This Garlic Salad Dressing is not only delicious but packed with antioxidants. Make a batch in minutes and keep in the fridge for your favorite salad!
Originally Posted: January 13th, 2015| Updated: January 15th, 2019
This Garlic Salad Dressing is one of the best and easiest salad dressings you’ll ever make!
I wish I could take credit for this recipe but the truth is that this is all MY MOM.
She is seriously the queen of salad dressings.
I tried to talk her into starting a salad dressing company years ago but it never happened. I think the general population is missing out on having a full range of her dressings. Just sayin’.
Anyway, this is a dressing she has been making for as long as I can remember and I finally got her to agree to allow me to share the recipe.
I have been trying to eat as much garlic as possible right now with everyone around me falling sick to colds, flu and whatever else is going around.
WHY IS GARLIC GOOD FOR YOU?
Short answer is because of allicin. Allicin creates the sulfur compounds in garlic that are one of the main compounds responsible for the health benefits of garlic. There are many benefits to consuming raw garlic but the most studied (as of this post date) is the benefit to the cardiovascular system.
CAN I MAKE THIS GARLIC DRESSING DAIRY FREE?
You can but I have to be honest and tell you that it’s just not the same. I have tried it with nutritional yeast and I LOVE nutritional yeast but hated the dressing. There are some vegan parm options out there but as of today, I haven’t found one that doesn’t taste like rotten socks (grossssss). I would say to try one of my dairy free dressings and leave this for the cheese eaters. Update: a reader left a comment that she loved it with nutritional yeast so try it for yourself!
Let’s get to making some Garlic Dressing — I hope you love it as much as we do and can’t wait to hear your feedback!
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This Garlic Salad Dressing is not only delicious but packed with antioxidants. Make a batch in minutes and keep in the fridge for your favorite salad!
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoon grated Pecorino Romano Cheese
- 2 large cloves of garlic crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 10 turns freshly ground black pepper
- pinch crushed red pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
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Combine all ingredients except olive oil in a small bowl.
Using a small whisk or fork, mix until combined and continue whisking while you slowly pour in olive oil.
Refrigerate until ready to use. Serve over your favorite salad and Enjoy!
- I always use Pecorino Romano. My preferred brand is Locatelli but if I can’t get that, I just get “Pecorino Romano”. It is always just a tad bit more expensive than regular Parmesan but the flavor is so much better, it’s totally worth it!
- Use the best quality extra virgin olive oil you have! It will really impact the final flavor.
- This works well on more robust lettuces (think romaine, butter, bib, radicchio, etc.) I find spring mix to be too fragile but if you do decide to go with fragile lettuce, go LIGHT on the dressing!
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By the way what is your opinion of good quality olive oii ?
I am so going to try your recipe and let you know how it turns out. I go to a restaurant that has thee most outstanding “Caesar” GARLICKY dressing that when you bite in you taste “pure” garlic and then blow garlic like a volcano and then it instantly cools beautifully. (I am a garlic lover) I have been trying to replicate this and have never found anything to come close. I went to the restaurant today and asked how they do this and all she could say is a “butt load of garlic” quoting her words and it is made on Monday and grows daily, then by the weekend their major business it’s at it best. I’m hoping you can help me. I am searching a true garlic lovers dressing like I explained. BLOW HARD AND THEN COOL beautifully 🙂 Any thoughts 🙂
Try this and see what you think Theresa! Hope you love it 🙂
Hi there and good morning! Just letting you know that I featured this recipe in my Deliciously Healthy Low-Carb Recipes round-up from last month. I hope a lot of my readers will come over here and check it out, great recipe!
Thanks so much Kalyn! I appreciate you sharing my recipe and hope your readers love it! 🙂
We can’t get enough garlic over here! I joke that is why my kids are never sick. 🙂 This dressing sounds perfect.
I am with you Erin! Garlic and ginger for the win 🙂
I am with you Erin! Garlic and ginger for the win 🙂
I want to make a larger amount of dressing. Any measurements?
Hi Henrietta, You can easily double or triple this recipe! If you go to the recipe card and hover over where it says “4 servings” in green, that is a slider where you can change the number of servings and measurements!
This gorgeous dressing sounds like something that would come on the salad at a high-end Italian restaurant. Sounds totally lush. 🙂 Parmesan is my least favourite Italian hard cheese. I prefer Pecorino Romano too, as well Grana Padano.
Love Grana Padano Kellie – I’ll have to try that next time!
I can’t resist garlic, cooked or raw. And I agree a raw garlic salad dressing is wonderful! Which reminds me, it’s been ages since I’ve made it. Need to try your recipe — it looks wonderful! Thanks.
I hope you and Mrs. K R love it John!
Good Morning Alyssa – When you “crush” your garlic do you use a mortar & pestal, garlic press or what is your preferred method? What are your thoughts on using the minced garlic in a jar? Thanks for your input.
I use a garlic press or just slam it with a chef’s knife and then mince. I hate garlic in a jar and never use it. It has a funky aftertaste in my opinion and can ruin a good meal!
YUMMY! I just made this. Fantastic on romaine lettuce. My new favorite. The only change I did was use half of the salt only because I have to watch my sodium levels.
So glad you liked it Diana! We had some for dinner as well on red leaf lettuce. Yum 🙂
Oh yes please, sounds great to me!
Thanks Kalyn!
Raw garlic sounds good to me!! Always. Love the sound of this to dress a salad…so much flavor.
This is my go-to winter dressing Joanne – I love a robust salad in the cold weather!