What is in thousand island dressing?

Answer 1

Thousand Island dressing is a remoulade sauce that contains bits of other ingredients (the islands). It uses both mayonnaise and tomato sauce.

Here are two recipes for making versions of the dressing:

Thousand Island (1):

* 1 cup of mayonnaise

* 1/3 cup ketchup

* 1/4 cup pickle relish

* 1 tbsp chopped onion

* 1 hard, cooked, chopped egg

Thousand Island (2):

1/2 cup mayonnaise

2 tablespoons ketchup

1 tablespoon white vinegar

2 teaspoons sugar

1/2 finely chopped hardboiled egg

3 teaspoons pickle relish

1 teaspoon onion

1/8 teaspoon salt

(pinch of pepper or other seasonings optional)

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Retail dressing (Kraft) contains:

soybean oil, tomato puree, vinegar, sugar, chopped pickles, dried onions, water, and salt, and minor ingredients xanthan gum, lemon juice concentrate, lactic acid, citric acid, polysorbate 60, propylene glycol alginate, spice, mustard flour, vitamin E, natural flavors, and oleoresin turmeric.