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Ditch the store-bought seasoning packets. This homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix takes moments to make, with ingredients you’ll most likely have already! Perfect for DIY ranch dressing or homemade ranch dip.
The best thing about homemade ranch seasoning (tohe than the taste!) is that it won’t be full of un-pronounceable ingredients. Just herbs and spices, you won’t need to buy packet versions ever again.
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How To Make This Ranch Seasoning Mix – Step By Step
Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions!
Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl. Store, refrigerated, in an airtight glass jar up to 1 month.
To make Ranch Dressing:
Combine 1 tablespoon seasoning mix with ½ cup mayonnaise and ½ cup whole milk. Whisk to combine and refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes. Stir when ready to use.
To make Ranch Dip:
Combine 2 tablespoons seasoning mix with 16 ounces sour cream. If time (and for the best flavor) refrigerate, covered, 1 hour before serving. Stir before serving.
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Where Did Ranch Come From?
Ranch dressing wascreated in 1949 by a plumber. While working as a contract plumber in Alaska, Steve Henson started cooking for his coworkers and perfecting his buttermilkdressingrecipe. Five years later he moved to California with his wife Gayle and bought aranch – and Hidden Valley Ranch was born!
Where and How to Use
This really is such a popular seasoning. It’s sweet, tangy and creamy all in one. It goes great with chicken tenders or wings, drizzle it on fries or pizza, and of course great on salads!
How Long Does This Ranch Seasoning Last?
Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix is shelf-stable for up to 3 months, depending on the age of your dried herbs and spices. In other words, the fresher the herbs and spices that you use in your mix, the longer it will last.
Top Recipe Tips
The finer textured ingredients in the mix – like the salt and garlic – generally settlesto the bottom of the bottle. To make sure that my mix stays mixed consistently, I add all of the ingredients into myspice grinderand pulse about five times to make it more consistent. You can also use a food processor or blender if you don’t have spice grinder handy.
Makes approximately 1 cup or 8 ounces dry mix. Most recipes call for 1 ounce packets of dry ranch seasoning mix. 1 ounce would equal 2 tablespoons of this recipe.
Store ranch dressing or dipin an airtight container in therefrigerator.
Thisranch dressing recipeshouldlastfor about 1 week in the refrigerator. Be sure to use fresh ingredients to ensure thedressingwilllastlonger once it’s made.
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Ditch the store-bought seasoning packets. This homemade Ranch Seasoning takes moments to make, with ingredients you'll most likely have already! Perfect for DIY ranch dressing or homemade ranch dip.
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Ingredients
½cupDry Buttermilk Powder
3tablespoonsdried Parsley
1tablespoongranulated Garlic
2teaspoonsgranulated Onion
2teaspoonsdried Dill weed
1teaspoondried Onion Flakes
1teaspoondried Chives
1teaspoonkosher salt
½teaspoonground black pepper
½teaspoongranulated sugar
Instructions
Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl. Store, refrigerated, in an airtight glass jar up to 1 month.
To make Ranch Dressing: combine 1 tablespoon seasoning mix with ½ cup mayonnaise and ½ cup whole milk. Whisk to combine and refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes. Stir when ready to use.
To make Ranch Dip: combine 2 tablespoons seasoning mix with 16 ounces sour cream. If time (and for the best flavor) refrigerate, covered, 1 hour before serving. Stir before serving.
Enjoy!
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Becky’s tips
Makes approximately 1 cup or 8 ounces dry mix. Most recipes call for 1 ounce packets of dry ranch seasoning mix. 1 ounce would equal 2 tablespoons of this recipe.
Both mixes are made with staple ingredients you might already have in the pantry, but the dressing mix includes a secret ingredient, powdered buttermilk, that makes it extra convenient. Ranch seasoning mix is a blend of dried minced onion, dried parsley, salt, garlic powder, dried dill, and ground black pepper.
The ranch packet has a fresher taste, because you add your own mayo and milk. Even though all the herbs and spices in the mix are dried, they rehydrate quickly and leave you with a product that feels homemade. This version of Hidden Valley Ranch is more flavorful than the bottled version and much, much thicker.
A: I found flavor is pretty much the same but the new original container I just got has more salt: homestyle 45 mg vs original 60 mg. I can taste the difference. Great product for either version. Thank you for your feedback!
Most of the dry ranch seasoning mix ingredients are simple and likely already found in your pantry. Onion powder, onion flakes, dill, parsley, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dried chives give this delicious seasoning mix its flavor!
Ranch dressing is a savory, creamy American salad dressing usually made from buttermilk, salt, garlic, onion, mustard, herbs (commonly chives, parsley and dill), and spices (commonly pepper, paprika, and ground mustard seed) mixed into a sauce based on mayonnaise or another oil emulsion.
Scratch ranch relies on fresh herbs and aromatics, which bring bite and those pops of grassy flavor that dried or powdered versions never can, so you get an eating experience that is elevated. Usually, ranch recipes will contain fresh buttermilk, and sometimes sour cream as well, for a tang that is really balanced.
Ranch dressing mix, when unopened, can typically remain fresh and tasty up to 2 years past the printed date on the package - this is a best-by date, not an expiration date. Once the package has been opened, the mix should be used within 3 months for optimal flavor and quality.
The ingredients in the seasoning packet have changed a bit since Henson first wrote the recipe and in particular, monosodium glutamate (MSG) is now one of the ingredients.
Homemade ranch will last up to two weeks stored in an airtight container and refrigerated. Keep in mind the shelf life of the ingredients you use to make it, though. If the sour cream or buttermilk are near their expiration date, you may want to use it up sooner.
Because while some restaurants do use a bottled shelf stable dressing, what you are referring to is a powdered ranch mix (typically the Hidden Valley brand) that the restaurant cooks add milk/ buttermilk and sour cream to make their dressing.
These twists on the original are all from Hidden Valley Ranch, the nation's biggest brand of ranch dressing. And they are part of a strategy by the brand's parent company, Clorox, to dominate the condiments aisle.
This product contains the following ingredient(s) that may be genetically engineered or derived from GE crops: Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sugars, Vegetable Oil, Modified Food Starch, and Xanthan Gum [read more]
Environmental Impact: Contains eggs, which have a lower carbon footprint than meat.
The ingredients in the seasoning packet have changed a bit since Henson first wrote the recipe and in particular, monosodium glutamate (MSG) is now one of the ingredients.
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