Chive Vinaigrette |Easy Chive Flower Recipe|
This Chive Vinaigrette is a delicious chive flower recipe that only takes minutes to make. Great for dressings and marinades. This easy dressing adds a lovely, mild chive flavor to so many dishes.
🍽️ Recipe Name: Chive Vinaigrette
⏰ Ready In: 5 minutes
⏳ Prep Time: 5 minutes
🔥 Cook Time: 0 minutes
👥 Serves: 24 tablespoons
🥕 Main Ingredients: Chive blossom vinegar, honey, kosher salt, black pepper, mild-flavored oil
🍳 Special Equipment: Pint jar, measuring spoons, liquid measuring cup
⭐ Why You’ll Love It: A quick, versatile vinaigrette with a mild chive flavor that works beautifully on salads, as a marinade, or in your favorite recipes.
👇 Full measurements and instructions are in the recipe card below.
This dressing is an incredibly easy chive flower recipe and a great way to utilize chives. Less than 5 minutes total.
How to Grow Chives
Fresh chives are an incredibly easy herb to grow. Start them from seed or seedlings. They do well in most soils but prefer a loamy sand.
Grow chives in full sun or part shade. Water as needed, but they are pretty heat- and drought-resistant.
We like to utilize as much of the plant as we can. Cut off young flowers of the plant. If you have more chives than you can use fresh, there are easy ways to preserve them for later. Make chive blossom vinegar. Then you can make this great chive flower recipe.
What You Need
- Chive blossom vinegar – incredibly easy to make -see notes below
- Honey – preferably fresh, local honey for the best health benefits.
- Salt
- Pepper
- Mild flavored oil – use olive oil (not extra virgin), safflower, canola, grapeseed, nut oils, such as walnut oil or your favorite mild oil.
If you don’t have the time to wait for the infused vinegar, you can substitute fresh chives and a mild oil. Just grind them up in a food processor.
How to Make Chive Vinaigrette
Measure the vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper, then add them to a jar with a lid or a covered bowl.
Pour in oil. Shake vigorously or whisk with a wire whisk or a fork.
How to Store Dressing
Store this chive vinaigrette in the refrigerator. Allow the vinaigrette to sit on the counter for at least 30 minutes before using. Shake well before serving.
How to Use Chive Vinaigrette
- Use as a dressing for spring salad to add a mild chive taste.
- Use it as a marinade for chicken breast, beef, or pork.
- Add it to potato or macaroni salad, coleslaw, or any other salads you like.
- Add it in place of apple cider vinegar in your favorite recipes.
- Use it as a sandwich condiment with lots of fresh greens.
- Drizzle over steamed vegetables like asparagus or broccoli
Why You Should Try This Recipe
- Great way to reduce waste and utilize the entire plant.
- Incredibly easy. Takes less than 5 minutes.
- One-container setup so no cleanup.
- Delicious on so many things. See above for suggestions.
Tips for Your Success
- Use fresh chive blossoms – Fresh blossoms have the best flavor and give the vinaigrette a brighter, more fragrant taste.
- Wash and dry the blossoms well – Rinse them gently to remove dirt or bugs, then dry them thoroughly. Extra water can dilute the dressing.
- Measure the oil and vinegar – Keeping the right balance makes the vinaigrette taste fresh instead of too oily or too sharp.
- Shake or whisk before serving – The oil and vinegar naturally separate, so mix the vinaigrette well each time you use it.
Other Delicious Homemade Salad Dressings
- Garlic scape vinaigrette
- Rhubarb vinaigrette
- Thousand island dressing
- Blackberry vinaigrette
- Honey lemon Salad dressing
Tools I use
- Pint jars – Make it easy to mix and store the vinaigrette. Just add the ingredients, close the lid, and shake.
- Measuring cups – Helps you measure the oil and vinegar correctly so the dressing has the right balance.
- Measuring spoons – Keep the smaller amounts of salt and seasonings accurate. Too much can easily overpower the vinaigrette.
- Mini whisk – Quickly mixes the ingredients together so the oil and vinegar are evenly combined.
These jars help keep homemade food sealed and organized. Use them for canning, meal prep, or storing dry ingredients.
These measuring cups help keep ingredient amounts accurate while you cook. The clear glass makes measurements easy to see at a glance.
This homemade vinaigrette is so delicious on so many things, and it’s a delicious chive flower recipe. Give it a try today!
Chive vinaigrette | Easy chive blossom recipe|
Ingredients
- ½ cup chive blossom vinegar see below for recipe
- 2 Tbsp honey
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 1 cup oil
Instructions
- Add chive blossom vinegar, honey salt and pepper to a pint jar.½ cup chive blossom vinegar, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, ½ teaspoon cracked black pepper, 2 Tbsp honey
- Pour in mild flavored oil.1 cup oil
- Shake well. serve immediately.
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How to store dressing
Store this chive vinegar in the refrigerator. Allow the vinaigrette to sit on counter for at least 30 minutes before using. Shake well before serving.- Use as a dressing for green salads to add a mild chive taste.
- Use it for a marinade for chicken, beef or pork.
- Add it to potato or macaroni salad, coleslaw or any other salads you like.
- Add it place of apple cider vinegar in your favorite recipes.
- Use it as a sandwich condiment with lots of fresh greens.
Delicious! I had made the chive vinegar earlier in the spring, had it in the fridge. Was looking for a simple delicious vinaigrette-this was perfect. Thank you.
We’re so glad that you liked it, Kim!