Smashburger Sauce Archives - Life's A Tomato

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 Heaven

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. Never, ever toss out that pickle juice! It’ll stay good forever in the fridge. Just leave it there until you need it (and you will).

Other Heavens

As much as it might seem like it, I don’t just eat smash burgers. That’s why I make plenty extra of this sauce. It’s great slathered on buns for hot dogs, too. Real great. And it’s a great substitute for plain mayonnaise on a regular ole cold cut sandwich.

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

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Is It Hot In Here?

Well, heck yeah you make a spicier version of this sauce. Or spicy, I guess I should say. As it stands, this recipe makes for a wonderful creamy sauce that is great on smash burgers. But hey, maybe like me you like a little kick. You can go a few routes to change this sauce up to make it spicy. Easy one is of course to stir in some hot sauce. That’s the ‘safe’ answer. Other is to chop up some nice and spicy pickled jalapenos and add those. They add some texture too, so I’d lean towards that option myself.

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

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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 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 1 10

Servings

Calories 201kcal

Equipment

Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise
¼ cup prepared yellow mustard
2 teaspoons dill pickle chopped
2 teaspoons pickle juice or fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Instructions

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate for an hour before using.

Notes

Stir or shake before using.

Nutrition

Nutritional values are approximate.

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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).

The Perfect Burger 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!

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Also try my fire-eater burger sauce.