Awesome Sauce Recipe | Best Dipping Sauce For Chicken or Steak (2024)

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This Awesome Sauce recipe is a totally addicting dipping sauce for so many different foods! This easy sauce is great on steak, chicken, fish and sandwiches!

Try using this delicious dipping sauce on Fried Artichoke Hearts or with Homemade French Fries!

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What Is Awesome Sauce?

Is it an expression that people use to add another level to the word “awesome”, or is it a sauce that’s truly mind blowing?

The short answer is – it’s both.

So is there is actually an Awesome Sauce recipe…like is it not just a saying…but is it an actual thing? Some people call the McDonald’s signature sauce recipe “awesome sauce,” but there didn’t seem to be much on Google for how to make awesome sauce at home. So it got me thinking.

I should totally come up with a dipping sauce recipe to go along with this phrase, but it does obviously need to be awesome.

Awesome in flavor for sure, but also awesome in the sense that it can be used for so many different things like steak or chicken or fish or french fries or sandwiches.

Ok I’ll stop there but you get the idea.

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I have to admit, I used to be a TOTAL non-condiment guy.

I mean, I’d watch people eat a perfectly good steak and dip it in hollandaise or a red wine steak sauce of some sort and think what the actual *!#@ are they doing?

But as we make more things here on the site I have experienced more and more things I like covered in tasty sauce. Like these Honey Mustard Pulled Pork Taquitos,or this Sheet Pan Chicken Murphy.

Both recipes I love and wouldn’t be the same without the tasty sauces that are what make those recipes.

One of my catch phrases these days is actually “the sauce makes this recipe”. Christie thinks it’s funny for me, the non-condiment guy, because I’ll still go out to eat and order a burger with nothing on it.

Old habits die hard, my friends.

Is Awesome Sauce Easy To Make?

Now I have to tell you…this dipping sauce recipe is EASY. Just get all the ingredients in a bowl and mix them together.

Nothing complicated here.

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Can You Make This Dipping Sauce Ahead Of Time?

Absolutely! And you should. The flavors in this sauce recipe are going to blend together as they sit in the refrigerator for a while so it just gets better.

So even if you’re making it for a meal right away, try and give the sauce at least an hour in the refrigerator before you need it.

Should This Dipping Sauce Be Used Cold?

Now brace yourselves, I’m about to blow your minds. Because the other awesome thing about this sauce recipe is that it’s good cold or warm.

YES! Warm or cold. Or even just at room temperature! Also chilling the sauce will combine the flavors more, but I’m telling you. Right out of the bowl after you mix it will do just fine.

Make a big batch, eat it cold from the fridge or warm it up a little in the microwave and use it for a steak…or whatever else you can think of.

How Long Does This Sauce Keep?

This Awesome Sauce recipe is going to keep in your fridge for about a week, but it never lasts that long at my house so expiration time isn’t really an issue.

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    Awesome Sauce

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    • Author: Dan
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 0 minutes
    • Total Time: 5 minutes
    • Yield: 1 1/2 cups 1x

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    This Awesome Sauce recipe is a totally addicting dipping sauce for so many different foods! This easy sauce is great on steak, chicken, fish and sandwiches!

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    Ingredients

    • 1 cup mayonnaise
    • 2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
    • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
    • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
    • 1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
    • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
    • 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
    • 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
    • 2 tablespoon minced chives
    • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional but won’t make the sauce too spicy)

    Instructions

    1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk together well.
    2. Cover and refrigerate for an hour to let the flavors blend if you can wait.
    3. Use Awesome Sauce on everything you can think of.
    • Category: Side Dish
    • Method: Stir
    • Cuisine: American

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    FAQs

    What is the most popular chicken dipping sauce? ›

    And while the most popular dipping sauce for chicken fingers may be creamy ranch, there are so many great options!

    What is awesome sauce used for? ›

    used to say that something is extremely good, or that you are extremely pleased: The video has gone viral! Awesomesauce!

    What is S awesome sauce? ›

    This is an egg-free mayo-based sauce. The cayenne pepper, liquid smoke, and agave really add something special to the sauce. Upgrading it from regular “mayochup” to something a bit extra.

    What is America's favorite dipping sauce? ›

    Ketchup, the all-American favorite condiment, reigns supreme as the most popular sauce in the United States, followed closely by barbecue sauce and hot sauce.

