{"id":5343,"date":"2018-02-03T07:29:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T14:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/?p=5343"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:05:16","slug":"lipton-onion-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/lipton-onion-dip.html","title":{"rendered":"Lipton Onion Dip AKA California Dip"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe it!\u00a0 The Los Angeles Times actually published – in the Saturday Section – a recipe for onion soup dip.\u00a0 Did’t we all “just know” how to make that from about age five?<\/em><\/p>\n

History: Invented by an unknown Los Angeles chef in\u00a01954 who paired Lipton’s dried soup mix with sour cream (or cream cheese), the concoction was originally called \u201cCalifornia Dip\u201d when Lipton promoted it nationally via television and print advertising.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Lipton onion dip<\/strong>
\nI like to think that my lifelong love of chips and dip started in the
\nbackyard of my grandmother\u2019s Torrance house in the \u201980s with a wooden
\nbowl, a tub of sour cream and a blue box of Lipton onion soup mix. I\u2019d
\nspend most summer days in that backyard, lounging on a beach towel in
\nthe shade of my grandmother\u2019s giant, aboveground pool. She would
\nalways saunter out of the house wearing something fabulous \u2014 a kaftan
\nfrom the \u201960s over a one-piece bathing suit \u2014 holding a wooden bowl of
\nonion dip and a larger wooden bowl of chips.
\nThe dip, magically whipped up in two steps and made by following the
\ndirections on the box, has been a fixture at family gatherings ever since. If
\nwe\u2019re sitting down to watch the U.S. Open, the Lakers, the Seahawks (my
\ndad will follow Pete Carroll wherever he goes) and of course, the Super
\nBowl. There\u2019s something comforting in the bits of dehydrated onion and
\nthe sometimes swirls of salty, almost-real-onion flavor that result when
\nsomeone has been a little lazy in mixing in the onion powder that day.
\nWhen I once tried to make a version from scratch, with actual
\ncaramelized onions, there was an all out chip and dip revolt. So we go
\nback to the original, every time, and I can\u2019t imagine a Super Bowl party,
\nor any Harris party, without it. \u2014 Jenn Harris<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n