This Chick-Fil-A Sauce recipe has only three ingredients and can be easily made right at home! This delicious sauce is creamy with a sweet, tangy flavor and a hint of smokiness.
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Chick-Fil-A Sauce in 5 Minutes or Less!
Chick-Fil-A is hands-down my boys’ all-time favorite fast food. If they had a choice, they’d eat it for every single meal.
They love it so much that I’ve already recreated their famous chicken sandwich, coleslaw, kale salad, and even the chicken salad sandwiches at home.
So of course, I had to tackle their famous dipping sauce too! Now I can whip it up anytime I’m serving one of those meals. It couldn’t be simpler to make, and it tastes exactly like the original. My kids expect a jar in the fridge at all times, and I love that my homemade version has a much shorter ingredient list than the store-bought bottle.
What Is The Chick-Fil-A Sauce Made Of?
This sweet and tangy sauce combines three ingredients:
- Fresh coleslaw dressing. Litehouse or Marie’s are best. Find it in the refrigerated produce section. Shelf-stable coleslaw dressings don’t give the same results.
- Honey-roasted BBQ sauce. Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey BBQ® is a great choice. It adds just the right smokiness.
- Yellow mustard. Do not swap with Dijon; they are not the same.
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Excellent, excellent dipping sauce! Chik-Fil-A gave me mustard instead of mustard sauce, so I scrambled to find a taste-alike. Instead of pitching the leftover like planned, I’ve got it in my fridge. This is THE one to make!!!
– Carolyn
How To Make Chick-Fil-A Sauce
Making this recipe couldn’t be easier. Here’s the quick process:
- Measure out the three ingredients into a mixing bowl.
- Whisk until smooth and creamy.
- Taste and adjust. If you want it sweeter, add a touch more BBQ sauce. If you want it tangier, add a little extra mustard.
Add This Sauce To These Recipes:
This Chick-Fil-A Sauce is perfect for chicken dishes! Try it with grilled or baked chicken, chicken tacos, and more. It goes really well with chicken!
- Air Fryer Chicken Tenders: Dip these crispy, crunchy tenders in the sauce.
- Club Sandwich: Spread this sauce on in place of mayo on this sandwich.
- Sheet Pan Chicken and Zucchini: Dip sauce in the crispy chicken tenders.
- Honey Mustard Chicken Sausage and Veggies: Dip veggies and chicken sausage in this sauce.
Storage
Once the sauce is prepared, transfer to a glass jar or airtight container and store in the fridge. The sauce will stay good for 5-7 days in the fridge.
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Chick-Fil-A Sauce Recipe
Video
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup prepared coleslaw dressing see note 1
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 6 tablespoons honey BBQ sauce see note 2
Instructions
- To prepare the 3-ingredient sauce, whisk the ingredients together. Add a tiny pinch of salt and pepper. Taste and adjust anything to personal preference. Chill in the fridge or use it immediately!
- Juice the lemon with a citrus juicer to get 1-1/2 teaspoons of lemon juice. Whisk the juice together with the other 4 ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste. I add 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Taste and adjust anything to personal preference. Chill in the fridge or use immediately.
Recipe Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Is There Mayo In Chick-Fil-A Sauce?
Not in my version of the recipe! But, if you aren’t able to find the coleslaw dressing or would prefer the sauce to include mayo, I have also worked through and tested an alternate recipe that tastes nearly identical! Here’s the breakdown:
- Salt and pepper. A little pinch of salt and pepper goes a long way in rounding out flavors and balancing ingredients.
- 3/4 cup real mayo. Use full-fat mayo for the best possible dipping sauce. Hellmann’s/Best Foods® is my favorite.
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard. Again, not Dijon–it won’t taste quite right here.
- 3 tablespoons honey. I wouldn’t consider this sauce overly sweet, but it does have a touch of sweetness. If you’re concerned about that, add the honey slowly and to taste.
- 2 tablespoons honey BBQ sauce. We like Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey BBQ® sauce best in this recipe (not sponsored).
- Optional: 1 and 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice. The juice adds a nice rounding flavor and a touch of acidity to the sauce.
Excellent, excellent dipping sauce! Chik-Fil-A gave me mustard instead of mustard sauce, so I scrambled to find a taste-alike. Made the mayo version WITH the lemon juice (made a big difference). Instead of pitching the leftover like planned, I’ve got it in my fridge. This is THE one to make!!!
Yay!! I am so thrilled to hear this! Thanks so much Carolyn! 🙂
This sauce was absolutely delicious.
So happy to hear it! Thanks Kathy 🙂
Is there a substitute for the coleslaw dressing or possibly a home made version? I would prefer not to have to buy something I don’t use day to day..frige space is a pericous thing. Love this idea, going to be making the chicken soon.
Hi there! You could use the dressing in this recipe as a stand in for coleslaw: https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/macaroni-coleslaw-salad/ 🙂
delicious!!
What brand of honey BBQ sauce do you use?
I really like the Kraft Honey BBQ Sauce 🙂
Love this simple recipe! This would go perfect w the homemade chicken tenders I make!
I am defrosting chicken right now and was wondering what I can do with it. I think simple is best. Roast it and drench it in your delicious sauce! You made my night!
Such an easy dipping sauce! Great video too by the way!
Thank you so much Lindsay! 🙂
What brand of coleslaw dressing do you use
I really like Marie’s coleslaw dressing! Enjoy 🙂