Homemade Thousand Island Dressing
If you like Thousand Island Dressing, here is your warning: tasting this homemade dressing will officially ruin you for all other versions.
We eat this on hamburgers, salads (of course), dip carrots in it, celery sticks, I have been known to just go to the fridge with a spoon from time to time just to taste it!
This is Thousand Island at its freshest, creamiest best. I am serious, do NOT make this if you want to fall back on those store bought versions. You will rue the day Kraft ever decided to desecrate such a wondrous invention.
You’ll need: Chili sauce, mayonnaise, pickle relish, three or four boilied eggs, and some finely diced onion.
Place mayo in a bowl. That looks kind of gross, doesn’t it? Hang in there, I promise the outcome will be DIVINE!
Pour in your onion.
Dice up your eggs and add them in there.
Add chili sauce. I didn’t add the whole bottle, you can go by the recipe on the perfect amount.
Add pickle relish, again amount according to recipe.
Stiry stiry
Until you are left with the most delectable thousand island dressing you have ever, in your life, tasted.
Thousand Island Dressing
1 Quart Mayonaise
4 hard boiled eggs, chopped
7 ounces chili sauce
4 ounces pickle relish
1 ounce minced onion (I used 1 tsp)
2 1/2 ounces chopped fine pimento (see note on pimento)
Blend well and refrigerate overnight (you may add a little milk if you want yours thinner).
Note on pimento: I bought pimento, I paid for pimento, I brought pimento home. I could not find pimento. I could not find it in my house, I could not get it from a mouse. I could not find it here nor there, I could not find it anywhere! Therefore, I left out pimento. I couldn’t tell a bit of difference, either!
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Posted by Christy Jordan
on Sep 12 2008. Filed under Sauces/Other.
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Please have a safe and wonderful trip…make some great memories.
I just stay home and keep cooking..
LOL
Your Texas friend,
Joan
Thank you so much, Joan!!! I’m so excited!!
A BIG BIG BIG Grinning Christy
Oh, girl, we call that comeback dressing… as in you’ll keep coming back for more and more and more!
Yumm-O! I love making salad dressing.
ooh I gotta make y’all some Milo’s comeback sauce sometime! I’m glad you like this too Deanna! Hope I spelled your name right, I’m on my phone and can’t double check myself!
Stephanie: we shipped your apron and cookbook via UPS yesterday!!
Hope y’all are having a good day!
dang. I’m hungry. Fast food is so unappetizing.
I’ve got a can of silly string hidden beside me. I’m waiting for the kids to start arguing and then I’m gonna hose em down!! I can’t wait!
Of course, they have not argued once since waking up this morning. It’s strange to be hoping your kids will argue but I know how cool they will think it is when their mama sprays them with silly string while riding down the road!
I’m going to be getting us some recipes in Disney. Did you know that every Disney restaurant has some of their signature recipes printed on cards that they give out just for the asking?
I’ll give it a try! I love Thousand Island dressing. And I’m always a firm believer that anything homemade tastes better.
I hope ya’ll have a safe trip and a terrific time!!
THANK YOU!
for that recipe… I will have to get my mother to try that because I LOVE thousand Island dressing
ps… TO dressing on burgers Ive never tried that sounds interesting!
~ Christopher ~
http://cmarlow480.blogspot.com/
hey donna! You are so right about the homemade stuff!
Christopher: it’s kinda like the sauce on a big mac, only done in a way mickey D’s never came close to! Let me know if you get to try it!:)
We’re officially in Florida now! Leslie, what’s for supper??
This is how I make My 1000 Island, too. But I add Texas Pete instead of pimientos(which are just roasted red pepper bits). and a little less chili sauce. Sometimes it’s too sweet.
oh my goodness… this looks amazing
I will have to try this Christy… you might actually get my to convert from Ranch with this one 
Hope you have a great vacation girl!!
Guess what we are having for breakfast? You will laugh….homeade banana pudding, I promised the kids from your recipe! LOL Oh well its Saturday at least they will get bananas!
Oh Christy, girl.. this recipe rocks… my mother used to make her own version of this and she used it in everything, even on her sandwiches like mayo… wonderful, and makes you just smack your lips…. Have a great time…. and let us know if they ever got silly stringed!!!!! LOL
About how long will this keep?
Nik Texas Pete is a staple, I think! I LOVE it in my chicken stew! Don’t you think the boiled eggs just make this dressing? I have been known to double the amount called for when its just for me!
Jo haha! Do let me know if you get to try it and especially if you like it!!! I swear, it kills me not to be able to feed all of y’all! If I was rich, I’d just start a resort and have big old banquets every day!
Pinky I LIKE YOUR PARENTING STYLE!!! Banana pudding for breakfast sounds like pure dee heaven!! You know, every now and then, I surprise my kids with pepperoni pizza for breakfast! They think that is so cool!
Cee They DID get silly stringed and just as I was hoping, it stopped everything and had them laughing and yelling “Do it again! Shoot us again!”. I have another can for on the way home, but I think they will likely sleep most of that ride! We’ve just flat out wore them out this week!! LOL
Life at the lake I try to use mine within the week. The main think you have to think about is the eggs. If it weren’t for them, it would keep much longer. You can leave them out and keep it for about two weeks in the fridge, just adding eggs when you eat it. Make sure you add them, though, they are just soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good in there!!!!!!
Grateful to every single one of you,
Christy
I started making something similar this week… This was the “house dressing” my mom made while I was growing up – and I agree with the earlier poster I keep “coming back” until the salad bowl is empty when this dressing is on the veggies!
4 ingredients (although I can see where it would be yummy with the egg!)
ketchup
mayo
dill pickle relish
red wine vinegar
stir together, toss over salad
Would the pickle relish used be Sweet???? or Dill??? I’m assuming sweet, but haven’t had this dressing in so long, don’t really remember.
Sweet
. Sorry bout that!
How long will this keep in the fridge?
Disregard question, I see it has already been answered.
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I can tell from reading your momma’s recipte that is one delicious Thousand Island Dressing. I will be making it before the week is over. I only live about 25 miles from Disney World. Wish you could come for dinner.
how long can you store in refrigerator
thanks