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Honey mustard dipping sauce – RecipeTin Eats

January 10, 2025

By:Nagi

Published:10 Jan ’25Updated:10 Jan ’25

This is a lovely dipping sauce that’s creamy, a bit tangy, a bit sweet and takes barely a minute to make. Particularly great with crunchy crumbed chicken tenders, popcorn chicken, nuggets and fish fingers, though I also use it for veggie sticks and spoon it over simple pan-fried chicken or fish.

One of my most used dipping sauces

I use this Honey Mustard dipping sauce a lot because it’s extremely quick to mix up at the last minute and it goes with “everything”. I’ve crammed the ingredients in the notes section of more recipes than I can count. I finally realised it’d be much neater and easier to everyone (myself included!) if I just wrote out the recipe in a separate post.

So here it is! My honey mustard dipping sauce. Universally loved because it’s sweet enough for the kids, balanced enough with tang for the grown ups, and creamy enough to make even veggie sticks delicious.

Crunchy Baked Chicken Tenders being dipped into Honey Mustard sauce — Dipping Crunchy Baked Chicken Tenders into this Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

What goes in Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

Here’s all you need to make it. Just mix them up!

Mayonnaise – Use whole egg mayonnaise or kewpie which have a smoother flavour, less sweet and less tangy than regular mayonnaise.

Substitute with yogurt for a lower fat version.
Dijon mustard – I love dijon mustard for the smooth well rounded flavour. It is not as sharp as yellow mustard, though if you want a brighter yellow colour then you can use some yellow mustard instead.
Vinegar or lemon juice – For a touch of tang to balance out the flavour (else it’s too sweet and too rich), and also to thin the sauce out a bit to make it suitable for dipping and spooning.
Honey – The “honey” part in this sauce! 🙂
Salt and pepper – Just a pinch of each. I like to use finely ground black pepper so you can barely see it.

What to use Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce for

As a dipping sauce

I particularly love using it as a dipping sauce for crunchy crumbed and battered things because crumbing = sauce clinging = good. Here are some top hitters:

Chicken fingers – like Crunchy Crumbed Chicken Tenders and KFC Chicken Fingers
Popcorn chicken – Just like the honey mustard dipping sauce offered at KFC!
Fish fingers – and they’re baked!
Battered fish
Schnitzel – Whether chicken, pork of beef

As a sauce

It’s also loose enough to use a sauce so you can spoon it over things cooked relatively plainly to make them a whole lot more interesting. Some ideas:

Protein – Pan fry or grill a simple piece of protein with just a little salt and pepper, then serve it with Honey Mustard Sauce spoon over it. Great with chicken, pork, turkey and seafood (fish, prawns/shrimp). I’m not convinced how well it pairs with beef and lamb, but I could easily be swayed!
Vegetables – Transform a pile of plain steamed vegetables (broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, peas, beans, anything!) by drizzling it with Honey Mustard Sauce. You could also use it as a dipping for roasted vegetables (broccoli and cauliflower immediately spring to mind).

Popcorn chicken — Dipping Popcorn Chicken into this Honey Mustard Sauce.

Tell me what you use Honey Mustard Sauce for!

Now it’s your turn! Tell me and other readers what you use this Honey Mustard Sauce for. I love hearing new ideas! – Nagi x

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