Homemade Ranch Dressing

The BEST Homemade Ranch Dressing is all-natural, loaded with buttermilk and herbs, quick and easy to make, and so good that you'll never go back to store-bought again!

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes

Chilling time: at least 4 hours

Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes

Servings (2-tablespoon) servings (about 1 ½ cups dressing total)

Calories 89kcal

Author Samantha Skaggs

Ingredients

½ cup good-quality mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream
½ cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons fresh minced parsley OR 1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 ½ teaspoons fresh minced dill OR ½ teaspoon dried dill
½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon onion powder
¼ teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

In a medium bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, and buttermilk until smooth. Stir in parsley, dill, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Blend well and adjust seasonings, to taste.
Cover and refrigerate for ideally 8 hours (4 hours at a minimum) or overnight. If the consistency is too thick after chilling, thin out the ranch dressing with a splash of additional buttermilk.

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Notes

If you don't have any buttermilk on hand, you can make your own by pouring 1 ½ teaspoons of lemon juice (or white vinegar) into a 1-cup liquid measuring cup. Fill the measuring cup up to the ½-cup line with milk (whole milk is preferred but low-fat/skim milk will work). Allow to sit for 5 to 10 minutes and stir before proceeding with recipe.
To make Ranch Dip (instead of dressing), use a total of ¾ cup mayonnaise, ¾ cup sour cream, and eliminate the buttermilk.

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