What is Red's Secret Tavern Sauce? (Must Know This) 2024

Last updated on October 26th, 2022 at 05:19 pm

Red Robin (also known as red robin gourmet burgers and brews) is an American chain of dining restaurants known for serving the best burgers and fries.

Along with their food, Red Robin makes dipping sauces available for consumers. It has up to 15 dipping sauces.

Among these sauces includes the Red Robin secret tavern sauce. Coming across it on Red Robin’s menu probably got you wondering, what is the secret sauce?

Red Robin’s secret tavern sauce is the campfire mayo sauce. It is a signature sauce made by Red Robin and is being distributed and sold by them. It has a unique taste and is the best spread for burgers and dipping sauce for fries and onion rings.

What Is In Red’s Secret Tavern Sauce?

Red Robin’s secret tavern sauce comprises many ingredients.

The main ingredients in Red’s secret tavern sauce are peppers, salt, sugar, herbs, spices, other natural flavorings, extracts, and mayonnaise.

Here is a full list of the ingredients in Red Robin’s secret tavern sauce:

Mayonnaise

Soybean Oil

Corn Syrup

Water

Egg Yolks

Distilled Vinegar

Salt

Spice (Includes Mustard Seed)

Calcium Disodium Edta. This substance is added to protect the flavor of the sauce.

Tomato Puree. Constituents of the tomato puree include Water and Tomato Paste.

Distilled Vinegar

High Fructose

Corn Syrup

Natural Smoke Flavor

Molasses

Brown Sugar

Paprika

Mustard Bran

Lemon Juice Concentrate

Onion Powder

Tamarind Concentrate

Sodium Benzoate (added as a Preservative)

Soy Sauce.

Constituents of the Soy Sauce include Water, Salt, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, soybeans, sodium benzoate, wheat, Corn Syrup, and Caramel Coloring.

Xanthan Gum

Natural Flavoring

Caramel Color

Garlic Powder

Anchovies (Fish)

Soy Flour

Citric Acid

Garlic Extract

Apple Cider Flavored Vinegar (Distilled Vinegar From Grain, Natural Flavor With Caramel Color)

Hoisin Sauce.

Constituents of the Hoisin sauce include Sugar, Water, Soybeans, Salt, Sweet Potato, Modified Corn Starch, Sesame Seeds, Garlic, Wheat Flour, Chili Peppers, Spices, Caramel Color, Acetic Acid, and Red 40 Color.

Shallots

Contains Less Than 2% Of Modified Corn Starch

Hot Sauce. Constituents of the hot sauce include Peppers, Vinegar, and salt.

Chicken Base.

Constituents of the chicken base include chicken Meat, Natural Juices, Salt, Maltodextrin, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Dried Whey (Milk), Natural Flavors (Soy), Turmeric, and Soybean Oil.

Ancho Pepper Concentrate. Constituents of the Ancho pepper concentrate include Red Chili Pepper Puree, Ancho Powder, Salt, and Corn Oil.

Whiskey

Potassium Sorbate (preservatives)

Smoke Oil. Constituents of the smoke Oil include Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor Extract)

Dried Chili Peppers

I know what you’re thinking, too many ingredients for just one dish, right? Well, that’s what makes secret tavern sauce so unique.

Making the campfire mayo sauce is pretty simple. You won’t be able to get the exact taste of buying it from Red Robin, but you can get a similar taste.

You won’t use as many ingredients, but you can get a similar taste. Here are a few steps on how to make Red Robin’s secret tavern sauce:

#1. STEP ONE: Get your Ingredients and Tools Prepared

You only need a few tools and ingredients to make Red’s secret tavern sauce at home.

These tools and ingredients include:

Half a cup of mayonnaise.

Half a cup of hickory smoked barbecue sauce

One tablespoon of Tabasco Chipotle sauce

Half teaspoon of ground Chipotle chili pepper

Half teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce

A clean bowl

A stirring tool

#2. STEP TWO: Make the Sauce

To make the sauce, get your clean bowl, pour all the ingredients you prepared, and stir it well. Allow the sauce to rest for 30-60 minutes.

