… M….G… I’ll never buy crumbles again… I can already tell by your ingredient proportions that it will be Awesome.. Just recently made a blue cheese dressing with minced Jalapeno’s.. It was amazing… and YES.. The MORE chunks of Blue Cheese… THE BETTER !!!!!!!!! I am making YOUR recipe today… dividing it in half, One half as written, the other with Jalapenos… Can’t wait.
I love the jalapeno idea!! Yum!!
That is a delicious twist with the jalapenos….I have also made with chopped celery added in dip to side with chicken tenders….all good!
Homemade dressings are always the best and so fresh!
Agreed!
One of the best blue cheese dressing recipes ever. Triple or quadruptle all ingredients except the blue cheese and then add cheese to taste. You will want to keep a supply on hand.
My family loves this flavor of dressing! I will have to give this a try!
I love blue cheese dressing and could put it on so many things, but I’ve never made my own. Yum!
Super versatile! Give it a try!
This is my favorite flavor of dressing. Glad to find a homemade version!
Love making my own!
I love me some chunky bleu cheese dressing!