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    May 13, 2015 · Modified: May 4, 2020 by Becca Heyes · This post may contain affiliate links · 30 Comments

    Homemade burger sauce

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    Total time: 5 minutes
    Servings: 1 cup
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    Homemade burger sauce - take this to a family BBQ, and everyone will want the recipe!

    Have you ever wanted to have a recipe that everyone asks for when you serve it up? To be that person at family BBQs who's being pestered for details of just how they made their contribution, scribbling it down on scraps of paper to hand out?

    Make. This. Sauce. And you will be the envy of everybody.

    Homemade burger sauce - take this to a family BBQ, and everyone will want the recipe!

    The flavours in this sauce are insane. I love a good veggie burger, and I often use shop-bought ones like those you can see in the pictures (it's true, I'm not really superwoman after all) - and this homemade burger sauce is a really easy way to turn your bog-standard burger into something really special.

    It's got some pretty strange ingredients, which just means that people will be all the more eager to get the recipe from you - I bet they'd never guess exactly what goes into it.

    Homemade burger sauce - take this to a family BBQ, and everyone will want the recipe!

    Start with some lettuce. Yes, this burger sauce contains lettuce. Bear with me.

    Throw the lettuce in a high-powered blender, and add some pickled gherkins, ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard.

    All the flavours that should appear on a burger, in one easy smear.

    Homemade burger sauce - take this to a family BBQ, and everyone will want the recipe!

    This kind of burger sauce is often served at cheapy burger trucks, probably just so that they can make their burgers taste a bit like vegetables without actually having to spend money on fresh veg (I'm sure they don't make their own sauce). But, don't let that put you off! This burger sauce is tasty and tangy, and smooth and creamy, all at the same time, and it wouldn't be out of place even on the most gourmet burger.

    You can add some extra salad as well if you want, like I did - the burger sauce gives all the flavour you need, but I do like a little bit of crunch on a burger too.

    Do you have a recipe that everyone's always asking for?

    Homemade burger sauce - take this to a family BBQ, and everyone will want the recipe!

    Homemade burger sauce

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    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 5 minutes
    Servings: 1 cup
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    Author: Becca Heyes

    Ingredients

    • ¼ iceberg lettuce or green lettuce
    • 1-2 large pickled gherkins (depending on preference)
    • 2 tablespoon mayonnaise
    • 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
    • ½ tablespoon yellow mustard

    Instructions

    • Add all the ingredients to a high-powered blender, and blitz well until smooth. Add more ingredients to taste, if desired.

    Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on your exact ingredients. Please calculate your own nutritional values if you require accuracy for health reasons.

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    Note: nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on exactly what ingredients you choose.

    Homemade burger sauce - take this to a family BBQ, and everyone will want the recipe!If you prefer to make your own burgers too, try my cheesy lentil burgers!

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    1. Lucy @ BakingQueen74 says

      May 14, 2015 at 9:09 pm

      I can almost imagine the taste of it now, I bet it is amazing! Definitely going to make this for our next barbie and use it in veggie burgers etc.

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    2. Michelle Murray says

      May 14, 2015 at 8:17 pm

      I'm not a fan of burgers but my boys are, might try this

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    3. Julie @ Running in a Skirt says

      May 14, 2015 at 2:43 pm

      YUM!!!! Can't wait to try this this summer!

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    4. Stephanie says

      May 14, 2015 at 1:57 pm

      This sounds delicious and I can't wait to try it- the lettuce is such an unusual ingredient (to me, anyway). I wondered how long this sauce keeps in the fridge. I'd assume the mayo/mustard/ketchup/gherkin ingredients would keep well, but wondered if the addition of lettuce makes things get ooky faster.

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      • Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

        May 14, 2015 at 2:27 pm

        Thanks Stephanie! To be honest it doesn't last very long in my house, purely because we eat it all within a couple of days haha ;) I guess I'd say it'll keep for 3 days to be on the safe side, but if you wanted a version you could store for longer, you could always skip the lettuce :)

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    5. [email protected] says

      May 14, 2015 at 1:07 pm

      I am a big burger sauce fan, there is something very addictive about it. Yours sounds great, also you haven't added any of the nasties that shop bought sauce have. I also love to make this sauce and I think it's the gherkins I love most about it!

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    6. Camilla @FabFood4All says

      May 14, 2015 at 9:25 am

      Fabulous idea Becca which I must try in my new blender - could really munch into one right now and I've only just had breakfast, fab photos:-)

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      • Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

        May 14, 2015 at 10:22 am

        Thanks so much Camilla! :)

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    7. Jacqueline Meldrum says

      May 13, 2015 at 11:02 pm

      Nice idea Becca. Stumbled, tweeted and shared on the Froothie UK facebook page :)

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      • Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

        May 14, 2015 at 9:23 am

        Thanks Jac!

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    8. mycupofbeauty says

      May 13, 2015 at 7:31 pm

      looks absolutely delicious!

      xx

      Dominika

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    9. Sherry Ann says

      May 13, 2015 at 6:35 pm

      In the photos for the Burger Sauce, what kind of burger bun is that, and where did you buy it, or did you make? It looks hale and hearty, able to hold up to whatever kind of tonnage you want to pile in there! All that, while at the same time, looking 'biscuity' on the top!! Thanking you in advance for your time!

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      • Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

        May 13, 2015 at 7:18 pm

        Hi Sherry Ann, I'm afraid I didn't make the bun myself. It's just one I bought from the bakery section of the supermarket, they're pretty common here in the UK. They're similar to tiger bread (which I think is called Dutch crunch in other countries?) but in roll form :)

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    10. Deirdre Henry says

      May 13, 2015 at 6:25 pm

      Thank you for this recipie. I like making homemade food (where possible) as one knows what goes into making it.
      Again many thanks Becca

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      • Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

        May 13, 2015 at 7:14 pm

        You're welcome Deirdre, hope you like it! :)

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