The Ultimate 5-Minute Smash Burger Secret Sauce (Big Mac Style Copycat)
Make the best homemade burger sauce that tastes like classic diner special sauce. This creamy, tangy recipe is ready in five minutes and perfect for smash burgers, fries, or 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 Onion Powder
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 teaspoon Smoked Paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
Instructions
- Gather all your pantry staple sauce ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Add the mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish, yellow mustard, white vinegar, onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, and sugar to the bowl.
- Whisk all ingredients together until the burger sauce is completely smooth and uniform in color.
- Taste the sauce and adjust seasoning if needed for your preferred tanginess.
- Cover the bowl and chill the special sauce in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving. Chilling allows the flavors to blend fully.
- Use this creamy burger topping generously on your smash burgers or as a best burger dipping sauce.
Notes
- For a Big Mac Sauce at Home flavor, add 1/4 teaspoon of finely minced white onion.
- This easy homemade sauce tastes best after chilling for several hours, allowing the relish and vinegar to fully integrate.
- You can substitute sweet pickle relish with finely chopped dill pickles for a sharper tang.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 3
- Sodium: 310
- Fat: 19
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 16
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 3
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 0
- Cholesterol: 10