Raising Cane's Sauce Copycat Recipe - Little Sunny Kitchen (2024)

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By: DianaPosted: 7/14/21

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Learn how to make the ridiculously addicting and delicious Cane’s Sauce at Home! It’s simple to mix up and perfect for dipping all of your favorite things.

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Raising Cane’s is a chain fast food restaurant based in Louisiana with over 570 locations across the United States and internationally. If you’ve been lucky enough to visit one of those locations, you may have had the experience of their delicious fresh, hand-breaded chicken fingers with coleslaw and their tangy creamy sauce.

Cane’s sauce recipe is a secret, but we’ve used our taste buds to create a copycat Cane’s sauce that I think is pretty close to the real thing. Once you learn how to make Cane’s sauce you’ll never need to head to the restaurant again. Try it for yourself with your own homemade Chicken Tenders!

If you’re more of a Chick-Fil-A person, I have a recipe for that sauce too! I can’t decide which I like more.

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Ingredients in Cane’s Sauce

Here’s what you’ll need to make this delicious sauce:

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  • Mayonnaise – This is the base of the dipping sauce and makes it creamy and thick.Try my 5-minute homemade mayonnaise, it’s so easy to make and tastes much better than the store-bought stuff!
  • Ketchup – The orange color of the sauce comes from the ketchup mixing with the mayonnaise. Ketchup adds sweetness too.
  • Worcestershire Sauce – This savory sauce adds tons of flavor and a bit of tang to the mix.
  • Lemon Juice – This adds a bright tang to our copycat sauce.
  • Garlic Powder – Big, sweet, garlic flavor comes from this spice.
  • Black Pepper – I like to grind mine fresh for extra spice.
  • Salt – Any good dipping sauce is going to be a bit salty. Add more or less to your own taste.

Complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

How to Make Cane’s Sauce

This recipe is super simple as it really only has one step: Mix everything together!

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  1. To make your sauce, whisk together mayo, ketchup, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a bowl until well combined.
  2. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 10 days.

Tip!

Cover and chill the sauce in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving, this will allow the flavors to set.

What to Serve With Cane’s Sauce

This Cane’s Sauce recipe is obviously delicious with crispy chicken! It’s also delicious with un-breaded chicken. We have lots of different chicken tenders recipes that are delicious with this sauce:

  • Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
  • Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Tenders
  • Instant Pot Chicken Tenders
  • Garlic Butter Chicken Tenders
  • Grilled Chicken Tenders
  • Chick-Fil-A Chicken Nuggets

Cane’s sauce is also delicious with fried chicken, We have a recipe for copycat Chik-Fil-A Chicken and one for Nashville-style hot chicken. Both of these are sandwiches, but you can serve the chicken on its own with this yummy sauce, or put the sauce on the sandwich!

Finally, Cane’s sauce is amazing for dipping fries into! Make your own Homemade French Fries in oil, or try Oven Baked Fries.

Frequently Asked Questions

Canyou buy Cane’s Sauce in a bottle?

At this time Cane’s sauce is not sold in stores, but if you have a restaurant nearby they will sell you larger containers of the sauce if you ask. I think I’ll stick to making my own!

Is Cane’s Sauce Thousand Island?

There’s some debate on the internet about whether or not Cane’s sauce is just spiced up thousand island dressing. You can see from this recipe that it’s definitely way different than that. The base of the sauce is similar though. Thousand island dressing starts with mayo and ketchup as well.

Can you Make Vegan Cane’s Sauce?

Absolutely. Sub in your favorite vegan mayo for the mayonnaise and you’ll have a delicious vegan friendly Cane’s sauce.

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Enjoy your copycat Raising Cane’s sauce on your favorite chicken or fries! Even if you’ve never had the original you’re sure to love this sauce.Don’t forget to pin this recipe to save it for later!

Did you make this? Be sure to leave a review below and tag me on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest!

Recipe

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Raising Canes Sauce Recipe

Prep Time: 5 minutes mins

Total Time: 5 minutes mins

Author: Diana

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Homemade Copycat Cane’s sauce is creamy, tangy, and easy to make at home with some simple ingredients.

20 servings

Homemade Copycat Cane’s sauce is creamy, tangy, and easy to make at home with some simple ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons salt

Instructions

  • Whisk together mayo, ketchup, worcestershire, lemon juice garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a bowl until well combined.

  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 10 days.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 92kcal, Carbohydrates: 3g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 5mg, Sodium: 396mg, Potassium: 41mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 52IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 4mg, Iron: 1mg

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

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  1. Susan says

    Raising Cane's Sauce Copycat Recipe - Little Sunny Kitchen (13)
    Super easy recipe, especially if it’s one of your firsts. Easy side as well,french fries like you would get at the restaurant. Everyone loved it.

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  2. james kellerman says

    Raising Cane's Sauce Copycat Recipe - Little Sunny Kitchen (14)
    Amazing. Taste just like it. We have a good tender place thats more reasonably priced than Canes. Now I can just make this with them and it’s off to heaven. Just good.

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  3. Crystal says

    Raising Cane's Sauce Copycat Recipe - Little Sunny Kitchen (15)
    It’s is very good and very close to the restaurant. Do you use a certain ketchup, mayo, or Worcestershire?

