This vegan buffalo sauce is made with 4 simple ingredients and makes the perfect buttery, spicy dipping sauce. If you love a little spice, then this sauce is for you!
Making your own homemade vegan buffalo sauce is the easiest thing and it only takes a few minutes to make.
It’s wonderful as a dip for anything, think French fries, vegan nuggets of any description (that’s vegan fish nuggets proudly featured in the image above) or just add a dash of it to spice up any dish.
Buffalo sauce is basically hot sauce, made creamy and buttery with the addition of vegan butter. It’s spicy without being too spicy and lasts for weeks in the fridge too.
If you love a good vegan dipping sauce then you’ll love our vegan tartar sauce too.
What Goes In Buffalo Sauce:
Ingredient Notes
- Hot sauce – you can use any brand of hot sauce that you like.
- Vegan butter – any brand of good tasting vegan butter will work great. Earth Balance and Miyoko’s are both great, good tasting brands.
How To Make Vegan Buffalo Sauce
You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
- Add the vegan butter to a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, bringing it out to stir every 30 seconds until melted.
- Add hot sauce, garlic powder and salt and whisk it until smooth.
Recipe FAQ
Serve it as a dip for any vegan nuggets or use it as a sauce for burgers or sandwiches or anywhere that needs a spicy sauce or dip!
Keep it stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 weeks. Give it a good stir before use.
This sauce is also freezer friendly for up to 6 months if you want to freeze some of it. Thaw it overnight in the fridge.
More Vegan Sauces
- Vegan Thousand Island Dressing
- Vegan Ranch Dressing
- Vegan Tzatziki
- Vegan Peppercorn Sauce
- Tahini Sauce
- Vegan Worcestershire Sauce
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Vegan Buffalo Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Vegan Butter (112g) Melted
- 1 cup Hot Sauce (240ml)
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/4 tsp Sea Salt
Instructions
- Add the vegan butter to a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, bringing it out to stir every 30 seconds until melted.
- Add hot sauce, garlic powder and salt and whisk it until smooth.
- Serve it as a dip for any vegan nuggets or use it as a sauce for burgers or sandwiches or anywhere that needs a spicy sauce or dip!
Notes
- Hot sauce: You can use any brand of hot sauce that you like.
- Vegan butter: Any brand of good tasting vegan butter will work great. Earth Balance and Miyoko’s are both great, good tasting brands.
- Storing: Keep it stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 weeks. Give it a good stir before use.
- Freezing: This vegan buffalo sauce is also freezer friendly for up to 6 months if you want to freeze some of it. Thaw it overnight in the fridge.
Seeing as I’m encouraged to eat more spices to alleviate my acidity (even though I’m vegan), this is an easy and yummy alternative to the run of the mill spicy sauces!
Might one use coconut oil if you do not have vegan butter?
Hi Darlene, I believe you can, but I haven’t tried it myself. I’m thinking it might be best to use refined coconut oil so that you don’t have the coconut flavor.