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By: Joanna Cismaru Posted: 06/28/22 Updated: 05/17/24

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This famous Fry Sauce is popular and loved for a reason. It’s sweet, tangy and perfect to dip all your favorite fried snacks in. A few staple ingredients, whisk it all together, and dip away!

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  • The Famous Fry Sauce Recipe
  • Why We Love This Fry Sauce
  • Ingredients You’ll Need
  • How To Make Fry Sauce
  • What Is Fry Sauce
  • Expert Tips
  • Storage
  • Other Great Sauce Recipes To Try
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The Famous Fry Sauce Recipe

When it comes to dipping sauces, this fry sauce is probably one of my favorites because not only is it ridiculously easy to make, but it is the perfect dipping sauce for anything! It’s also great on hamburgers, drizzle it over your salads, add it to your favorite wraps, burritos, tacos, drench your fries in it, you name it.

When it comes to flavor, this fry sauce has it all. It’s sweet from the ketchup, tangy from the pickle juice, spicy from the hot sauce and just downright delicious. It’s the perfect sauce to have in your culinary repertoire.

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Why We Love This Fry Sauce

  • The Fry Sauce That Goes With Everything! Make it, bottle it, and use it on everything.
  • Simple Pantry Staple Ingredients. You won’t need a trip to the grocery store for this fry sauce recipe, chances are you already got everything you need.
  • Seriously Delicious. It’s the sauce that everyone will love!

Ingredients You’ll Need

ingredients needed to make fry sauce.
  • Mayonnaise – You’ll need some plain mayonnaise, store-bought or make your own using my recipe here.
  • Ketchup – Ketchup will add sweetness to our fry sauce and give it that gorgeous color.
  • Pickle Juice (pickle brine) – While it may sound like a strange ingredient, it will add some needed tanginess to the sauce. I always keep a jar of pickle juice leftover from my pickles in my pantry.
  • Hot Sauce – Use your favorite hot sauce and as much or as little as you want. Want to make your own? Try my Homemade Hot Sauce recipe.
  • Onion Powder – For a little onion flavor. Feel free to sub with garlic powder or add in some other spices like paprika.
  • Salt And Pepper – To taste.

How To Make Fry Sauce

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As I already mentioned, it’s really simple to make, simply whisk everything together and serve.

  1. Whisk ingredients together. Add all the sauce ingredients to a medium size bowl and whisk well.
  2. Serve. Serve with your favorite fries.

What Is Fry Sauce

Fry sauce is a famous sauce in Utah, known as the ultimate dipping sauce, usually served with French fries. It’s usually always made with mayo and ketchup and sometimes other condiments and seasonings are added to flavor it.

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Expert Tips

  1. Play around with spices for different versions, such as try adding garlic powder, paprika, red pepper flakes for extra heat, Worcestershire sauce, pickle relish, horseradish, mustard, etc.
  2. Try this fry sauce with Air Fryer Chicken Wings, Crispy Fried Zucchini or even on Fried Pork Chops for something different.

Storage

Store this fry sauce in a jar or airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days. I do not recommend freezing this sauce as it could separate when thawing.

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Other Great Sauce Recipes To Try

  • Marinara Sauce
  • Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce
  • Alfredo Sauce
  • Homemade Hot Sauce
  • Buffalo Sauce Recipe
  • Chimichurri Sauce
  • Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
  • Nacho Cheese Sauce
  • Tartar Sauce

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Fry Sauce Recipe

This famous Fry Sauce is popular and loved for a reason. It's sweet, tangy and perfect to dip all your favorite fried snacks in. A few staple ingredients, whisk it all together, and dip away!
Prep: 10 minutes mins
Cook: 0 minutes mins
Total: 10 minutes mins
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon pickle juice
  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
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Instructions

  • Whisk ingredients together. Add all the sauce ingredients to a medium size bowl and whisk well.
  • Serve. Serve with your favorite fries.

Tips & Notes:

  1. Play around with spices for different versions, such as try adding garlic powder, paprika, red pepper flakes for extra heat, Worcestershire sauce, pickle relish, horseradish, mustard, etc.
  2. Store this fry sauce in a jar or airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days. I do not recommend freezing this sauce as it could separate when thawing.

nutrition facts

Serving: 1serving Calories: 138kcal (7%) Carbohydrates: 3g (1%) Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 14g (22%) Saturated Fat: 2g (13%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g Monounsaturated Fat: 3g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 8mg (3%) Sodium: 285mg (12%) Potassium: 34mg (1%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 2g (2%) Vitamin A: 64IU (1%) Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) Calcium: 4mg Iron: 1mg (6%)
Author: Joanna Cismaru
Course: Sauce
Cuisine: American

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