Copycat Chick-fil-A sauce? Oh heck yes.
Those of us who grew up in the suburbs have a special place in our hearts for chain restaurants. It’s a craving that no fine cuisine can satisfy.
Now, chain restaurants get a lot of things wrong. Just one build-your-sampler combo platter from Applebee’s packs a walloping 3,390 calories, 11,650 milligrams of sodium and 65 grams of fat. But they also get a lot right: mainly, the taste bombs they call sauces.
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True dip connoisseurs understand that food is simply the vehicle for delivering sauces straight to your taste buds. Fries are simply tiny ketchup shovels. Chicken nuggets only exist because pouring honey mustard directly in your mouth is socially unacceptable. And chain restaurants have crafted some of the most deeply perfect sauces of all time.
Here are 23 copycat versions of your favorite chain restaurant dips and sauces. Let us know if we’ve missed any of your favorites in the comments below!
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Copycat Panda Express Orange Sauce
Dinner Then Dessert
Get the Panda Express Orange Sauce (Copycat) recipe from Dinner Then Dessert
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Copycat In-N-Out Animal Style Sauce
The Seaside Baker
Get the In-N-Out Animal Style Sauce recipe from The Seaside Baker
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Copycat Outback Bloom Sauce
Domestic Superhero
Get the Copycat Outback Bloom Sauce recipe from Domestic Superhero
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Copycat Halal Guys' White Sauce
Get the Copycat Halal Guys' White Sauce recipe from Thrillist.
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Copycat Subway Chipotle Southwest Sauce
Gimme Delicious
Get the Chipotle Sauce recipe from Gimme Delicious
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Copycat Papa John's Garlic Dipping Sauce
Get the Better Than Papa John's Garlic Sauce recipe from Stephanie Manley
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Copycat Chili's Avocado Ranch Dipping Sauce
Taste And Tell
Get the Southwestern Egg Rolls with Avocado Ranch Dipping Sauce recipe from Taste and Tell.
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Copycat T.G.I. Friday's Jack Daniel's Grill Glaze
So Good Blog
Get the T.G.I. Friday's Jack Daniel's Sauce recipe from So Good Blog.
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Copycat Panda Express Sweet & Sour Sauce
Dinner, Then Dessert
Get the Copycat Panda Express Sweet and Sour Sauce recipe from Dinner, Then Dessert.
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Copycat Red Robin Campfire Sauce
Thrifty DIY Diva
Get the Copycat Red Robin Onion Rings & Campfire Sauce recipe from Thrifty DIY Diva
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Copycat Red Lobster Tartar Sauce
Simplee Thrifty
Get the Copycat Red Lobster Tartar Sauce recipe from Simplee Thrifty.
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Copycat T.G.I. Friday's Wasabi Ranch Dip
Host The Toast
Get the Baked Green Bean Fries with Sriracha Salt and Light Wasabi Ranch Dip recipe from Host The Toast.
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Copycat Chick-fil-A Polynesian Sauce
Kitchen Dreaming
Get the Copycat Chick-fil-A Polynesian Sauce recipe from Kitchen Dreaming
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Copycat In-N-Out Secret Spread
Andie Mitchell
Get the Homemade In-N-Out Burger Recipe with Lighter Secret Spread recipe from Andie Mitchell
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