What is Boom Boom Sauce?

It's a mayonnaise and tomato-based sauce (ketchup) that is mixed with sweet and tangy chili sauce, hot sauce and garlic. It's most often served with chicken, shrimp, french fries and other types of fried food. There is a very similar sauce served at Sheetz convenience stores/gas stations. Many restaurants also serve a similar sauce that is sometimes called Boom Boom Sauce and sometimes given a different name.

What does Boom Boom Sauce taste like?

It tastes like spicy mayonnaise that is also sweet and tangy.

The main ingredients for Boom Boom Sauce are mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce and ketchup. It is also usually made of Sriracha and either fresh garlic or garlic powder and onion powder. It sometimes contains mustard and a squeeze of lime.

How spicy is the sauce?

You can control the level of heat by adding less chili sauce and hot sauce. Or, you can make the sauce really spicy by adding more hot sauce. It's up to you!

Is Boom Boom Sauce the same as Yum Yum Sauce?

Yum Yum Sauce is similar to Boom Boom Sauce, but has slightly different ingredients. The main difference is that Yum Yum Sauce doesn't add sweet chili sauce. It might also include vinegar, sesame oil, paprika and garlic powder. Water is often added to thin out Yum Yum sauce and make the consistency more pourable.

Is Boom Boom Sauce the same as Bang Bang Sauce?

The two sauces are slightly different. Both are made from mayonnaise and sweet chili sauce. The difference is that Bang Bang Sauce doesn't add ketchup.

Sriracha is a popular chili sauce (pronounced SIR-rotch-ah) that was created by Huy Fong Foods in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles. It was created in the early 1980s by Mr. David Tran who is of Chinese heritage but was born in Vietnam. He is quoted by the New York Times as saying he made Sriracha for the Asian community but knew it had multicultural appeal. Sriracha sauce is also known as rooster sauce because there is a rooster on the label.

Boom Boom Sauce

5-Ingredient Boom Boom Sauce Recipe

a bowl of red creamy sauce on a plate with french fries

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Boom Boom Sauce is a sweet and spicy sauce made of mayonnaise, chili sauce, ketchup, and in this recipe, fresh garlic. It's creamy, garlicky, sweet and spicy - a perfect dipping sauce for french fries, shrimp, burgers, chicken and more.

Author: Jenny Meier
Prep Time: 5
Total Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 1 1/2 cups of sauce 1x
Category: side dishes
Method: Mix
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
2 to 3 teaspoons Sriracha (or other hot sauce)
1 small garlic clove, very finely chopped (I use a garlic press)

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Instructions

In a medium bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients.
Adjust the flavor to your liking, adding more chili sauce for sweetness, more hot sauce for heat and more ketchup to cut the mayo flavor.

Notes

To add more tanginess to the sauce, add a 1/2 teaspoon of rice vinegar.

The sauce stays fresh for 3 to 5 days in a sealed container in the refrigerator.

If you'd like less sauce, simply cut the recipe ingredient amounts in half. You don't have to worry too much about adding exact measurements of ketchup and chili sauce, just taste as you go.

Find it online: https://www.kitchenskip.com/boom-boom-sauce/