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Ranch Dressing

The nation’s best-selling salad topper

Ranch dressing has been the nation’s best-selling salad topper since 1992, when it overtook Italian, and it is fast becoming the condiment of the millennium. In the last few years, restaurateurs—inspired in large part by the rising popularity of Buffalo wings, which are traditionally accompanied by a bowl of blue cheese dressing—have begun to offer ranch as a dipping sauce. Chili’s, for example, created a wasabi-ranch dressing to accompany its boneless Shanghai wings. And numerous Pizza Hut franchises in the South began offering cups of ranch alongside their pies, after a few franchisees discovered that teenagers were dipping their slices in the dressing.* People from all walks of life seem to be using ranch dressing on everything. It is the dip-able, dress-able, pour-able, squeeze-able flavor darling of the menu!

Your flavor options are as varied and appetizing as the ingredients already carried in your restaurant. Create an Avocado Ranch Dipping Sauce, Cilantro Ranch or Cajun Ranch for use with multiple appetizer, sandwich and entree menu items!

Try these tantalizing Ranch recipes, featuring:
Sysco Imperial and Classic Ranch Dressings

Avocado Ranch
One 1 gallon jug - Sysco Ranch Dressing
64 Ounces - Avocado pulp-puréed
Method: Mix together and let rest 2 hours before serving.

Cilantro Ranch
One 1 gallon jug - Sysco Ranch Dressing
4 Ounces - Fresh chopped cilantro
Method: Mix together and let rest 2 hours before serving.

Cajun Ranch
One 1 gallon jug - Sysco Ranch Dressing
5 Ounces - Dry Cajun Seasoning
Method: Mix together and let rest 2 hours before serving.

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Source:
*Ranch Dressing, Why do Americans love it so much? By Brendan I. Koerner Posted Friday, Aug. 5, 2005 on www.slate.com


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