Bang Bang Sauce
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Our take on bang bang sauce is creamy, spicy, and naturally sweet. Enjoy it on all sorts of dishes from fried fish and chicken to seafood and vegetables. It’s easy to mix together, and it’s ready in minutes!
If you’re after a sweet and spicy sauce you can dip, dunk, and drizzle on just about anything, look no further than this homemade bang bang sauce!
With only four ingredients, it might be the easiest sauce you’ll ever make. It’s just mayo, honey, sriracha, and rice vinegar mixed together into a creamy, delicious sauce you can use on all your favorite foods.
Unlike most bang bang sauce recipes, we swap the sweet chili sauce for honey. We’re not big fans of the ingredients in sweet chili sauce, so we don’t keep it in our kitchen. Making it our way turns it into a sauce we feel good about eating.
Enjoy it with fried fish or seafood, chicken, cauliflower, potatoes, and more! It’s also the same delicious sauce that we use in our bang bang shrimp and our bang bang cauliflower recipes.
What is bang bang sauce?
Bang bang sauce is a slightly sweet, slightly spicy mayo-based sauce served alongside Asian street foods, most famously bang bang chicken. The name apparently derives from the sound the street vendors made while cutting the chicken to prepare the dish. It was made famous by the Bonefish Grill bang bang shrimp appetizer.
It has a creamy texture and is typically made with just a few ingredients: mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce, sriracha, and vinegar.
It’s a versatile sauce often served with deep-fried chicken, used as a dipping sauce for shrimp, spread on burgers, drizzled over fish tacos, grilled corn, tempura, and more!
What to eat with bang bang sauce
This bang bang shrimp sauce is what we use in our bang bang shrimp and bang bang cauliflower recipes. It’s typically served with fried chicken, fish, or seafood, but also tastes great with veggies like cauliflower or potatoes (and of course crispy french fries).
Foods to dip, dunk, or drizzle in bang bang sauce
Bang Bang Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup mayonnaise (can be light)
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 teaspoons sriracha
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
Instructions
- Add the ingredients to a small bowl.½ cup mayonnaise, ¼ cup honey, 2 teaspoons sriracha, 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- Mix until combined. If you'd like it spicier, add a little more sriracha.
- Either serve it right away or store it in a sealed jar in your fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Nutrition
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Can gochujang or tobasco substitute for sriracha?
I think you could use either, but if you have gochujang on hand, I would opt for that. I love its sweet and smoky spice.
Bang Bang Shrimp is one of my favorite dishes, but I’ve never made the sauce at home- until now! It’s so quick and easy but packed with flavor! The vinegar really sets it off.
Ok I want to put this sauce on EVERYTHING. So good and so easy to make!
Can you use Greek yogurt instead of the mayonnaise?
Yes, but it will make the sauce lighter in texture and a bit tangy tasting. It should still be good though!