Ditch Panera and make your own dressing with a spicy kick! Whether you use this as a dipping sauce or a salad dressing you'll be making this dressed up ranch over and over again!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- This simple recipe is ready in 5 minutes or less!
- Perfect dipping sauce for chicken tenders, french fries or onion rings!
- OR a delicious dressing for a southwest salad like my Southern BBQ Chicken Salad made from romaine lettuce, black beans, red onions, chopped chicken breasts and more!
- I even use this homemade sauce on my BBQ Ranch Salad made with rotini pasta, green onion, smoky bacon, olives and corn!
- Also a great dipping sauce for vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, bell peppers or cherry tomatoes!
Ingredient Notes
- Barbecue Sauce -I like to use sweet baby ray's but you can use your favorite bbq sauce or even homemade bbq sauce instead.
- Ranch - I recommend only using Hidden Valley Ranch brand. The kind made with the ranch dressing mix calling for a cup of milk instead of a the cup buttermilk. Ranch from the mix is preferred to pre-bottled.
- Smoked Paprika -don't substitute regular paprika. It's not even close to the same as the smoked kind. That natural smoke flavor in smoked paprika is unbeatable!
- White Pepper - don't substitute black pepper. They are very different and the white pepper is where the kick in the dressing comes from.
Step by Step Instructions
- Combine ranch dressing and barbecue sauce together in a small bowl. Whisk together well.
- Add the white pepper, cumin, chili powder, smoked paprika, and garlic powder to the ranch mixture.
- Whisk together well.
- Use instead of plain ranch salad dressing or as a dipping sauce!
- Store in the fridge in an airtight container.
- It will be good for up to a month.
Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips
No, mayo is an ingredient for ranch dressing but is not a substitute for it.
I prefer the ranch mixed up from the packets of dry mix because it doesn't have near any many of the artificial preservatives that the pre-bottled dressings do. Homemade dressing doesn't have a vinegar twang to it either.
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Spicy Barbecue Ranch Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing
- 1 Cup Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Smoked Paprika
- ½ teaspoon Chili Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ½ teaspoon Cumin
- ¼ teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon White Pepper
Instructions
- Whisk together the ranch and bbq sauce.
- Whisk in the smoked paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, and white pepper.
- Serve as a salad dressing or dipping sauce.
- Store in the fridge.
- Good for up to a month in the fridge
Notes
- Barbecue Sauce - use your preferred bbq sauce.
- Ranch - I recommend only using Hidden Valley Ranch brand. The kind made with the mix using milk is preferable to pre-bottled.
- Smoked Paprika - don't substitute regular paprika. It's not even close to the same as the smoked kind.
- White Pepper - don't substitute black pepper. They are very different and the white pepper is where the kick in the dressing comes from.
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billy bob joe
not too spicy! it’s sooo tasty!
mindeescookingobsession
Thank You!
Fiona Manoon
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