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Sour Cream Dip

This classic homemade sour cream dip with fresh herbs is easy and delicious. Perfect for chips, wedges, potatoes, nachos and just about everything else!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: diy sour cream dip, herbed sour cream dip, sour cream and chive dip
Servings: 6 serves, approx. or about 1 cup of dip in total.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup (180gms) sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 large pinch black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ small bunch chives
  • 1 tablespoon mayonaise

Instructions

  • If you are serving the dip with vegetables, chop and prepare these. Some tasty options are carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, celery sticks or red capsicum (bell pepper) sticks.
  • Juice and measure the lemon juice.
  • Finely chop the chives. You should have two to three tablespoons.
  • Add the sour cream, lemon juice, pepper, garlic salt, most of the chopped chives and mayo to a bowl. Reseve a sprinkle of chives for garnish.
  • Put into a serving bowl and garnish with reserve chopped chives. Serve immediately with your choice of dippers such as chips, crackers or veggie sticks.

Notes

  • If not serving immediately do not put on the garnish, cover and store in the fridge.  It will keep covered in the fridge for up to three days.  
  • This dip is delicious served with your choice of dippers such as chips, corn chips, pita chips, crackers or veggie sticks.  It's also delicious served on baked potatoes, yum!