Hot Honey Mustard Sauce

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This Hot Honey Mustard Sauce is a delicious, easy to make Sweetgreen dressing copycat recipe. This sauce is perfect drizzled over any type of steak salad.

For more copycat Sweetgreen salad dressing recipes, try this Sweetgreen Pesto Vinaigrette or this Sweetgreen Balsamic Vinaigrette recipe.

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Recipe Highlights

• Sweetgreen Copycat — This is a close copycat recipe for Sweetgreen’s Hot Honey Mustard Sauce that is used on their Steak Honey Crunch Salad and their Hot Honey Chicken Bowl.
• Spicy & Creamy — This sauce is just the right amount of creamy and spicy. Plus, it is easy to adjust to the spiciness level that you like.
• Versatile — This sauce cause be used as a dressing for a variety of steak or chicken salads, but it also works as a dip for chicken tenders or even drizzled over roasted vegetables.

Ingredients & Substitutions

• Dijon Mustard: Use a high quality Dijon mustard dressing. Dijon mustard is not the same as regular mustard and regular mustard can not be used as a substitute in this case.
• Honey: Honey adds both sweetness and flavor to this dressing. It is an essential ingredient in this dressing, and the sauce won’t taste the same without it.
• Red Pepper Flakes: Red pepper flakes are what add the spicy heat to this hot honey mustard dressing.
• Apple Cider Vinegar: Use a high quality apple cider vinegar for the best flavor. If you don’t like apple cider vinegar, you can use white wine vinegar as a substitute.
• Olive Oil: Use a high quality extra virgin olive oil for dressing and sauce recipes. You can use avocado oil or sunflower oil as a substitute.
• Water: Water loosens up the dressing, giving it a pourable consistency.
• Salt & Pepper: A dash of salt and pepper bring out the other flavors in the sauce.

Step By Step Instructions

Step 1: Add the olive oil, honey, Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, red pepper flakes, water and salt and pepper to a mason jar.

Step 2: Shake vigorously for 30 seconds until the dressing is well emulsified. Pour immediately over your salad.

Expert Tips

• Let the dressing sit at room temperature. This hot honey mustard sauce can become quite thick after it sits in the fridge for a bit. Let it sit at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes and then vigorously shake it again before pouring over your salad.
• Adjust the spiciness. The red pepper flakes are what give this dressing its heat. If you want a spicier dressing, add in a tad more red chili flakes.
• Store dressing in the fridge. Store this dressing in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. Try storing it in a salad dressing shaker so that it is easy to re-shake and pour.

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