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The Best 5 Minute Vegan Burger Sauce Recipe

The Best 5 Minute Vegan Burger Sauce Recipe

This vegan burger sauce is the an essential creamy condiment to your favourite vegan burger beast and beauties.

Now I know big macs are something of the past for vegans – but that special burger sauce taste has a place in many peoples food memory hearts.

This so called vegan big mac sauce is not just great for burgers, but awesome for chips, loaded fries and sandwiches too.

At last – we have a special vegan burger sauce recipe that will alight your taste buds and satisfy your cravings.

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Look no further than here for a sauce for veggie burger.

Vegan Hamburgers Best Friend

For me, a burger and fries is the ultimate, classic treat meal. I don’t eat burgers and fries often – but when I do, I want my vegan burger FULLY loaded with all the trimmings. Yes sir!

This vegan big mac sauce recipe is super easy. Simply whisk the ingredients of sauces and spices together in a matter of seconds and it is good to slather on those bad boy burgers.

The great thing is, you will probably have most of the ingredients already in your cupboard.

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What makes the ultimate vegan burger?

  • A perfectly flavoured and textured vegan patty
  • A fresh, soft white bun or delicious vegan brioche bun
  • Fresh, crisp lettuce
  • Juicy tomato
  • Chunky red onion
  • Zingy pickles
  • A delicious vegan burger sauce
  • Occasionally I love some vegan bacon and/or vegan cheese! (you can find out how to make vegan bacon in our Vegan Club Sandwich recipe)
  • Not forgetting a banging slaw

What is vegan burger dressing?

Burger sauce is traditionally a pinky or orange coloured, tangy sauce that gives heaps of flavour and deliciousness to a burger.

The colour is given from the blend of mayonnaise, ketchup and some other herbs and spices.

It’s also an awesome condiment to have for potato wedges, sandwiches on tacos, chips, loaded fries and vegan hot dogs.

Ingredients Needed

  • 3 tbsp vegan mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp ketchup
  • 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
  • 1 tbsp pickle juice
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp liquid smoke

Ingredients Notes

Vegan Mayonnaise

This veggie burger sauce uses ready made, shop bought mayonnaise which is most convenient.

There are literally so many vegan mayonnaise brands out there now, which is awesome as it gives us a lot more choice.

I personally love Just Mayo as they are a fully vegan company. For the ultimate creamy and delicious vegan mayonnaise, perfect for this recipe, buy Just Mayo here.

However many people choose to make their own plant based mayo too – like this awesome creamy vegan mayo recipe here. This particular one is plant based and oil free – which works great for those on a more whole foods path.

Liquid Smoke

Discovering Liquid Smoke in recent years has revolutionised my cooking. I am a big fan of smoky flavoured foods and it adds so much depth.

This is one of the secret ingredients of this vegan burger relish. You simply can’t beat that hickory flavour.

We use liquid smoke in our delicious BBQ sauce too!

Pickle Juice

You won’t want to skip this step! It gives the vegan burger sauce a real distinct flavour, almost zingy!

Pickle juice is often traditionally used as a marinade for meat. So it will be a great addition to any sauce for vegan burgers.

Pickle juice goes great in potato salad too.

Smoked Paprika

There are literally so many different types of paprika. This recipe uses smoked but feel free to use sweet or hot paprika, it will be just as delicious.

Equipment Needed

Thankfully this is a fairly quick vegan burger sauce recipe to make and minimal mess in terms of amount of equipment needed.

  • 1 medium sized bowl
  • Whisk
  • Jar to decant sauce into
  • Measuring spoons

Instructions

  1. Add all of the above ingredients to a bowl
  2. Whisk until all is combined
  3. Transfer into a clean, airtight jar or container
  4. Enjoy this vegan burger sauce all over your favourite vegan burger or chips!
best sauce for veggie burger

Plant Based BBQ

If you are hosting a fully vegan BBQ – I urge you to check out all of our delicious recipes which would make your vegan BBQ a roaring success.

There is honestly nothing more that excites me more than a sunny summers day with amazing vegan colourful salads to compliment a host of plant based goodness on the BBQ.

This veggie burger sauce would obviously make it special, but you must also check these deliciously flavoured vegan souvlaki, tasty vegan BBQ tortas and grilled corn on the cob.

How To Store Vegan Burger Sauce

This vegan big mac sauce should stay fresh in a sealed air tight container or jar for around 7 days. As always it will be at it’s best on the day.

Do not freeze this vegan burger sauce. As it consists of mostly mayonaisse, it will freeze fine but defrost separated. It will not be very pleasant result!

Yield: 1/2 cup

Vegan Burger Sauce Recipe

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This vegan burger sauce recipe is super easy to make and packed with flavour. The perfect creamy, zingy sauce to add to your favourite vegan burger. Vegan burger sauce requires only a few simple ingredients and it will not disappoint. This vegan burger sauce is not just for burgers. It is a great addition to your hotdogs, loaded fries, potato wedges, tacos and sandwiches alike. You must have an extra portion of this vegan burger sauce to dip your chips into.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp vegan mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp ketchup
  • 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
  • 1 tbsp pickle juice
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp liquid smoke

Instructions

  1. Add all of the above ingredients to a bowl
  2. Whisk until all is combined
  3. Transfer into a clean, airtight jar or container
  4. Enjoy this vegan burger sauce all over your favourite vegan burger or chips!

Notes

  • If you are hosting a party or BBQ with more guests, you can easily double the recipe
  • This burger sauce stays fresh for up to 7 days in the fridge in its clean, airtight container

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 46Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 161mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 0g

this is an estimate

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Suse

Wednesday 14th of September 2022

This vegan burger sauce is absolutely delicious, my guests really enjoyed it at our farewell to summer BBQ. Highly recommend!

yumveganlunchideas

Wednesday 14th of September 2022

Hi Suse,

I am delighted you and your guests enjoyed our Vegan Burger Sauce! It is definitely one of our favourites too.

Best wishes, Gill

Miriam

Sunday 13th of March 2022

I made this yesterday to go with vegan burgers and flatbreads with all the trimmings. It's delicious. My partner liked it so much she wants it again today. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

yumveganlunchideas

Monday 28th of March 2022

Hi Miriam

I am so happy to hear you both enjoyed it! Yum, I kind of want burgers and flatbreads now with a touch of burger sauce :) Best wishes Gill

Nick B.

Thursday 24th of February 2022

THIS SAUCE IS SICK!!! Tried it for the first time yesterday and I must say the title is accurate. Best sauce. Thank you for sharing.

yumveganlunchideas

Monday 28th of March 2022

Hey Nick - ah this makes me so happy! So glad you enjoyed it :) best wishes, Gill

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