A tasty and easy condiment this Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing is a breeze to whip up and you can serve it over your favorite salad or in other recipes!
Sometimes I just love a big salad. Yummy croutons (My favorite part!), protein, and of course an amazing dressing. One of our favorite salads to get when eating out is a Caesar.
So, I always believe that having easy condiment and sauce recipes on hand is a great idea especially when it comes to this Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing.
You won’t believe how easy this recipe is! With easy-to-find ingredients at your local grocer, you can whip this up in minutes.
This Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe is one of those recipes that I like to make at home, sometimes I feel like homemade dressings are better than store-bought.
They can also be more convenient as well. Now I’m not saying that buying from the store isn’t convenient but when you have the ingredients on hand I believe that it is!
So this is one reason why we love to make this and we just like to always have those simple staple recipes on hand whenever we may need them.
Some of our other favorite sauce and condiment recipes that we have on our site include: Homemade BBQ Sauce, Homemade Mayonnaise and Honey Mustard.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:
- Easy and readily available ingredients help this come together quickly.
- This can be used on all your favorite salads or in other recipes you enjoy.
- Double this recipe to have more for later.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE BELOW):
Mayonnaise
Garlic
Smoked sardine
Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
Lemon juice
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Pepper
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE CAESAR SALAD DRESSING:
- Place sardine in a medium-sized bowl and mash to a paste.
- Add the remaining ingredients and whisk to combine.
- Refrigerate covered for an hour so the flavors will blend.
- Add to your favorite salad and enjoy!
CAN I SUBSTITUTE ANCHOVIES IN THIS?
You can, but if you want a real authentic Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing real anchovies are the way to go.
If you decide to substitute it the best substitution to use would be Asian Fish Sauce, which is made with fermented anchovies.
CAN I USE BOTTLED LEMON JUICE?
When I make a homemade sauce that uses fresh lemon juice I stick with that. Bottled lemon juice does not have the same flavor as fresh.
So I would not in good faith advise a substitution of the bottled for fresh, trust me on this one!
HOW TO STORE:
This Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing will keep in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- You can easily double this dressing to make more, but make sure you will be using it within 5 days.
- Freshly grated cheese is what you really want to use in this recipe, try not to substitute.
- Use fresh lemon juice for this and not bottled.
- Don’t forget to remove the backbone of the anchovy.
- You can substitute Asian Fish Sauce for the anchovy.
If you want a staple recipe that you will make over and over then you have to make a batch of this Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing.
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Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 clove garlic minced fine
- 1 smoked sardine backbone removed
- 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice fresh squeezed
- 5 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place sardine in a medium-sized bowl and mash to a paste.
- Add the remaining ingredients and whisk to combine.
- Refrigerate covered for an hour so the flavors will blend.
- Add to your favorite salad and enjoy!
Comments & Reviews
Cathy says
I love salads and this looks full of great flavors! I would love for you to share this over at my new link party Making Memories Mondays going on now!
Cathy
Adelina Priddis says
I love salads so much. The simplicity of this one is nice. Admittedly, everyone’s favorite part are the croutons 😉 Thanks for sharing on Weekend Bites