Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing + Video
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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!
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.
Video
Notes
*Video added 7/7/17
153 Comments on “Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing + Video”
That salad dressing sounds delicious. I really like the quality of the photos on your site.
I have been working on my photography and have come a long way in the last year, so it’s great to hear these kinds of compliments. Thank you!
My husband loves Olive Garden’s dressing! This will be happening soon!
Sweet! Let me know what you think!
I love Olive Garden’s salad dressing! However, I am the only one in my family that will eat it. How long will it last in the fridge?
You can store it for 4 weeks in the refrigerator.
I don’t love salad, but for some reason the olive garden salad actually sounds good right now! I think it’s the tartness? Anyway your pictures look amazing!
I’m not sure I can find the Italian dressing mix here in Canada. Could you give me some hints as to what’s in the mix so I can try to approximate the ingredients? No Olive Garden restaurants around either, so I’d love to be able to make their salad!
The ingredients say: Sugar, Salt, Sodium Citrate, Garlic*, Onions*, Spice, Red Bell Peppers*, Carrots*, Xantham Gum, Maltedextrin, Parsley*, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Soy Sauce* (wheat, soybeans, salt), Citric Acid
*DRIED
Thanks for the info!
For those who can’t find these packets, there are several copycat recipes online. I live in Puerto Rico, and sometimes it’s hard to find things. But, I’m lucky that every store here has these packets.
If I cannot find Good Seasonings Italian Dressing Mix up here in Canada could I use another brand or just use a bottle of dressing?
I would try a different brand before I tried a bottled dressing. Try and find something with similar ingredients on the package.
Here is a “copycat recipe” of the mix, but I can’t vouch for how close it is: http://www.budget101.com/seasoning-mix-recipes/liss-favorite-italian-dressing-mix-1212.html
I’ll check that out too! Craving salad now…
Thanks for sharing Amber!
Thank you Amber! We LOVE Olive Garden and especially their salad dressing. A few years back we tried a recipe but it wasn’t the same. I can’t wait to try this. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Can’t wait to try this, Amber!
Mmm, this looks and sounds so good! I love olive garden salad dressing, and can’t wait to try this and make it at home!
I LOVE their dressing and have tried a few recipes that claim to be a copycat but they don’t really meet the expectation. I’m so excited to try this one! It looks great! Is that just regular white distilled vinegar in the recipe?
This one is really, really close. My husband is the Olive Garden salad connoisseur, and he said it’s exactly like the same thing. I don’t get there salad very often, but I do think it tastes just like it too. And yes, regulate white distilled vinegar. Let me know what you think!
We live in Costa Rica… There’s no Olive Garden anywhere nearby! Just made this recipe and it’s really close. Now, if could just get the bread sticks right!
That’s great Steve! I’m hoping to work on a copycat recipe of the breadsticks soon! Stay tuned!
Have you had a chance to come up with a recipe for the breadsticks?
Not yet! Sorry! I will make a note of that now and will email you once I get it on the blog. Thanks Lisa!
I have figured out the zuppa toscana…it my fav
I have a copycat recipe of that too! I’m making it again this week actually! Definitely a favorite!