Burger Sauce

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3 (ZReboot) recipe

Servings:

There is enough for more than two burgers but I’ll let you decide how many this serves.  Depends on how much you put on your burger.  You can double or triple the recipe for a gang of people.

When I was temporarily living in Nashville, I discovered that every burger joint had their take on a “special sauce” for their burgers.  It was sort of like the Big Mac sauce but with way more personality.  Those burger sauce recipes are spreading like wildfire.  I wanted to make my own smash burgers at home, so I did research to put together my version of the “secret sauce”.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup of mayo.  People in the South use Dukes.  You choose.
• 2 Tbl of ketchup.  This makes it a nice pink color
• 1 tsp of fresh horseradish.  You want the fresh stuff that is chilled.  Not horseradish sauce that you’d find with the ketchup.
• 1 tsp of Worcestershire.  To me, this is the secret ingredient
• A quick squeeze of sriracha (optional)
• ½ tsp of paprika
• 1 small shallot minced or grated.  I grate it so it’s smoother
• Season with grated sea salt to taste.

Directions:

Throw the ingredients in a small bowl and mix it with a spoon.  And Voila!

These days when I serve burgers I want a piece of crispy lettuce covering my whole burger so I get the crunch.  The technique in Nashville is to put this sauce on the bottom side of the bun.  Lettuce on top of that and then the burger up above.  Burger can have a tomato slice and even cheese if you choose.

BIG YUM!

Enjoy!