# Del Taco white sauce? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192 "2008-04-21T04:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/1 "2008-04-21T04:27:40Z")
I love me some Del Taco Chicken soft tacos. Sadly, they don’t seem to be here in PA. Does anyone have ANY idea what it might be? I know in pizza places, white sauce is just Ranch Dressing (really… at Round Table, it came out of the same tub we used to fill the bucket in the salad bar) with some extra garlic smeared on. But I’m fairly certain that’s not the case with the awesomeness that is Del Tacos’ chicken soft tacos. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/2 "2008-04-22T10:06:30Z")
My one socially acceptable bump. I posted this last night, in the wee hours, and maybe it fell off before the morning folks could actually see it. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/3 "2008-04-22T13:58:30Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] Sadly, they don’t seem to be here in PA. [/QUOTE] I feel your pain. No Del Tacos in NoWA either. Mmm… Del Beef Burrito… Taco Hell, Taco Time, Taco Del Mar, et al just aren’t the same. I’ve never had the chicken tacos. I’m more of a deadcow guy. But when I make fish tacos at home I make a sauce from sour cream and part of a packet of taco seasoning. Del Taco means ‘of the taco’, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/4 "2008-04-22T17:04:36Z")
Did a google search - [this](http://www.recipesecrets.net/forums/recipe-exchange/986-del-tacos-crispy-fish-taco.html) is what I found - could this be it do you think? I have no idea as I have never even seen a Del Taco. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/5 "2008-04-22T22:42:19Z")
Aw man, now you had to go and remind me about Del Taco. Oh, how I miss them. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/6 "2008-04-23T02:53:58Z")
The chicken soft taco sauce IS mayo-based, but I’m not sure it would be the same as the fish taco sauce. Wish I could help. I think it’s yummy, too, and what makes me crave Del Taco. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/7 "2008-04-23T02:57:50Z")
[QUOTE=kath94] The chicken soft taco sauce IS mayo-based, but I’m not sure it would be the same as the fish taco sauce. [/QUOTE] I don’t know. Common sauce = reduced cost. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/8 "2008-04-23T03:16:04Z")
Supposedly, the Fish taco sauce is the same as the chicken soft taco sauce. I asked while getting lunch (Maryland & Trop in Vegas) today 😛 Be aware, the cashier was very new (hunt for the “green sauce” button new), the manager-type was Russian, and the woman on the line was Spanish-speaking. Who knows if we all knew what we were talking about, but the most of the other customers agreed that it’s the same stuff. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/9 "2008-04-23T04:39:13Z")
lol… glad to see some love of the Del Taco. I’m going to give this white sauce a try this weekend, I think. Thank you all! ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/10 "2008-06-10T01:33:36Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] lol… glad to see some love of the Del Taco. I’m going to give this white sauce a try this weekend, I think. Thank you all! [/QUOTE] So how did it go? (Yes, I’m raising not-quite-zombies-yet tonight. I finally have reliable teh internets again, and need to catch up. Plus I am feeling a wee bit isolated.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/11 "2008-06-10T01:43:05Z")
It’s probably a mixture of mayo and sour cream, or their processed analogs, with maybe a little dill or garlic (very little) tossed in. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/12 "2008-06-10T02:51:14Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] It’s probably a mixture of mayo and sour cream, or their processed analogs, with maybe a little dill or garlic (very little) tossed in. [/QUOTE] [Supposedly, just a little lime and milk.](http://www.recipesecrets.net/forums/recipe-exchange/986-del-tacos-crispy-fish-taco.html) I’m not sure I believe it, which is part of the reason I revived the thread. I want someone else to try it first! ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/13 "2008-06-10T19:11:09Z")
In one of the Pasadena Del Taco’s, the drive through window gives one a clear view to the food prep area. I saw them dispensing the white sauce with what looked like a caulking gun. Not a bad tool for the job. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/14 "2008-06-17T14:20:00Z")
[QUOTE=bleach] In one of the Pasadena Del Taco’s, the drive through window gives one a clear view to the food prep area. I saw them dispensing the white sauce with what looked like a caulking gun. Not a bad tool for the job. [/QUOTE] That’s pretty typical, I remember seeing Taco Bell dispensing sour cream the same way. I haven’t gotten around to trying it… but this weekend, I think, will provide an opportunity. Maybe. As much as I want to do this, it takes a lot of convincing of the wife, and she’s the final arbiter. Seeing as she’s not as adventurous as I am, we’ll have to see what I can come up with. What we need is some sort of food pioneer (paging **Mangetout**!) to take the first step for the rest of us… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/15 "2008-06-17T14:22:51Z")
Oh, hell. I’ll just stop by the Del Taco on the way home and ask. There has to be a student of mine working there somewhere! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/16 "2008-06-17T14:59:11Z")
Huzzah! Leave it to my seniors. According to them, it’s a combination of buttermilk ranch dressing, sour cream and a few seasonings. ---
**Author:** ![silz86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@silz86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silz86)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/17 "2015-10-17T22:38:13Z")
so did anybody get the recipe? some people say ranch, but some people say mayo? im dying here =) ---
**Author:** ![northporlarbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@northporlarbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/northporlarbear)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/18 "2015-10-17T22:47:12Z")
I only eat hard taco. Soft taco is like burrito. ---
**Author:** ![Momofoshotho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Momofoshotho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofoshotho)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/19 "2016-01-08T18:37:17Z")
> **[Del Taco's Secret Sauce Chicken Soft Tacos](http://matthewsmenu.blogspot.com/2009/07/del-tacos-secret-sauce-chicken-soft.html?m=1)** > > I was in the mood for some Del Taco chicken soft tacos. Mmmm, Ghetto good. Alas, we do not have a Del Taco in Midland. Actually, I don't ... ---
**Author:** ![NVME702-redux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192/20 "2016-01-08T18:40:38Z")
This chicken taco, for this very sauce, was the only reason I would eat at Del Taco when I lived in Las Vegas. But now I live in the hinterlands of the DFW and would have to travel to Lovefield Airport to find a Del Taco over here. Thanks for the recipe! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/del-taco-white-sauce/446192.md?page=2)