Dipping sauce

Dip

Sushi being dipped into soy sauce
Alternative names	Dipping sauce
Type	Condiment
Cookbook: Dip   Media: Dip

A dip or dipping sauce is a common condiment for many types of food. Dips are used to add flavor to a food, such as pita bread, dumplings, crackers, cut-up raw vegetables, fruits, seafood, cubed pieces of meat and cheese, potato chips, tortilla chips, falafel, and sometimes even whole sandwiches.

Dips have many forms and are eaten all over the world. People have been using sauces for dipping for thousands of years.