The DIY Dipping Sauce That Will Completely Transform Your Five Guys Burgers

Dunking the edge of a burger into a flavorful dipping sauce is half the fun of eating at Five Guys. And while the popular burger chain does have a selection of sauces on the menu, such as mayo, ketchup, barbecue sauce, hot sauce, and mustard, there's nothing like a classic burger sauce that incorporates all the winning features of these venerable condiments together. The good news is that you can make a sweet, tangy, and creamy sauce that instantly elevates an all-American burger and fries combo by mixing some of the free Five Guys condiments with a few sides.

All you need to do is gather your ingredients and mix them up in one of the paper condiment cups that's usually set beside the ketchup. Begin by requesting a side of mayo, sweet relish, and grilled onions when placing your burger order. Then fill half your condiment cup with ketchup from the dispenser before adding in a little scoop of mayo and relish. Sprinkle over a free sachet of pepper and a dash of salt before scattering in a few of the grilled onions. Stir everything together while the chefs prepare your order and you'll have a perfect dipping sauce that's similar in taste and appearance to Thousand Island (which isn't available on the menu). However, this sauce will have a slight smokiness from the onions (along with a tangier note from the pickles), which will make its flavor sit somewhere between a Thousand Island and a Big Mac sauce.

Making a DIY sauce while your burger is prepped is a fun little assembly job. But better yet, you can customize it to your tastes, using more ketchup and relish, or less mayo if preferred. To amp up the heat, request some extra hot sauce when placing your order and mix it into your sweet ketchup base. You could even dump the whole lot over a serving of fries or slather it over a bacon cheese dog to guarantee every bite is full of satisfying flavor.

Want to make a larger serving of sauce? Tug open some of the paper folds in your condiment cup to make it bigger and you can fit double the ratios inside to make more. Plus, widening the mouth of your condiment cup will make it easier to combine the elements of your personalized sauce without making a mess. In fact, once you've finished dipping your burger in the sweet, salty, and tangy sauce, you can open out all of the folds to turn your cup into a little paper plate. This trick makes it easier to dip any leftover fries into the sauce and makes everything more accessible to share with friends.