Sriracha mayo (spicy mayo)
5 min · 2 g protein · 31 cals / serving
The creamy, coral-pink sauce from sushi bars and poke shops, for drizzling over rice bowls, dunking fries or spreading in a burger. Thick Greek yogurt carries most of the creaminess and a quarter cup of light mayo keeps it tasting like a proper spicy mayo, with lime, a little garlic and a touch of honey to round off the heat.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 3 tbsp sriracha hot sauce, plus more to taste
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 small clove garlic, finely grated
- a pinch salt
Steps
- Whisk everything together in a bowl until smooth and evenly pink. Taste and add more sriracha a teaspoon at a time if you like it hotter.
- Cover and chill at least 30 minutes so the garlic mellows and the flavours come together. Spoon into a squeeze bottle or a small zip bag with a corner snipped off for drizzling. It keeps 4 days in the fridge.
Good to know
Why not all mayo?
You can, and it will taste a little richer and slicker. Thick Greek yogurt gives the same creamy body and lets the chilli and lime come forward, while the quarter cup of mayo is what keeps the familiar spicy-mayo taste.
Can I make it half and half?
Yes: use equal amounts of yogurt and light mayo (about 110 g each) for a silkier, more classic sauce, at about 23 instead of 41.
It is too hot. How do I fix it?
Stir in another spoonful of yogurt and a few drops of honey. Both soften the heat without dulling the flavour.
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Per
- Calories
- 109
- Protein
- (23%)
- 6 g
- Fat
- (42%)
- 5 g
- Carbohydrates
- (36%)
- 10 g
- of which sugar
- 7 g
- Fiber
- <1 g
- Sodium
- 691 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 315 kcal goes into the pot and 291 g of ingredients comes out as about 290 g of food: 109 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.