Creamy Vidalia Onion Dip is a deliciously irresistible update of the classic onion soup mix dip that we all grew up eating. I lightened it up and added lots of fresh minced sweet onion ~ sorry mom, but this is sooooo much better!
Onion dips are some of the most irresistibly delicious foods out there. My original baked Sweet Vidalia Onion Dip is one of the more popular recipes on my site, and understandably so, it doesn’t get much better than sweet onions baked up in a hot cheesy dip. Let’s call this the summer version…no baking, just blend, chill and serve. Scoop it up with crisp celery or Fritos…it’s your call.
The silky sour cream and yogurt base is so cool and refreshing that everybody will literally dive bomb the bowl, so be sure to make extra.
The original mid-century style French onion dip was made by mixing a tub of sour cream with a packet of dry onion soup mix. It’s a great dip, but…let’s just say it was begging for a refresh. I lighten up the sour cream with Greek yogurt, and add minced sweet Vidalia onion and lots of snipped chives ~ it makes all the difference, I could eat this for days…
TIP: If you can’t find Lipton’s Dry Onion Soup Mix, you can actually cobble together your own right from your spice cabinet…here’s a recipe.
sweet Vidalia onions are famous for being so mild you can eat them raw just like an apple.
Lots of grocery stores will stock Vidalias in season (early spring to early summer) but out of season you can always find generic sweet onions, which will work just fine. Look for them right next to the yellow, white, and red onions. They have a ‘squat’ shape and extra thin, papery, outer skin.
more Vidalia onion recipes
- Vidalia Onion Pie
- Sweet Vidalia Onion Cornbread
- Sweet Vidalia Onion Slaw
- Sweet Vidalia Onion Dip
- Quick Pickled Vidalia Onions
- Vidalia Onion Strings
No Bake Vidalia Onion Dip
Ingredients
- 1 small Vidalia onion
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 ounce envelope dry onion soup mix
- 2 Tbsp snipped fresh chives
Instructions
- Mince the onion very finely. You’ll want about 1 cup for this recipe. Put it in a mixing bowl along with the sour cream, mayo, yogurt, and soup mix. Blend well. Cover tightly and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- When ready to serve, transfer the dip to a serving bowl and top with the snipped chives. Serve with chips or with veggie sticks.
Notes
- Add some horseradish or prepared horseradish cream to the onion dip to give it a real kick.
- Add minced jalapeños or a few shakes of Tabasco sauce for a spicy onion dip.
- Spoon the dip onto endive leaves for elegant single servings.
- Serve the dip in the center of a gorgeous platter of rainbow vegetables
- Use the dip as a base for my Veggie Dip Cups ~ perfect for summer parties.
I have been making traditional French Onion dip for decades. I had improved the traditional recipe a little. When I saw your version, I had to try it.
Zounds!
Never going back to my version again! The fresh Vidalia onion kicks it to a new level!
I used to be able to buy a bermuda onion dip where the onions were NOT cooked. No longer. In my search for a homemade one, yours popped up! Yeah!
As suggested I made a double recipe and so glad I did,the fresh cut chives from our garden really elevated the dip.used vidalia onion which I will try grating some but not all instead of finely chopping the 2 onions by hand,I think the juice from grating would give it even more onion flavor.
Regarding the recipe above, what is a Raspberry Pavlovas? The recipe looks yummy, but I have never heard of Pavlovas. Thanks!
Here’s the recipe for Raspberry Pavlovas.