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Chicken Dipping Sauce is creamy and tangy and the perfect chicken tender dipping sauce. You only need a few pantry ingredients to make this delicious sauce.

Chicken tender dipping sauce is must when we are having fried chicken strips, chicken fingers or chicken nuggets. It is one of our favorite sauces for chicken. This delicious sauce is cream, tangy, and sweet and made with simple pantry ingredients.
This Homemade Sauce Blends taste similar to our favorite fast food restaurant, Chick-Fil-A sauce. But now we can easily make this sauce with all of our favorite fried foods. This mayonnaise based dipping sauce is so easy to make that we have it stocked in our fridge. There are many ways to use this dipping sauce. It is not just for dipping your favorite fried foods.
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What is Chicken Dipping Sauce?
Chicken Finger Dipping sauce creamy, sweet and tangy sauce that is used for dipping many favorite finger foods. It only takes a few minutes to prepare and made with simple ingredients.
It will become a favorite dipping sauce next to ketchup and ranch.
Why We Love This Dipping Sauce
The sauce is amazing with chicken nuggets but it is also great on a chicken sandwich. It will save you a ton of money by making this Chicken Dipping Sauce at home.
Fast food really is expensive and if you have a big family, it is easy to spend a small fortune. Save that money and make this chicken dipping sauce at home.
It is not hard at all and can be done in very little time. Simple pantry ingredients make this sauce delicious and always a crowd favorite.
Ingredients
- Mayonnaise – We recommend to use Real Mayo
- Ketchup – Use store bought or make Easy Homemade Ketchup Recipe
- Garlic Salt – If you are out, see The Best Garlic Salt Substitute
- Black Pepper and Hot Sauce – Gives the sauce a kick of flavor
- Worcestershire Sauce – If you are out, see The Best Worcestershire Sauce Substitutes
Scroll to the bottom for the full recipe in the recipe card.
Variation Ideas
- Change the Seasoning – We used garlic salt but you can use garlic powder instead and other simple spices such as onion powder, paprika, or cayenne pepper.
- Adding other sauce – Add soy sauce, BBQ Sauce, yellow mustard, vinegar, Dijon Mustard, or honey mustard. We have even added in fresh squeeze lemon juice and ¼ cup of sour cream for even more flavor.
- Spicy Sauces – Spicy dips are a family favorite so you can add in more of favorite hot sauce, chili sauce, sriracha, sweet chili sauce, or a spicy ketchup.
How to Make Chicken Dipping Sauce
Step 1 – Stir all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
Step 2 – Refrigerate for 20-60 minutes. Then the sauce is ready to serve with your favorite type of chicken.
Expert Tips
- Make Ahead – We think the sauce taste best when it has set in the refrigerator for a few hours and even overnight. It gives time for all the ingredients to really marinate together.
- Use it as a Spread – Not only is this dipping sauce is great for dipping your favorite fried foods but you can use it as a spread. Top your favorite burger or sandwich to add flavor.
How Long will it Last
If you keep the sauce in air tight container in the refrigerator, it will last about a week. We love making sauces at home. It saves me time and money and they are so easy to make.
What Can I use Dipping Sauce for?
This best chicken dipping sauce can be used for many different foods. These are some of our favorites. This sauce can be used for anything that you put mayonnaise or ketchup.
- Dipping Chicken Nuggets or fried shrimp
- Use it has a sandwich or burger spread.
- Top your lettuce Wraps
- Use as a dipping sauce with chopped vegetables
- Dip your favorite French fries
- Use it as marinade for grill chicken breast
- Deep Fried Pickles also is delicious dipped into this sauce
We eat this sauce so much often that it now has become my meal prep for the week. My kids use this sauce for everything. They will even make it if we run out sooner.
The ingredients can easily be changed if if you want it more spicy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Any type of mayo will work. We use the classic white mayonnaise one. You can use what you have or purchase what is on sale.
If you use any flavor mayo it will change the flavor of your dipping sauce.
Refrigerate the leftovers in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Place your leftover sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
It is best to not leave out at room temperature for no longer than 2 hours.
We do not recommend placing the sauce in the freezer. The sauce will break down when the sauce thaws and will not taste good.
But we do recommend making ahead of time and place in the fridge.
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Chicken Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ cup Mayonnaise
- ¼ cup Ketchup
- ½ teaspoon Garlic Salt
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Hot Sauce
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
Instructions
- Stir all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
- Refrigerate for 20-60 minutes. Then the sauce is ready to serve with your favorite type of chicken!
So good ,
Our go to chicken finger sauce for the fridge. I use a little less than called amount of hot sauce, but honestly not too spicy as recipe calls. SO good!
This sauce is so good!
We love having it in the fridge so they kids can use it anytime. It was really good
One of my favorite dipping sauce for chicken, so good!
This is my favorite sauce to make with chicken!
This was so easy and delicious that I made two batches — one without any hot sauce for the kids and one with more hot sauce for me and hubby.
My kids love this easy dipping recipe and won’t have chicken strips without it anymore! Thank you!
This sauce is so yummy to add extra flare to chicken!
Can you use Miracle Whip for this or does it need to be real Mayonnaise?