Best Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

You need this creamy blue cheese dressing in your life. Seriously, it’s THAT good. Bursting with creamy, cheesy flavor, you’ll want to dip everything in it, it’s screaming out for carrot batons and tortilla chips to be dipped in it, and you just try it on your burger – sensational!

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Why you’ll love our easy blue cheese dressing recipe

Don’t ever buy blue cheese dressing again, the difference between homemade blue cheese dressing and store-bought is like night and day. No comparison.

Ingredients you’ll need to make it

You’ll need all the ingredients shown in the photograph below.

How to make blue cheese dressing recipe with step-by-step instructions

Making our blue cheese dressing is easy if you follow our simple instructions.

Full measurements in US customary and metric are available in a printable recipe card below.

For a thicker blue cheese dip consistency

In a large mixing bowl, add mayonnaise, sour cream, white wine vinegar, blue cheese crumbles, lemon juice, fresh parsley, salt, and freshly ground black pepper.

Stir so they are fully combined, and then press down on some of the crumbles with a spoon, to make the dip thicker.

For a thinner blue cheese dressing consistency

Follow the instructions above but add milk, buttermilk, or water, until you get the consistency that you prefer.

Serve immediately in a small bowl or store in the fridge taking it out approximately 30 minutes before you are ready to serve, we recommend serving at room temperature.

Enjoy your delicious creamy blue cheese dressing!

What’s the best blue cheese to use?

You’ll need to pick a blue cheese that is vegetarian.

The good news is that these days, many more blue kinds of cheese have vegetarian options.

You can even find Danish blue cheese that’s vegetarian now, Maytag blue cheese is vegetarian too, other blue cheeses are following suit, so things are definitely looking up!

If you’re looking for a blue cheese from Northern Italy, then take a look at Gorgonzola but it’s a little more difficult to find a true vegetarian option, so read the ingredients.

Pick a creamy blue cheese, but don’t forget you’ll need crumbled blue cheese for the recipe, so make sure you can crumble it easily.

You can even buy vegan blue cheese, but if you’re making this dressing for a vegan, be sure to buy vegan mayonnaise and vegan sour cream.

Is it a dip or dressing?

It can be both!

If you want a thinner dressing that can be deliciously poured over a salad, then you simply add a little milk or more buttermilk.

For a heavenly thick dip that’s just crying out to be spread on a burger or have carrots dipped in it, then you’ve come to the right place.

Both versions are in the recipe card below.

How do I store it?

This great recipe stores well and you can keep it in an airtight container for about a week.

Some people have told me that it’s lasted them up to two weeks, but it never lasts long in our house, there must be a phantom blue cheese eater!

And we also like to err on caution, so up to a week is our recommendation.

We don’t recommend freezing it, you could but it just doesn’t do well when defrosted.

What do I serve homemade blue cheese dressing with?

Blue cheese dressing is super flexible,

You can dip healthy carrot, celery, and cucumber batons in it.

Smear a generous portion on your burger, dunk air fryer Parmesan fries in it – it all works!

A couple of generous dollops of it in a baked potato will send your potato to the next level!

Perfect for salad recipes, drizzle creamy blue cheese salad dressing deliciousness over your wedge salad.

You have absolutely got to try air fryer buffalo cauliflower dipped in blue cheese dressing – it’s insanely good!

Or simply grab a big bag of tortilla chips and work your way through them with this tasty dip.

The choice, as ever, is yours!

Do I need any special equipment to make this?

Here’s the great thing about our blue cheese dressing recipe, you don’t need any fancy equipment!

Not a food processor or blender – nothing like that!

All you’ll need is a mixing bowl and a spoon.

Yep, that’s right, a bowl and the humble spoon.

We’re probably right in thinking that 99.9999% of people have got both of those – right?

This means you’re ready to make it NOW!

Recipe notes and expert tips

More easy dressing recipes for you to try

If you like our blue cheese dressing recipe, then why not give these salad dressing recipes a try? Ranch dressing, sriracha and mayo, chipotle aioli, garlic dip, and tzatziki.

We hope you enjoy making and eating our bleu cheese dressing and would love to hear how you got on with making it.

Please leave a comment below and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

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