Homemade buttermilk ranch dressing is a glorious thing in all of its rich and fatty goodness! I love it on everything! Made from a combo of mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk and herbs, it’s ridiculously easy to make and doesn’t compare to the bottled kind.
Making it at home means you don’t have unnecessary additives and preservatives (scary things you can’t pronounce), plus it’s cheaper and can be fine-tuned to suit your individual taste. Thick or thin? Extra tart or super creamy? It’s entirely up to you!
This can be used as a base recipe to add a variety of flavors to by using hot sauce, lemon, Parmesan cheese, different herbs and even blue cheese to make blue cheese dressing.
The leftover buttermilk makes an amazing marinade for chicken; fork tender it will melt in your mouth! Poke the chicken all over with a fork and marinade overnight or for a few hours before cooking, the longer the better.
Homemade ranch dressing is such a cinch to make you will never buy store-bought again!
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the mayo and sour cream, slowly whisk in buttermilk until you reach a consistency you like then mix in garlic, vinegar, parsley, chives and dill. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- From here you can tweak it to your own individual taste by adding more sour cream, mayo, vinegar or herbs.
Notes
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what a timely post! I literally made my own ranch the other day – but it was total guesswork. I came close, but not quite. Can't wait to try this one!I love ranch, but the dressings in the bottle are filled with ingredients that I can't pronounce….they scare me.
I have been experimenting in the kitchen for that perfect ranch dressing and so i've got to make your recipe. mine was not so good, so i need all the help that i can get. buon natale! roz
Gorgeous – buttermilk ranch is one of my favorites and I normally get lazy about making dressing at home but I'll have to make an exception for this!
Homemade buttermilk dressing reminds me of trips home to the US–sounds perfect right now
Buttermilk ranch dressing is my son's favorite dressing. Thanks for sharing the recipe Reeni.