The Ultimate Burger Sauce Recipe

With mayonnaise, mustard, onion and garlic powder, pickles and pickle juice

by Justina Sullivan
Ultimate Burger Sauce being spread onto a burger bun with a spoon

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A Trusted Multiple-Use Sauce For All Kinds Of Burgers

This Ultimate Burger Sauce Recipe is the only sauce you need for beef, chicken and fish burgers and can also be used on sandwiches, hot dogs or as a dip for chips and wedges. It’s even delicious as a dressing for cold or hot potato salad.

The Ultimate Burger Sauce being scooped up with a spoon

What Is Burger Sauce Made From?

Every restaurant has its own secret list of ingredients, which can vary when it comes to the use of condiments, mustards, tomato sauces, hot sauces, spices and so on. Flaevors Ultimate Burger Sauce recipe is a blend of mayonnaise, mustard, onion and garlic powder, salt, pepper, pickle juice, whole chopped pickles and a few dashes of hot sauce. The result is a perfectly balanced, tasty and addictive sauce that is salty, tart and slightly spicy with a satisfying crunch from the pickles.

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Ultimate Burger Sauce in a jar with a spoon

Easy Burger Sauce Recipe

This recipe can be whipped up in 5 minutes with no complicated ingredients or preparation methods (and no cooking time). It will keep for a week in the fridge in an airtight jar. Feel free to experiment with different types of gherkins. If you prefer the slightly sweet-salty variety, substitute them as you like.

Ultimate Burger Sauce in a bowl

Best Burger and Burger Sauce Recipe

This Bacon Jam Cheeseburger is a big, bad juicy burger made with a 200g beef patty, sweet and savoury bacon jam, a 3 cheese mix melt and of course the ultimate burger sauce recipe. Absolutely one of the best and most satisfying burgers you will ever eat. View the recipe on flaevor.com here

A close-up of a gourmet bacon jam cheeseburger featuring a juicy beef patty topped with melted three-cheese blend, rich bacon jam, fresh tomato slices, crisp lettuce, and a creamy burger sauce dripping from a golden brioche bun

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Recipe: The Ultimate Burger Sauce Recipe

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The Ultimate Burger Sauce Recipe

Dreamy burger sauce recipe using mayonnaise, mustard, onion and garlic powder, salt, pepper, chopped pickles, pickle juice and a couple dashes of piri piri hot sauce.  
Total Time5 minutes
Servings: 1 /3 cup

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 2 tsp mustard
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 4 dashes hot sauce
  • 1 tsp pickle juice
  • 2 whole pickled cucumbers salty, not sweet
  • ¼ tsp sea salt flakes
  • Few grinds of cracked black pepper

Instructions

  • Chop pickled cucumbers into small chunks.
  • Place all the remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix. Taste and season to taste with salt, pepper or extra hot sauce as you like.

Notes

  1. Let it rest: The flavour of the sauce will develop the longer it is left to rest.
  2. How long will it last: If sealed in an airtight jar, it will keep for a week in the fridge.
  3. Pickles: If you prefer a little touch of sweetness use sweet pickled cucumbers instead.
  4. Hot Sauce: Use your favourite hot sauce instead of piri piri. Sriracha, habanero or smoky chipotle hot sauce can be substituted.

FAQ – Commonly asked questions asked about burger sauce.

What is Big Mac Sauce made of?

McDonald’s special sauce made the Big Mac famous, but its once-secret recipe is now common knowledge. The recipe for McDonald’s Big Mac Sauce combines mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, sweet pickle relish, vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika (paprika gives it a slight pink colour).

What is the orange sauce on burgers?

The orange sauce often seen in restaurant burgers, often referred to as ‘cocktail sauce’ is a sauce made up of mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup. The ketchup gives it its orange-pinkish colour which is often further enhanced by using the spice, paprika.

Which is the best mustard for burgers?

Standard yellow mustard will provide the best result when combined with mayonnaise or ketchup to make a burger sauce. Dijon mustard is a wonderful substitute when you require something a little softer in flavour.

What is American Burger Sauce?

Today’s American burger sauce usually consists of mayonnaise, ketchup, pickle relish, mustard, sriracha, pepper, smoked paprika and Worcestershire sauce. Sriracha is often substituted for the household favourite hot sauce.