Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing + Video
This Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing is as close as it gets to the real deal, without the high fructose corn syrup!
Two years ago I did some copycat Olive Garden recipes for you to make for Valentine’s Day. I did a variation of Olive Garden’s Steak Gorgonzola Alfredo and Black Tie Mousse Cake for dessert.
Olive Garden is definitely one of my favorite restaurants to eat at. Don’t believe me? I have copycat Zuppa Toscana, Chicken & Gnocchi Soup, and the famous Olive Garden Breadsticks recipes too!
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I definitely used to go to Olive Garden a lot more before I got married and had kids, but honestly, I don’t need to go back. My homemade versions are just as good and a lot cheaper to make myself.
This recipe is top notch! Now, I know you can buy the Olive Garden Salad Dressing at pretty much any grocery store, but this is as close as you can get to the real deal, without the high fructose corn syrup. (Check the label!)
My husband is obsessed with this dressing and won’t stop asking me to make more. He can down the whole bottle himself, it’s ridiculous! Haha.
Next time you have salad, you need to try this dressing! You won’t regret it! It might even become an obsession for you like it has for my husband!
Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- ¾ cup oil, (vegetable/canola)
- ¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp distilled white vinegar
- ¼ cup water
- 1 packet Good Seasonings Italian Dressing Mix
- ½ tsp dried Italian seasoning
- ½ tsp granulated sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ½ Tbsp mayonnaise, (not miracle whip)
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Whisk briskly so that there are no clumps of mayo. Keep refrigerated.
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*Video added 7/7/17
This is great. We loved the flavor.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing your experience!
My son loves the Olive Garden salad dressing. Thanks for the recipe. 🙂
Great! You’re welcome!
My husband LOVES the OG dressing and I’ve been trying to figure it out now for awhile, thanks for sharing this! Pinning!!
My husband could drink this stuff! It’s so good! I hope your hubby approves 🙂
Love Olive Garden Salad.. can’t wait to try this !
Us too! Hope you like it!
Well I tried this and instead of white distilled (we had none and seeing that I’m only 14, I couldn’t go out and get some) I used a 1/4 red wine vinegar and 3/4 was apple cider vinegar and I think it turned out great and was VERY close to OG’s if not identical!
YAY! Glad you liked it! And props to you for getting in the kitchen at your age. I loved to cook and bake at your age too, it’s a fun/great thing to learn!
the vinegar is it white or Apple cider ?
White distilled vinegar. I will fix that in the recipe now.
This salad dressing makes a dynamite marinade for chicken. I put the chicken in a bag and pour the dressing over for about 2 hrs. I just used it last night with a Parm. Chicken recipe
NICE! I need to try that! Thanks for sharing your experience!
My husband will eat salad now. He loves this dressing. Mine is never as pretty as yours. I wonder if its the olive oil?
I actually use vegetable oil or canola oil. That might be why. Glad your husband eats salad now! This dressing is pretty rockin!
In regards to the oil, I feel like mine is really oily. I’ve tried both vegetable and canola oil and was wondering if I substituted some of this with water instead if it would still turn out okay? Besides that, it’s seriously amazing. I love it!
Make sure you mix it really well. The oil thickens up the dressing. You can try cutting back the oil to 1/2 cup and increasing the water to 1/2 cup, but I would definitely not change it to all water because the oil gives it that satisfying texture in your mouth, as well as flavor, and the oil balances out the vinegar.
I totally want to make this. Thank you!
the recipe calls for ‘italian seasoning’ but what is that? just a combination of basil oregano red pepper flakes garlic powder onion powder……..what? sounds like just up the amount of GP already in the recipe etc. does this work out if you just use the GoodSeasons packet and skip the other seasonings?
Italian Seasoning is a blend of Italian spices (thyme, oregano, basil, etc). You can find it in the spice section of any grocery store. The extra seasonings really make this dressing what it is, so I wouldn’t leave them out.