Thousand Island Dressing Recipe
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Often confused with Russian dressing, Thousand Island at its best is tangy and loaded with olives, peppers, and hard-boiled egg.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup homemade or store-bought mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 large hard-boiled egg, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped black olives
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped green bell pepper
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped white onion
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and fold together until well mixed. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
I live in the Thousand Islands, and this recipe is way off the mark!
As a child we made our dressing with 2 ingredients - Hellman's Mayonnaise and Heinz Chili Sauce (it comes in a bottle that looks like a ketchup bottle).
Here, when you add relish, we call it Russian Dressing.
I'm amazed at the number of people who don't know where the Thousand Islands are. They're not in the South Pacific, like some people think. They are located on The St Lawrence River, just above Lake Ontario, on the New York border with Canada. It is a big resort area in the summer.
If you do a google search for the Thousand Islands Inn, you will see where the dressing was created.
I think adding a little chili sauce would give it a nice warm kick.
1,000 Island Dressing nice, basic, and tasty = Mayonnaise, ketchup and some store bought sweet relish.
mayo and heinz chili sauce. the 1000 island dressing of my childhood,
No chopped pickles? I thought that that was what made 1000 Island, 1000 Island!
How long does this last in the fridge?? Can it be frozen??
Sounds really good!!!!!!!!!
digkv: you can use any mayo you like for this recipe but we like the tang of our Basic Mayo recipe in this dressing. The egg adds a richness to the dressing that makes it truly thousand island.
Is the homemade mayo a necessity? I've always found that homemade mayo is extremely intense and concentrated and using 1 cup of it for this dressing sounds really strong. Would store bought be acceptable? Also, the hard boiled egg seems very interesting: what does it do flavor-wise or texture-wise?
My variation (I don't claim it's 1,000 island--or even 895, marked down from 975) has these ingredients: Mayo, chopped shallots, chopped pickled beets, chopped gherkin or cornichon, capers, sun-dried tom. paste, celery salt, dry mustard, paprika, splash of vinegar (perhaps from the beet pickles). Yours looks good, though. I guess mine needs hard boiled egg.