You can decide whether to refrigerate the sauce or not, but I recommend you refrigerate it.

If you want to get the original taste of the secret tavern sauce, go to any red robin’s restaurants and place an order.

You could also order a bottle of the secret sauce from retailers like Walmart and Amazon.

Note that the taste of Red Robin’s secret tavern sauce in bottles is quite different from the one you’d get when buying it from any of Red Robin’s in restaurants.

What Does Red Robin’s Secret Sauce Taste Like?

The red robin’s secret tavern sauce has a sweet, creamy, salty, and Smokey taste. The smokey taste is why they call it the campfire sauce. The secret sauce’s thickness is because of its mayonnaise component.

Here’s how some of Red’s secret sauce’s main ingredients contribute to its taste:

#1. Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is the most important ingredient used in making the secret tavern sauce.

This ingredient contributes to the thickness of the sauce. Without this ingredient, the secret tavern sauce won’t have its unique taste.

#2. The BBQ Sauce

The BBQ sauce gives the secret sauce its smoky flavor.

Flavors like tomato paste, lemon juice concentrate, garlic powder, and onion powder in it allow it to blend well with the mayonnaise in the secret tavern sauce.

In making the secret tavern sauce, you can use BBQ sauces like Sweet Baby Ray’s Hickory, Bull’s eye BBQ sauce, and Brown Sugar sauce.

Is Red’s Secret Sauce Gluten-Free?

Red’s secret tavern sauce is not gluten-free. A bunch of ingredients in Red Robin’s secret tavern sauce contain gluten.

#1. What Is a Gluten-Free Diet?

A gluten-free diet does not contain gluten, the protein found mainly in wheat, barley, rye, and triticale.

Maintaining this diet for people diagnosed with celiac disease, wheat allergy, gluten ataxia, and non-celiac gluten sensitivity is important.

Here is a table to show the ingredients in the Red Robin’s secret tavern sauce that contain gluten and the gluten-free ones:

Gluten and the gluten-free ones:

INGREDIENT	GLUTEN CONTENT
Mayonnaise	Gluten-free
Soybean Oil	It does not contain wheat or grains; therefore, it is gluten-free
Corn Syrup	Corn syrup is made from corn, which is gluten-free.
Water	It is gluten-free.
Egg Yolks	In their natural state, egg yolks are gluten-free.
Distilled Vinegar	It is gluten-free.
Iodized salt	It is gluten-free.
Calcium Disodium Edta	It is gluten-free.
Tomato Puree	It is gluten-free.
High Fructose	It is gluten-free.
Lemon Juice Concentrate	It is gluten-free.
Mustard Bran	Mustard is naturally gluten-free, but mustard Bran is made with wheat, rye, and barley; therefore, it contains gluten.
Onion Powder	It is gluten-free
Tamarind Concentrate	It is gluten-free
Sodium Benzoate	It is gluten-free
Natural Smoke Flavor	It may not be gluten-free because manufacturers use barley malt flour and other similar ingredients to capture the flavor.
Molasses	It is gluten-free
Brown Sugar	It is gluten-free
Paprika	It is gluten-free
Soy Sauce	Most soy sauce varieties except tamari soy sauce contain gluten.
Natural Flavoring	Most natural flavorings are gluten-free.
Xanthan Gum	It is gluten-free.
Garlic Powder	It is gluten-free is gluten-free
Anchovies	It is gluten-free
Soy Flour	It is gluten-free
Citric Acid	It is made from corn, beet sugar, and molasses; therefore, it is gluten-free.
Garlic Extract	It is gluten-free
Apple Cider Flavored Vinegar	It is gluten-free
Hoisin Sauce	It contains wheat flour; therefore, it is not gluten-free
Corn Starch	It is gluten-free
Shallots	It is gluten-free
Chicken Base	It may not be gluten-free
Ancho Pepper Concentrate.	It is gluten-free
Whiskey	It is gluten-free
Potassium Sorbate	It is gluten-free
Smoke Oil	It may not be gluten-free
Dried Chili Peppers	It is gluten-free