{"id":1520227,"date":"2020-07-01T17:49:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T18:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/origin-www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/homemade-thousand-island-salad-dressing\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T02:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T07:05:13","slug":"homemade-thousand-island-salad-dressing","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/homemade-thousand-island-salad-dressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousand Island Dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a child in the 1980s, nothing felt more sophisticated than ordering a chef salad with Thousand Island dressing. (Are my midwestern roots showing?) These days, Thousand Island has waned in popularity as a salad dressing recipe<\/a>. It’s now more likely used as a “secret sauce” on a burger than as a dressing option for side salads. However, this classic salad dressing is still as delicious as ever, and it’s worth learning how to make Thousand Island dressing (even if you do plan to put it on a sandwich).<\/p>\n

What is Thousand Island dressing?<\/h2>\n

This Thousand Island salad dressing recipe is a creamy combination of mayonnaise, chili sauce, onion, vinegar, sugar, pickle relish, salt and pepper. Its origins remain a bit murky, but we know the name comes from a region of upstate New York known as the Thousand Islands. Formerly a playground for the rich and famous during the late 1800s, this region gets its name from the many islands in the St. Lawrence River, stretching from Canada to New York.<\/p>\n

In one origin story, a woman named Sophia LaLonde created a Thousand Island dressing recipe to serve to her husband’s fishing clients. In another story, the chef of George Boldt, the owner of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, improvised the dressing recipe aboard Boldt’s yacht. Boldt then began serving the dressing at his hotel, and the flavorful topping gained popularity.<\/p>\n

Ingredients for Thousand Island Dressing<\/h2>\n