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Easy homemade catalina dressing with a tossed salad.
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Homemade Catalina Dressing Recipe

Homemade Catalina Dressing Recipe. This sweetheart dressing of the 1960's comes to life in your own kitchen. It's easy to make, ready in under 10 minutes, and bursting with layers of flavor that are totally irresistible. This dressing is famous for being drizzled over that Old Fashioned Taco Salad.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 210kcal

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 Tablespoon grated onion or more to taste
  • 1/2 cup cider vinegar
  • 2/3 cup ketchup
  • 1 cup olive oil

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients into large mixing bowl and whisk until smooth. Pour into a jar and store in the refrigerator.

Notes

This recipe calls for grated onion. Grated onion blends well and delivers more onion flavor than chopped onion, it brings a smoother texture. It somewhat "juices" the onion which again, distributes more pure onion flavor. The easiest way to grate an onion is to grab your box grater. Use the large holes. The smaller holes will produce too much of a mushy watery texture. Cut the oven in half, remove the paper skins and start grating the flesh.
Ingredient Swaps
  • Vinegar: Apple Cider vinegar is a all-around great vinegar for flavoring about anything where you need a "tang". Red Wine Vinegar would be a good substitute here. And white vinegar, or Champagne Vinegar will also work well for this recipe.
  • Sugar: Substitute 1/3 cup of honey for the granulated sugar. Honey is sweeter than sugar, so you'll need less.
  • Onion: Substitute 1/2 teaspoon onion powder for grated onion.

Nutrition

Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Sodium: 511mg | Potassium: 54mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 114IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg