Chicken Nugget Sauce Recipe
Want to whip up a tasty Chicken Nugget Sauce that tastes just like your favorite fast food spot’s and takes your nuggets to the next level?
This delicious chicken nugget sauce isn’t just for dipping nuggets — it’s the perfect accompaniment for all your favorite chicken recipes!
With just a few simple ingredients you probably already have at home, you can create your own signature dipping sauce in no time.
This sauce combines sweet, smoky, and tangy flavors, making it an irresistible dip for chicken nuggets, tenders, or even grilled chicken.
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Why You’ll Love Chicken Nugget Dipping Sauce
- Easy to double for parties
- Ready in 5 minutes
- Uses pantry staples
- Better than store-bought
- Great for nuggets, fries, sandwiches, burgers and wraps
What You’ll Need to Make Dipping Sauce for Chicken Nuggets
- Lemon juice brightens the sauce.
- Mayonnaise creates the creamy base.
- Honey adds sweetness.
- Barbecue sauce provides smoky flavor.
- Yellow mustard balances everything with tanginess.
How to make your own sauce for chicken nuggets?
- To make a delicious chicken nugget dipping sauce, mix mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, and honey for sweetness if you’d like.
- Add garlic powder and onion powder, then season with salt and pepper.
- Add a pinch of cayenne or hot sauce for heat.
- Chill for 30 minutes for the best flavor.
- Double the recipe for parties or meal prep.
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What to Serve with Chicken Nugget Dipping Sauce
- Chicken Nuggets or Tenders
- French Fries, Sweet Potato Fries or Tater Tots
- Chicken Wraps
- Burgers
- Sandwiches
Chicken Nugget Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp honey
- 3 tsp dijon mustard
- 2 tbsp BBQ sauce
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Whisk together all 5 ingredients.
- Serve with your favorite chicken nugget or fry recipe.
- Let your sauce refrigerate for about an hour prior to serving.
YUM!!! I enjoy a good nugget and sauce. I am pretty sure my son would love this too.
On my goodness! This looks WAY better ketchup! We are going to try this next time we make chicken nuggets!
I love the ingredients that you chose. My girls would love this with their chicken nuggets. Sometimes regular ketchup or honey mustard isn’t what you are looking for and this looks like it has a great zing flavor.
Awesome!! I make my own honey mustard sometimes but my kids love honey mustard and BBQ. I will have to try this out for them because they are huge chicken nugget fans!
This is the perfect storm for me because I love mayo, honey mustard, chicken nuggets and Target! Your recipe is easy and that’s my kind of recipe too!
Dip is a 4th food group for my crew! Nice that this one is a healthier version. We are going to have to give it a try.
Chicken Nuggets are one of my kids favorite dinners – we would love to give this a try.
My kids usually love chicken nuggets with ketchup or barbecue sauce. They’re usually super picky with food, but I may have to introduce this to them sometime!
This sounds like the perfect dipping sauce! My kids would love this, and so would I!
I never knew that there was mayonnaise in honey mustard dipping sauce. But when I get nuggets, that is my dipping sauce of preference.
This sounds way better than the ketchup or ranch we typically use for nugget dip! I need to try it.
Yummy!! I would totally use this dipping sauce with my fries and my onion rings too.
Now I’m totally craving chicken nuggets!! LOL!!
This looks so good! I have never thought to make my own nugget sauce like this before.
This would be a big hit in our house! Looks and sounds delicious!
I am pinning this for sure. Always looking for new ways to make chicken and kids love to dipping sauces.
Besides your kids – I also am a fan of chicken nutggest/tenders. So – besides my standard ranch sauce, I would love to branch out and try new ones! Yours is so simple to make that I will totally try it out next!
I’m with you, we are trying to really watch everything we eat as well. My son, who loves junk food, is not too happy with me. ☺
Ah, this is a really simple dipping solution for parties and game days! We’ll have to mix some up next time.
Yum! That sauce is loaded with good flavors! I bet it’s good on fries and onion rings too!
Mmmm! That sauce sounds so good. I’d like dipping fries in it too.
Sounds delicious! I can imagine dipping other foods into it too = like raw veggies. Yum.
This looks delicious! I love chicken nuggets and am not a huge fan of ketchup for dipping. I’m going to have to give this sauce a try!
I love this combo! I wonder if this would be delish on baked chicken too. Thanks for the recipe!
This seems so good and simple. I will have to try this the next time my daughter gets nuggets for dinner lol
I have to admit that we don’t eat chicken nuggets very often, but this sauce is easy to make and would go well with grilled chicken too. Definitely going to try it out.
That is easy! Good flavors happening. Helemans is the start of many good sauces & more.
Yum! That looks so good! I am definitely going to be trying this sauce.
This looks and sounds so good! My son loves nuggets and I’m sure he’ll enjoy this!
This sounds like such a delicious sauce. I never thought of incorporating these flavors together before.
My girls love chicken nuggets. I will have to get them to try this sauce. It looks good.
Yummy! That looks great and I bet it is fantastic on a grilled chicken sandwich or even a burger! I can’t wait to give it a try.
This looks fabulous! I definitely like something to dip nuggets in beyond your basic ketchup or barbecue sauce. YUM!
My daughter is always asking for “dip”. I will have to make this for her!
Wow, I’ve never tried any sauce on chicken nuggets beyond ketchup. (Typing that out sounds a little sad!) But now that I think about it, I bet a good sauce would be amazing!!!
We only buy organic so this is our favorite brand!! This sounds like a great space, my kids would love this!!
I live for chicken nuggets, totally not ashamed to say it lol! This sauce looks delicious!
Pinning this for later! I can tell (since it has mayo in it) that my husband would totally love this!
Mmm this looks delicious will definitely be trying this the next time I do chicken nuggets at home. Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
Leslie xoxo