This homemade Blue Cheese Dip for Wings is the perfect recipe for buffalo chicken wings, vegetables, salads, and many other dishes. No more store-bought dressing when you can have a fresh, made-from-scratch dip at your game party in five minutes.
🥣Ingredients
Blue cheese crumbles
Sour cream
Mayonnaise
Milk
Lemon juice
Pantry ingredients—garlic powder, salt, black pepper
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"Easy to make, even my non-blue-eating husband liked the dip with the wings."
This dipping sauce has an excellent fresh taste that is not present in commercial versions or blue cheese dressings. Make it your way, chunky or smooth, ahead of your party. It is an easy dip to make with everyday ingredients from your local grocery store.
👨🍳How to Make Blue Cheese Dip for Wings
Add all ingredients and mix. Break up the blue cheese crumbles to achieve the texture you want—almost none for a chunky dip or more for a smoother dip.
If you have time, refrigerate for an hour or more for the flavors to come together for better taste.
For more details, keep reading. See the Recipe Card below for complete instructions and to print.
🧀Ingredient notes to make it your way
Blue cheese: There are many varieties of blue cheese; use your favorite. Crumbles are readily available and will make this recipe easier. Break them up with a fork or during mixing to achieve the desired texture: chunky, a little chunky, or smooth.
Use gorgonzola cheese for a milder blue cheese-like flavor.
Sour cream: Full fat is fine. Greek yogurt may be substituted.
Garlic: Garlic powder, fresh or precrushed, will be fine. Adjust the amount to your taste, but be careful not to overdo it—I find it can dominate.
Other ingredients: Lemon juice for a twang. Milk for thinning.
📅Make ahead tips
There is no need to miss the party while you're in the kitchen. Make up to 5 days ahead and refrigerate in an airtight container.
It may be thicker after storage. A splash of milk or water will help.
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🤔How to use blue cheese dip
Blue cheese dip is great with wings and as a general dip at parties. It works as an excellent salad dressing or as a veggie dip with celery, carrots, bell pepper, and other cut vegetables.
Try it on your next burgers on the grill or on top of a grilled NY strip. It also makes a great blue cheese salad dressing.
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❄️How to store blue cheese dip
You can make the dip and store it in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Do not freeze it.
❓FAQs
Blue cheese is made with pasteurized goat, sheep, or cow's milk. It is cultured with Penicillium Roquefort, which produces its distinctive color and flavors. Although it is available in blocks, the crumble version is commonly used for salads or to make sauces and dips.
⚕️How to safely serve the dip
Your dip should not be set out for more than two hours at room temperature or one hour if the temperature is over 90°. If it reaches those limits, dump it.
To keep the dip out longer, it must be under 40°, so an ice bath for the container is a good solution.
📖The Recipe Card
Blue Cheese Dip for Wings
Ingredients
- ½ cup blue cheese crumbles
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoon milk
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Use blue cheese crumbles or cut up more solid cheese. Add ½ cup of blue cheese crumbles to a mixing bowl. If they are large, then break them up with a fork to make the texture you want.
- Add ½ cup of sour cream, ¼ cup of mayonnaise, ½ teaspoon of garlic powder, ½ teaspoon of kosher salt, ½ teaspoon of black pepper, 2 teaspoons of milk, and 2 teaspoons of lemon juice. Mix well.
- Store airtight in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Recipe Notes
Pro Tips
- Remember that for food safety, your dip can not be left out at room temperature for more than two hours or one hour if the temperature is over 90°. So, if you reach those limits, dump it.
- The dip needs to be kept under 40° for a longer time, so an ice bath for the container is a good solution.
- This should be refrigerated for up to 5 days days. I would not freeze.
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Editor's Note: Originally Published January 30, 2016. Updated with expanded options, refreshed photos, and a table of contents to help navigation.
Leslie says
Easy to make, even my non-blue eating husband liked the dip with the wings