This delicious blue cheese sauce recipe brings together slightly tangy Greek yogurt with of blue cheese flavor. The chunks of cheese add texture to the creamy yogurt base.
The best part about this sauce is that you can pair it with so many things. It’s a great dipping sauce for vegetables and wings but it is also the perfect way to take any cut of steak, from London broil or sirloin steaks to beef tenderloin, to the next level, too.
Whether you’re hosting game day or trying to elevate an at-home date night, try stirring up this easy sauce. Pair with a drizzle of balsamic glaze for a match made in flavor heaven.
Blue cheese sauce is a creamy sauce that incorporates chunks of blue cheese. It’s often used as a dip or salad dressing.
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Why You’ll Love Creamy Blue Cheese Sauce
If you’re a fan of blue cheese you’re going to love this easy sauce that will upgrade any meal.
- Versatile – You can use this tasty sauce with so many different proteins and veggies.
- Easy – Just mix all of the ingredients together and – bam! – you have a flavorful sauce or dip.
- Convenient – Not only is quick and easy to make, it also lasts a while in the fridge. That makes it great for meal prepping and for preparing ahead of time for a party.
Blue Cheese Sauce for Steak
This sauce goes beyond a dipping sauce for buffalo wings. It has the elements of a gourmet steak sauce. While the sauce is the star of this recipe, so many folks asked about the feature image of the steak, which was a super easy preparation and here is the recipe.
- Pat a 1-2 pound sirloin steak dry with a paper towel.
- Season the steak with 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt, 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper and 2 teaspoons finely minced garlic. Allow it to sit for 1 hour at room temperature.
- Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. If it isn’t well seasoned or not non-stick, add 1-2 teaspoons of a high smoke point oil, just enough to prevent sticking.
- When the pan is hot, add the steak, cooking on each side for 2-3 minutes, or until well browned. This will be rare. Test with an instant meat thermometer to get an exact cook.
- Remove to a cutting board and slice against the grain. With this cut of beef, this might mean you need to rotate the roast and have different size slices.
- Top the slices with crispy fried onions, blue cheese sauce, additional blue cheese crumbles and minced chives or scallions (green onions).
Ingredients
All it takes are some simple ingredients to whip up this sauce.
- Blue cheese crumbles – You can find these in the store already crumbled or you buy a wedge of it and crumble it at home.
- Plain Greek yogurt – We prefer to use full fat Greek yogurt for maximum creaminess but you can use a low fat version if you prefer.
- Heavy cream – Cream helps to create the thick consistency.
- Garlic clove – Grate the garlic finely so that it mixes into the sauce well. Using a microplane helps to make the garlic super fine.
- Worcestershire sauce – This sauce adds depth and umami to the sauce.
- Fresh lemon juice – Lemon gives the sauce a slight touch of citrus.
- Lemon zest – Zest helps to further brighten the sauce.
- Coarse kosher salt – Salt helps to balance all of the flavors.
- Ground black pepper – Grind it fresh or just shake it from the shaker.
What To Serve With Blue Cheese Sauce
There are so many things you can do with this simple sauce — it’s the perfect complement to proteins, potatoes, and vegetables.
- Burgers – Spread this tangy blue cheese sauce on your bun for a deliciously funky burger.
- Chicken wings – Serve this sauce alongside Buffalo wings for dipping.
- Grilled chicken – Kick up the flavor on your typical grilled chicken by serving this alongside or spooning it over top.
- Vegetables – Use the sauce as a dressing for any green salad. You can also serve it as a blue cheese dip with fresh veggies.
- Potatoes – Add a dollop on top of a baked potato, whip it into your mashed potatoes, or dip french fries into it.
- Dip – Make a dip like Buffalo chicken dip with this sauce as the base.
Variations on Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
This standard recipe can be dressed up in lots of different ways.
- Powders – Add dashes of garlic powder or onion powder.
- Heat – Make it spicy with a dash of hot sauce or a sprinkle of cayenne pepper.
- Creamy base – Instead of Greek yogurt, use mayonnaise or sour cream.
- Cheese – Substitute other similarly textured cheeses like queso fresco, feta, and goat cheese.
Common Questions About Blue Cheese Sauce
Blue cheese sauce is a combination of creamy ingredients and blue cheese. The creamy ingredients can be any from Greek yogurt, mayo, or sour cream to cream and buttermilk.
Blue cheese is full of calcium and protein and also has anti-inflammatory properties.
Storage, Make Ahead and Freezing
You can easily store this in your fridge where the flavors will come together until it’s time to serve it.
Make Ahead: Since this sauce will last for up to a week, you can make it ahead and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Refrigerator: Keep this blue cheese sauce in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Freezer: We don’t recommend freezing this creamy sauce.
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Blue Cheese Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Combine the blue cheese, yogurt, cream, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, zesy, salt and pepper in a small mixing bowl. Stir well, smashing some of the blue cheese crumbles up against the side.
- Cover and chill for 30 minutes to let the flavors marry.
- Serve with your favorite meal.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in star ratings or comments.
I love blue cheese for how special it is. And there is just nothing better than a homemade version of it!
I am not the biggest blue cheese fan, but I can definitely think of a few dishes that I would love a little of this on! 🙂 Looks amazing.
Great sauce and is easy to follow the recipe. I made it for a buffalo chicken salad. Will definitely try it with a steak too.
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Blue cheese is a family favorite! This was a hit on steak!