Homemade Thousand Island Salad Dressing is a cinch to make in only 5 minutes! Use it on your favorite green salads, hamburgers or patty melts!
Today I’m going to share with you how simple it is to make homemade salad dressing in a few minutes, in the comfort of your own home. Simple and delicious is my favorite kind of recipe!
I have quite a few homemade salad dressing recipes here on my blog, and always enjoy learning how to make them from scratch, at home.
Thousand Island Salad Dressing is a cinch to make, and uses fairly “common” kitchen ingredients. This famous salad dressing is named after Thousand Islands, New York (apparently), where it is believed to have been first created.
If you’re interested in learning more about the origins of Thousand Island Salad Dressing, you can do so HERE. Let me show you how to make this delicious salad dressing, lickety-split!
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Making Thousand Island Salad Dressing Is EASY!
The ingredients you need to make thousand island salad dressing are mayonnaise, sour cream, ketchup, sweet pickle relish, red onion, white vinegar, sugar, garlic, salt and pepper.
Measure, then place all ingredients except the salt and pepper into a medium-sized bowl, and stir until the salad dressing has been fully combined.
Season with salt and pepper to suit your personal taste (it doesn’t take too much- start with 1/8 teaspoon, then add more, as desired).
And just like that, you’ve made homemade thousand island salad dressing! See how easy that was? You’ll probably also notice that this salad dressing is fairly THICK.
Some people even add a hard-boiled egg to their dressing. I don’t care for it that way, but feel free to add a finely crumbled hard-boiled egg to the salad dressing if it makes you happy!
You may also notice that the ingredients in thousand island salad dressing are similar to those in Russian Salad Dressing. That’s true, but did you know Russian Dressing also has horseradish in it?
Check The Texture To Suit Your Preference
Check out the texture of the thousand island salad dressing. You may like it very thick, but if you’re like me, you prefer it a bit thinner in texture.
If desired, simply add a little bit of milk (in very small increments), and stir until the salad dressing reaches your desired consistency.
I typically add about 1-2 Tablespoons milk to mine to thin it slightly when I make it. This texture is completely YOUR CHOICE, of course.
Storing The Salad Dressing
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the Thousand Island Salad Dressing at least 2-3 hours before serving, for best flavor.
You can also transfer the salad dressing to an airtight container before refrigerating, if you prefer. I usually store mine in a canning jar.
Thousand Island Salad Dressing can be stored safely in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 6-7 days. The recipe (as written) will yield about 1 cup of salad dressing, so it is fairly easy to use it up during that week.
Serve The Thousand Island Salad Dressing
After the thousand island salad dressing has been fully chilled, use it to top one of your favorite mixed green salads for added flavor!
The salad dressing is also a wonderful condiment which can be used on burgers or patty melts. It is delicious, spread on a grilled patty melt with caramelized onions.
Making thousand island salad dressing is so absolutely EASY, and I hope you have the opportunity to create this recipe. I think you’re going to really like it.
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Looking For More SALAD DRESSING Recipes?
You can find ALL of my recipes in the Recipe Index, which is located at the top of the page. I have a wonderful variety of homemade salad dressing recipes you may enjoy, including:
- Ranch Dressing
- Bleu Cheese Dressing
- Citrus Dijon Salad Dressing
- French Salad Dressing
- Poppyseed Salad Dressing
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Original recipe source (and with thanks to Lauren Allen) at: tastesbetterfromscratch.com/thousand-island-dressing
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Homemade Thousand Island Salad Dressing is a cinch to make in only 5 minutes! Use it on your favorite green salads, hamburgers or patty melts!
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 3 Tablespoons ketchup
- 2 Tablespoons red onion finely diced
- 2 Tablespoons sweet pickle relish
- 1 Tablespoon white vinegar
- 2½ teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 lg. clove garlic minced
- *salt & pepper, to taste
Place all ingredients except salt and pepper in a medium bowl; stir until fully combined. Season with salt/pepper to taste (it doesn't take too much- start with ⅛ teaspoon, then add more, as desired). Stir until combined.
Check texture of the salad dressing. It is fairly thick. If you prefer it thinner, add small amount of milk (1-2 T. at a time). Add milk and stir until salad dressing reaches desired consistency.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap; refrigerate salad dressing at least 2-3 hours before serving, for best flavor. Serve, and enjoy on a favorite green salad or burger.
Store salad dressing in an airtight container in refrigerator up to 6-7 days.
NOTE: If interested in reducing the number of calories for this salad dressing, consider using light mayonnaise and/or light sour cream.
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