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Creamy, tangy, thick and flavorful: the best Sour Cream and Onion Dip recipe! Tastes like your favorite flavor of Lay’s potato chips bursting with sour cream tang and delicious onion flavor. Learn how to make homemade sour cream and onion dip in 3 easy steps. My ultimate dip for chips—a party appetizer and game day favorite!
Why You’ll Love This Sour Cream and Onion Dip Recipe
- Bold Flavor – Like Lay’s sour cream and onion dip, but better, this easy sour cream and onion dip recipe is packed with sour cream and onion flavor!
- 3 Easy Steps – Add all ingredients to a bowl, stir, and serve. That’s it!
- Game Day & Party Fave – This perfect diy chip dip is a crowd-pleaser, like taco dip, dill pickle dip, and pizza dip!
Homemade Sour Cream and Onion Dip – Easy!
You may have guessed that we’re a little crazy about party dips over here at BB, with our 7 layer dip, sweet cannoli dip, and beer cheese dip. But let me just tell you, today’s sour cream and onion dip recipe is one of my absolute favorites. It’s thick and creamy with bold sour cream and onion flavor that just hits the spot. It’s incredible and one that I get asked to make over and over again.
Growing up, one of my favorite flavors was Lay’s sour cream and onion—in dip form, chip form, any way I could take it. Let’s just say little me (and little you) will just absolutely love making this super easy homemade sour cream and onion dip. Just whisk a few ingredients together, grab some chips, and get the (flavor) party started!
Sour Cream and Onion Dip – Recipe Ingredients
- Sour Cream & mayonnaise – we’ll use both for a more complex creaminess and flavor in our chip dip
- Onion – we’ll use two types of onion for bold onion flavor: dried minced onion and onion powder
- Dijon mustard – just enough is used to bring out the tanginess of sour cream
- Garlic powder – helps to enhance the flavor of onion
- Salt & pepper – use as much or as little as you’d like, but I’ve included my recommendations
- Chives – chop up fresh chives for a beautiful mix-in and garnish that’s signature for the best sour cream and onion dip
How to Make Sour Cream and Onion Dip
How do you make sour cream and onion dip, anyway? I’ll show you how in just a few easy steps that’ll yield thick ‘n creamy dip for chips!
- Stir together all diy sour cream and onion dip ingredients: sour cream, mayonnaise, minced onion, onion powder, Dijon mustard, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and chives until well mixed.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour to allow flavors to meld and deepen.
- Serve in a dipping bowl with chips, veggies, and crackers and garnish with chives.
Variations
- Make it healthy: either use light sour cream and mayonnaise to cut the calories or swap the sour cream with Greek yogurt.
- Make it vegan: use dairy free sour cream and mayonnaise.
- Spice it up: add in a sprinkle of chipotle powder or Cajun seasoning for a kick.
Sour Cream and Onion Dip for Chips and More!
- Chips: ruffled potato chips, kettle cooked, baked tortilla chips or for a bold punch vinegar potato chips!
- Pretzels & More: crunchy pita chips, pretzel rods, celery sticks, carrot sticks.
- Appetizers: buffalo wings, air fryer onion rings, potato wedges.
- More Dips: peanut butter dip, onion ring sauce, pumpkin fluff dip, S’mores dip.
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Sour Cream and Onion Dip Recipe
Ingredients
Sour Cream and Onion Dip
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon chives, chopped, reserve extra for garnish
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into a medium bowl: sour cream, mayonnaise, minced onion, onion powder, Dijon mustard, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and chives. Stir until very well mixed.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour for flavors to deepen and dried minced onion to soften.
- Serve in a medium dipping bowl topped with extra chives and potato chips, chopped veggies, or crackers. Enjoy!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
