French Fry Sauce
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French fry sauce is a mix of a few ingredients that offer a sweet and tangy flavor for the ultimate fry dip. Take your fries to the next level with this cool, creamy sauce.
I’ll dip french fries in just about any sauce. Ranch dressing? Definitely. Roasted Garlic Aoili? For sure. Comeback sauce, Yum Yum sauce or sriracha mayo? I’d give them a try. But this french fry sauce recipe with the mayo and ketchup base really is the perfect sauce for fries. Creamy from the mayonnaise, zingy from the pickle juice… you can’t go wrong.
Don’t just stop at fries. Even though it is a french fry dipping sauce, there is so much more you can do with it. Onion rings in this sauce? Don’t even get me started.
You can use it as a dip for veggies (yes, veggies… though if you are reading this french fry sauce recipe I bet you won’t dip a carrot in this), or as a sauce for your burger, chicken sandwich or even spread on a grilled cheese. It’s a yummy sauce that you’ll want to use all the time.
The next time you make hamburgers and fries, also try my ultimate burger sauce to jazz up those burgers! Or my boom boom sauce for dipping alternative.
Ingredients
The base of this sauce, like so many others, is mayonnaise. It gets a zing of flavor from pickle juice and paprika.
For the ingredient measurements and the entire recipe, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the blog post where the recipe card is located.
- Mayonnaise – Creamy goodness. I always go for Helmann’s, but you can use whatever you have in your pantry.
- Ketchup – A french fry’s first true love.
- Yellow Mustard – Mustard brings a distinctive tang to the sauce.
- Pickle Brine – Yes. Brine. If you are a pickler yourself and have pickle brine on hand, excellent. Use that. Otherwise, the rest of us mere mortals can just use a little bit of juice from your pickle jar.
- Paprika – A little bit of smoky flavor and rich dark color.
Step by Step Directions
Every time I write up one of these recipes for a quick and easy sauce I worry you all are going to be disappointed. I hope you are learning that cooking isn’t hard! It’s so much easier to have and make delicious sauces at home. There is no need to get store-bought! This is another measure and mix recipe, and it’s so good.
For the full recipe instructions, scroll down to the bottom of the blog post to the recipe card.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, ketchup, pickle brine, mustard, and paprika until smooth. Season generously with salt and pepper.
Tips For Success
- Pickle Brine: You can use pickle juice or apple cider vinegar instead.
- Ketchup: If you don’t have ketchup – try BBQ sauce. It will make this more sweet and tangy, but what’s wrong with that?
- I sometimes like to give this a smoky and spicy flavor by adding half a teaspoon of chipotle chili powder to the sauce. If you don’t want smoky but like spice, just use regular chili powder. It’s so good.
- If you want it chunky, you could add a bit of pickle relish.
- You’ll want to use this right away because it is so yummy, but you can also keep it in an airtight jar in the fridge for up to a week.
- This sauce is great on french fries. I also like to serve it as a dip with chicken nuggets, on hamburgers, or with veggies. You can drizzle it over a baked potato too.
French Fry Sauce
Ingredients
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon pickle brine
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, ketchup, pickle brine, mustard, and paprika until smooth. Season generously with salt and pepper.
- Use immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Notes
- How to serve: Serve with tostones, French fries, slathered on a burger, or even inside a grilled cheese.
- Makes about 1 ¼ cups.
Nutrition
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I really liked this simple, flavorful sauce. But my 15-year old grandson absolutely loves it! It only takes a couple of minutes to make and I put it in a squeeze bottle for easy serving. He uses it on fried, burgers, and loves it in the mock Chicken Big Macs I make.
Do you use dill pickle brine or sweet pickle brine?
We use dill brine.
Do you have a recipe for the curry dipping sauce they serve in British Fish and chip restaurants? I have been looking for the recipe for a long time. Especially delicious with sweet potato fries….
We do not. We’ll have to look into this.