Here’s How to Make Your Favorite Fast Food Sauces

Adding a good sauce for dipping or spreading is a great way to enhance your meals. Sometimes, though, we just want our favorite restaurant sauce.

Instead of digging through restaurant stocks or buying an expensive version at grocery stores (if they have them), why not make these delicious sauces in the comfort of your own home?

Chick-fil-A Sauce

This recipe comes specifically from Family Fresh Meals.

Quick notes:

• Preparation time: 5 minutes.

• Refrigeration time: 1 hour.

• Total duration: 1 hour 5 minutes.

• For: four.

Ingredients:

Instructions:

1. Mix all the ingredients together.

2. Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving.

Many websites share the same ingredients without the lemon. Personally, I found that the lemon added a bit of depth to the sauce. To me, it tasted exactly the same as the original sauce, which made my ham sandwich and fries delicious.

Leavened cane sauce

My Key Lime is where I got this recipe.

Quick notes:

• Preparation time: 2 minutes.

• Refrigeration time: At least 6 hours.

• Total duration: 6 hours and 2 minutes.

• Servings: 1 cup.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup real mayonnaise.

• 3 tablespoons of ketchup.

• 5 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce.

• 1 tablespoon hot sauce (they suggest Frank’s).

• 1 teaspoon of garlic powder.

• 3/4 teaspoon fresh coarse cracked black pepper.

• Pinch of celery salt (optional).

Instructions:

1. Mix all ingredients until smooth.

2. Let sit in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours, but 24 hours is best.

Author’s Notes:

• Hot sauce is optional, especially if you don’t like spicy. If you choose not to add it, replace it with a tablespoon of ketchup.

• The celery salt could be substituted with Old Bay or Tony Chachere’s.

This recipe was the hardest to find. There are many recipes available, but they often contain different ingredients. In this one, the comments were all positive and the author included notes on what other spices can be used to achieve the same flavor.

McDonald’s Big Mac Sauce

Key to My Lime is also behind this recipe.

Quick notes:

• Preparation time: 2 minutes.

• Total duration: 2 minutes.

• Number of servings: eight.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise.

• 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish.

• 1 tablespoon grated yellow onion (with juice).

• 2 teaspoons of yellow mustard.

• 1/2 teaspoon of white vinegar.

• 1/2 teaspoon of paprika.

• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder.

• 1/4 teaspoon of fine sea salt.

• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder.

Instructions:

1. Use a grater to grate the onion, making sure to include any accumulated juice.

2. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

3. Store leftovers in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

People who reviewed this recipe praised its accuracy and noted its popularity with family and friends.

In-N-Out Burger Spread

This recipe is from Domestic Superhero.

Quick notes:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise.

• 3 tablespoons of ketchup.

• 1 teaspoon of yellow mustard.

• 1 teaspoon of white vinegar.

• 2 1/2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish.

• A pinch of salt.

• A pinch of black pepper.

Instructions:

1. Whisk together all the ingredients.

2. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3. Appreciate.

If you’re looking for In-N-Out’s animal style, just add caramelized onions! If you like to look at the instructions, Serious Eats has a recipe for In-N-Out’s Double-Double, Animal Style.

Popeye’s Blackened Ranch Sauce

Two pink peonies made this delicious recipe.

Quick notes:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole mayonnaise.

• 1/3 cup sour cream.

• 1/4 cup buttermilk.

• 1 tablespoon chopped dried parsley.

• 1/2 teaspoon dried dill.

• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder.

• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder.

• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper.

• Salt to taste.

• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper.

• 1 tablespoon blackened seasoning.

Instructions:

1. Mix mayonnaise, sour cream and buttermilk in a bowl.

2. Incorporate the rest of the ingredients.

3. Let the sauce sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

4. Appreciate!

Before making this sauce, I had never heard of blackened seasoning. Turns out you can find it at local grocery stores. We used Zatarain’s, found at Walmart.

Before preparing your favorite recipe, if it contains mayonnaise, consider using thick mayonnaise. In many comments on Reddit’s “Top Secret Recipes” thread, users, who often call themselves former employees, said thick mayonnaise was better.