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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.
Stacy says
My son said it was good, he added a day of thousand island dressing to it, he’s 13 and is going to be a chef someday.
Kelly T says
Also, adding some horseradish is what I have found best.
Barb Harter says
My grand-daughter grew up loving fry sauce, the katsup & mayo kind. I will try this one for her next. (She is now a new mom, presenting me with a new first Great-Grandson!! )
Teresa says
I knew someone who worked at Arctic Circle. She gave me their recipe for fry sauce.
1 cup mayo
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon Paprika
Throw it all in a bowl and mix.
My family LOVES it.
I’m going to try some of the recipes on here.
Thanks for sharing!!!
Joe says
Never heard of fry sauce… intrigued so I tried it. Very good, I can almost eat the sauce alone.
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Devin says
This was delicious, a hit at the table tonight. The only “seasoning salt” we have is Bad Byron’s Butt Rub which is more of a BBQ seasoning but we put it on basically everything and it was great in this. I’ll try it with pickle juice next time instead of vinegar just to see if it’s better… but no complaints and it was so easy to make. Thanks for posting!
Karly says
Oh, I bet it’s great with a bbq rub! 🙂
Ole says
It can store way longer than 3 Days 🙂
Darren Addy says
A big “Welcome to Nebraska” to you and yours! I thought that you might want to know about this… Exercising my Google-Fu, I found a former Freddys employee who shared this as the real recipe. It **IS** in restaurant quantities, so you will need to do some math.
“2 Gallons of Mayo, 1 Gallon of Ketchup, 1 cup of the seasoning sold in store, 2 cups of pickle juice.”
So then I googled for the recipe for the Freddys SEASONING and found this post: http://www.mamaplusone.com/just-like-freddys-fry-sauce-and-seasoning/
So that is two sources listing both the seasoning options and the pickle juice as the ingredient that seems to be missing from most recipes. Hope someone finds this useful!
Karly says
Thanks for sharing! Look like I had the ratios correct, but used vinegar in place of pickle juice. Good to know!
John says
I have never eaten at a Freddy’s, so I have no idea about their menu offerings. However, I know a good dipping sauce when I see it and this sauce looks really good! Will have to this a try on my next cheat day lol!
Suzanne says
Hi, Karly!
Can you tell me what kind of vinegar to use. Apple cider or regular white vinegar?
Want to make this next time I make french fries!
Thanks so much.
Karly says
I prefer white vinegar. 🙂
Suzanne says
Thanks, Karly! Appreciate the quick response!
st says
This is great but even better, try this: instead of 1/4cup mayo, use 1/2 mayo and 1/2 ranch dressing in that 1/4 cup…
Cesar Diaz says
In Puerto Rico we have been using this sauce for years, the said that Utah invented. Sorry, but in every restaurant in Puerto Rico the used this sauce, we call it Mayoketchup.
Jess says
I added a pinch of sugar to the recipe and I think it worked out pretty well.
Doug says
Add some hot horseradish (and lemon juice) for another variation. Good with chicken & seafood.