Made with five simple ingredients, making Chick-fil-A sauce in your home kitchen couldn’t be easier! This delicious sauce is a cross between honey mustard and smokey barbecue sauce that tastes even better than the original recipe.
My Chick-fil-A sauce is one of my favorite copycat recipes and is the perfect dipping sauce for chicken nuggets and chicken tenders. It’s the real deal! You can use this delicious sauce as a condiment on chicken sandwiches and many of your other favorite sandwiches.
I love using my Chick-fil-A sauce as a dipping sauce for waffle fries, or any type of french fries (even sweet potato fries).
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Ingredients to make Chick-fil-A Sauce
Let’s start by gathering the ingredients we need to make my Copycat Chick-fil-A Sauce recipe. In Chef Speak, this is called the Mise en Place, which translates into Everything in its Place.
Not only does setting your ingredients up ahead of time speed the cooking process, but it also helps ensure you have everything you need to make the dish.
What kind of mustard should I use?
I use regular yellow mustard to make my Chick-fil-A sauce. Some recipes call for yellow mustard and Dijon mustard, but that changes the flavor.
What kind of barbecue sauce should I use?
I love using Sweet Baby Ray BBQ sauce, but pretty much any brand will work. I would avoid those with added flavors, or honey, as they will change the flavor of the chick fil a sauce.
What brand of mayo should I use?
I use Hellman’s for all my recipes, but you can use your favorite mayo to make this recipe. Just be aware that non standard mayo’s can change the flavor.
How to make Chick-fil-A Sauce
Add the mayonnaise, barbecue sauce, honey, yellow mustard, and lemon juice to a bowl.
Whisk to combine the ingredients into a smooth sauce.
My copycat Chick-fil-A sauce is my favorite sauce to serve with Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets, creating a delicious combination your whole family will love!
Store any leftover sauce refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Recipe FAQ’s
The mixture of barbecue sauce, honey, mayonnaise, yellow mustard, and lemon juice, gives this delicious sauce the smoky, tangy, rich flavor that fans have come to love.
They combine, BBq sauce, honey mustard and ranch dressing to make their famous sauce.
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Copycat Chick-fil-A Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup barbecue sauce
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice fresh squeezed
Instructions
- Add the mayonnaise, barbecue sauce, honey, yellow mustard, and lemon juice to a bowl.
- Whisk to combine the ingredients into a smooth sauce.
- Store the dipping sauce refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
- Serve with Chick-fil-A nuggets and waffle fries.
Isaac
Just made this to accompany the CFA chicken sandwich recipe I made. The sauce was delicious. My wife said it tasted exactly the same as the restaurant. I did back off the honey a smidge, as I was using raw honey that was on the creamy side and I didn’t want the sauce to be too sweet. Thank you Chef Dennis, for sharing this simple yet tasty recipe.
Chef Dennis Littley
You’re very welcome, and I’m happy to hear you enjoyed the sauce.
Veronika
Always loved the flavor of their sauce! Glad I can finally make it at home and your version is even better for me than their version.
DK
Yes! I’ve always wondered how to make chick fil a sauce and this recipe nails it! It tastes just like the original thing!
Mikayla
A terrific sauce, we had fresh baked fries with dinner and my kiddo said “move over ketchup, there’s a new sauce in town” it was very funny and true!
Jacqueline Debono
We don’t have chick fil a here in Europe but I like to make homemade chicken nuggets so decided to try out this homemade version. It’s really very good and will definitely make again!
Debbie
This copycat Chic-fil-a sauce is really good, if not better than the original . The price of this sauce has gotten so high so making my own is a win win for my family.. Thanks for a great recipe .
Tammy
I’ve not had Chick-fil-A before but I’ve heard so many great things about them. Your recipe was easy to follow and the sauce was delicious!
Cathleen
Okay, I can’t believe that I haven’t thought of making chick fil a sauce at home. Your recipe was so easy and it was just as good as the original.
Elaine
I tried making this chick-fil-a sauce copycat recipe yesterday, and it turned out just like the real thing! It was delicious and really easy to make. Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
Kathryn
This sauce is so good and always a fav! And making it at home and it’s so much better. I served it with with homemade fries and it was a treat!
Bernice
I’ve never been to Chick-fil-a but it was making chicken tenders the other night and looking for a dipping sauce. This one fit the bill as it was the perfect combination of sweet, savoury and spicy. It was a big hit!