Fry Sauce is a creamy, tangy condiment that comes together in just a few minutes and is perfect for burgers, fries, onion rings, and more.
Fry Sauce is a delicious Sauce from Utah that is incredibly easy to make. If you’ve gotten hooked on making your own sauces, try my Pub Sauce and Buffalo Wing Sauce.
Why You’ll Love This Sauce?
- It is easy to make with customizable flavor.
- Works well with so many different snacks, appetizers, and main courses.
Sabrina’s Fry Sauce Recipe
The fry sauce that we know and love today comes from Utah. Don Carlos Edwards, of Salt Lake City’s Don Carlos’ Barbecue, wrote up a Fry Sauce recipe and served it up in his restaurant. Don Carlos’ Barbecue eventually became none other than Arctic Circle, the popular burger chain, and this sauce has been served at every location. Other restaurants picked up the idea, many with their own unique variations.
Recipe Card
Ingredients
- 1 1/8 cup mayonnaise , (this is 1 cup + 2 tablespoons)
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients together in a large bowl and whisk well until full combined.
- Refrigerate, covered, for at least 1 hour before serving.
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Note from Sabrina
For the best flavor, whisk the fry sauce until completely smooth, then refrigerate it for at least an hour before serving. This resting time lets the flavors meld together and slightly thickens the sauce, giving it the creamy, tangy taste that’s perfect for dipping hot fries, onion rings, or spreading on burgers.
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About this Recipe
What’s delicious on French fries, hot dogs, onion rings, chicken wings, and a dozen other appetizers and side dishes? Fry Sauce! Fry Sauce is a distinct, yummy sauce that is essentially a mixture of ketchup and mayonnaise with a handful of other ingredients that tailor the flavor to your own personal taste. This is one of those easy recipes that you can make a dozen times with minor tweaks and get a delicious product every time.
How to Store
- Serve: You don’t want to leave sauce at room temperature for more than a couple of hours.
- Store: Transfer the sauce from the small bowl to an airtight container, like a sealable bag or a squeezable bottle. Store it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
- Freeze: Because of the mayo in this recipe, I do not recommend freezing it.
Variations
- Juice: Mix in a little pickle juice, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, or horseradish to give the Fry Sauce a strong flavor kick. With all of these add ins, but specifically the apple cider vinegar and horseradish, start with smaller amounts and add more to taste since these flavors are extremely strong.
- Spices: Add a pinch of black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, or cayenne pepper to the sauce. You can alter the flavor with just a dash of any of these spices without revising the recipe from scratch.
- Hot Fry Sauce: To make your sauce closer to hot sauce, add more than a dash of cayenne or red pepper flakes and a good amount of sriracha. Keep in mind that spiced foods get hotter as you eat them so start small and work up.
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Have you ever done it without the sugar?
No I haven’t. Did you try the recipe without sugar and if so, how did it turn out?
Could you substitute yogurt for the mayonnaise? Thank you?
I’ve never tested this recipe. Let us know what you decide to do and how the sauce turns out.
Tasty and Delicious – my family really enjoyed your fry sauce recipe!
So glad to hear that! It’s a hit in my home too – always have some on hand now.
Oh my! This fry sauce is incredible! I could drizzle it over everything!
I would highly recommend putting it on just about everything 🙂
Fry sauce is so popular where I live. It will be easy to make my own with your recipe. Thanks
NEED to try this sauce! It looks amazing!
I LOVED this Fry Sauce!! Thank you!
Her recipes are delicious and the ones that say they are like someone else’s are you can’t tell the difference.
Thank you so much!
This sounds delicious – just wondering why it says two amounts of mayo – 1 cup and 2 Tablespoons ?
Because my recipe widget makes it hard to do 1 cup and also to write 2 tablespoons next to it. I changed it to 1 1/8 cups with (this is 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons) next to it to put it on one line but still make it easy to use. I know most people won’t have an 1/8 cup measure.
Thanks for giving Utah a mention with your stir fry sauce recipe??
You’re welcome! I love that Fry Sauce is practically everywhere in Utah. 🙂
i wanna try this..i love the dipping sauce that you get at Boston Pizza with sweet potato fries..i wonder if this is it?..ty
This isn’t a copycat of Boston Pizza, but in my opinion it’s a very good Fry Sauce that would go great with sweet potato fries! 🙂
ok np sounds good anyhoo..can’t wait to try..huggzz
Let me know how it turns out and how you like it!
I have never ate this, but sounds good. I bought Yum Yum sauce, is it anything like that?
They are similar that they start with a mayo/tomato base, but they both have distinct flavors and spices.
Ingredients
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
why do you list this 2 times is something wrong????
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
It was a recipe calculation error, I’ve updated the recipe to show 1 1/8 cup Mayo. Sorry for any confusion!
On confused. Mayonnaise is listed twice? Is this a typo error? Or is there a reason? Please explain.
The recipe card won’t allow Cup + TBSP, so I thought it would be easier measure it that way versus 18 TBSP of mayo.
I have updated the recipe to show 1 1/8 cup Mayo (same amount, easier to understand :D)
On your ingredient list you have 1 cup of mayonnaise and then 2 TB of mayonnaise. Did you possibly miss this before you posted?
That is the correct amount of mayo. I figured it’s easier to list it separate instead of 18 TBSPS. My apologies for any confusion!