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A salad dressing is a sauce for salads. Used on virtually all leafy salads, dressings may also be used in making salads of beans (such as three bean salad), noodle or pasta salads and antipasti, and forms of potato salad.
Salad dressings can be drizzled over a salad, added and tossed with the ingredients, offered on the side, or served as a dip, as with crudités or chicken wings.
Types
In Western culture, there are two basic types of salad dressing:
- Vinaigrettes based on a mixture (emulsion) of olive or salad oil and vinegar and variously flavored with herbs, spices, salt, pepper, sugar, and other ingredients such as poppy seeds or ground Parmesan cheese
- Creamy dressings, usually based on mayonnaise or fermented milk products, such as yogurt, sour cream (crème fraîche, smetana), or buttermilk.
In the United States, buttermilk-based ranch dressing is the most popular, with vinaigrettes and Caesar-style dressing following close behind.
List
Some salad dressings include:
- Balsamic vinaigrette
- Blue cheese
- Boiled
- Caesar
- French
- Ginger
- Green goddess
- Italian
- Louis
- Mayfair
- Honey mustard
- Peanut sauce
- Ranch
- Russian
- Salad cream
- Tahini sauce
- Thousand Island
- Wafu
See also
- List of salads
References
- "Vinaigrette". BBC Good Food.
- "Top Ten Most Popular Salad Dressing Flavors". The Food Channel. 8 April 2010.
This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Salad dressing news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message A salad dressing is a sauce for salads Used on virtually all leafy salads dressings may also be used in making salads of beans such as three bean salad noodle or pasta salads and antipasti and forms of potato salad Salad dressings can be drizzled over a salad added and tossed with the ingredients offered on the side or served as a dip as with crudites or chicken wings TypesIn Western culture there are two basic types of salad dressing Vinaigrettes based on a mixture emulsion of olive or salad oil and vinegar and variously flavored with herbs spices salt pepper sugar and other ingredients such as poppy seeds or ground Parmesan cheese Creamy dressings usually based on mayonnaise or fermented milk products such as yogurt sour cream creme fraiche smetana or buttermilk In the United States buttermilk based ranch dressing is the most popular with vinaigrettes and Caesar style dressing following close behind List Some salad dressings include Balsamic vinaigrette Blue cheese Boiled Caesar French Ginger Green goddess Italian Louis Mayfair Honey mustard Peanut sauce Ranch Russian Salad cream Tahini sauce Thousand Island WafuSee alsoList of saladsReferences Vinaigrette BBC Good Food Top Ten Most Popular Salad Dressing Flavors The Food Channel 8 April 2010
