Easy Honey Mustard Sauce Recipe
A good sauce can make all the difference between a delicious meal and an okay meal. This honey mustard sauce is a perfect accompaniment to salads, wraps or a dip for chicken tenders.
This is a delicious and addicting sauce that is sweet from the honey, slightly sour from the mustard and creamy from the homemade mayo.
This rich, homemade sauce is easy and very quick to make. Never have a boring salad again! Here’s what you need!
Perfect Sauce Tips
- Make sure you buy quality ingredients. There are only a few ingredients, so you want real honey, good quality mayo or better yet homemade mayo, a good Dijon mustard, and preferable sea salt.
- If you start out with good quality ingredients your end product will taste that much better!
- You can always add more honey later. Start with less and see how you like the taste. You can always add more, but you can’t take it away once it’s added!
Honey Mustard Ingredients
All you need is a few simple ingredients!
Mayonnaise: Preferable homemade mayonnaise because it’s healthier and my homemade mayo recipe is so flavourful. If you don’t know how to make your own, click the link above. It’s so easy!
Honey: Honey gives it an amazing, sweet taste. It wouldn’t be honey mustard without honey!
Mustard: I like American or Dijon Mustard. The slight bitterness from mustard with the sweetness from the honey go together perfectly!
Salt: Just a little sea salt, to enhance and balance out the flavours.
How To Make Honey Mustard Sauce
Okay honestly this is way too easy!
- Grab your mayonnaise storebought or homemade. Place it in a bowl or jar.
- Add honey, mustard and salt and give it a good mix with a fork or whisk until everything is incorporated together.
- You can use this right away or place it in a jar with a lid and store in the fridge!
- That’s it, how easy is that!
How To Use Honey Mustard
There are so many ways you can use this amazing sauce! Here are just a few ways.
- Use it as a dipping sauce for chicken tenders or vegetable sticks!
- Put it on top of your salads for extra flavour.
- Add to your hamburgers, it’s so good!
- Place on top of salmon.
- Mix with roasted potatoes, pretty delicious I think!
- Marinate chicken with it.
- Put it inside steak or chicken salad wraps.
- Top your eggs on toast with a little honey mustard sauce.
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Easy Honey Mustard Sauce Recipe
An easy and healthy, homemade honey mustard sauce recipe the whole family will love! It's a quick and cheap dressing anyone can make.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/3 cup Dijon mustard
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Grab your mayonnaise storebought or homemade. Place it in a bowl or jar.
- Add honey, mustard and salt, and give it a good mix with a fork or whisk until everything is incorporated together.
- You can use this right away or place it in a jar with a lid and store in the fridge!
- That's it, how easy is that!
Notes
- Make sure you buy quality ingredients. There are only a few ingredients, so you want real honey, good quality mayo or better yet homemade mayo, a good Dijon mustard, and preferable sea salt.
- If you start out with good quality ingredients your end product will taste that much better!
- You can always add more honey later. Start with less and see how you like the taste. You can always add more, but you can't take it away once it's added!
Questions and Answers
Is honey mustard healthy?
Honey mustard isn’t unhealthy. Definitely if you are making your own mayo which is the bases of this recipe. It’s only a few ingredients and is sweetened with a natural sweetener, honey!
What is honey mustard sauce made of?
Honey mustard sauce is made of mayo as the base, with mustard and honey added to it.
How long does honey mustard last?
While many people say it will last just a few days in the fridge, I personally have had mine last a solid month in the fridge. Just use good judgement. If it looks, smells alright and doesn’t have any mould growing it’s probably fine.
I think the honey really helps to preserve the sauce and helps it last longer.
What is the difference between honey mustard sauce and honey mustard dressing?
The main difference between a honey mustard sauce and honey mustard dressing is the sauce has a mayonnaise base. Honey mustard dressing tends to have an oil base making it thinner, while honey mustard sauce is thicker and creamier.
