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Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing

This homemade blue cheese dressing is creamy, tangy, and packed with bold blue cheese flavor. Perfect for salads, wings, burgers, and dipping veggies, it comes together quickly with simple ingredients and tastes better than anything store-bought.
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: blue cheese dressing, buttermilk blue cheese, buttermilk dressing, chunky blue cheese dressing, steakhouse blue cheese
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Chill Time (optional): 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • Large pinch granulated sugar
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon white vinegar
  • Pinch black pepper to taste
  • 4 oz blue cheese crumbled
  • 1½ tablespoons fresh chives chopped

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic, white vinegar, sugar, salt, and black pepper until smooth.
  • Gently fold in the blue cheese crumbles and chopped chives, leaving some larger chunks if desired.
  • Taste and adjust seasoning with additional salt, pepper, or vinegar.
  • Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving for best flavor.