Thousand island dressing - homemade?

I know ketchup+mayo is similar to thousand island dressing, but it's just not the same. There are some kind of spices or some other "zing" to the store-bought dressing that mayo+ketchup is just missing.

Anybody have any recipes or suggestions?

Here is my extremely easy recipe:

Mix equal parts mayo and ketchup.
Add sweet pickle relish to taste.

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48159

add some lemon juice

Diamond Member Joined: Oct 25 2007 Posts: 4863

My recipe is basically like Rubber Duckie's:

1 cup mayo
1 cup sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup ketchup

I've tried adding a 1/2 teaspoon of garlic or onion powder, and it's very good, but I'm usually too lazy!

http://vegetarian.about.com/od/saladdressings/r/thousandisland.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Island_dressing

This one looks really good and easy.
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I add some lemon juice (or viniger, or pickle juice)
salt, pepper, oregano, granulated garlic, sometimes paprika and/or a few chilly flakes.
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Thanks everybody!

Similar to most others, I used to use mayo, ketchup or sometimes tomato paste (it's not so sweet) and vinegar. It's the vinegar that gives it the tang.

Gold Member Joined: Jan 12 2010 Posts: 2278 Location: US

Try adding garlic powder and black pepper