Louis dressing

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| caption = A Crab Louie salad with Louis dressing on the side

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| type = Salad dressing

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| main_ingredient = Mayonnaise, red chili sauce, green onions, green chili peppers

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Louis dressing is a salad dressing based on mayonnaise, to which red chili sauce, minced green onions, and minced green chili peppers have been added. It is commonly used as a dressing for salads featuring seafood, such as a crab (Crab Louis, the King of Salads{{cite web|title=The King of Salads: Crab Louie|url=http://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/04/16/the-king-of-salads-crab-louie/|author=Jess Kapadia|date=April 16, 2012|accessdate=January 2, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://whatscookingamerica.net/Salad/CrabLouieSalad.htm|title=Crab Louie Salad History and Recipe|work=What's Cooking America|accessdate=January 2, 2019}}) or shrimp (Shrimp Louis).[http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/SaladHistory.htm History of Salads and Salad Dressings]{{Cite web |url=http://www.thedavenporthotel.com/index.php?act=%2Fdining%2Fpalmcourt |title=www.thedavenporthotel.com |access-date=2020-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623095923/http://www.thedavenporthotel.com/index.php?act=%2Fdining%2Fpalmcourt |archive-date=2008-06-23 |url-status=dead }}

Origin

The origin of the dressing is disputed. The Olympic Club in Seattle, The Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington, Solari's Restaurant, Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant and the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, and the Bohemian in Portland all claim to be the home of the dressing, with the invention in either the 1900s or 1910s. In all cases, the original salad was made with Dungeness crab.Peters, Erica J., San Francisco: A Food Biography. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013, p. 182.

From The American Heritage Cookbook published 1964:

{{cups|1|US}} mayonnaise
{{cups|1/4|US}} chili sauce
2 Tbsp finely diced or grated onion
2 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped fine
A pinch or two of cayenne
{{cups|1/2|US}} heavy cream, whipped

The first five ingredients are combined and the whipped cream folded in.

References

External links

[http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/SaladHistory.htm History of Salads and Salad Dressings]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623095923/http://www.thedavenporthotel.com/index.php?act=%2Fdining%2Fpalmcourt The Davenport Hotel]

Category:Salad dressings

Category:Sauces

Category:Mayonnaise