This fresh and flavorful citrus balsamic vinaigrette recipe combines fresh orange juice, lemon juice and white balsamic vinegar. It’s the perfect addition to your favorite green salad or even as a marinade.
If you love to make your own dressings, you’ll also love my sweet onion dijon vinaigrette recipe!
Why You’ll Love It:
This slightly sweet and tangy dressing is the perfect way to elevate your favorite green salad without a ton of work. It’s versatile, easy, and full of delicious citrus flavor.
If you love to make your own salad dressing but you don’t have a lot of time to make them, this one takes less than 5 minutes. Plus, it uses just a few quick ingredients that you probably have on hand already.
Use it on your favorite summer salads, or try it on a cooler weather salad like my Kale Pomegranate Salad.
Balsamic vinaigrette dressings are some of my absolute favorites, and you’re going to love this one.
Ingredients
White balsamic vinegar: New to white balsamic vinegar? You’re going to LOVE it. It’s sweeter and milder than its much darker relative. It’s also sometimes called “golden balsamic”.
Extra virgin olive oil: Olive oil is my favorite for fresh dressings, but feel free to use whatever you prefer.
Honey: Honey adds the perfect amount of sweetness to compliment the citrus flavors.
Orange and lemon juice: I love the fresh flavor that you get when you squeeze your own, but you can swap in pre-made if you need to! Just make sure it’s 100% juice.
Granulated garlic & salt: I prefer granulated garlic like this when I’m making fresh dressings, but you can use garlic powder too (you may need to use a little less, though!).
How to Make Citrus Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Combine white balsamic vinegar, olive oil, honey, spices, orange juice, and lemon juice in a small bowl.
- Using a wire whisk, whisk until fully emulsified. You can also blend in a tabletop blender or use an immersion blender.
- Use on top of your favorite salad and enjoy!
Recipe Tips and Variations
- Store in an air-tight container for up to 4-5 days in the refrigerator.
- If you’re storing leftover dressing in the fridge, take it out a few minutes in advance and shake it up (or whisk) before serving. The fresh ingredients tend to stick together a bit when everything is cold.
- If you don’t have white balsamic vinegar on hand, swap for regular balsamic or any other vinegar that you have like white wine vinegar, red wine vinegar, or apple cider vinegar.
- Use lime juice instead of lemon juice. Or, use a combination!
- Use different kinds of oranges! There are so many varieties, and they all taste a little different. Try navel oranges, fresh mandarin oranges, or cara cara oranges to mix things up. You can even add a bit of orange zest!
- Use maple syrup or agave nectar instead of honey to change the flavor up a bit.
- Omit the honey if you want a dressing with no added sugar.
- Add chopped fresh herbs like basil, parsley, or oregano. You can also add dried Italian seasoning.
Easy Citrus Balsamic Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup white balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1 orange juiced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic granulated
Instructions
- Combine white balsamic vinegar, olive oil, honey, spices, orange juice, and lemon juice in a small bowl.
- Using a wire whisk, whisk until fully emulsified. You can also blend in a tabletop blender or use an immersion blender.
- Use on top of your favorite salad and enjoy!
Notes
- Swap white balsamic vinegar for regular balsamic vinegar or white wine vinegar if you don’t have it on hand.
- If using garlic powder instead of granulated garlic, reduce amount by half.
