Creamy Horseradish Ranch Dressing Recipe (2024)

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Serve up this Horseradish Ranch Dressing to spice up your salad, sandwiches, or make as a dip! This creamy horseradish dressing is a fun twist to a homemade ranch dressing but with a kick of horsey in each bite. An easy dressing recipe to add to your menu!

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Serve up this Horseradish Ranch Dressing to spice up your salad, sandwiches, or make as a dip! This creamy horseradish dressing is a fun twist to a homemade ranch dressing but with a kick of horsey in each bite. An easy dressing recipe to add to your menu!

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Table of contents

  • 🍋Ways To Use This Horsey Ranch
  • 🥑 What Do You Need
  • 🥕 How to Make
  • 🥬 Storage For Horseradish Ranch Dressing
  • 🧄 Expert Tips and Variations
  • 🍽️ Recipe FAQs
  • More Condiments and Homemade Mixes

This creamy horseradish dressing recipe is one my husband asked me to make. He is a sucker for all things that involve horseradish. So I created this recipe, and sure enough he loved the homemade condiment!

This is a homemade ranch dressing recipe with a twist of kick! A horseradish salad dressing everyone will love to spoon on their salad, steak, use as a dip, and more.

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🍋Ways To Use This Horsey Ranch

  • Top salads as a dressing
  • Make a bit thicker in consistency for a veggie or chip dip
  • Top chicken, steak, and other meats with
  • Use as a pasta salad sauce
  • Use as a condiment for a sandwich, etc

🥑 What Do You Need

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Prepared Horseradish | You can buy this in the refrigerator section at the store. Watch the heat as some are super hot. It is up to you what you can handle.

Buttermilk | Buttermilk and sour cream along with mayo are the base of the salad dressing. Also, I recommend using fresh lemon juice but store-bought in a bottle can work.

Spices and Herbs | Garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dill along with dry ranch powder.

🥕 How to Make

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Take all your ingredients in the recipe card below. Add them into a mason jar, blender or bowl and mix until fully combined.

Place in the refrigerator for an hour before you serve. This is important to do to allow the flavors to blend together, and help bring out the richness of the horseradish paired with the ranch seasoning.

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🥬 Storage For Horseradish Ranch Dressing

Your horsey ranch needs to be store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The dressing can store for up to one to two weeks.

Make sure that between each use, you shake or stir well. Then give it a smell to make sure nothing has spoiled in it. If stored properly it will last for up to two weeks, which is nice.

🧄 Expert Tips and Variations

  • I used homemade ranch powder to mix into my dressing. You can also use store bought powder as well.
  • Feel free to adjust the amount of horseradish you mix into the dressing to control the flavor and heat.
  • I love the added dill in the dressing, but if you are not big into dill leave it out.
  • Double the recipe if you need to feed a larger crowd.
  • Make this up to 1-2 days before you plan to serve. Then shake well and serve up a homemade creamy dressing.
  • The sour cream and buttermilk help to bring out a nice tang in this homemade condiment recipe!

This also makes a great gift you can make. I know a lot of my family could enjoy this horseradish ranch dressing!

🍽️ Recipe FAQs

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How do you make creamy horseradish from scratch?

To make a creamy horseradish you will use your horseradish and pair with the sour cream, buttermilk, and mayo. This is the base then add in the herbs and spices for added dimension of flavor.

What can I substitute for horseradish?

If you are not a big fan of horseradish you can substitute Wasabi in replace of the prepared horseradish in the recipe. It will provide a similar kick just a different flavor.

How much seasoning is in a ranch packet?

2 tablespoons of prepared ranch dry mix are what you will get in each packet of store-bought ranch mix you buy.

What is meant by Prepared horseradish?

Prepared horseradish means you are buying grated horseradish that is seasoned with salt and vinegar. It is more straight horseradish vs a creamy horseradish sauce.

Can you buy prepared horseradish?

Most stores will carry a prepared horseradish. Our store carries it in the meat market in the refrigerated section. You might be able to find it in the local produce area as well in some stores.

Does horseradish have any health benefits?

Horseradish is rich in antioxidants. It is going to help give your body a boost for sure. There are other studies that have taken place but no real proof to back up their predictions.

What vegetable is horseradish?

Horseradish is a root vegetable. This vegetable can be used in a lot of recipes similar to when a recipe calls for garlic or even ginger!

More Condiments and Homemade Mixes

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Created by: Kelsey

Horseradish Ranch Dressing

Course Homemade Seasoning Mixes

Cuisine American

Servings 2 1/2 cups

Serve up this Horseradish Ranch Dressing to spice up your salad, sandwiches, or make as a dip! This creamy horseradish dressing is a fun twist to a homemade ranch dressing but with a kick of horsey in each bite. An easy dressing recipe to add to your menu!

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 – 2 1/2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
  • 1/2 teaspoon dill
  • 2 tablespoons dry ranch seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions

  • In a mason jar or a bowl, you will add in your buttermilk, mayonnaise, sour cream, horseradish, Worcestershire, ranch powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, lemon juice, and dill.

  • Shake well or stir until the horseradish ranch dressing becomes nice and creamy.

  • Place lid on container and store for 1 hour in the refrigerator before you use.

  • Then give the creamy horseradish dressing a stir and use how you would like.

Notes

Start with the 2 teaspoons of horseradish, and then if you want a stronger flavor you can add in more later.

This horseradish dressing can be doubled if you would like.

I love using a mason jar for an easy mix and it stores well in the fridge in a glass jar.

This homemade salad dressing can be used for salads, dipping with veggies, etc.

