Chick-fil-A Sauce
on Apr 23, 2024, Updated Jul 02, 2024
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This Chick-fil-A Sauce goes great with fries, sandwiches, and more! You won’t believe how similar this homemade sauce is to the popular fast food original and will love how easy it is to throw together.
If you have ever been craving Chick-fil-A on a Sunday afternoon then you’re in luck! With this easy-to-make copycat Chick-fil-A sauce you can have a little piece of your favorite fast food restaurant right at your own home. We love how well the barbecue sauce, mustard, paprika, and honey blend together to create a creamy, flavorful sauce.
One of our favorite things about this sauce is how versatile it is. In addition to making a great dip for fries and fried chicken, this copycat sauce can be used on scrambled eggs, burgers, and salads.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Tastes just as good as the original fast food sauce.
- Balances sweet and savory flavors with easy-to-find ingredients.
- Makes a great addition to anything it’s used on.
Recipe Ingredients
- Mayonnaise—We recommend using regular mayo, but olive oil mayo will work as well.
- Barbecue Sauce—For a smokey, slightly sweet flavor.
- Dijon Mustard—Can be replaced with honey mustard.
- Honey—To amplify the sweetness of the sauce and balance the sharp vinegar flavor of the mustard.
- Paprika—You can use regular or smoked paprika.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How to Make Homemade Chick-fil-A Sauce
Step #1. Measure and gather all of the ingredients needed for making Chick-Fil-A sauce.
Step #2. Add your ingredients to a bowl and use a fork or small whisk to combine them until the sauce is smooth and homogenous. Store your sauce in the fridge if you are not going to use it right away.
Recipe FAQs
While some recipes like to add vinegar to their copycat Chick-fil-A sauce, we don’t find it necessary due to the amount of vinegar in the mustard. Omitting white vinegar results in a more well-rounded sauce.
With the combination of flavors in Chick-fil-A sauce, its not a surprise that it is so popular. The barbecue sauce provides the perfect blend of smokey, sweet, and savory flavors. The mayo acts as a rich, creamy base. The dijon mustard cuts through the sweetness with a little bit of acidity. Together the ingredients in this sauce create an irresistible flavor.
If you aren’t going to use this sauce immediately after whisking it together then you will want to throw it in the fridge. You can either leave the sauce in the mixing bowl and cover it with plastic wrap or transfer it to an airtight rubbermaid container. When stored properly, your sauce will stay fresh for about 2 weeks. Before using your sauce, give it a quick stir to ensure that the ingredients are fully combined. We often find that the flavors continue to combine as the sauce sits in the fridge.
How to Use Your Chick-fil-A Sauce
We love how versatile this sauce is. The rich, decadent flavor makes it a great addition to a wide variety of dishes. Some of our favorite uses for this sauce include:
- Chicken Nuggets and Fries—You can’t go wrong using this sauce for its original purpose. We like to serve this sauce alongside air fried chicken nuggets and french fries..
- Breakfast Food—The smokey, slightly sweet flavor of this sauce will take your scrambled eggs to the next level! You can also drizzle this sauce over a breakfast hash or breakfast tacos.
- Burgers—Spread some of your sauce over a toasted burger bun to add extra richness and flavor to your burgers.
Expert Tips
- If you don’t have dijon mustard at home then you can use either regular or honey mustard. Because regular honey has a stronger vinegar taste you can reduce it to 1 ½ tablespoons instead of 2.
- It is important to store your sauce in the fridge when it is not being used to prolong its freshness as long as possible.
- For some extra depth and richness, you can use smoked paprika instead of regular paprika. If you have liquid smoke then you can also add a teaspoon of that for a similar smokey flavor.
- Feel free to use your favorite brand of barbecue sauce in this recipe! We like to use Sweet Baby Ray’s or Head Country.
- Don’t forget to give your sauce a quick stir when you take it out of the fridge to make sure the ingredients are all well incorporated.
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Chick-fil-A Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup Mayo
- ½ cup barbecue sauce
- 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
- ¼ cup honey
- ½ teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a small bowl and use a fork or small whisk to combine them until homogenous.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- If you don’t have any dijon mustard then you can use regular mustard or honey mustard.
- If you aren’t going to be serving your sauce immediately then it should be transferred to the fridge.
- You can store this sauce in the mixing bowl or transfer it to an airtight container.
- The sauce can be stored for up to 2 weeks when stored properly.
- For some extra depth and richness, you can use smoked paprika instead of regular paprika.
- Feel free to use your favorite brand of barbecue sauce in this recipe.
