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Fry Sauce is our favorite way to dress up a plate of crispy, hot french fries! Simple to make (just whisk together a few ingredients!) and it’ll keep in the fridge for a week!
Our fry sauce recipe takes french fries to the next level.
As If We Needed Even More Reasons To Eat French Fries
When I was a kid my parents would dip their French fries in this horrible pink concoction of mayonnaise and ketchup. It seriously grossed me out. I liked mayo, I liked ketchup, but in true kid form, I would absolutely never even consider combining the two!
Then I grew up and now it seems as if I just can’t live without fry sauce in my life.
This pink concoction is the stuff dreams are made of. It’s very similar to our smash burger sauce, but more simple in flavor with less seasonings. Both are fabulous on fries, just depends on your mood.
Our fry sauce is not quite as simple as my parent’s version of equal parts ketchup and mayo, but it’s 100 times better (sorry, mom and dad, but it is!) and I can not get enough of it.
My kids are pretty leary of it, but the husband and I gobble it down like it’s going out of style. Circle of life and all that.
Why Choose Our Recipe:
Well Seasoned: Sure, you can make a simple fry sauce with just ketchup and mayo, but the additional seasonings really make the flavors pop here!
Easy: Nothing is easier than a squirt of ketchup with your fries, but this is a close second and a great way to dress up dinner.
Ingredient Notes:
Mayo – You can use any brand of mayonnaise that you like, but you’ll want to start with real mayo and not Miracle Whip. We prefer Kraft mayo.
Ketchup – I’m a Heinz girl through and through! We like this one – made with no HFCS.
Vinegar – I use white distilled vinegar. It packs a big, bold punch and it’s cheap.
Seasoning – Stir some seasoned salt and pepper. I like Lawry’s seasoned salt.
Fries – What would be the point of making fry sauce without some fries? Try this sauce with these air fryer frozen French fries, or these air fryer waffle fries! Also delicious drizzled over a smash burger or as a dip for our onion strings.
How to Make Fry Sauce:
Mix: With only a few ingredients there obviously isn’t a whole lot of complexity to this recipe! Add the mayo, ketchup, and vinegar to a bowl and whisk together with the salt and peppers until it’s all well mixed.
Serve: After mixing together the fry sauce there is only one, obvious thing left to do! You’re going to need some fries. Get to dipping!
FAQs:
Pour your fry sauce into a mason jar, close the lid, and store in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Fry sauce is wildly popular in both Utah and Idaho, but the rest of the country is slowly catching on to how delicious this little sauce is.
Fry Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon season salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients. Adjust to taste as needed.
- Store in a covered container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
barb says
I convinced everyone I know to try this fry sauce……………we kicked it up several notches by adding Franks hot sauce. Not one person has gone back to the simple side of ketchup. Oh and I use cider vinegar,
Cath says
We make a similar sauce to this but add a couple of dashes of Worcestershire sauce instead of vinegar.
Karly says
Sounds yummy!
Jenny Park says
Oh my goodness, I made this sauce with your onion ring recipe and they were AMAZING! *crash*. That was my diet flying out of the window. *swoosh*. Now it’s in outer space and doesn’t exist.
Alicia says
Ha, Jenny, you are hilarious! I think my diet just flew out the window too!
Karly says
Hahaha! Best comment.
angel says
i have to say in the UK we put this sauce on prawns with lettuce and call it a prawn cocktail, but i do agree it is good on fries ( chips to me) lol we call it a rose marie sauce, you thought you would lke to know 🙂
Julie says
Well said it’s the same as seafood sauce for our prawn cocktailso get a jar for a quid in supermarkets in uk
diane federici says
I use this recipe for my salad dressing, with paprika added, almost like French
dressing, ooh it is good
Karly says
Sounds amazing!
DocTony says
I grew up in Utah, and “fry sauce” was just part of the diet there. Now I live in Puerto Rico where “MayoKetchup” is sold in bottles in grocery stores (basically mayo, ketchup, and a bit of garlic). Love the stuff!
@Tammy. Maybe you need to be slightly less sensitive and critical. If it really offends you, find another site. I personally appreciate the humor.
tammy says
I’m sorry but if your giving a food recipe maybe you should leave out the part about “throwing up”…. This is very popular in the east coast. We call it book boom sauce..
Em says
I work at freddy’s and our fry sauce is actually really easy to make, but these ingredients are close, but not exact. And since we make it in huge quantities, here’s the recipe for a huge vat of it, like stated in the story.
2 Gallons of mayonnaise
1 Gallon of Ketchup
1 Cup of Freddy’s seasoning salt, which is what we put on our burgers, and fries.
2 cups of pickle juice
Combine all ingredients in a giant bowl, until smooth, and more runny than chunky.
It seems to really be a hit with all of our guests, so we make 2-3 of these a day.
Enjoy!
Karly says
Oh my gosh, THANK YOU for that recipe!! So awesome!
camilla nelson says
thanks!! i grew up in utah eating fry sauce all the time growing up and loving it, moved to texas ans tried freddys and they have the best fry sauce ever!! We go there and eat it, like the frys are just spoons to get that good stuff in your mouth! so glad to see a way to copy it at home! My husband is picking up five guys for dinner becuase we love their frys and i was telling him i wish we had freddys frysauce to go with it, he will come home happy and surprised i made some!
Karly says
@camilla nelson,
Hope you enjoyed it! Now I’m missing Five Guys! We don’t have one of those around here.
Andi says
Freddy’s rocks! I’m not sure if GI has a Culvers, but their sweet tea might be of your liking. I know this is where my son goes to get it when he comes home for a visit.
Karly says
@Andi,
There isn’t a Culvers in GI, but we did have one back home and I loved it! I think their burgers are pretty similar to Freddy’s, too! 🙂
Paula says
My ten – year old daughter whipped this up for us tonight. We were skeptical of the vinegar, but it turned out soooo good! Our new favorite! Thanks!
Karly says
Yay! Glad to hear that! You’ll have to try it on a burger next time – so good!
Shannon Altman says
I love it!!! I’ve been eating my French fries with mayonnaise and ketchup since I was 11 years old in Sarasota florida at Wendy’s…and now I’m 47…crazy I wish i could of been the one to market it..
Melissa says
There is a Culver’s in Kearney, NE!! I live in Sherman County!!
Kimberly says
Ha! Here in MI, I grew up thinking of that recipe as homemade Thousand Island Dressing, otherwise known as Burger King’s Big Mac sauce.
I used dill pickle relish instead of vinegar but that will give it a similar acidity.
Karly says
@Kimberly,
Yes, I love this with pickle relish in it! My husband doesn’t like the chunks though. 😉
Sarah Werner says
Yum! I love fry sauce, it’s a staple in our house too. My parents worked at this little place called Big Al’s in tiny little Ashland, Oregon while they were in high school. Big Al’s has the best fry sauce, so I grew up with my parents always making it for us at home. It’s made pretty much the same way yours is except instead of using just plain vinegar, we use pickle juice. It is amazing! 🙂
Jann says
Lived in utah several years and love fry sauce and everyone here thinks im nuts. Welcome to Nebraska. Where do you live and where is freddys. Never heard of it.
Karly says
@Jann,
We’re in Grand Island. 🙂
Missy says
We have a version of this in Mississippi; it’s called comeback sauce.
Karly says
@Missy,
I’ll have to give that a try!
Carol says
My favorite dipping sauce is equally simple. Mayo and then add Louisiana Hot sauce to taste. This is good on french fries, chicken strips or nougats. My favorite is with fish. No measuring just start with mayo or miracle whip and go from there.
Karly says
@Carol,
I’ll have to try that!