This Red Robin Campfire Sauce is perfectly smoky and takes barbeque sauce to the next level. This copycat sauce can be made in minutes, for those who can’t get enough of it!
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Why this Red Robin Campfire Sauce Recipe is a Keeper
This recipe works for red robin campfire sauce at home because it’s such a popular sauce in the store. This is the perfect sauce for onion rings, dipping or as a spread!
- 5 Minute Sauce: Before allowing to chill, this sauce takes 5 minutes to put together before letting the sauce chill and tastes just like the famous campfire sauce.
- Easy Ingredients: You’ll need 5 simple ingredients to make this campfire sauce recipe in a matter of minutes.
- Family Friendly: Everyone loves red robin sauces! They are the perfect dipping sauce for French fries.
- Adaptable: Feel free to adapt this homemade sauce recipe to make it your own smoky flavor signature sauce. Your family will love it on everything; It’s an amazing sauce!
If you’re looking for more easy sauce recipes, try these Tiger Sauce, Boom Boom Sauce and Yum Yum Hibachi Sauce Recipe.
What Can I Use this Campfire Sauce for?
The original sauce served as a dipping sauce for French fries, hickory burger, chicken nuggets or chicken tenders. You can also serve this zesty sauce with ranch dressing along with the best foods.
Ingredient Notes for Copycat Red Robin Campfire Sauce
You’ll need just a few simple ingredients to make this red robin campfire sauce copycat recipe that are all easy to find at your local grocery store.
- Tabasco Chipotle Sauce: This is different than regular Tabasco sauce but it’s what makes this barbecue sauce the perfect dipping sauce.
- Ground Chipotle Chili Pepper: Chipotle powder will help enhance your smokey BBQ sauce. It’ll be better than the bottled sauce version of campfire sauce.
- Barbeque Sauce: Buy a bottle of your favorite inexpensive hickory barbeque sauce or brown sugar barbecue sauce. Or make your own sauce.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions for Dipping Sauce
- Vegan Mayo: Give this recipe a try by making a vegetarian version of this sauce with a vegan mayonnaise.
- Low Fat Mayo: To make this sauce a little healthier, use low fat mayonnaise along with the Sweet Baby Ray’s.
Pro Tip for this BBQ Sauce
Add a drop or two of liquid smoke to the sauce while mixing. Be cautious though, a little goes a long way! Taste and adjust as you go.
How to Make Copycat Red Robin Campfire Sauce
Red robin’s campfire sauce comes together in 2 simple steps. It truly is one of the easiest sauce recipes in the world to make it at home!
These are the basic steps for making Red Robin Campfire Sauce. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions and nutrition information.
1. Mix Together Ingredients
Combine mayonnaise, sweet baby rays hickory and brown sugar sauce, Tabasco chipotle sauce, ground chipotle chili pepper and Worcestershire sauce together in a medium bowl and whisk until combined.
2. Allow to Chill
Refrigerate the fry sauce for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Smoky Sauce Recipe FAQs
Store campfire sauce in an airtight container and place in the fridge.
If you only have regular tabasco sauce go ahead and use it. However, it’s much better with the chipotle sauce.
This sauce does have a little heat to it but it’s not too hot!
This top secret recipe sauce is the perfect sauce at home and will last for a few weeks if stored correctly
The mayo helps bring this recipe together. The best sauce uses the mayonnaise brand Hellmann’s.
Expert Tips for Making This Campfire Mayo Recipe
- Recipe Can be Doubled: Simply increase the ingredients and store in an airtight jar such as a Mason Jar.
- Mayo: Use mayonnaise not salad dressing. If you use salad dressing, it’ll make a similar sauce instead of mayo and BBQ sauce.
- Add More Spice: If you like it spicy, add more chipotle chili pepper, garlic sauce or red peppers.
- Make Ahead: Make in advance as the flavors will come together as it sits. It will last in the fridge for up to 10 days.
- Short Cut: You can simplify this sauce even more. To make this a two-ingredient sauce, use mayo and smoky barbecue sauce. Once you’ve tried this sauce, you’ll never go back to regular bbq.
- Different Spices: Try adding smoked paprika so the sauce tastes extra smokey.
What to Serve with Homemade Red Robin Campfire Sauce
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Ingredients
- ½ cup Mayonnaise
- ½ cup Hickory smoke flavored barbecue sauce
- 1 tablespoon Tabasco chipotle sauce
- ½ teaspoon Ground chipotle chili pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients together in a small bowl and whisk until combined.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Christina’s Notes
- Recipe Can be Doubled: Simply increase the ingredients and store in an airtight jar such as a Mason Jar.
- Mayo: Use mayonnaise not salad dressing. If you use salad dressing, it’ll make a similar sauce instead of mayo and BBQ sauce.
- Add More Spice: If you like it spicy, add more chipotle chili pepper, garlic sauce or red peppers.
- Make Ahead: Make in advance as the flavors will come together as it sits. It will last in the fridge for up to 10 days.
- Short Cut: You can simplify this sauce even more. To make this a two ingredient sauce, use mayo and smoky barbecue sauce. Once you’ve tried this sauce, you’ll never go back to regular bbq.
- Different Spices: Try adding smoked paprika so the sauce tastes extra smokey.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
This may just be my new favorite dipping sauce. It is incredible!
Okay- how good is this sauce! I love when home versions of restaurant favorites are even better than the original.