This homemade Poppyseed Dressing is an all-time favorite, especially for dressing up a spinach salad or your favorite sweet and savory combinations. This salad dressing is one of my favorite comfort foods!
Ingredients Needed
One of my favorite things about this recipe is that it calls for simple ingredients, mostly from the pantry, that I just about always have on hand.
- white vinegar
- sugar
- mustard powder
- green onion
- oil – we recommend a more neutral oil, such as peanut or canola; be sure to check for allergies before using peanut oil
- poppy seeds
How to Make Homemade Poppyseed Dressing
- Add all ingredients except poppyseeds and oil to the blender and give it a whirl!
- Add the oil slowly, in a steady stream.
- Whisk in the poppyseeds.
Storage and Other Tips
- This dressing will store well for 5 – 7 days in an airtight container in the fridge. It may stay good for a bit longer than a week if stored properly. Vinaigrette dressings have a longer shelf-life than homemade creamy, dairy-based, dressings.
- It may separate a little in the fridge; this is normal. Just give it a good shake before using again.
Frequently Asked Questions
Adding oil in a steady stream when making salad dressings creates a stable emulsion, preventing it from separating. This slow addition allows the oil to be broken down into tiny droplets and evenly dispersed within the other liquid ingredients, ensuring a smooth and creamy texture.
Although we have never tried it personally, many of our readers have substituted the sugar in this recipe with Splenda successfully.
Poppyseed Dressing
Equipment
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- a few turns black pepper freshly ground
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon mustard powder
- 1 green onion, ends removed both the "hairy" end and where the green part starts to get floppy
- ½ cup neutral-flavored vegetable oil such as peanut or canola; check for allergies before using peanut oil
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
Instructions
- In a blender, combine vinegar, salt, pepper, sugar, and dry mustard. While the blender is running, add the green onion. Continue running the blender and add the oil in a steady stream and is fully incorporated into the dressing.
- Pour the dressing into a serving or storage container and whisk in poppy seeds. Serve over leafy greens.
Notes
- Nutritional information was calculated for the entire recipe.
- Try this dressing on: Spinach Mandarin Poppyseed Salad
Questions & Reviews
Oh. My. Goodness. This was deeeeeelicious with the salad. Thank you!
my favorite salad with poppyseed dressing is spinach, red onion, shredded smoked gouda cheese, and sliced toasted almonds, delish. I have always used Brianna's (pricey) or Trader Joe's (next best to Brianna's) dressing for this salad, but am excited to try your poppyseed dressing with it. Thanks for the recipe!
This salad dressing is MY FAVORITE with Candied Walnuts, Spinach and Cut up strawberries….DIVINE…once in desperation I even used dehydrated chopped onions…and wasn't half bad!
I made this yesterday and loved it. I was out of a few things so I used cider vinegar,dry mustard and instead of green onions, I just used some grated white onion. It worked great. I put it on a spinach-romaine salad with craisens, avocado, and candied pecans. It was a hit!
Just wanted to let you know this was delicious (especially along with the salad recipe.) The "greenness" didn't really bother me, I was just hoping I didn't do anything wrong! Thanks for another wonderful recipe!
Stacy–Yeah, it's probably the onion; some of them are just greener than others. If it tastes good, that's the most important thing, but if the green is bugging you, you could add a few drops of yellow food coloring to kind of even it back out.
Hope that helps! 🙂
Okay, so I just made this dressing for dinner tonight and it's green. Like REALLY green. Was I not supposed to add the green of the onion? Yours doesn't look green. I tasted it, though and it tastes great. I'm just wondering if I did something wrong. Thanks!
Dresden–that onion trick sounds amazing! I'll have to try it next time!
Rachel–I actually just use regular ol' yellow mustard, although I'm sure Dijon would be fabulous. The original recipe actually called for mustard powder, I just hardly ever have that on hand.
Question- dijon or yellow mustard? Would think the first- but what do I know?
Would love a version of Rasberry Vinaigrette (although the Red Wine Vinaigrette sounds amazing!).
I have a dressing almost exactly like this one that I've been using for years and LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! One suggestion that my mom and I do. With the red onion used for the salad we would chop it up and marinade it in the salad dressing for about an hour before serving the salad-divine!
Just found our site thru a friend & I'm hooked! Love the easy recipes & PICTURES! Such a help. Thanks!
I love this recipe. It is awesome on pasta salad!! I have substituted the green onion for a small onion and you blend it with the other ingredients. YUM!
I tried your buttermilk pancake syrup Sunday. Out of the four who eat syrup, 2 preferred the maple but the other two LOVED this syrup. My husband even ate extra pancakes because he just loved it. I posted a link on my blog to yours about it.
First of all, this dressing looks SO good. Secondly, I love your site! A friend told me about it a couple weeks ago and after perusing for a bit, I wanted to make everything. I've made four things so far and all were absolute sucesses. The pizza rolls were a kid favorite, and my husband was hoarding the chipolte beef taquitos. Thanks so much for sharing!
Yum!!! Can't wait to try this!
You guys are amazing! You give us everything we need to know to make these delicious foodstuffs and I for one want you to know how much I appreciate your recipe sharing skills. Your format is superb.
Thank you so very much.
In Texas, our family uses poppy seed dressing almost exclusively on fruit salads – no greens or veggies allowed!
My favorite fruit salad includes peaches, strawberries, grapes, and bananas. I omit the melon that the rest of my family likes – yuck!
Oh yum! Poppyseed dressing is the best!
I love this salad dressing. Great for salad-I love adding in fruit with this type of dressing too!
Chad.Megan.Ben–I only buy the most expensive, exclusive, organic green onions–that's why they look the way they do.
Kidding.
It's a Walmart green onion.
LMcBurney–You could definitely make it without a blender. Just finely chop the onion and then either vigorously whisk the oil in (while you pour it very slowly) or just be at peace with the fact that your dressing may separate. 🙂
I love poppy seed dressing. I wonder if I could make it? I don't have a blender. Can you believe it? I did find one on overstock.com at a good price so I ordered it. I will start with making this dressing then who knows what I will make from you recipes?!
Where do you buy YOUR green onions?? MY green onions NEVER look like that. 😉
My husband is always asking for salad for dinner. LOL He likes to have something light every once in a while. My 6 year old daughters fav food is salad so I can't wait for the recipe!
Sounds so yummy! Can't wait to see the salad recipe – I've been thinking lately that I need to have more stuff on hand for MY lunches…something a little more "grown-up" than the PBJ or mac & cheese than my kids are also eating! And I think my hubby would also rather I didn't use the recipe for dinner. 😉
Wow, that looks so simple and so good! Thanks for sharing.
I have this recipe and make it all the time! People love it and are suprised when I tell them that I made it. They are even more suprised when they see the ingredient list. (Mustard, onion-cuz you can't taste it.) Its just one tasty combo!
Salad dressing is so easy to make. People are always impressed with homemade dressing too :o)
Looking forward to salad ideas. I never make salad though I like it. The greens always go bad before I can use all of them.
Congrats to Marion 🙂
Sounds delicious! Going to try this some time. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Yum yum yum, I can't wait to try this- I love poppyseed dressing!
Also Kate, I really think we need to post the great RAP that someone wrote to enter the Wilton giveaway! That cracked me up!