Homemade ranch seasoning makes a great seasoning to keep on hand for ranch dressing, dips, chips, and more!
My family loves ranch dressing. Well, let me just admit that I probably love it more than anyone else in the family, but you get the point.
I could eat it on just about anything – from salads, vegetables, to dipping my fries into it, it is one of my favorite condiments. For years, I’ve been making my own buttermilk ranch dressing using fresh herbs and have also kept a little jar of my ranch seasoning mix in a little jar on standby for those days when fresh herbs weren’t available.
Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix Recipe
Through this winter, I’d depleted my little stash of ranch seasoning mix and yesterday, as I was blending up a new jar, I knew I wanted to share with you just how easy it is to make yourself. It is definitely a pantry staple at my house and so much better than those packets you can buy.
How to Make Homemade Ranch Seasoning
My homemade seasoning mix uses dried herbs and spices that you probably already have in your pantry. By using the dried herbs and spices, your seasoning mix will be pantry stable so that you can quickly add it to all sorts of recipes for dips, dressings, and to add flavor to any number of dishes!
What are the Ingredients in Ranch Seasoning?
My homemade ranch seasoning mix only uses six ingredients.
- dried parsley
- dried dill weed
- granulated garlic
- granulated onion
- kosher salt
- black pepper
You’ll notice that all of the ingredients are of different sizes and textures.
The finer textured ingredients in the mix – like the salt and garlic – generally settles to the bottom of the bottle. To make sure that my mix stays mixed consistently, I add all of the ingredients into my spice grinder and pulse about five times to make it more consistent. You can also use a food processor or blender if you don’t have spice grinder handy.
It stays perfectly combined and ready to use!
You can also skip that step if you prefer and make sure to whisk your seasoning mix with a fork before use if it settles.
How Long Does Ranch Seasoning Mix Last?
Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix is shelf stable for up to a year, depending on the age of your dried herbs and spices. In other words, the fresher the herbs and spices that you use in your mix, the longer it will last. I like to refresh my ranch seasoning supply at least every six months, if it has even lasted that long in my pantry!
If you do not plan to use this mix very often, you can absolutely cut the recipe in half to make a smaller amount and if you are like me, you can easily increase it as well!
Favorite Recipes Using Ranch Seasoning Mix
Here’s my Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix recipe. I hope you love it as much as we do!
Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
- 1 tablespoon granulated garlic
- 1 tablespoon granulated onion
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a food processor, blender, or spice grinder and pulse about 5 to 7 times. Pour into a container and store in the pantry for use.
Notes
Mix 1 tablespoon of this ranch seasoning mix with 1/3 cup mayonnaise and 1/4 cup buttermilk. Makes 1/4 cup.Â
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
I will never buy pre-made again! It’s delicious!
Thanks Debbie! xo
Thanks for posting this recipe! Â We forgot to pick up a packet of ranch dressing mix at the store and this blend did the trick with my twice baked potatoes. Â
I am glad you enjoyed it! We like the homemade better than the mix. Thanks so much for leaving me this comment! Glad it was a hit for your potatoes! xo
This ranch mix is great for gluten free & vegans. It tastes great sprinkled on veggies or made as a dressing.
So glad you like it Kim! Thanks!
I love your seasoning and have bought your book, I live in the UK so it’s hard to get some items on other recipe websites, but yours are no problem, thank youÂ
Thank you so much, Lynne! I’m happy you enjoy the recipes and hope you are enjoying those in the book as much as my family and I do! I appreciate you very much! xo
Love adding this to sour cream and/or Greek yogurt for a dip mix! Â Much more affordable than buying the premade packets at the store!
This is amazing, I had all the ingredients. So I added it to Greek yogurt and shook it up with milk. I had added lemon juice before I found this recipe. I was using an old Jewish recipe for a dill dip. It came out amazing.
So glad you liked it, Daria! Thanks! xo
Yummy! I forgot to buy ranch mix for a layered salad and went to this recipe on Pinterest. I didn’t have onion powder and very little parsley, but it tasted great! Tomorrow is Easter and I hope to fool everybody!
Thanks Lisa! xo
Could you leave the salt out . I’m on a low sodium diet so I avoid a lot of store package process foods. This would be great if you can.
Yes, you can adjust to your personal needs and preferences. xo
How much would be considered one packet? I use ranch packets for my crockpot roast beef. Thank you
Hi Melinda,
I’m not sure of the packet amount, but you could check the amounts on your packets and use an equal amount of this homemade ranch seasoning mix. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks! xo
Looking for a dip amount also 🙂