25 Sweet & Savory Sour Cream Recipes

Here at Delish, sour cream is one of our all-time favorite secret weapons in the kitchen. Sure, sour cream immediately brightens up tacos, nachos, and baked potatoes, but there are so many other ways to use this versatile ingredient. We love how it lends tons of fluffiness to our favorite cake, bread, and pancake recipes, as well as a signature rich tang we can't get enough of. After you try these sour cream recipes, you'll never just use it for sour cream and onion dip again, we promise!

Sour cream, like buttermilk and yogurt, is naturally acidic, which tenderizes the gluten in your favorite baked goods. This means when you add it to your sour cream coffee cake, banana pancakes, and chocolate birthday cake, you're going to be digging into a moist, fluffy result. Try our sour cream pound cake and you'll instantly be able to taste the difference! You can see both savory and sweet sour cream uses with our recipe for chicken and waffles. The sour cream, you guessed it, makes those waffles perfectly tender and fluffy.

Potatoes and sour cream are one of the most iconic duos of all time. And it's easy to see why, especially after you try our Instant Pot mashed potatoes, potato knishes, and Southern potato salad. And what would our dill & cheddar pierogis and house latkes with horseradish be without sour cream? We don't like to imagine it, TBH. Another thing we can't imagine? Our beef stroganoff without that rich spoonful of sour cream to finish. Does not compute! So we kindly won't.