21 Sour Cream Recipes to Serve for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or Dessert
Make everything from pancakes to pasta!
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Ree Drummond has plenty of secret ingredients that make up the tasty recipes we all know and love. She uses mayonnaise to make her upside-down tomato cornbread extra moist, pumpkin pie spice to give butter cake the perfect flavor, and even Dr Pepper to make glazed ham both extra glossy and tasty. But there's plenty of not-so-secret ingredients, too! Insert: sour cream!
This versatile ingredient is used in so many of The Pioneer Woman's dishes. Seriously, you'll find it in anything from easy dinners to desserts and dressings. So, it's a good thing you usually have a tub of it sitting in your refrigerator. And if you don't typically buy it, you've probably come across this page in hopes of finding sour cream recipes so you can use up the rest of the tub you did buy. Either way, we've got you covered. We've rounded up 21 sweet and savory recipes that you can easily make like pasta, potato casserole, pancakes―you name it and you can probably add a dollop... or a few cups!
Of course, sour cream works great in appetizers like dips and salads, too. It's creamy, tangy, and pairs perfectly with chips and veggies. As for cakes, pies, and breads, the extra fat content can make your baked goods moister and richer while the tart flavor offsets some of the sweetness. See? There are so many ways to use it. So, go ahead and pull out your container of sour cream (or try the best sour cream substitutes)! We promise it'll become your new staple (not secret) ingredient.
Sour Cream Noodle Bake
This recipe was passed down to Ree, and it's no surprise that it continues to please! Noodles combined with a yummy cottage cheese mixture and meat sauce? Yes, please!
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Sour Cream Pancakes
This recipe actually comes from Ladd's grandmother, Edna Mae. Her light and incredibly golden pancakes call for simple ingredients: sour cream, flour, baking soda, sugar, salt, eggs, and vanilla! But as Ree says, "Sour cream is the star of the show."
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Cheesy Potato Casserole
Cheesy potato casserole is certainly welcome on every holiday table, but if you ask us, it's good enough to eat just about any day of the year. Keep it simple by using frozen shredded hash browns with lots of cheddar, sour cream, and cream of chicken soup.
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Chicken Salad
You can add and subtract ingredients to this recipe to make it exactly what your taste buds are after, but it starts with a healthy mixture of celery, green onion, sweet grapes, slivered almonds, lemon juice, fresh dill, a touch of cayenne, and plenty of salt and pepper.
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Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Sour cream is the key to this scrumptious cake, keeping it moist and tender. Meanwhile, the streusel (a crumbly mix of cinnamon, almonds, butter, flour, and brown sugar), is sandwiched between and sprinkled on top of the cake.
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Beef Stroganoff
There's so much comfort (and flavor) to be found in this classic meal! We're talking beef with a thick veggie sauce mixture piled on noodles and topped with parsley. Yum!
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Homemade Chicken Burgers
Say hello to your new go-to weeknight dinner dish! These scrumptious ground chicken burgers can be ready in just 20 minutes and are packed with sour cream and chives for the utmost moisture and flavor.
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Oreo Pie
First and foremost, this is a no-bake dessert that you can have made in no time at all! Secondly, it's chocolaty creaminess with a filling mixture of whipped cream cheese, heavy cream, sour cream, powdered sugar, and crushed Oreo cookies. Basically, it's as good as it gets!
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Baked Lemon Pasta
Light and refreshing, this lemon pasta is especially wonderful for the spring and summer months—but we definitely recommend indulging year round, too. Lemon, butter, garlic, and sour cream come together for this one. Be sure to top with cheese and parsley!
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French Onion Dip
Dip, dip, hooray! Your events are absolutely in need of this dip for chips! It's super simple to mix up—just some dried herbs and spices in sour cream.
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Pea Salad
It takes just 15 minutes to whip up this easy peasy dish. (See what we did there?) First, you'll make a dressing of sour cream, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, and vinegar. Then, stir that into the peas before adding bacon, onion, cheese, and parsley.
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Spinach Quiche
Spinach, cheese, and a bell pepper mixture make this quiche so tasty while sour cream helps thicken things up and add extra tang. While you can make your own pie crust, a store-bought crust will work just as well.
Get the Spinach Quiche recipe.
Sour Cream Enchiladas
These enchiladas are just as easy as they are creamy and cheesy—which is very. After you fry 'em up, you'll spoon on the sour cream mixture, roll them, cover with cheese, then bake!
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Cheddar and Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes
Just when you thought mashed potatoes couldn't get any better, insert these ultra cheesy and creamy mashed potatoes. They're loaded with gooey cheeses, sour cream, and butter.
Chicken Tacos
Make taco Tuesday even better with these crunchy chicken tacos! After frying them up, you'll garnish with hot sauce, shredded lettuce, diced tomato, and of course, a smear of sour cream!
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Homemade Ranch Dressing
You can never have too much ranch. Put your sour cream to use by making your own right at home. This recipe also calls for a few other ingredients like buttermilk, mayo, and plenty of herbs!
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Banana Bread
Ree says, "This brought me out of my banana-hating." So you know it's that good! The bread itself is soft and moist, complemented by the crust that comes out of the oven perfectly crispy.
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2-Ingredient Taco Dip
As the name suggests, you'll need just two ingredients to whip up this taco dip: sour cream and homemade taco seasoning. It doesn't get any easier than that! Use it atop quesadillas and tacos or as a dip for chips and veggies.
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Tex-Mex Layer Dip
Sour cream makes up just one layer of this delicious dip. The other layers for your chips to dive into are beans, cheese, guacamole, olives, and pico de gallo.
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Latkes with Caramelized Onion Sour Cream
The flavorful caramelized onion sour cream is technically on the side of this dish, but it's absolutely necessary for dipping those perfectly crispy latkes.
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