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Lauren Jones

Best Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing Recipe

Free of preservatives and junk. This buttermilk ranch dressing recipe rivals chili's ranch dressing recipe anyday! Learn how to make your own mix and dressing in this post.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Servings: 10 people
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

To Make Ranch Dressing Herbs & Spices Mix
  • 1/3 cup Dry buttermilk powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Dried parsley flakes
  • 2 1/2 tsp. Dried and granulated garlic
  • 2 1/2 tsp. Dried and granluated onion
  • 2 tsp. Dill weed
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Himalayan Sea Salt or Kosher Salt
  • 1 tsp. Course pepper
To Make The Ranch Dressing From The Mix
  • 1 1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
  • 1 Cup Buttermilk
  • 3 Tbsp. Buttermilk Ranch mix
  • 1/2 cup Sour Cream Optional (sub greek yogurt for healthier option)
  • 1 Tbsp. Pickle juice Optional

Equipment

  • Small Bowl
  • Medium Bowl
  • Airtight container to store the mix
  • Whisk or Wooden Spoon
  • Food processor, Blender or Immersion blender (any work)
  • Large jar to store ranch
  • Measuring cups

Method
 

  1. Combine all of the mix ingredients into a small bowl and stir together. Dry buttermilk, parsley, granulated onion and garlic, dill weed, salt, and pepper.
  2. Get our your blender of choice or food processor and blend into a fine powder.
  3. Store this mixture in an airtight container for around 6 months!
  4. Add 3 tablespoons of this mixture to make your ranch dressing.
To Make Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
  1. Get out a bowl and add in 3 tablespoons of your ranch dressing mix.
  2. Combine to the bowl 1 cup of mayonnaise, and 1 cup of buttermilk. Sitr well until all of the chunks from the mayo are mixed in well.
  3. If you are adding in sour cream and pickle juice do so now and enjoy your ranch dressing for up to 1 week in the refrigerator!