This Keto Avocado Ranch Dressing is a quick and easy to make copycat version of the famous Chick-fil-A dressing. Creamy avocado, tangy lime and fresh cilantro are blended to a smooth and creamy dressing. Serve over your favorite salad or use as a dip.

❤️ Why You’ll Love This 5 Minute Avocado Ranch Dressing

• Low carb copycat version of the famous Chick-fil-A dressing
• Creamy avocado and tangy lime juice
• Fresh chopped cilantro
• Blended to a smooth and creamy dressing
• Made in just 5 minutes
• Serve over your favorite salad or use as a dip

Why buy salad dressing in the store, that are usually loaded with unhealthy additives, when you can make your own in just 5 minutes? Creamy avocado, a little zing from the fresh lime juice and that amazing cilantro flavor are front and center in this recipe. 

This low carb salad dressing couldn’t be easier to make. You literally toss everything in your food processor and blend. The flavors and texture is absolutely spot on!

You can even drizzle Avocado Ranch Dressing over tacos or your favorite spicy Mexican dish for a fresh kick of flavor! It also makes a fantastic dip for your fresh veggies or Grilled Lime Cilantro Shrimp Skewers. I’ve listed more serving suggestions for this avocado dressing down below.

🛒 Ingredients for Keto Avocado Salad Dressing

• Avocado
• Sour cream
• Mayonnaise 
• Heavy cream
• Cilantro
• White wine vinegar
• Garlic salt
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Lime juice
• Shallot
• Ground black pepper

*Exact measurements are listed in the recipe card below.

🥣 Recommended Tools

• Food processor

🔪 How to Make Keto Avocado Ranch

Add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor.

Blend until well combined.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix until smooth and creamy.

If you like the thick consistency, particularly to use as a dip, it’s ready to serve. If you want it a little thinner as a dressing, add in 1-2 tablespoons of water to thin it out some.

☑️ Storage Instructions for Avocado Dressing

Store leftovers in the fridge for 5-7 days in an airtight jar.

🍴 What to Serve Avocado Lime Dressing With

• Crudités platters with celery, broccoli, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes and peppers are great with this dressing served as a dip.
• I like to serve it as a dipping sauce with Grilled Lime Cilantro Shrimp Skewers.  It’s also a great low carb salad dressing for a Taco Salad.
• This is an excellent topping for your Burrito Bowl.
• Instead of a bun with your Smash Burger, drizzle some of this low carb dressing right on top of the patty for a really nice change of flavor.
• This avocado dressing makes a great dip to serve with these Zucchini Fries.
• We all heard of avocado and egg toast. Why not just skip the toast and use this savory dressing over your fried eggs? It’s a delicious combination of flavors.
• Dress up grilled fish with a healthy dollop over the top. The lime works very well with most all fish.

💡 Tips on Buying and How to Store Avocados

Picking out the perfect avocado can be challenging. Storing it to maximize its freshness is even more of a challenge. Hopefully these tips will help:

• Look for avocados that have uniform texture all over. If there’re soft spots, that means they’re bruised.
• Don’t judge by the color of the fruit. Avocado’s come in several varieties and the color will be different based on the type.
• Firmness tells it all. If an avocado is too firm to the touch, then it hasn’t ripen. If you’re going to need them several days in advance, these may be a good choice as they ripen well sitting on the counter. If they’re super soft, they’re either too ripe or will need to be used immediately. Gently putting pressure on the fruit is all that is needed, don’t squeeze them too hard.
• If you have an avocado that has not ripened, don’t store it in the fridge. Chilling avocados halts the ripening process. Instead put it in a paper bag on the window sill and it will help it ripen quicker.
• Once the avocado has reached the desired degree of ripeness you prefer, you can store leftovers in the fridge.
• To optimize their freshness in the fridge, sprinkle with fresh lemon juice and place in a food saver storage bag, with all the air vacuumed out. They’re usually best when used within 3 days of slicing.
• You can even freeze avocados. To do so, blend your avocados with a little lemon juice in a food processor, place in an airtight container in the freezer for up to a few months. Just know that the texture will change once they’ve been frozen.

🔄 Substitutions and Additions

• If you don’t have olive oil, you can use avocado oil instead.
• If you don’t have sour cream, you can use Greek yogurt. Just be sure it’s full fat.
• Coconut cream can be substituted for the heavy cream, though it will change the flavor slightly.
• If you don’t love cilantro, I know some either love it or hate it, just omit it.
• Apple cider vinegar can be used instead of white wine vinegar.
• If you don’t have garlic salt, use 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder instead.
• Finely minced yellow onion can be used instead of shallot, if you can’t find any at the grocery store.

What are the Net Carbs in Avocado?

Most of the carbs in avocado comes from fiber. Once you subtract the grams of fiber, the averaged sized whole avocado only has 2.6 grams of net carbs, 9 grams of fat and 1 gram of protein.

Can I Substitute the Sour Cream in Keto Avocado Dressing?

Sour cream adds a nice balance with the sweetness of the mayo, but if you’d like, you can use Greek yogurt in it’s place. Be sure to adjust your macros accordingly.

Is Chick-fil-A avocado ranch dressing keto?

While Chick-fil-A’s avocado ranch is certainly low enough in carbs for a Keto diet, it does contain sugar and quite a few preservatives. This healthy homemade version has no preservatives or unwanted ingredients, making it ideal for Keto.

How do I make ranch dressing with avocados?

This is the ideal ranch dressing recipes using avocado. It’s quick and easy to make and has great flavor.

What is the best salad dressing to eat on a keto diet?

This Avocado Ranch Dressing is one of the best dressing for a Keto diet, as not only is it low in carbs, but it’s also loaded with healthy fats. I’ve also included a list below of more Keto friendly salad dressing to check out.

🍽️ More Keto Salad Dressing Recipes

• Raspberry Vinaigrette
• Creamy Balsamic
• Thousand Island
• Chipotle Ranch
• Caesar
• Creamy Garlic Italian
• Classic Ranch
• Blue Cheese

*Originally published on July 12, 2018, updated on September 17, 2026 with improvements to the recipe, new photos, new recipe information and helpful tips.