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This delicious homemade blue cheese dressing is super easy to make and is the perfect accompaniment for salad or dippers like wings and veggies.
I always try to eat a nice big salad once a week, just to ensure I’m getting some greens in me. While I should be eating even more salads, you have to start somewhere. If you are a big salad fan, then definitely try using this blue cheese dressing on my Shaved Brussels Sprouts salad or Green Goddess.
Blue Cheese Dressing
Blue cheese dressing is a mayonnaise-based creamy dressing with crumbled blue cheese. Its origin is a bit unknown, but the earliest recording is in the Edgewater Beach Hotel Salad book in 1928, but it was called Roquefort dressing. Blue cheese is simply a type of Roquefort, which is the type and process of cheese that is made from ewe’s milk and matured in caves.
When making a this you can determine how smooth, how chunky, or even how much blue cheese flavor it has. It is a very strong flavored dressing because blue cheese is such a strong flavored ingredient.
What Kind of Blue Cheese Should I Use?
The higher quality blue cheese that you buy, the better the dressing will taste. Now that does not mean the dressing will be bad if you purchase a cheaper brand, but you will be able to taste a difference. Here are my favorite blue cheese brands:
- Maytag
- Point Reyes
- Stilton
- Danish
How to Make it
Follow along with these simple ingredients for how to make this delicious blue cheese dressing from scratch:
Add the mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, sugar, Worcestershire, salt, pepper, garlic, vinegar to a large bowl,
Whisk the ingredients until completely combined and smooth,
Add in the blue cheese crumbles and fold them into the dressing using a rubber spatula until combined.
Make-Ahead and Storage
Make-Ahead: You can make this recipe up to 3 days ahead of time.
How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
chef notes + tips
- You can sub out the garlic onion granules for fresh finely garlic
- Sometimes a little hot sauce is added for a little zip into the recipe.
- Feel free to add in more or less buttermilk to get it to the consistency you want.
More Dressing Recipes
- Ranch
- Thousand Island
- Caesar
- Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Italian
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Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe
5 from 44 votes
This delicious homemade blue cheese dressing is easy to make and is the perfect accompaniment for salad or dippers like wings and veggies.
Servings: 12
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
Ingredients
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons distilled vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 ½ teaspoon garlic granules
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper
- ½ cup good crumbled blue cheese
Instructions
In a large bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, vinegar, Worcestershire, garlic, sugar, salt, and pepper until completely combined.
Next, fold in the blue cheese gently until combined. Don’t over mix.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
Chef Note:
- Make-Ahead: You can make this recipe up to 3 days ahead of time.
- How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
- You can sub out the garlic onion granules for fresh finely garlic
- Sometimes a little hot sauce is added for a little zip into the recipe.
- Feel free to add in more or less buttermilk to get it to the consistency you want.
Nutrition
Calories: 137kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 2gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 386mgPotassium: 50mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 107IUCalcium: 53mgIron: 1mg
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American, French
Author: Chef Billy Parisi
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71 comments
- Finger Denise
This recipe is fantastic!
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- Holly
I started making my own salad dressings to avoid oils and preservatives. This recipe was so easy and absolutely delicious! Thought it needed more blue cheese so added 1c crumbles and it was perfect. Will definitely be making again in the near future!
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Thanks for giving it a shot!!
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- Nancy
Made it for the first time! It is delish. I would adjust the amount of buttermilk, mine was a little thin.
Now I have to start working my way through the rest of the dressing recipes you have shared. Thank you.- Reply
- Yvonne Vega
I’ve made this twice now and it is so good!! Thank you for this awesome recipe!
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- Mike Coyne
Maytag blue cheese if you can get it.
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oh yes! My favorite.
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- Berg
This is a great recipe has all the ingredients I love and quick and easy to store. It also is my favorite dressing for anything thank you.
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- Mark Bergman
Every time I think about making Bleu Cheese dressing, I remember that I don’t use buttermilk for anything else. I’ve yet to find a bottled blue cheese dressing that is any good. Is there a good substitute so I may avoid wasting most of a quart of buttermilk?
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Add lemon juice or vinegar to the milk to make buttermilk. I have a recipe for it on my site.
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- Bridget McCurry
I’ve just made bleu cheese dressing for the first time, using this recipe. Like you I don’t need a carton of buttermilk for just a quarter cup. I bought powdered buttermilk from Wally World for less than $5. It’s stored in the fridge after you open it and there’s enough to make this recipe many times. I hope this helps.
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- Debbie Moore
Best blue cheese dressing! Tart and Tangy and if you’re a blue cheese lover like me, don’t hesitate to try and add this to your recipe book!
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- Jaime Lee Garcia
I make all of my own solid dressings, and used to own a café where we did the same. Blue cheese dressing is my favorite to make, but I wanted to try your recipe. I love it so much that I use it now instead of my own from the cafe! Thank you for your time and contributions to helping us make the very best dishes in our own kitchens!
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- Kathy
I’ve tried several recipes, this one is by far the best. I omitted the sugar and added a bit more Bleu cheese.
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- Debra Zimmerman
The minute the family landed on wedge salad for dinner, I immediately thought about your blue cheese dressing and it did not disappoint. Easy, quick and tasty. Thanks Billy.
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- Dawn
Love all of Chef Parisi’s recipes
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- Donna Woods
Get ready!!! You will never buy store bought again!!!
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- Karen Soter
I am a blue cheese dressing snob. This is one of the best that I’ve had!!
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- PHYLLIS
Easy to make and absolutely Awesome flavor! Chose the Maytag cheese. Worked great on our salad & chicken wings!
