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Get ready to make the best caesar salad you’ve ever made, and it all starts with this simple six-ingredient caesar salad dressing recipe. Enjoy it as a salad dressing, a creamy dip for veggies, or a flavorful sauce to drizzle over chicken or seafood.

Prep: 5 minsTotal: 5 mins
Servings: 3/4 cup 1x

Ingredients

  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • Zest and juice of 1 large lemon (1 teaspoon zest and 3 tablespoons juice)
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced (1 tablespoon)
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon ground or cracked black pepper

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, grated Parmesan, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, Dijon, and black pepper. If desired (but not necessary), add Worcestershire sauce, anchovy paste, or fish sauce. See notes for amounts. Whisk until well blended.
  2. Serve over caesar salad or store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Notes

If you’d like, you could stir in any one of these as a flavor boost, but the recipe is really good without any of these added, so it’s completely optional. If you do want to add one of these, choose only one: 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, ½ teaspoon anchovy paste, ½ teaspoon fish sauce.

Nutrition Information

  • Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
  • Calories: 130
  • Fat: 13 g
  • (Sat Fat: 2 g)
  • Sodium: 240 mg
  • Carbohydrate: 2 g
  • (Fiber: 0 g
  • Sugar: 0 g)
  • Protein: 1 g
  • Cholesterol: 10 mg

Dietary

© The Real Food Dietitians
Recipe By: Jessie Shafer