Real Sour Cream Onion Dip

Real Sour Cream Onion Dip

from cooking.nytimes.com
15 min
6 servings

Why make this classic dip with dried onion soup mix when it's almost as easy, and far more delicious, to make it from scratch?

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup neutral oil, like canola or grape seed
  • 1 medium onion, minced, about 1/2 cup
  • Pinch salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 cup sour cream

Directions

  1. 1

    Place oil in an 8-inch skillet, and turn heat to medium-high. When it's hot, a minute or two later, add onion, salt and sugar. Cook, shaking pan occasionally, until onion browns, about 10 minutes.

  2. 2

    Pour onion and oil into a fine strainer; reserve oil in refrigerator for another use. Stir onion into sour cream. If time allows, cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. Serve with potato chips or raw vegetables.