Nutrition

Serving: 2tablespoonsCalories: 69kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 209mgSugar: 1g

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  1. Stephanie Short says

    I used thick Bulgarian buttermilk and the hot prepared horseradish, and it was absolutely perfect on my prime rib, and the stuffed fried mushrooms. Everyone loved it and it complemented the food well without being overpowering. Awesome recipe that I will definitely make again and again.

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    • Kelsey says

      Yay, so happy to hear!!!

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Creamy Horseradish Ranch Dressing Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is creamy horseradish sauce made of? ›

Ingredients
  1. 1 cup sour cream.
  2. 1/2 cup mayonnaise.
  3. 5 Tbsp. prepared horseradish.
  4. 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce.
  5. 1/2 tsp. kosher salt.
  6. 1/2 tsp. black pepper.
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What's the difference between prepared horseradish and creamed horseradish? ›

Prepared horseradish is made with grated horseradish root, vinegar, and salt. Prepared horseradish is not the same as horseradish sauce but is an ingredient in it. Horseradish sauce combines prepared horseradish with cream, sour cream, or mayonnaise, which makes it milder and creamier.

What is creamy ranch made of? ›

Ranch Dressing Ingredients

Sour cream and mayonnaise: The base for this creamy ranch recipe is a mixture of sour cream and mayonnaise. Seasonings: This flavorful ranch dressing is seasoned with dried chives, dried parsley, dried dill weed, dried garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and ground black pepper.

Do you have to add vinegar to horseradish? ›

The addition of vinegar to the ground horseradish neutralizes the enzymatic process of this compound. Vinegar stabilizes the flavor. The longer you wait to add the vinegar, the hotter the results will be. But don't wait longer than a few minutes, or the resulting flavor will be bitter.

What is added to horseradish to mellow out the flavor? ›

Before eating freshly grated horseradish, add vinegar immediately after grating. Vinegar balances out the spiciness of the horseradish. As a sauce, horseradish may have a vinegar or creamy base. Common foods to use horseradish include beef, vegetables, and fish.

Does creamy horseradish go bad? ›

Prepared horseradish starts out a creamy white color and, as it ages, the color darkens to brown and loses its potency. That's when it's time to get a new bottle. The horseradish experts recommend buying the smallest jar you can use up before it starts turning color.

Does creamy horseradish need to be refrigerated? ›

To keep prepared horseradish (commercial or home-made) at its flavorful best, store it in a tightly covered jar in the refrigerator or in the freezer. It will keep it good quality for about four to six months in the refrigerator and longer in the freezer.

Why is restaurant ranch so creamy? ›

Usually, ranch recipes will contain fresh buttermilk, and sometimes sour cream as well, for a tang that is really balanced.

What's the difference between buttermilk ranch and creamy ranch? ›

The Classic and Southern are the same, but the creamy ranch has buttermilk powder and some other ingredients like lactose, malic acid, and carrageenan (the latter to hold it together since buttermilk powder thins out in a weird way)... the flavor is much milder than the classic/southern because of the buttermilk powder ...

What kind of ranch dressing does Dairy Queen use? ›

Dairy Queen - New Hidden Valley Ranch made IN HOUSE!

Why add sugar to horseradish? ›

Sugar: White sugar helps balance the strong flavors.

What chemical kills horseradish? ›

Dig, chop or spray any vestiges trying to make a comeback as soon as you see them. Otherwise, persistent digging or spraying with an herbicide will get rid of horseradish. Roundup is the most common chemical plant-killer, and a variety of vinegar-based products are available if you prefer organic.

Can I substitute prepared horseradish for fresh horseradish? ›

Fresh horseradish is both hotter and spicier than bottled prepared horseradish, which is pickled in vinegar, so if a recipe calls for prepared horseradish, use half the amount of fresh. When selecting, look for light brown, hard roots; avoid those that are green, moldy or spongy.

What's the difference between horseradish and creamy horseradish? ›

That's where my Zesty Alabama White Sauce gets its kick. Creamy horseradish. You can find creamy horseradish on the shelf right next to the prepared horseradish. The main difference between the two is that creamy horseradish has other things like mayo added to it so it's creamy.

Why does horseradish burn sinuses? ›

As we eat wasabi or horseradish, allyl isothiocyanate vapors travel through the back of the mouth and up into the nasal cavity. This triggers a nerve response in the nose and sinuses, explains Dr. Dawn Chapman, project leader for sensory research at the National Food Laboratory, causing the familiar nose-tingling burn.

Is it safe to eat raw horseradish? ›

Horseradish is generally safe. If eaten as a condiment in large quantities, this spicy root may irritate your mouth, nose, or stomach. Taking small quantities when using this condiment or supplement is best.

What can I use instead of creamy horseradish sauce? ›

For horseradish sauce, a good substitute is a creamy mustard, like Dijon mustard, spicy brown mustard, spicy mustard, or even horseradish mustard. Substitute using a 1:1 ratio. If you have a recipe that calls for ground horseradish, you will use ground mustard in equal parts instead.

What is horseradish made up of? ›

What Is Horseradish? Horseradish is a pleasantly pungent condiment made from the root of the horseradish plant. It's usually made with just the root, vinegar, sugar, and salt. Horseradish is used to add intense flavor to all sorts of things, from sauces (such as co*cktail sauce) to co*cktails (such as Bloody Marys).

Does creamy horseradish have dairy? ›

Horseradish is dairy free.

Is horseradish sauce made from radishes? ›

Both horseradish and radish are a part of the same family of vegetables. They both belong to the Brassicaceae family. However, they are totally different species.

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