    What are the 5 famous sauces? ›

    At its very basic purpose, sauces should harmonize the flavors of the main ingredients on the plate, as well as their texture and cooking method.
    • 5 Mother Sauces Formula. ...
    • Béchamel. ...
    • Velouté ...
    • Espagnole. ...
    • Sauce Tomate. ...
    • Hollandaise.
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    Why was S'awesome sauce discontinued? ›

    It was the best known as being served at Wendy's as a sauce to dip chicken nuggets in. This huge fan favorite was ultimately discontinued, not due to lack of popularity or fabulous flavor, but because it was embroiled in a legal battle with a company claiming to create it.

    Why do people say awesome sauce? ›

    As noted, awesomesauce is colloquially used in speech and writing as an intensive and expressive modifier for “excellent” (The food here is awesomesauce) or interjection conveying surprise or admiration (You got a promotion?! Awesomesauce!)

    What to say instead of awesome sauce? ›

    What is another word for awesomesauce?
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    Which sauce is best for meat? ›

    Best sauces for meat
    • Quince sauce.
    • Black cherry sauce.
    • Fig sauce.
    • Orange sauce.
    • Apricot sauce.
    • Forest Fruit sauce.

    What is a good accompaniment to steak? ›

    Best Steak Side Dishes
    • Baked Sweet Potato Wedges. ...
    • Garlic Mashed Potatoes with Sour Cream. ...
    • Mediterranean Chickpea Wedge Salad. ...
    • Roasted Garlic Parmesan Baby Potatoes. ...
    • Sautéed Garlic Green Beans. ...
    • Oven-Roasted Corn on the Cob. ...
    • Roasted Spring Vegetables. ...
    • Arugula and Roasted Carrot Salad.

    What is steak sauce called? ›

    Steak Sauce and sometimes stylized as A1 Sauce in certain markets) is a brand of brown sauce produced by Brand & co, a subsidiary of Premier Foods in the United Kingdom (as "Brand's A. 1. Sauce") and in North America by Kraft Heinz.

    What is the flavor of awesome sauce? ›

    “The sauce has a spicy, salty and sweet flavor, getting its heat from gochugaru, a Korean chile powder,” says Lim.

    Why is it called awesome sauce? ›

    Cool, rad, and awesome did the trick for a while, but in the early 2000s, analogy kicked in to produce awesomesauce. Awesomesauce not only had the casual, slangy vibe of weaksauce, it had a melodious sound profile. There was the similarity of the “awe” and “sauce” vowels, the repeated s-sounds.

    When was awesome sauce popular? ›

    The earliest known use of the adjective awesomesauce is in the 2000s. OED's earliest evidence for awesomesauce is from 2001, in Re: Shadowy Men in Taco Bell Ad!. awesomesauce is formed within English, by compounding.

    What are the most common dipping sauces? ›

    The 13 Best Dipping Sauces
    1. Hot Sauce. Image Sauce: Megan Amaral via Flickr CC BY 2.0. ...
    2. Homemade French Fry Dipping Sauce. I must dip my fries in something. ...
    3. Char Siu Sauce. Image by Sunday133 from Pixabay. ...
    4. Ketchup. Photo by D. L. Samuels on Unsplash. ...
    5. Soy Sauce. ...
    6. Homemade Chik-Fil-A Sauce. ...
    7. BBQ Sauce. ...
    8. Mustard.

    What do Americans dip chicken in? ›

    In the South especially Nashville, fried chicken is dipped in hot sauce and called HOT chicken. Ketchup is only used if you have a fried chicken sandwich. Ranch is used as dipping sauce for buffalo chicken or HOT chicken.

    What condiment goes best with chicken? ›

    Best Sauces to Pair With Chicken
    • Barbeque. Bake it and pull it for a pulled chicken sandwich or use your tenders as a vessel to dip up this delicious sauce. ...
    • Teriyaki. ...
    • Tzatziki. ...
    • Sweet Thai Chili. ...
    • Carolina Mustard. ...
    • Sriracha Ranch. ...
    • Guacamole Salsa. ...
    • Parmesan Cream Sauce.

    What are the 3 main sauces? ›

    There are three sauces we make VERY frequently when catering and running events: Veloute, Bechamel, and Hollandaise. All culinary students must become very comfortable with these three mother sauces.

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