This Blue Cheese Dressing recipe is a favorite for good reason! This rich and bold salad dressing highlights the deep flavors of blue cheese in a delightful way, balancing the creaminess and acidity perfectly.
I love how simple and easy it is to make homemade salad dressings. They always taste better than the store bought version, and often I have all of the ingredients for them already in my pantry.
This Blue Cheese Dressing recipe, like my other dressings, uses ingredients you should already have on hand. The only thing I had to pick up from the store was some blue cheese. Instead of using buttermilk, we are using skim milk and some lemon juice. This achieves the same great taste and texture without the need for buying buttermilk.
You will love the creaminess of this great salad dressing.
The best blue cheese dressing I have ever had. Thank you so much for sharing.
How to Make Blue Cheese Dressing
For the full measurements, be sure to follow the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Make the Milk Base
In a small measuring cup, mix together the milk, lemon juice, and garlic.
Create the Right Texture
Combine the milk mixture and blue cheese crumbles in a bowl. Use a fork to mash the blue cheese into the milk. You are looking for a consistency close to cottage cheese.
Finish it Off
Add in the remaining ingredients – sour cream, mayonnaise, white vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper. After you have everything mixed in, taste the salad dressing to make sure that it has enough salt and pepper. If it isn’t popping to your tastes, add just a pinch of each until you hit the right flavor.
What is Blue Cheese
Blue Cheese is made using cultures of mold that combine to create the blue color that you see throughout the cheese. It is sold in both blocks and crumbles and has a bold flavor and very creamy texture.
Using Low Fat Ingredients
For this recipe, and other creamy dressings, I would not recommend using low fat mayonnaise. It provides a sweeter taste to the dressing than what we are going for.
While low fat sour cream can be used for creamy dressings, please note that the full fat version will provide a bolder flavor.
How to Use Blue Cheese Dressing
- As a dressing on my Wedge Salad
- To dip my Baked Chicken Wings
- As a sauce for my Hamburger Recipe
- As a dressing for my Chicken Wrap
Storing Blue Cheese Dressing
Because of the dairy in this recipe, I only recommend that you store homemade blue cheese dressing for 4 days in your refrigerator.
If you want to cut this recipe in half, you can do that easily by tapping the serving size scale in my recipe card. It will alter all the ingredient amounts in the recipe card.
If you try this easy blue cheese dressing or any of my other dressings, please leave me a message and let me know what you think!
Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk plus more as needed to thin
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 6 ounces blue cheese 1 1/2 cups
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- In a small measuring cup, combine the milk, lemon juice, and garlic. Pour over the blue cheese in a small bowl.1/2 cup milk, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 clove garlic, 6 ounces blue cheese
- With the back of a fork mash up the blue chese, milk, lemon juice, and garlic. The consistency will be a bit lumpy, but the goal is the minimize large chunks of the cheese in the salad dressing. You are looking for a consistency similar to cottage cheese.
- Stir in the remaining ingredients. Add more salt and pepper to taste.1/2 cup sour cream, 1/3 cup mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons white vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Stir before using.
Recipe Video
Mimi K says
Wow, this dressing is amazing! I was in the store to buy bc dressing to put on the amazing local produce I had at home. Suddenly the idea to look for a recipe on my phone that might actually complement this bounty popped into my head. Your recipe absolutely fit this bill. So delicious and so easy.
Typically, I buy one of those expensive refrigerated blue cheese dressings, then end up tossing most of it because they are so disappointing. OMG- this is soooo good! Thank you for sharing. This is the only blue cheese dressing for me from now on! The only thing I will try differently will be different blue cheeses for it. The selection at our name brand store is rather limited.
I’m so happy to hear that you liked it as much as I do!
Tracy says
I’ve made this several times. I usually double the garlic. This time I add a half teaspoon of dill and it’s even better. I hate commercial blue cheese dressing. Homemade for a win.
I’m so glad you like this as much as I do!
Laurie says
I make my own ranch dressing and add about 10 drops of grapefruit seed extract to make it last for weeks. Just an FYI.
KAREN says
it was extra good with a couple dashes of garlic powder