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{{Short description|Salad dressing}}
{{Infobox food
| name             = Louis dressing
| image            = Crab Louie Salad.jpg
| image_size       = 250px
| caption          = A [[Crab Louie]] salad with Louis dressing on the side
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| country          = [[United States]]
| region           = 
| creator          = 
| course           = 
| type             = [[Salad]] dressing
| served           = 
| main_ingredient  = [[Mayonnaise]], red [[chili pepper|chili]] sauce, [[scallion|green onions]], green chili peppers
| variations       = 
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}}
'''Louis dressing''' is a [[salad dressing]] based on [[mayonnaise]], to which red [[chili pepper|chili]] sauce, minced [[scallion|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]]<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>) or [[shrimp]] ([[Shrimp Louis]]).<ref name="wt">[http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/SaladHistory.htm History of Salads and Salad Dressings]</ref><ref name="td">{{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 }}</ref>

==Origin==
The origin of the dressing is disputed. The [[Olympic Club Hotel|Olympic Club]] in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[The Davenport Hotel (Spokane)|The Davenport Hotel]] in [[Spokane, Washington]], Solari's Restaurant, [[Poodle Dog Restaurants|Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant]] and the [[St. Francis Hotel]] in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], and the Bohemian in [[Portland, Oregon|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]].<ref name="wt"/><ref name="td"/><ref>Peters, Erica J., ''San Francisco: A Food Biography.'' New York: [[Rowman & Littlefield]], 2013, p. 182.</ref>

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==
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==External links==
{{Cookbook|Louis Dressing}}
*[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]

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