Garlic-Chive Msg Ranch

Name: Garlic-Chive Msg Ranch
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1 cup (220 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 cup buttermilk (60 ml) Buttermilk; 1/4 cup Kewpie mayonnaise (60 ml) Mayo; 1/4 cup sour cream (60 ml) Sour Cream; 1/4 cup thinly sliced garlic chives (60 ml) Garlic Chives; 1 1/2 tsp grated lemon zest (7.5 ml) Lemon Zest; 1 1/2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (22.5 ml) Lemon Juice; 1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard (7.5 ml) Dijon Mustard; 3/4 tsp black pepper (3.75 ml) Pepper; 3/4 tsp kosher salt (4.5 g) Salt; 3/4 tsp MSG (such as Ajinomoto) (3 g) Msg; 3/4 tsp onion powder (3.75 ml) Onion Powder

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Calvin Eng recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Calvin Eng.

DRESSING · CRUDITÉS & FRIED FOODS

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for garlic chive ranch with crudités.

Eng's garlic-chive MSG ranch for crudités.

On the jar

GARLIC-CHIVE

Method: shake
Yield: about 1 cup
Ingredients: 11

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Buttermilk 60 mlMayo 60 mlSour Cream 60 mlGarlic Chives 60 mlLemon Zest 8 mlLemon Juice 23 ml

Ingredients

Buttermilk1/4 cup buttermilk (60 ml)
Mayo1/4 cup Kewpie mayonnaise (60 ml)
Sour Cream1/4 cup sour cream (60 ml)
Garlic Chives1/4 cup thinly sliced garlic chives (60 ml)
Lemon Zest1 1/2 tsp grated lemon zest (7.5 ml)
Lemon Juice1 1/2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (22.5 ml)
Dijon Mustard1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard (7.5 ml)
Pepper3/4 tsp black pepper (3.75 ml)
Salt3/4 tsp kosher salt (4.5 g)
Msg3/4 tsp MSG (such as Ajinomoto) (3 g)
Onion Powder3/4 tsp onion powder (3.75 ml)

Where it sits

One of 359 dressings in the catalog, with 11 ingredients against a median of 6.

The acid here is lemon juice. In this category chefs also reach for lime juice (58 recipes), rice vinegar (52), and red wine vinegar (34).

It carries emulsifier, as 26% of the catalog’s dressings do.

Method

Pour liquids to the printed fill-lines, bottom to top.
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Garlic-Chive Msg Ranch wants a whisk and a stove. Make it from this page.

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Provenance

Calvin Eng. Cantonese-American. Cited awards include: Food & Wine Best New Chef 2022.

Originally published as Garlic-Chive MSG Ranch.

Adapted from a Calvin Eng recipe (Calvin Eng / Food & Wine (garlic chive ranch with crudités; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Calvin Eng / Food & Wine (garlic chive ranch with crudités; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18) (published as “Garlic-Chive MSG Ranch”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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