Blue Cheese Dressing – Super Chunky!

This Blue Cheese Dressing is super creamy, super chunky, super delicious, and super easy to make!

I can’t believe it took me so long to make my own blue cheese dressing.  Oh my goodness, you guys, this blue cheese dressing recipe is 100% amazingly delicious perfection. My mother-in-law and I keep sneaking spoonfuls out of the jar. Check out the rest of our homemade salad dressings and homemade marinades!

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Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

Blue Cheese Dressing Ingredients

• Blue cheese – Crumbled
• Sour cream – Full fat works best
• Mayonnaise – Full fat works best
• Lemon juice – preferably fresh
• Garlic salt – I’m partial to Lawry’s garlic salt.
• Black pepper – Fresh ground for best flavor.

How do you make blue cheese dressing at home? (Step-by-step)

⭐ First, combine everything reserved blue cheese crumbles.

⭐ Next, blend well with an immersion blender or upright blender.

⭐ Then, stir in remaining blue cheese crumbles.

⭐ Finally, refrigerate until ready to use.

Preparation and storage

How do you make a chunky blue cheese dressing?

Our homemade blue cheese dressing is made with crumbled blue cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, and spices.   As with any recipe, the end result is going to depend on what you put in it.

So go with a great quality blue cheese, and full fat mayonnaise and sour cream.  You can make it with the fat free or low fat stuff, but you’ll get the best thick and creamy blue cheese dressing if you use really great whole fat ingredients.

How long can you keep homemade blue cheese dressing?

You can keep the dressing for as long as the individual ingredients are good. More specifically, take a look at the expiration dates of each of your ingredients, and find the one with the earliest date.

That’s the expiration date you’ll want write on the bottom of your jar.  Make sure to use something that won’t wipe off, like a sharpie, or a sticker.

Frequently asked questions

Is blue cheese always pasteurized?

Blue cheese is not always pasteurized.  Pasteurization is a heating process that kills microbes, mainly bacteria, in food and drink. If you want to use pasteurized cheese, definitely make sure to read the blue cheese labels closely.

Can I eat blue cheese salad dressing while pregnant?

According to Baby Center, soft, blue-veined cheeses, such as danish blue and roquefort, are not considered safe to eat in pregnancy.  Hard, blue-veined cheeses, such as stilton, are less likely to contain listeria than soft, mould-ripened cheeses. In fact, the NHS says that stilton is safe to eat when you’re pregnant. ref

Whether to blue cheese dressing while pregnant is going to be a personal call.  I ate it sparingly, and often heated it first (and then poured it over a good seared steak, yum), but not everyone is comfortable with the risk involved.

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• Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing – This is the dressing that made me realize how easy it was to make homemade salad dressings and I’ll tell you, I haven’t bought a bottle of ranch dressing since.
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• Bacon Maple Dijon Salad Dressing – Oh yes, this salad dressing has bacon drippings and maple syrup.  And lest you think we’ve gone too extra, let me assure you it’s just right. Mmmmmm
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• Creamy Jalapeno Ranch – All the familiar flavors of classic ranch, with a subtle kick from fresh jalapeños. 
• Green Goddess Dressing Recipe – Creamy, flavorful, and packed with delicious aromatic herbs. 

Tools we love

• Mason jars – Wide mouth mason jars are my favorite way to prepare and store dressings!
• Stick blender – Possibly the most used gadget in my entire kitchen.  The key to making a hand blender useful versus a giant pain in the butt is to rinse it immediately after using.  That way you’re never trying to get crusty dried goop out from under the blades

How to Make Blue Cheese Dressing

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Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

Created by: April Woods

Course Sauce

Cuisine American

Prep Time 3 minutes mins

Total Time 3 minutes mins

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Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 1 cup crumbled blue cheese half reserved
• ▢ ½ cup sour cream
• ▢ ½ cup mayonnaise
• ▢ ½ teaspoon lemon juice
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

• Combine everything EXCEPT ½ cup of blue cheese crumbles. Blend well with an immersion blender or upright blender.
• Stir in remaining blue cheese crumbles. 
• Enjoy!

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Notes

Calories are based on 2 tablespoon serving size.

Nutrition

Serving: 1tablespoon | Calories: 74kcal

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Try stirring some in to your tuna noodle salad for a richer flavor, or dip your fried pickles in it!