Description
Spicy Southern Comeback Sauce blends zesty mayo, ketchup, and hot sauce into a creamy Southern classic that elevates sandwiches and dips. Tangy, bold flavors make this Mississippi-born condiment an irresistible companion for crispy fried foods and fresh vegetables.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (240 ml) mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ cup (60 ml) ketchup
- ¼ cup (60 ml) chili sauce (like Heinz)
- 1 tsp hot sauce (like Tabasco, or to taste)
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp black pepper
- Optional: pinch of cayenne pepper (for extra heat)
Instructions
- Mixing: Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl, vigorously whisking until the mixture achieves a silky, uniform consistency with no visible lumps.
- Flavor Calibration: Sample the sauce and fine-tune the taste profile by incorporating additional hot sauce or lemon juice to enhance the tangy and spicy notes according to personal preference.
- Flavor Infusion: Seal the sauce in a container and allow it to rest in the refrigerator for a minimum of one hour, enabling the ingredients to harmonize and develop a more complex, integrated flavor.
- Storage: Transfer the completed sauce to an airtight container and preserve in the refrigerator, maintaining its optimal taste and texture for up to seven days.
Notes
- Whisk ingredients completely to ensure a smooth, uniform sauce without lumps or separated elements.
- Easily adjust spiciness by incrementally adding hot sauce, tasting between additions to control flavor intensity.
- Chilling for minimum one hour allows ingredients to marry, creating deeper, more complex taste profile.
- Use clean, sealed container to maintain freshness and prevent contamination, consuming within recommended week-long timeframe.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Appetizer
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: Southern American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 4 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg