Vegan French Onion Dip is a no-cook, plant-based, and oil-free recipe mix (without sour cream) using pantry ingredients that’s perfect for dipping potato chips or veggies.

This no-cook dip is the kind of nut-free go-to appetizer or snack that puts tofu recipes on the map. And if you’re wondering if a vegan recipe made with tofu could ever truly compare to that classic ‘sour cream and onion’ potato chip dip in a can—get ready to be thrilled! This onion dip mix recipe will soon be your game day, easy entertaining go-to.

Is French Onion Dip Vegan?

If you ask if store-bought French onion dip is typically vegan, that’s hard to say. So, the best answer is, No, it is not—not always.

Most sour cream and onion dips typically have one ingredient that is not dairy-free—which is sour cream.

But this easy to follow nut-free, no-cook recipe is made using only plant-based ingredients, like tofu, and it comes together in minutes.

So, instead of reading the tiny print on labels at the grocery store, why not make a batch of homemade Vegan French Onion Dip?

How to Make Dip Without Sour Cream:

Vegan French Onion Dip without using sour cream has never been easier to make than it is using this shelf-stable tofu recipe. 

Making creamy dips, sauces, and cheeses without using sour cream is easy to do when there’s tofu in the mix. Tofu behaves similarly to sour cream when you use it straight from the package. That’s right—enjoy shelf-stable tofu or even tofu from the refrigerator section without heating it in any way!  

So while we are not using traditional sour cream in this recipe for Vegan French Onion Dip, we use a vegan sour cream-like ingredient made from tofu. Our recipe for sour cream made from shelf-stable pantry ingredients is what we suggest using in this plant-based, dairy, and gluten-free dip recipe.  

It’s important to note that even though it takes only a minute or two to whip up a batch of vegan sour cream, store-bought dairy-free sour cream also works beautifully in this recipe. You may also opt to use plain, unflavored, plant-based yogurt if you like.

One of our favorite go-to dinners, Tofu Curry in a Hurry, is a recipe using tofu in the raw, so it’s a meal that comes together quickly!

How Do You Make Onion Dip from Scratch?

So, how do you make a nut-free, oil-free, vegan onion dip from scratch using only pantry ingredients? 

In this recipe, we take it one step further by making a dip without dairy sour cream. This recipe is nut-free, too, for those with allergies—and it’s so easy that kids can make it!

First, begin making this quick and easy dip by mixing the dry ingredients first.  

In the future, we plan to share a recipe post featuring the dry ingredients for this dairy-free onion dip recipe. We think that a make-ahead dried French onion dip seasoning mix could come in pretty handy! We can easily imagine using the dip mix combo of dry ingredients in this recipe to season soup or a veggie burger, saving valuable time in the kitchen.

Then, once the dry ingredients are combined, stir in the dairy-free sour cream or yogurt if you prefer, and dip away!

What Can You Eat With Onion Dip?

This classic vegan French onion dip tastes fantastic with potato chips, but there is more than one way to enjoy this no-cook appetizer or snack.

In addition to potato chips, we enjoy this dip with home-baked, oil-free corn chips, as shown in this recipe.

Or how about using this no-cook dairy-free dip instead of mayo on your next veggie burger?

Serving this as a second dip alongside feta dip to pair with a plate of veggies, is of course, also a classic and terrific way to showcase homemade vegan French onion dip.  

And how about a plop to top a satisfying bowl of black bean soup or maybe pea and potato curry?

We also like stirring a spoonful of this onion dip mix recipe into a bowl of no-cook mac and cheese—yum!

16-Quick and Easy Vegan Tofu Recipes

If you’re one of those people who avoid using tofu because you think it has no flavor, these recipes are for you! In addition to this recipe for Vegan French Onion Dip, here’s a list of everything from dressings, to frittatas, to cookies!

Tofu Recipes:

• Vegan Tofu Kale Salad
• Blackberry Basil Bowl with Balsamic Dressing
• Creamy Oil-Free Lemon Ginger Dressing
• Dairy-Free Tofu Feta Cheese
• Vegan Buffalo Tofu Tacos with Blue Cheese Dressing
• Coconut Curry Salad Wrap
• Vegan Hard-Boiled Egg Crumble
• Savory Oil-Free Baked Tofu Four Ways
• No-Cook Tofu Curry in a Hurry Salad – This is a family favorite recipe mentioned in the article above.
• 1-Bowl Pizza Frittata
• Vegan Blue Cheese Dressing
• Hippie Harvest Tofu Feta Dip
• Greek Chickpea Pasta Salad
• Vegan Tofu Sour Cream
• Golden Curry Kale
• Vegan Tempeh Blue Cheese Buffalo Bowl

Handy Recipes Using Many Shelf-Stable Ingredients

Savory Recipes:

• Vegan Fakin’ Bacon
• Cheesy Smashed Chickpea Spread
• Oil-Free Buffalo Sauce Dressing
• 1-Pot Enchilada Lentil Rice – This one pot meal would taste wonderful topped with a dollop of Vegan French Onion Dip!
• Cashew Parmesan Cheese Topping
• 5-Minute Blender Enchilada Sauce
• Creamy Savory Cardamom Rice
• 5-Minute Oil-Free Hummus
• Happy Jalapeño Hemp Seed Hummus
• Vegan Macaroni and Cheese
• Thai Inspired Peanut Tahini Sauce & Dressing

Sweet Recipes:

• Pumpkin Pie Spice – This simple blend is made with just 4-ingredients and it comes in so handy!
• Vegan Oatmeal Date Cookies
• Everyday Chocolatey Chickpea Cookies
• Date-Sweetened Chocolate Pistachio Bites
• Pumpkin Power Breakfast Worthy Cookies
• Tahini Mango Granola Bars
• Chewy Almond Lemon Bird’s Nest Cookies
• 1-Bowl Crazy-Healthy Black Bean Brownies
• Super-Easy Granola – And of course, it’s naturally gluten-free!
• Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cookies
• Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte – This latte is fast, easy, and budget-friendly, too—cha-ching!
• 20-Minute Peanut Butter Chickpea Cookies

Here’s to Eating Well!

It’s because of your interest in living a satisfying, healthy, and delicious plant-based lifestyle that we have the honor of creating new recipes for you!

Making sure that your time in the kitchen as simple and successful as possible, as we do in this no-cook Vegan French Onion Dip recipe, is always our goal.

When you Pin and share our recipes on social media, you make it so that we can keep cooking up new recipes, but that’s not the only good thing that you sharing plant-based recipes generates.

By sharing plant-based recipes, you help others find the inspiration they crave to help navigate their healthier path, too; so, again, we thank you!

Happy Eating!