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Epicurious Not-So-Secret Sauce

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Epicurious Not-So-Secret SaucePhotos by Charles Masters, food styling by Chelsea Zimmer

Our ideal secret sauce for burgers is a carefully balanced, creamy blend with just enough acid, spice, smokiness, and sweetness. We developed it especially for our Classic Smashed Cheeseburger , but it works just as well as for fries, onion rings, sandwiches, deviled eggs (instead of mayo), and more. We think this concoction is just right, but it's easy to adjust the proportions according to personal taste to create your own house secret sauce.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    5 minutes

  • Yield

    ⅓ cup

Ingredients

¼ cup mayonnaise
1½ teaspoons spicy pickle juice
1½ teaspoons ketchup
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon onion powder

Preparation

  1. Stir all ingredients together. Taste and adjust seasoning to taste.

TagsSauceCondimentGluten FreeNut FreeVegetarianQuickEasyEpicurious

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