Sweet, tangy, and smoky all at once, this copycat Chick-fil-A Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce is just like the kind you’d get on their chicken club sandwiches, except made right at home! Its flavor is to die for, and it’s simple to make.
Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce
I’ve mentioned this before, but my family and I recently had a very spirited discussion over dinner about the best fast-food chicken. (Yes, sometimes we get a little crazy, y’all!! Ha!) No one really won, though I made a REALLY good argument for Chick-Fil-A, and everyone admitted I had a point! Yes, even the die-hards for KFC, Bojangles, Church’s, and Popeyes admitted Chick-Fil-A was in their top 3!
(We have a lot of diverse chicken opinions in this house, I wonder where the kids got it from!!)
One of the ways I convinced everyone?! The BBQ sauce that Chick-Fil-A uses on their grilled chicken club sandwiches. I don’t mean their regular sauce that comes with the nuggets, by the way! I mean the honey-roasted BBQ! That stuff is HEAVENLY. A little smoky, a little sweet, a little tangy, a little creamy. It’s the best of all worlds, flavor-wise, and texture-wise.
So, of course, I had to come up with a great copycat recipe for Chick-Fil-A Honey Roasted BBQ sauce. Here it is, and it’s pretty much perfect, if I do say so myself. Skip the drive-thru and enjoy this, especially if you make a copycat grilled chicken club to go along with it!
It’s one of my favorite things at Chick-Fil-A, and if it’s yours, too … I’m excited for you to try it!!
Chick-Fil-A BBQ Sauce: Ingredients & Substitutions
For this Copycat Chick-Fil-A Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce recipe, you will need …
Ingredients
- mayonnaise – this thickens your sauce. You can use any kind/brand, including the low-fat kind, as long as it’s plain white mayo. Anything else might alter the BBQ sauce too much!
- sweet BBQ sauce – get your favorite brand! Just make sure it’s sweet. (My fave is Sweet Baby Ray’s.) Again, other flavors might pull it away from the copycat sauce we’re going for.
- honey – to sweeten your sauce, of course!
- smoked paprika, lemon juice, and Dijon mustard – altogether, these ingredients bring the “roasted” or “smoky” flavors we want.
How to make Copycat Chick-Fil-A Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce
Basically, mix all your sauce ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. Whisk together the mayonnaise, BBQ sauce, honey, Dijon, lemon juice, and paprika. Cover it with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge until ready to use on your favorite Chick-Fil-A copycat recipes, or anywhere else, for that matter!
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Chick-Fil-A Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce: FAQs
It’ll stay fresh for about a week. Keep it covered and in an airtight container!
It looks the same and uses a lot of the same ingredients, but it isn’t! The regular Chick-Fil-A sauce lacks the beautiful smoky flavor that this one does. This BBQ sauce also features honey front and center (since it is honey-roasted, after all). It’s a bit sweeter!
I don’t recommend it, as it features mayo pretty heavily!! That never tends to freeze well.
I’m unfortunately not a diet expert, so I’m really unsure! I don’t see why not since we’re not really using the mayo for flavor so much as for consistency. If anyone tries it, please let me know in the comments!
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Copycat Chick-Fil-A Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup sweet bbq sauce
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice fresh squeezed
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
Instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, bbq sauce, honey, dijon, lemon juice, and paprika.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge until ready to use.
Notes
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5-7 days. Freezing is NOT recommended.
- Try this with my Copycat Chick-fil-A Grilled Chicken Club for the full copycat Chick-fil-A experience!
Nutrition
Please note that the nutritional information listed on this page is an estimation based on the products I used. Ingredients and nutritional information can vary significantly between brands. Always be sure to read labels. Please verify that a recipe fits your needs before using it. Nutrition info may contain errors, so please verify it independently. Likewise, recipes may contain errors, so please use your common sense when following them.
Sounds delicious I’m anxious to try it. I’m not sure what size shrimp you used. Would it work with salad shrimp?
Which sweet bbq sauce do you use?
I used Sweet Baby Ray’s but feel free to use your favorite.
I made the recipe but switched the mayo out for Greek yogurt. It has the same wonderful taste and consistency. Hoping it holds up for a few days. Thanks for the recipe.
Just made this copy cat recipe and it is delicious! Tastes exactly like the Chick fil a honey roasted bbq sauce. I’m so happy! Thank you!
This is a really good recipe, it is better than the original. I was craving it this morning, but didn’t want to leave the house. Thank you!
This worked so well! Honey roasted barbecue is my favorite Chick-fil-A sauce, and I’ve tried to recreate it because I didn’t think anyone would post a recipe for this. This recipe is perfect and worked out amazingly.
Thank you!!!
My husband really wanted this sauce and he said it tastes just like chicfila honey roasted bbq! I tasted it too and I have to say it’s amazingly close, I used famous Dave’s sweet and sassy bbq it was awesome, thank you!
It is delicious it turned out awesome it tasted just like it
Which kind of Sweet Baby Ray sauce – original, hickory & brown sugar, etc.?
I use the original.