A dip or dip sauce is a common condiment for many types of food. Dips are used to add flavor or texture to a food, such as pita bread, dumplings, crackers, chopped raw vegetables, fruits, seafood, cubed pieces of meat and cheese, potato chips, tortilla chips, falafel, and sometimes even whole sandwiches in the case of jus. Unlike other sauces, instead of applying the sauce to the food, the food is typically placed or dipped into the sauce.

Dip sauce
Sushi being dipped into soy sauce
Alternative namesDipping sauce
TypeCondiment

Dips are commonly used for finger foods, appetisers, and other food types. Thick dips based on sour cream, crème fraîche, milk, yogurt, mayonnaise, soft cheese, or beans are a staple of American hors d'oeuvres and are thicker than spreads, which can be thinned to make dips.[1] Celebrity chef Alton Brown suggests that a dip is defined based on its ability to "maintain contact with its transport mechanism over three feet [1 m] of white carpet".[2]

Dips in various forms are eaten all over the world and people have been using sauces for dipping for thousands of years.[3]

List of dips

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Various chutneys
 
A spinach and artichoke dip with tortilla chips
 
Prahok ktis with fresh cabbage, cucumber and long beans
 
Tzatziki

A non-exhaustive list of common dips include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rombauer, Irma S.; Becker, Marion Rombauer & Becker, Ethan (1997) [1931]. The Joy of Cooking. Illustrated by Laura Hartman Maestro (Rev. ed.). New York: Scribner. pp. 145–146. ISBN 0-684-81870-1.
  2. ^ Alton Brown (writer/director/host) (2002-10-16). "Dip Madness". Good Eats. Season 6. Episode 9. Food Network.
  3. ^ The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. p. 145.
  4. ^ Hesser, Amanda (November 5, 2009). "Bagna Cauda, 1960". New York Times. p. MM20, New York edition. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  5. ^ Huntley Dent (November 23, 1993). Feast of Santa Fe: Cooking of the American Southwest. Simon and Schuster. pp. 148–150. ISBN 978-0-671-87302-8. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  6. ^ "Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  7. ^ Snow, Jane (March 15, 2006), "Sushi: how to choose, order and eat it", The Island Packet, p. 3-C, retrieved July 6, 2010 – via Knight Ridder
  8. ^ Virbila, S. Irene (October 1, 1989). "Fare of the country:Italy's Vin Santo: a sip of hospitality". New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 12, 2011.