3 Simple Tips For Fixing Broken Salad Dressing

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Salad dressing is simple enough to give any home cook a little grief: Is it thick enough? Thin enough? Is the oil to vinegar ratio right? Is it salted well? Did it emulsify like it should?

You get the point.

This uncertainty can easily manifest in a broken salad dressing. Reasons my salad dressings have broken in the past include (but are not limited to) because I was focused on too many other things that required more attention, or I cast it off until the last minute then rushed it, or I was simply too focused on the dressing and I overthought the whole thing. But swat that stress away, because you can always truly bring a salad dressing back from the brink of ruin.

Whether it's about flavor or structure, fixing a bad salad dressing situation isn't so hard; here's our tips.

• Ditch the bowl for a jar—it helps emulsify oil and vinegar with ease, and you get to do a little dance while you shake. Always do the little dance. You will not regret it.
• If the shake doesn't work, add an extra emulsifier. Think mustard, peanut butter, tahini, honey, egg yolk. It all works!
• Not quite there? All you have to do is thin it out with a little water. This should help the emulsifying. Then more shakes!

After you dress, salt, and pepper your salad, give it a little toss (with tongs or hands, they both work) and serve it up. Need a visual primer? Take a peek at the video to see our tips in action.

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