Vegan Avocado Ranch Dressing

By Ali Slagle

Total Time: 5 minutes
Rating: 4(324)
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This dressing has the creamy, tangy, herby trifecta of ranch, but gets there with all plant-based ingredients. Creamy, ripe avocado is blended with the brine of dill pickles, whose garlic and dill seed echo the seasonings in traditional ranch. Blend in fresh dill and garlic for brightness, then stir in finely chopped pickles for texture. Eat it over greens or with chicken cutlets, spread it on a sandwich or serve it as a dip with chips and crudités.

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Ingredients

Yield:1 cup

1medium, ripe avocado, halved and pitted
½cup roughly chopped dill fronds and stems, plus more as needed
4teaspoons dill pickle brine, plus more as needed
1small garlic clove, grated
3tablespoons finely chopped dill pickles
Kosher salt and black pepper

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Preparation

Step 1
In a food processor, combine the avocado, dill, pickle brine and garlic with ⅓ cup water. Season with salt and pepper, and process until smooth.
Step 2
Stir in the chopped pickles. Taste and adjust balance and consistency with more brine, water, salt, black pepper and dill.

Tip

Leftovers will keep for up to 2 days in the fridge. The top will brown, but it will go away once stirred.

Ratings

4 out of 5

324 user ratings

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Abby2 years ago

Wonderful! And a sprinkle of parsley adds a nice touch, too. Goes really well with greens, squashes, and seaweed.

Montani semper liberi2 years ago

How would an avocado dressing not be vegan in the first place. What would be in it otherwise? Honey?

Vanessa2 years ago

*Ranch* dressing has buttermilk.

ACS2 years ago

a lot of ranch dressings have buttermilk and / or mayo.

stephanie2 years ago

perhaps leave the chopped pickles out, and as the predominant flavor in pickle brine is vinegar, maybe use apple cider vinegar. add a pinch of sugar if the dressing is too acidic. if you really can't stand vinegar of any kind, try fresh lemon juice - it would be a different dressing at that point i think, but still good!

Joan2 years ago

Would the brine from sauerkraut work too?

Patricia2 years ago

I needed a lot of tweaking to not be flat. I added more salt than I thought I should and lemon juice as well. OK, but nothing to write home about. Nice to get a lot of avo.

eileen2 years ago

What is a substitute for the pickle brine

Emily2 years ago

Vinegar And salt

Tamara2 years ago

I'm not a fan of pickles or pickle brine (sadly...I know that's odd). Is this OK to reduce the amounts of those, or is there anything else to substitue for that? Just curious... but I love avocado, so I'm definitely in for trying this!