Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing

This homemade Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing is creamy and perfect for salads or a dip for wings! It's made with sour cream, mayo, and chives.

My recipe for How To Make Blue Cheese Dressing was first published on Sunday Supper Movement where I am a contributor.

This Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing recipe is super easy to make, versatile, and bursting with flavor. This dressing is thick, rich, and creamy, but not overpowering. It adds just the right amount of zing to everything it touches!

Homemade sauces and dressings can turn a good dish into a great one. That is certainly the case with this blue cheese dressing. It's perfect drizzled over a salad, as a dip for chicken wings, or served on a veggie tray or crudité platter.

There are plenty of outstanding jarred sauces and dressings on the market today, but there's something so satisfying about whipping up a batch of your own and customizing it to your tastes.

This dressing is thick and creamy. It's made with blue cheese crumbles that are combined with sour cream, mayo, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and minced chives. It's full of savory and tangy flavor.

The great thing about homemade dressings is that you can utilize them in so many different ways. This blue cheese dressing can be added to coleslaw, used a burger topping, or drizzled onto a buffalo chicken sandwich.

Jump to:

• What Is Blue Cheese?
• Ingredients For Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
• What Is Blue Cheese Dressing?
• What Kind Of Blue Cheese Is Best For Dressing?
• How To Make Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
• How Long Does Blue Cheese Dressing Last?
• Can I Freeze This Dressing?
• What To Serve With Blue Cheese Dressing
• Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing

What Is Blue Cheese?

The most important component to blue cheese dressing is, of course, the blue cheese. What exactly is blue cheese? It's a specific variety of cheese that has cultures of the mold Penicillium added to it - That mold gives blue cheese its distinct blueish color.

The cheese is aged in a temperature-controlled environment to produce its specific taste and color.

Blue cheese has a very distinct flavor and it tends to be one of those things that people tend to love or hate. The taste is sharp, salty, and savory.

I personally can't get enough of it - There is nothing like a wedge of good blue cheese paired with a glass of red wine.

You can purchase a wedge of it, or already crumbled. To keep it simple, I opted for blue cheese crumbles. Blue cheese can be found in the cheese or deli section of most grocery stores these days.

Ingredients For Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing

This recipe only requires a few ingredients and all are easy to find at your local supermarket.

It's made without sugar or buttermilk and this recipe is both keto and gluten free. However, I am not making the claim that this dressing is healthy. It's decadent and a little indulgent.

Here's what you'll need to make it.

• ½ cup Sour Cream (full fat)
• ½ cup Mayo
• 2 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
• 2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 cup Blue Cheese Crumbles
• ¼ tsp. each Kosher Salt and Pepper
• 2 Tbsp. Minced Chives (or 2 tsp. Dried Chives)

What Is Blue Cheese Dressing?

Blue cheese dressing or blue cheese sauce is a dish made by adding those pungent blue cheese crumbles to a mixture of something creamy like sour cream, mayo, buttermilk, or heavy cream along with something tart like lemon juice or vinegar.

Savory ingredients like Worcestershire sauce and onion or garlic powder are often mixed in as well.

I love to add fresh herbs like chives to brighten it up. Feel free to sub parsley if you prefer.

Every blue cheese dressing recipe is slightly different. This one is thick and creamy. A little bit goes a long way. My husband loves to dip his crackers in it and often eats it straight out of the bowl.

What Kind Of Blue Cheese Is Best For Dressing?

You can use any variety of blue cheese you like to make this homemade dressing. Some varieties are stronger and have a more pungent flavor than others and how strong you like it is entirely up to you.

Here are some popular varieties that would all work great when making this dressing:

• Danish Blue
• Maytag
• Roquefort
• Stilton

Feel free to grab a package of pre-crumbled blue cheese, or a wedge of it and crumble the cheese yourself.

Gorgonzola cheese may be substituted for blue cheese if you prefer.

How To Make Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing

This recipe is seriously easy! There's no need to buy the bottled stuff when the homemade version is this simple.

1. In a small bowl, combine ½ cup of full fat sour cream, ½ cup mayonnaise, 2 Tbsp. lemon juice, 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce, and ¼ tsp. each kosher salt and pepper.
2. Stir all of these ingredients until completely combined using a small whisk or a fork.
3. Mince 2 Tbsp. of fresh chives.
4. Add the minced chives (can sub 2 tsp. dried chives) along with 1 cup of blue cheese crumbles (equals 4 oz. of blue cheese) (feel free to use a wedge of blue cheese and crumble it yourself) to the dressing.
5. Fold the blue cheese crumbles and chives into the dressing and stir until combined.
6. Garnish with extra minced chives (optional).

If you'd like a super chunky blue cheese dressing, feel free to add even more blue cheese crumbles.

How Long Does Blue Cheese Dressing Last?

Once all the ingredients are combined, the dressing is finished. Feel free to use it right away, or store in the fridge for a few hours before use (this will help the flavors develop a little bit).

This dressing doesn’t last very long. It lasts 5-6 days stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

It’s one of those things that’s best enjoyed fresh or within a few days.

Can I Freeze This Dressing?

I would not recommend freezing this dressing as it contains dairy. Dairy products can separate when frozen then thawed.

Love blue cheese? Check out these Grilled Blue Cheese Burgers and Blue Cheese Coleslaw!

What To Serve With Blue Cheese Dressing

As mentioned, this dressing is incredibly versatile and the ways to utilize it are endless. It’s great as a salad dressing, especially on wedge salads. This dressing also makes a delicious sauce for sandwiches and wraps.

Blue cheese dressing is perfect added to a crudité platter and used as a dip for raw veggies. Feel free to serve as a dip for celery or carrot sticks, or any type of raw, crunchy vegetables.

Chunky blue cheese dressing is perfect for dipping buffalo wings, buffalo cauliflower, or grilled chicken wings. Actually, it makes a great dipping sauce for any type of crispy or fried appetizers or finger foods like these air fryer breaded mushrooms.

Blue cheese dressing is the perfect accompaniment to buffalo flavored anything. Here are some great buffalo-inspired dishes over which to drizzle this sauce:

• Shredded Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
• Buffalo Chicken Pizza
• Buffalo Chickpeas
• Buffalo Chicken Dip
• Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
• Buffalo Chicken or Shrimp Salads

It can take something like these Grilled Chuck Steaks or Steak Diane over the top.

You can drizzle it on roasted vegetables like herb roasted potatoes, garlic roasted green beans, and Parmesan roasted cauliflower.

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