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  4. Julia says

    Raising Cane's Sauce Copycat Recipe - Little Sunny Kitchen (16)
    OH MY GOSH, LITERALLY THE BEST. I made one serving to put on my leftover raisin canes chicken and it literally tastes exactly the same. PLEASE MAKE IT!!!!

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  5. Judith says

    Raising Cane's Sauce Copycat Recipe - Little Sunny Kitchen (17)
    Just made this. It is yummy! I used a teaspoon of pickle juice. I didn’t have any lemon. Going to put it on homemade cheeseburgers with some homemade pickled onions.

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    • Diana says

      Thank you for the great feedback!

      Reply

Raising Cane's Sauce Copycat Recipe - Little Sunny Kitchen (2024)

FAQs

Raising Cane's Sauce Copycat Recipe - Little Sunny Kitchen? ›

What Is In Cane's Sauce? Cane's sauce is a take on Russian Dressing or Thousand Island Dressing, AKA many fast food chain's special sauce. It's a mayonnaise-based sauce with ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and seasonings like garlic powder and lots of freshly cracked black pepper.

What is the Raising Cane's sauce made of? ›

What Is In Cane's Sauce? Cane's sauce is a take on Russian Dressing or Thousand Island Dressing, AKA many fast food chain's special sauce. It's a mayonnaise-based sauce with ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and seasonings like garlic powder and lots of freshly cracked black pepper.

Can I buy Canes sauce? ›

Curb that Cane's craving!

Is Canes sauce a trade secret? ›

A trade secret is confidential business information that provides commercial value. These secrets give companies a competitive advantage against competitors. Some of the most well-known trade secrets are Coca-Cola's drink formula and Raising Cane's secret sauce.

What is Canes sauce supposed to taste like? ›

The pinkish-orange spread may look similar to Thousand Island or Russian dressing, but its unique flavor is said to be a mixture of creamy and tangy, with a generous amount of seasoning that provides subtle heat on the back end. One lover of Cane's spread described the sauce on Reddit as, "...

Is Cane's sauce honey mustard? ›

Hi, Guy. The yellow sauce is our honey mustard. Feel free to ask for it on your next visit!

Can you ask for a cup of canes sauce? ›

You can order a 32 oz cup of Cane's Sauce.

Is KFC sauce similar to Cane's sauce? ›

KFC KFC Sauce

Finger Lickin' Good Sauce tasted similar to the dipping sauces you get at the chicken finger chains like Zaxby's and Raising Cane's. But this new sauce is different. This time KFC seems to have been inspired by the sweet-and-smokey creamy mustard sauce at Chick-fil-A.

Does Cane's have any other sauce besides Cane's sauce? ›

Our made-fresh daily Cane's Sauce® is our signature sauce. However, we also make fresh honey mustard in our restaurants. Hot sauce is also available upon request.

Can you ask for more canes sauce? ›

At Raising Cane's, our chicken is hand marinated and premium quality. Yes, extra sauce at Raising Cane's is chargeable.

Is Raising Cane's sauce better than Chick-fil-A? ›

A majority of fast-food fans would not agree with this review, but everyone's taste buds are different. It is recommended that people who enjoy saltier foods or sauces have Raising Cane's signature sauce, while people who enjoy sweeter foods or sauces have Chick-fil-A's signature sauce.

Who owns Cane's? ›

Todd Graves (born 1972) is an American entrepreneur and founder of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, a fast food restaurant specializing in fried chicken finger meals.

What is the difference between canes sauce and Chick Fil A sauce? ›

Cane's Sauce is more sour and peppery, like a mixture of ketchup, mayo, and black pepper. Obviously, there are more ingredients than just those three. Chick-fil-A sauce is sweet, smokey, and rich, with it being made of honey mustard and barbecue.

How long does Cane's sauce stay fresh? ›

Cane's sauce should be stored covered in the refrigerator. If using store-bought mayonnaise and ketchup with preservatives, your homemade Cane's sauce will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 14 days. If using Paleo or homemade mayo and ketchup, the sauce should be used within seven days.

Why does Cane's charge for extra sauce? ›

So, if the sauce were free for the taking, they'd take more than they could use and much would go to waste. Others would take it so they could use it at home, on other foods. This type of abuse would cost Cane's money, and that stuff doesn't grow on trees.

Is Cane's sauce and Chick-Fil-A sauce the same? ›

Cane's Sauce is more sour and peppery, like a mixture of ketchup, mayo, and black pepper. Obviously, there are more ingredients than just those three. Chick-fil-A sauce is sweet, smokey, and rich, with it being made of honey mustard and barbecue.

What is yum yum sauce made of? ›

Yum Yum Sauce is made of mayonnaise, ketchup, vinegar, garlic, sugar, paprika and water to thin the sauce out. That's it! It's really just a matter of the right ratios of ingredients to get the flavor you want!

What is Big Mac sauce made of? ›

Ingredients: Soybean Oil, Sweet Relish (diced Pickles, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Corn Syrup, Xanthan Gum, Calcium Chloride, Spice Extractives), Water, Egg Yolks, Distilled Vinegar, Spices, Onion Powder, Salt, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Garlic Powder, Vegetable Protein (hydrolyzed Corn, ...

What's healthier Chick-fil-A or canes? ›

If you're in a fast-food chicken type of mood, but also would like to stick to a healthier choice, go for Chick-Fil-A because their food is much more nutritiously clean. Get yourself some Raising Canes Chicken if you want something extraordinarily delicious, and make sure to try the sauce when they give it to you!

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