Copycat Chick-Fil-A Sauce Recipe

Name: Chick-Fil-A Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: ½ cup mayonnaise ((or light mayonnaise)); 2 teaspoons mustard; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 2 Tablespoons honey; 1 Tablespoon BBQ sauce ((we like the "smoky" sauces best in this recipe))

Easy homemade Chick-fil-A Sauce is a recipe that has notes of mustard and sweet honey and has next level of flavor with tangy BBQ sauce.

Easy homemade Chick-fil-A Sauce is an easy recipe that has notes of mustard and sweet honey and is brought up to the next level of flavor with the added combination of smoky tang from the addition of barbecue sauce.

This recipe is made of simple ingredients to have your favorite sauce at home without having to pay the crazy store prices and know exactly what you are dipping your chicken nuggets or waffle fries into.

With this simple recipe, you might not even be mad when you don’t have any leftover sauce containers to serve with air fryer chicken tenders or your Instant Pot Hot Honey Chicken Sandwiches.

Recipe Ingredients:

Mayo: you will need to use mayonnaise or light mayonnaise for the best results
Mustard: when making this recipe use classic yellow mustard to get the preferred flavor, honey mustard could be a second choice
Juice: you can use fresh lemon juice or lemon juice concentrate for this recipe
Honey: use your favorite brand of honey, avoiding any honey that has the honeycomb in it as that will not work to get the correct texture
Barbecue sauce: to get the natural hickory smoke flavor of this sauce recipe try and choose a BBQ sauce that has the description “smoky” in the name

Equipment

Pouring Copycat Chick-Fil-A Sauce from a jar into a serving bowl.

A large bowl of Copycat Chick-Fil-A Sauce with a basket of fries and a basket of chicken tenders on the side.

How To Make Chick-Fil-A Sauce:

Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl.
Enjoy with your favorite french fries, sweet potato fries, on your favorite sandwich, or with salad.

Frequently Asked Questions about making this tasty dipping sauce:

How do I keep this amazing sauce from being runny?

Be sure to shake your yellow mustard well before using so all of the water doesn’t come out before the mustard.

Do you need to use real mayo?

I’m sure Miracle Whip would work, but the taste would be totally different. Mayonnaise is the ingredient needed to make it taste more like the Chick-Fil-A sauce.

Can you buy Chik-Fil-A’s famous sauce at the store?

Yes, some grocery stores sell it. We’ve seen it available at Walmart and Food Lion.

Add more smoky flavor:

If you are using a sweeter barbecue sauce add 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce at a time to get your desired flavor.

How to make spicy Chick-fil-A sauce:

To make this into a spicy dipping sauce but keep the natural flavor of the sauce, just add a little bit of chipotle chili pepper to the sauce until it is to your liking. I would suggest starting out with a 1/8 tsp of chili pepper.

Storage Instructions:

Fridge: Store any remaining Chick-fil-A sauce in an airtight container and place it in the fridge for 5-7 days.

Several hands reaching in Chicken tender basket, french fries basket, and Copycat Chick-Fil-A Sauce bowl.

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Chick-Fil-A Sauce Recipe

5 from 2 votes

Easy homemade Chick-fil-A Sauce is a recipe that has notes of mustard and sweet honey and has next level of flavor with tangy BBQ sauce.

3 servings

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 0

Total Time 5

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Ingredients

▢ ½ cup mayonnaise, (or light mayonnaise)
▢ 2 teaspoons mustard
▢ 1 teaspoon lemon juice
▢ 2 Tablespoons honey
▢ 1 Tablespoon BBQ sauce, (we like the "smoky" sauces best in this recipe)

Equipment

Instructions

Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl
Enjoy with your favorite fries, on your favorite sandwich, or with salad.

Notes

If you are looking for a healthier alternative, you can also use Greek yogurt in place of mayonnaise. It won’t taste the *quite* same, but again, it is a healthier alternative.

Nutrition

Calories: 144 kcal · Carbohydrates: 18 g · Protein: 1 g · Fat: 8 g · Saturated Fat: 1 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 5 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 6 mg · Sodium: 376 mg · Potassium: 39 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 15 g · Vitamin A: 42 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 7 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Cuisine: American

Cost: $5

Author: Steph Loaiza

Course: Side Dish

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Questions & Reviews

Tricia says:

Should it be real mayo or could Miracle Whip be used?
Dayna says:

Just made this because chick fil a forgot to give us our chick fil a sauce! Tasted just like it! Thanks!
Cyd says:

I'm sure miracle whip would work, but the taste would be totally different. Mayonnaise is the ingredient needed to make it taste more like the Chick-Fil-A sauce.
Robin says:

*if* there are leftovers of the sauce, how long should it be stored?
Cyd says:

You can easily store this in an airtight container for a week or so in the refrigerator.
Will says:

Any particular kind of mustard?
Cyd says:

Just regular prepared mustard. It can be French's or store brand. They all work great.
Christine says:

What bbq sauce did you use?
Jeff says:

Needs Worcestershire sause! About two Tablespoons did it for me. But maybe my bbq sauce was too sweet to begin with
Tonja says:

What kind of Bbq sauce
Cyd says:

We use all kinds of bbq sauce. Usually whatever is on sale. KC Masterpiece and Sweet Baby Rays is always a favorite.
Norah says:

Agree with Jeff. I only added 1 Tbsp, but after letting it sit while I prepped the rest of the meal, it mingled in to taste exactly like the packet I had in the fridge!
Adam says:

Attempted this but it came out super runny. Any ideas why? Or what I could change to make it thicker?
Cyd says:

I'm not sure what could have gone wrong. We used Best Foods mayonnaise. If you used a store brand and it was a little on the runny side that could alter the recipe. Also, be sure to shake your mustard well before using so all of the water doesn't come out before the mustard.
Marissa says:

Yellow, Spicy, Dijon mustard?
Cyd says:

Regular prepared mustard.
Dawn F. says:

My family is on its second batch of this sauce and I doubled it! It is great on chicken wraps, my own version of chicken sandwiches, broiled venison, and tonight's entree of bacon wrapped goose! We can not tell the difference. Now I can stop hoarding the little packets. Thanks for a great recipe that actually tastes like the original.