Canes sauce is known for its crazy good flavor profile. Dip your chicken fingers, potato chips, and even fries.
Have you ever been to Raising Cane’s? It is a chain fast food restaurant that only serves chicken fingers. We have one in Fort Collins, and were a little skeptical at first, but it has quickly become one of our favorite places.
It is not your traditional fast food chain, that is for sure! They make everything fresh to order, and use real, quality, good pieces of chicken. They are famous for their Canes sauce. It is the only dipping sauce that they offer, and it is just that good, they don’t need to offer anything else. It is great to make at home to serve with your favorite Turkey Burgers or just about anything else.
My husband absolutely loves the Canes sauce, and always needs a couple extra for his chicken. I had to find a way to make it at home, so he could have it more often. It took a few tries to figure out exactly how to make canes sauce, but it is actually super easy. Just mix a few staple ingredients together, let it sit for awhile for all the flavors to blend together, and you are good to go! For a quick weeknight meal you can serve it with homemade chicken tenders or grilled chicken skewers.
What Is Canes Sauce
Raising Cane’s Sauce is a ketchup and mayo based sauce that is spiced up with a few other spices that make it special. From what I have learned it is made slightly different at different areas of the country. In the South it is supposedly a spicier version that is made with creole seasoning. Here in Colorado it isn’t spicy, but has the kick from pepper in the background. So you can use this as a base and then add some spice if you are used to it that way.
Canes sauce has quickly become a staple at our house. It is good on so much more than just chicken tenders. We use it to top burgers, grilled chicken, and it is even great on grilled shrimp. Unfortunately Raising Cane’s restaurant is not all over the place, so not everyone can experience it. But trust me, try this copycat version for Canes Sauce and you will understand what all the hype is about.
We pretty much had to force my dad to go for lunch one day. He did not see how a restaurant that only served one thing could be any good. Now, he has to go every time they visit! I’m sure that one taste and you’ll be hooked.
Cane’s Sauce Ingredients
- Mayo (full fat is best, but you can use whatever you have)
- Ketchup
- Garlic Powder
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Black Pepper
How to Make Cane’s Sauce
It is super simple to make, it will take you about 30 seconds. But it is best if you let it sit for a couple hours for everything to come together. Letting sit is the hardest part, but it makes everything come together and is a totally different experience. All you have to do is just mix all 5 of the ingredients together until everything is blended. Then just cover and put in the fridge. Mix it together in the morning and then when you are making dinner this will be absolutely perfect!
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Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
I LOVE that freaking sauce! Whenever I go there I get an extra order of sauce instead of the coleslaw.
Suzanne says
1/2 cup real mayonnaise
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp Tony Chachere’s Original Seasoning
1/2 tsp paprika
1 splash red wine vinegar
Whisk together until thoroughly blended. Chill for at least 2 hours (recommended chill time is 24 hours) and serve.
Mary says
This was perfect!!! Thank you!
Chrissy says
What is Tony Chachere’s Srasoning and where can you buy it?
Suzanne E Weaver says
It is a Creole Seasoning and it should be available in the spice section at your local grocer. I shop at Kroger and Walmart and they always have it. The label is green with red and white lettering. Can also get it on Amazon if you don’t have it where you are. 🙂
https://www.amazon.com/Tony-Chacheres-Original-Seasoning-Shakers/dp/B00161FSZY/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=tony+chachere%27s&qid=1550843890&s=gateway&sr=8-5
R says
You can also add some cream, works well too.
Linda Hall says
I used the sauce to make a macaroni salad with onions, shredded cheese & tomatoes…soooo good!!!
Dorothy at Shockinglydelish says
My son always orders three or four of these. He will be over the moon when I make it for him at home!
Delaney | Melanie Makes says
I need to try making this!!
Brandy @ Nutmeg Nanny says
Now I want to make this ASAP!
Allyson Zea says
We called a Zaxby sauce where I come from but it looks just as delicious!
Erin S says
I have never been to Zaxby’s, we don’t have them here. But I have seen them and so want to go!
Karlynn says
This sauce is amazing! I love Raising Cane’s and there sauce is fantastic!
Des says
This is making me drool. It looks perfect for dipping!
Cathy says
I would dip so many things in this!!
Anne says
Never heard of this place but I’m sure this is Comeback or Fry sauce. Many recipes for it.
Linda says
Unless Cane’s is older than 70 years and has been making this sauce for that long, this is Arctic Circle Fry Sauce. Here’s a link to one article but another one I read recently, said it was invented by some BYU college students working at a fast food restaurant in Provo, Utah decades ago. We Utahns are just happy everyone else is finding out how good this sauce is so when we travel outside of Utah we have a small chance of finding an eatery that serves it with their fries! I know I introduced it to a couple of restaurant owners in Western Australia almost 40 years ago. Interesting trivia: for the 2002 Olympics, held in Utah, one of the commemorative pins was of fry sauce (another pin – green Jell-o)
Chrissy says
Fry sauce is just mayo and ketchup. I went to BYU and worked at Artic Circle, not even close to Canes Sauce.
HammerJackFlash says
Interesting. The founder of Canes worked on a crab boat in Alaska for a few yrs to save up money to open his first restaurant in Baton Rouge. I’d bet the Arctic fry sauce was the inspiration behind canes sauce.
Linda says
Whoopsie Forgot the link:
https://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/dining/why-other-states-need-to-adopt-fry-sauce/article_b25212a3-b899-577d-8130-73d1a8a3ff90.html
AA78130 says
I added 1/2 tsp white vinegar, Old Bay’s blackening seasoning and about 1/4 tsp of Frank’s red sauce. Perfection!
Doua says
I followed the recipe exactly, but the sauce is still a bit runny. What ingredients could be added to thicken it just like the pictures? Could it be the brand of mayo or ketchup uaed?
Erin S says
It could be. If you use a light or fat free mayo they are always thinner. Ketchup also varies slightly by brand. I am not sure what you could add to thicken it that wouldn’t change the flavor. You could try more mayo, but then the spices wouldn’t be the same. Sorry
Deb says
The first ingredient I tasted was apple cider vinegar, then mayo and ketchup. And I was thinking chili powder, but maybe it was smoked paprika