The Mess-Free Trick To Give Your Chick-Fil-A Sandwich A Sauced Glaze

Chick-fil-A's signature chicken sandwiches have become a staple fast-food meal for many. And while the menu has branched out to include spicy, grilled, and deluxe versions of the Chick-fil-A sandwich, the OG is still a go-to for tons of customers. 

It's just a quality fried chicken breast and two dill pickle chips on a toasted bun. So some prefer to add flavor. You can dip it in sauce, but that can get messy. Instead, try the bag and shake method. One of the many creative Chick-fil-A hacks that are worth a try, this hack removes the chicken from the bun, places the filet in the sandwich bag, then pours the sauce of your choosing into the bag and shakes until it is perfectly coated.

This works with any sauce. From the signature Chick-fil-A sauce to barbecue to honey mustard to Polyneisan and more, tons of flavorful options can level up your sandwich with not only flavor, but also a velvety texture.

You can also choose two sauces to coat your chicken sandwich. Some commit to drenching their chicken with both buffalo and ranch. If you need sauce suggestions, never fear. We dipped every Chick-fil-A sauce and ranked them worst to best. A genius on Reddit suggested ordering a spicy sandwich and dousing it in the sweet and spicy sriracha sauce and hot sauce. This is obviously for spice lovers, but they call it a "huge flavor upgrade," and we can't imagine they're wrong. Another Reddit user mixes the sriracha with the Chick-fil-A sauce and shakes it with their chicken filet before returning it to the sandwich.

The sauce combos are inventive, but don't limit this hack to just the OG sandwich. Chick-fil-A's nuggets are the perfect size for the bag (or in this case, box) and shake hack — not to mention the best fast-food nuggets around, according to our ranking. Shake yourself some saucy boneless nuggets and try every sauce combo with the spicy filet, too. It might not work quite as well with the grilled chicken, but it's worth a try. Part of the joy of Chick-fil-A is the ability to shake it up (your order, that is) and still know it's going to be delicious every time.