Crispy, crunchy, creamy, cool and dill pickle flavor dip! That’s what I’m talkin’ about! This fried pickle dip is the stuff my dreams are made of! It reminds me of the French onion dip that came in a green tub that I gobbled up with ridged potato chips as a child – only in pickle flavor, and I’m not mad at that. Creamy, cool whipped cream cheese, Greek yogurt (or sour cream) with homemade refrigerator dill pickles, a splash of pickle juice, fresh chives, fresh dill, and of course a sprinkling of garlic powder. Top it all off with golden brown panko breadcrumbs that we tried off in a little butter and voila! Serve it up with potato chips, crackers, pretzel chips, or my homemade pita chips. It’s one of the easiest dips I’ve ever made and it’s going to be THE snack or APPETIZER for the summertime!
Ingredients for ranch fried pickle dip
Cream Cheese: Feel free to use regular cream cheese of ⅓ less fat. I find that if I make this dip with sour cream, I like to use less fat cream cheese. With Greek yogurt, I prefer regular cream cheese. However, feel free to play around with this as you please.Plain Greek yogurt: I like to use Greek yogurt for this recipe as I think it plays beautifully with the regular cream cheese. Feel free to swap this for sour cream if you prefer.Worcestershire Sauce: we’ll add just a dash to bring umami to this recipe. Worcestershire contains plenty of salt along with the ranch seasoning so you shouldn’t need to season the dip.Ranch Seasoning: this is the stuff that comes in a sachet that you use to make ranch dip or ranch dressing with. You’ll need a tablespoon for this recipe.Garlic Powder: a ½ teaspoon garlic powder just bumps up the flavor of the ranch seasoning. Feel free to swap this for ½ teaspoon onion powder if you aren’t a fan of garlic.Fresh Herbs: I use fresh dill and fresh chives for this recipe. Both of these ingredients work with pickles and the ranch seasoning beautifully.Dill Pickle Juice: This is the stuff that pickles will come packed in. You’ll start with a tablespoon and adjust with more if the dip is quite thick. I typically only need a tablespoon.Dill Pickles: I like to use my homemade refrigerator pickles for this recipe but any brand of pickles you like to eat with work in this fried pickle dip. See how I turn cucumber into refrigerator pickles!Butter: You’ll need a couple tablespoons of butter to cook the panko breadcrumbs in. Butter toasted breadcrumbs are one of my favorite ingredients to make for bowls, like this one!Panko breadcrumbs: panko works best for this recipe. I don’t suggest using fine breadcrumbs (such as the Italian variety.) I use ⅓ cup panko for this recipe, but you could certainly up the butter and panko a little bit if you want more toasty pieces on top!
How to make dill pickle dip
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Worchestersire sauce: vegetarian friends, you’ll need to swap this with a vegearian-friendly version or you can skip this ingredient if you prefer!Pickle juice: I find when I make this with Greek yogurt, I need 1 tbsp of pickle juice, but with sour cream, it’s closer to 2 tbsps.