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- Cheryl Koller
Love the dressing. I strongly advise to not add all the buttermilk at once like I did. For my taste it was too loose. Also we love blue cheese so I added more than the recipe called for.
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- Karen Augustsson
Love blue cheese dressing! Thanks for this recipe!
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- Fran D
I’m really into making the wedge salad lately, but hadn’t found a store-bought blue cheese dressing as good as a restaurant’s. Finally, this one is delicious! I can now make my wedge salad perfect!
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- Michelle Salmonson
🙏❤️🙏. Happy New Year To you and yours🙏❤️🙏
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- sue😁
Oh my thank you delicious 😋 thank you ChefBilly 😋🤩😁👋
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- sue 😁😋
Oh my thank you yummy delicious ChiefBilly recipe’s sauce’s 😋🤩😁😍
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- sue 😁
Thank you Chef Billy fabulous tasty sauces recipe’s my addition oh my 😋 😁🤩😍
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- Chris Chenoweth
Looks fantastic. Thanks.
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- Teresa Hixson
I had tried many, many recipes and store bought blue cheeses but never found one that kept me coming back until I tried yours, Chef! This is the only one I’ve used and all my family raves about it. Thank you so much and I pray you and your family have a blessed New Year. 🙏🏻
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- Tippy
Thank you for adding how to make buttermilk too, it’s kinda hard to find !
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- Ksand
This is the BEST Bleu Cheese dressing , I tweak my recipe by adding a little more sour cream & blue cheese and Gorgonzola cheese
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- Chef Billy Parisi
many thanks!
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- Dennis Hughes
Very good
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so good!!
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- Janice Collins
Yes, this dressing tastes just as amazing as it looks in the picture. Everyone raved about this dressing, which was used on salads and as a dipping sauce for wings and veggies. It’s definitely a keeper.
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appreciate you trying it
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- Craig Mossman
If you are like me. Cooking for two, you aren’t going to use up a big chunk.
Just freeze it, grate what you need and stick it back in the freezer.- Reply
- Rose
Thanks, I was wondering about freezing it. Probably would freeze in small containers to thaw (instead of grating) & use within 10 days.
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- Linda
the best I have ever had. Thank you.
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many thanks!
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- Virginia
This is the ONLY dressing I eat now. It is a must have.
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love it!
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- Erin
The best Blue cheese dressing I have ever had! So easy and yes use one of the brands of cheese Billy recommends.
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Excellent!
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- Vanessa G
My husband and I absolutely love blue cheese dressing!
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excellent!
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- Leslie
Best recipe ever!!
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love it!
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- Joyce Eikenberry
Excellent thank you!
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My pleasure!
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- Jeanie Kristek
Absolutely delicious!
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so good!!
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- Deb Reed
This is the BEST! I just enjoyed the most delicious salad. It had Chef’s boiled shrimp (From his Shrimp co*cktail recipe), shaved red onions and celery, crisp iceberg, Chef’s Blue Cheese Dressing, and topped with his Oven Baked Crispy Bacon. (I forgot my green peas.) OH MY GOODNESS- divine. Am I ever cooking it up on the Gulf Coast!
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so good!!
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- Bridget
This was steakhouse good dressing. I shared it with a friend who regularly makes it as well!
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That’s awesome.
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- David Marchiorato
One great recipe
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excellent
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- KellyM
Love this blue cheese dressing! All the homemade dressings you offer are phenomenal. I’ve made everyone of them.
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so good!!
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- Annette G.
I made the Homemade Blue Cheese Salad Dressing!! It was excellent! The best Blue Cheese salad dressing ever! Thank you for sharing this recipe! I can’t wait to make the other dressings.❤️
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- Norm Denton
I had always used store bought dressing until I saw Chef Billy Parisi’s recipes for Blue Cheese & Ranch Dressing. WOW, what a difference! We eat a lot of salads & I make the Blue Cheese dressing once a week & it’s so easy to do. What a difference & it’s add’s a lot of delicious tastes to my salads…
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- Frank Young
This really is easy and delicious… family, friends, everyone loves it…. if you don’t have buttermilk, you can add a little distilled white vinegar to whole or 2% milk, let it sit, and it still works—though buttermilk is better.. you can tailor this to your own tastes (more or less blue cheese, more or less garlic, etc.) but the recipe as-written is fantastic.
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- Clara
I made all five of the dressings: Ranch, Thousand Island, Balsamic, Blue Cheese and Italian. I will not be able to buy store bought dressings again. These are off the chart!! Easy and DELICIOUS. Thank you.
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- Bridget R
This recipe was so good and so easy! I liked it much better than store bought for sure!
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- Phyllis
This is a Great recipe! Wondering if you also have a recipe for Hamade Creamy Garlic Dressing?
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- MRolph
Made this tonight for a wedge salad wi/dinner and it was SoOoOo.InCrEdIbLy.GOOD! Thank you!
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- Jan Lynn
I became familiar with Chef Billy’s recipes recently and love watching how to’s on Facebook. Have you published a cookbook? I’d love to buy one! Thanks for all your great ideas. I have a few questions. I have a flat top stove and don’t use cast iron. Any ideas what to use instead? I also have Celiac disease and was wondering what to substitute in place of the bread you use in your meatloaf recipe? I’ve never seen gluten free bread like you use. Thanks again
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No cookbook yet, may possibly be coming, though. I would substitute some gluten-free breadcrumbs possibly?
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- Kris Etze
I also have a flat top stove and use enameled cast iron. Does not scratch.
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- Rehab
Wow! So good! I love this recipe so much.
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