Southern Buttermilk Salad Dressing is a deliciously smooth, flavorful, homemade, Southern-Style salad dressing that our family has made for years to enjoy over our favorite salad greens and fixings. Made with buttermilk, creamy mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, organic apple cider, and fresh herbs, Southern Buttermilk Salad Dressing brings a tempting flavor burst to any salad.
It’s that time of the year where we are all chopping up fresh greens and crisp veggies trying to shed a few of the holiday pounds, yet still, enjoy a bit of flavor to our food. Just like everyone else, Southerners enjoy a good salad at lunch our as a side to our meals at dinner time. This Southern Buttermilk Salad Dressing is one of my favorite homemade go-to recipes to pour over my greens.
In the South, we love our Buttermilk and Mayonnaise so much you will find them in many of our iconic Southern-Style recipes. Fried Chicken? You guessed it; we use buttermilk to brine the chicken to make it juicy and delicious. Mayonnaise? We use that creation in almost anything right down to our Chocolate-Mayonnaise Cakes. It’s a just Southern thing Y’all, and we live for bold, creamy flavors in our recipes.
Today, I decided I was in the mood for a healthy salad made with fresh greens, ripe avocados, grape tomatoes, juicy strawberries, and sweet plump blueberries with a good dose of my favorite homemade Southern Buttermilk Salad Dressing drizzled over the top of it. How can you go wrong with that combination? Sometimes I add white chicken breast strips in my salad, but today I wanted to enjoy it as a side versus a meal.
This salad dressing if pretty straightforward and easy to make; however, I wouldn’t call it a diet dressing Y’all. If you’re looking for a diet salad dressing, you’re looking at the wrong recipe. Now you can make a few adaptions to the method to make it more diet-friendly such as using fat-free buttermilk, light mayonnaise, or yogurt, and Splenda Sweetener instead of sugar, but I can promise you it will not even remotely taste the same.
Ingredients needed:
- Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
- Dijon Mustard
- Mayonnaise
- Parsley
- Tarragon
- Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
- Garlic
- Buttermilk
- Sugar
- Kosher Salt
- Black Pepper
- 2 tablespoons Organic apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 3 tablespoons Mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Parsley Finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Tarragon Finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves Garlic finely minced + more if desired
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 1 Tablespoon Sugar
- Kosher salt to own taste
- Freshly ground black pepper to own taste
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Combine all the listed ingredients and the seasoning in a glass bowl and mix well. Whisk in the cold buttermilk until the dressing is smooth and creamy. Adjust seasonings as needed.
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Refrigerate for 1 hour before using over your favorite salad greens.
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Refrigerate remaining dressing in a container that has been tightly covered for up to 4-5 days safely. After 5 days discard any remaining salad dressing.
If desired place herbs in a small food chopper to chop finely
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I had never tried salad dressing like this one before today. It was fantastic with all the spices and herbs. So fresh and summery too. I will definitely make this recipe again!
The dressing was delish and I loved the strawberries and avocados in the salad! So wonderfully colorful 🙂 The whole family enjoyed it
Yum!! Your salad dressing was soo creamy and delicious. I love how easy it is to make. I will have to pass this recipe on to a few friends. Delicious!
Yum! You can’t go wrong with buttermilk and mayo! This turned out great! We will be keeping this as our standard recipe on hand.
Nothing better than your own salad dressing and this one is amazing tasting! I Love how the buttermilk gives a wonderful creaminess, and the tarragon added an uplifting flavor.
A great dressing that we love in this house! I sometimes make it with other herbs, such as basil, since tarragon is hard to find. It’s delicious either way!
I Love the ingredients that go into this salad dressing. It was so flavorful and delicious tasting. Pinned this to keep the recipe on hand.
This recipe for Homemade dressing is so much better than store-bought! I just love that you add tarragon! The flavor was awesome!
Wow, I love how creamy and delicious this dressing was! And I love the tanginess the buttermilk brings out in the recipe!
Up until I tried this recipe, I had only been using buttermilk for scones and pancakes. I loved the taste and will be making a double batch next time.
I’ve been eating a lot of salad recently and have been thinking about trying some new dressings, so I was glad I found this one on Pinterest. This was such a delicious one, and I will be making it again!
This Homemade dressing recipe is so much better than store-bought we’ve used in the past! The tang of the buttermilk is a welcome surprise to the recipe.
I totally agree I would much rather make my own any day
This is the only salad dressing my daughter will eat! She loves it! Definity a 5-star recipe!
Thank you and good morning Pam! Glad you enjoyed the buttermilk dressing.
I can’t believe that I had never made my own salad dressing before this recipe!! This is definitely a keeper in my book.
Thank you, Cathleen. Making your own is so easy and I just love knowing what’s in my food.
Definitely a unique Dressing. Cant wait to make this Salad for my Guest at a party. I love it.
Thank you, Veena! I hope your guests enjoy it!
this was the perfect salad dressing to have on hand – can’t wait to give the recipe to a few friends to try! 🙂
Thanks, Kate, I hope you’ll let me know if you enjoyed the recipe soon! Have a great day.
Now, there’s nothing good about a salad without a good dressing! This Southern Buttermilk version was so creamy and delish!
Thank you, Shanika, I agree–I remember a diet I was on and you could only dip your fork in the dressing then pick up the salad with the fork–I decided after a few days–*Fork That!* lol I need my dang dressing!
Wow! Tarragon, yay we love the flavor and this recipe is bookmarked. Thanks for this supa gorgeous summer salad, looks terrific.
Thank you. I really appreciate the sweet comments you leave! I’m so happy you bookmarked it for later!
This buttermilk salad dressing is so good it’s become a staple in our house, almost the only one I’m ever using and everybody loves it!
I’m so thrilled to hear this Patty, makes my day. Thanks for sharing!
Digging what you’ve got going on here. Tarragon, too. Love it, and this is the perfect salad dressing recipe for it. (Great looking salad combo, too.)
Thank you, tarragon has such a great flavor. I use Mexican tarragon here in Florida as French tarragon can’t handle our heat index.
I do love buttermilk fried chicken, but never use it in my salad dressings… I definitely have changed that since this recipe! So creamy and I love the tang 🙂
Sues
You definitely have to try it…such a different flavor!
Hey there, Sue! Yes, it’s really a flavorful addition to the salad dressing.
I love making my own salad dressing! This creamy buttermilk dressing looks was good and zesty.
Good Morning, Rika, so glad you liked the recipe.
Yum! Definitely better than store-bought! All those flavors are incredible. The salad looks beautiful too.
Thank you so much Tara!
I haven’t had this dressing in ages! I love it. I know it’s not the most diet friendly, but it’s oh so good!!
Me too, Pam! I think balance is OK though…lol
Ha Ha, indeed Pam, not diet friendly but so darn good! Thank you for stopping by.