Thousand Island Dressing
Creamy, tangy, pale-pink Thousand Island. Chopped dill pickles and a touch of sweetener stand in for the sugary sweet relish.
Nutrition per serving
2 tbsp- Net carbs
- 0.7g
- Calories
- 129kcal
- Protein
- 0.3g
- Fat
- 14g
- Total carbs
- 1.5 g
- Fiber
- 0.1 g
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for each ingredient (optional ingredients excluded). Brands vary — check your labels if you track closely.
Ingredients
Burger “special sauce”: The drive-thru burger sauce: mustard instead of ketchup, onion powder instead of fresh onion, and plenty of pickle.
- Whisk the mustard and onion powder into the mayonnaise with the vinegar, sweetener, paprika and garlic powder, then stir in the pickles. Chill 1 hour, and use it on burgers or as a fry dip.
Russian dressing: The deli-counter cousin with no pickles, extra ketchup and a kick of horseradish. It’s the traditional sauce for a Reuben.
- Leave out the pickles and whisk the horseradish and Worcestershire in with the larger amount of ketchup. Chill 30 minutes.
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2 tbsp sugar-free ketchupleave out - Also add
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2 tbsp dill picklesleave out - Also add
Estimated cost $1.40 for 6 servings ($0.23 each) · how we estimate
Instructions
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Chop the pickles and onion as finely as you can. Small pieces give the classic speckled look.
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Whisk the mayonnaise, ketchup, vinegar, sweetener, paprika and garlic powder until smooth, then stir in the pickles and onion.
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Season with salt and pepper and chill at least 30 minutes so the flavors blend. Thin with a teaspoon of pickle brine for a pourable salad dressing.
Tips for success
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Sweet relish is where bottled Thousand Island gets most of its sugar. Dill pickles plus a pinch of sweetener give the same sweet-sour crunch. - Use homemade sugar-free ketchup for the cleanest flavor.
- Spoon it over a wedge salad or cheeseburger lettuce wraps, or use it as the dressing for a Reuben-style bowl of corned beef, sauerkraut and Swiss.
Storage & meal prepMeal-prep friendly
- Keeps 7 days in the fridge
- Doesn’t freeze well
Reheat: Serve cold
Prep tip: Stir before using; the pickles release a little brine as it sits.
Refrigerate in a sealed jar up to 1 week.
Variations
2 variations, each with its own ingredients and macrosBurger “special sauce”
FlavorThe drive-thru burger sauce: mustard instead of ketchup, onion powder instead of fresh onion, and plenty of pickle.
- onion → onion powder
- + 2 tsp yellow mustard
- no sugar-free ketchup
0.4 g net · 128 kcal · 0.3 g protein · 14 g fat · ≈$0.17 per serving (−0.3 g net carbs vs the original)
Russian dressing
FlavorThe deli-counter cousin with no pickles, extra ketchup and a kick of horseradish. It’s the traditional sauce for a Reuben.
- sugar-free ketchup → sugar-free ketchup (a larger amount)
- + 1 tbsp prepared horseradish
- + ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- no dill pickles
1.1 g net · 130 kcal · 0.4 g protein · 14 g fat · ≈$0.28 per serving (+0.4 g net carbs vs the original)
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