The Best Homemade Ranch Recipe

Ranch is a staple around here, and in fact it gets it's own spot on the food triangle.  Because Ranch is so important we have become Ranch Snobs.  We spend a lot of money on that white creamy goodness because we want the good stuff.  I have always preferred homemade dressings to store bought but have also bought plenty of bottles in my day.

Last week I came across a BYU Creamery Ranch Dressing recipe from "One Good Thing" by Jillee.  I have lived in Utah for almost 10 years and I had never had BYU's Ranch.  But it looked pretty good so I thought I would give it a try.

WOW!

This ranch is AMAZING and has quickly became our new favorite.  We used LITE buttermilk, LITE sour cream and LITE mayo and it was STILL really good.  It didn't taste at all like the lite version in the stores.  So much yummy ranch flavor!

Ingredients:

Black Pepper ¼ C
Parsley Flakes 1 1/2 C
Garlic Salt ½ C
Kosher Salt 2 Tbsp
Granulated Garlic ¼ C
Granulated Onion 3/4 C
Dill Weed 2 Tbsp

Procedure:
1. Combine all ingredients, store in an airtight container. Makes about 3 ½ cups of dry mix
2. To Make Dressing, whisk together 2 Tbsp of mix with 2 Cups each of mayonnaise and buttermilk 1 ½ Cups sour cream, & 1 tsp Lemon Juice. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Makes 1 ¾ Quarts

We bought all of the spices in the bulk section at WinCo (love that store) and spent about $2.50, THAT'S IT!

Start by putting all the dry ingredients into a gallon size zip bag

I started with the bowl but found the zip bag made it much easier to mix all of the dry ingredients together.  Next time I will just put all the ingredients into a large mason jar and then just shake it.

Put all of the wet ingredients in a bowl with  2 Tbsp of dry mix (This recipe makes a huge batch of dry mix so it will last a long time! BONUS!)

Whip with a whisk till well combined.

The recipe says to let it sit in the fridge for 2 hours but it is already nice and thick.  We tried to put it into a half gallon milk jug with a funnel but it was taking FOREVER because it was so thick.  So just carefully poor into jug (or whatever you are going to store it in.

Now this picture is a little deceiving because it is not all the way full, I just shook it after we poured the ranch and so it looks full.  It was a little less then 2/3 full.

But the dry mix did almost fill this mason jar.  I told you it made a ton!

For dinner the next night we made homemade chicken nuggets (a family favorite) to really put the ranch to the test. It passed with flying colors.  This ranch is nice and thick (but not too thick - it still pours).

So yummy!

UPDATE:  I have been asked a lot how long the ranch is good for, and I would go off of the expiration date of the buttermilk. 

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