Have you heard of bang bang sauce? It’s a creamy, sweet, and spicy sauce served at Bonefish Grill restaurants (based in the U.S.) on their popular bang bang shrimp appetizer.
I make a homemade version of bang bang chili sauce. We love it as a dip for grilled bacon-wrapped shrimp, crispy French fries, or chicken nuggets. It’s also delicious as a sauce on burgers, chicken wings, hotdogs, or lobster rolls. I also love using it as a dip with these chicken bacon ranch sliders.
This recipe is so simple, you can mix up a batch in minutes. It’s not too spicy so you can adjust the spice level if you like a little more heat. I like to make my sauce with honey to emphasize the sweetness of the sweet Thai chili sauce. You can use it as a dip with almost anything you want, or anywhere you would normally use mayo.
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💞 Why You’ll Love This Recipe
✔️ It’s made with basic pantry items.
✔️ You can use it as a sauce or as a dip.
✔️ One taste of this flavor booster and you’ll be smitten!
📋 Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
- Sweet Thai Chili Sauce—often served in Asian restaurants alongside crispy spring rolls, you can usually find it in the international section of the grocery store.
- Rice Vinegar—sometimes called rice wine vinegar, rice vinegar is available at most well-stocked grocery stores with other vinegar.
It’s important to note when making substitutions in recipes, the texture and flavor may be slightly different. However, these substitutes are the best options if you are looking to change the original recipe.
Ingredients Swaps
- Honey—adding it is optional, but it really makes the sweet Thai chili sauce shine. I recommend using it.
- Rice Vinegar—fresh lemon juice is a good substitute for rice vinegar.
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👩🍳 How To Make Bang Bang Sauce
STEP 1—Place all ingredients in a small bowl.
STEP 2—Stir everything together.
STEP 3—The sauce is ready when everything is well combined, and no streaks of mayonnaise remain.
🗣 Expert Tips
1. I don’t recommend heating bang bang sauce as it contains mayonnaise.
2. Replace the mayonnaise with sour cream for a slightly different (and delicious!) taste.
3. This recipe doubles and triples well.
📝 Recipe Notes
- Store bang bang sauce in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Keep the jar in the fridge for up to one week.
🙋♀️ Recipe FAQ
Bang bang sauce is a faintly sweet creamy sauce with a touch of heat. Generally made with mayonnaise, sweet Thai chili sauce, Sriracha, and rice vinegar.
No! One of the main ingredients, mayonnaise, is made with eggs but does not contain any dairy. None of the other ingredients contain dairy.
Use it as a dipping sauce for shrimp, as a burger sauce, drizzled on shrimp tacos, fish tacos, cauliflower or chicken wings, as a sauce for crab legs, salmon, grilled meats, or ribs, as a dip for tempura shrimp or crispy tofu, on grilled corn, omelets, sushi, and so much more!
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🖨 Recipe
Bang Bang Sauce
Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons or digital kitchen scale
- Bowl
- Small rubber spatula or spoon
- Glass jar with tight fitting lid
Ingredients
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon sweet Thai chili sauce
- 2 teaspoons Sriracha
- ½ teaspoon honey
- ½ teaspoon rice vinegar
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl until no streaks of mayonnaise remain. Store in a clean glass jar with a tight fitting lid.
Notes
- Store bang bang sauce in a jar with a tight fitting lid in the fridge for up to one month.
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