Smash Burger Sauce

Smash burgers are by far my most popular way of making burgers. They aren’t complicated, but they’re packed with great grill flavor (with a little bit of a crunchy edge!) and topped with fresh ingredients and a wonderful Smash burger sauce. Nothing fancy here, just great tastes.

Smash Burger Sauce

My smash burger sauce has a bit of pickle juice added for extra flavor. I have learned to never, ever toss out pickle juice. When that jar of pickles is done, there’s still wonderful flavor to be had in the juice. I use it in sauces like this, and also for marinating fried chicken or chicken wings.

You can also buy pickle juice in a jug. Ain’t life great?!

I love making smash burgers on my grill and on my Griddler.

Smash burger sauce
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Smash Burger Sauce

When that jar of pickles is done, there's still wonderful flavor to be had in the juice. Save it for sauces like this!
Course Burger Sauce
Cuisine American
Keyword burger sauce
Prep Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 201kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients and refrigerate for an hour before using.

Nutrition

Calories: 201kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 406mg | Potassium: 32mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.3mg

Nutritional values are approximate.

Smashburger Sauce

Sadly, it has been a while since we’ve been to a Smashburger. My mouth waters just thinking about our last visit. I searched around the web and found the recipe for the sauce they use on their burgers, and just had to make it. I made up a batch of Smashburger sauce for grilled burgers last night and it was outstandingly good. And it was just as good for dipping French fries (in my case, sweet potato fries).

Smashburger sauce

There are two variations of this smashburger sauce on the web, one that uses dill pickle juice and one that uses lemon (which is probably more true to the actual sauce in the restaurant). I didn’t have a lemon on hand, so I went with the pickle juice and it was great. I’ll try lemon next time, but if you don’t have a lemon, just go with pickle juice and you’ll be very happy!

Smash burger sauce
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5 from 1 vote

Smashburger Sauce

I made up a batch of Smashburger sauce for grilled burgers last night and it was outstandingly good. And it was just as good for dipping french fries (in my case, sweet potato fries).
Course Sauce
Cuisine American
Keyword burger sauce
Prep Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 105kcal
Author Various sources on the web

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients and refrigerate for an hour before using.

Nutrition

Calories: 105kcal | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 206mg | Potassium: 10mg | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.1mg

Nutritional values are approximate.