This Chive Sour Cream Sauce is quick and easy – whip it up in just 5 minutes! Use it as a dip for potatoes or to drizzle over fish.
Need Sour Cream Sauce…fast? This one only takes 5 minutes to assemble: and it tastes great unbelievable! This refreshing sauce uses garlic, onions, and chives to make a quick, savory-flavored sauce. It goes great with roast potatoes or as a drizzle over chicken or fish. You can even use it for tacos or falafel. How to do it!
Ingredients of this sour cream sauce
There are many ways to prepare sour cream sauce. As usual, we thought we’d go with the simplest thing: add spices, chives, and salt and stir. There’s no need to make a cook sweat—this one is quick and easy as a dip or sprinkle. Here’s what you need:
- sour cream
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- Kosher salt
- milk
- chives
Prepare the sauce: a few notes
All you have to do? Mix the ingredients together! For quantities, see the recipe below. Here are some quick notes:
- Use just enough milk to homogenize the sauce. Add just enough to have a pourable consistency. The exact amount depends on the brand of sour cream and how you use the sauce. If you want it thicker or thinner, you can improvise. We’ve included whole milk, but you can use 2% if you’d like.
- Use fresh or dried chives. We often use chives as we grow them right outside our door. But if you don’t have easy access, you can use dried chives too! It doesn’t taste that fresh, but it works.
Used for sour cream sauce
Once you stir it up, there are many ways to use this sour cream sauce! We love it best on these red roast potatoes: our 4 year old can’t get enough of it! But of course that’s just an idea. How to use sour cream sauce:
Of course, the possibilities are endless! How are you going to use this sour cream sauce? Let us know in the comments below.
More sour cream recipes
There are many ways to use sour cream in cooking and baking, from cookies to dips. In fact, you can even make homemade sour cream! Here are some great sour cream recipes using this versatile ingredient:
The description
This Chive Sour Cream Sauce is quick and easy – whip it up in just 5 minutes! Use it as a dip for potatoes or to drizzle over fish.
- 1 cup sour cream
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 at 3 tablespoons whole milk
- 1 tbsp chopped dried or fresh chives
- Mix all the ingredients together, using just enough milk to bring the sauce to a smooth consistency*. Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Remarks
*The exact amount depends on the brand of sour cream and how you use the sauce. If you want it thicker or thinner, adjust it as you need. We have indicated whole milk but you can use 2% if you prefer.
- Category: sauce
- Method: shakes
- Kitchen: American
- Diet: vegetarian
Keywords: Sour Cream Sauce
