Ultimate 5-Minute Copycat Smash Burger Sauce
Make the best homemade burger sauce that tastes like popular fast-food special sauce. This creamy, tangy condiment is ready in five minutes and perfect for smash burgers, fries, and sandwiches.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Total Time: 35 min
- Yield: About 1.5 cups 1x
- Category: Condiment
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Gather all your ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Add the mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish, yellow mustard, white vinegar, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and salt to the bowl.
- Whisk all ingredients together until the sauce is completely smooth and uniform in color.
- Taste the sauce and adjust seasoning if needed.
- Cover the bowl and chill the burger sauce in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving. This allows the flavors to blend.
- Use this special sauce generously on your smash burgers, as a fry dip, or on any sandwich.
Notes
- For a Big Mac sauce copycat flavor, add 1 teaspoon of finely minced white onion to the mixture.
- If you prefer a tangier sauce, increase the white vinegar by one teaspoon.
- This sauce tastes best after chilling for at least one hour, but it is ready to use immediately if you are in a hurry.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 Tablespoons
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 2
- Sodium: 310
- Fat: 18
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 15
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 3
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 0
- Cholesterol: 10