Creamy Blue Cheese Dip (Printable version)

Rich and tangy blue cheese dip, ready in minutes. Ideal for wings, vegetables, and crackers.

# What you need:

→ Dairy

01 - 4 oz blue cheese, crumbled
02 - ½ cup sour cream
03 - ½ cup mayonnaise
04 - ¼ cup buttermilk, optional for thinner consistency

→ Seasonings & Other

05 - 1 tablespoon fresh chives, finely chopped
06 - 1 teaspoon lemon juice
07 - ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
08 - ¼ teaspoon black pepper
09 - Salt, to taste

# How To:

01 - In a medium mixing bowl, combine the crumbled blue cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, and buttermilk if using.
02 - Stir well with a spoon or whisk until mostly smooth, leaving some small blue cheese chunks for texture.
03 - Add the chopped chives, lemon juice, garlic powder, black pepper, and salt, then fold everything together until evenly distributed.
04 - Taste the dip and adjust salt, pepper, or lemon juice as needed to balance the flavors.
05 - Transfer to a serving bowl, cover tightly, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to let the flavors meld together.
06 - Serve chilled alongside celery sticks, carrot sticks, buffalo wings, crackers, or potato chips.

# Expert Advice:

01 -
  • No cooking required, which means you can throw this together while the wings are still in the oven and nobody will guess how effortless it was.
  • The balance of tang from sour cream and lemon against the sharp bite of blue cheese makes store bought dip taste like paste in comparison.
02 -
  • The dip will taste significantly better after resting in the fridge because the blue cheese needs time to soften and infuse the entire mixture with its flavor.
  • If you accidentally over salt there is no easy fix, so always under salt first and add more at the end after tasting.
03 -
  • Buy a wedge of Roquefort or Gorgonzola instead of generic blue cheese crumbles and you will immediately notice a deeper, more complex flavor that elevates the entire dip.
  • Mash about half the blue cheese into the sour cream and mayo with a fork before folding in the remaining crumbles for the best mix of creaminess and chunky texture.

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