Best Chicken Burger Sauce
The best chicken burger sauce is this pink, unctuous mix of three famous sauces with a special umami touch. It’s perfect for these mini chicken burger sliders and French fries.
We all went to restaurants and wondered, “What is the secret of this burger sauce?” Well, I’ve got the ultimate recipe for your next crispy chicken burger. The secret pink sauce contains all the usual suspects: mayo, ketchup and mustard, with a touch of pickle brine to make it ultra-tasty. The secret to this irresistible chicken burger sauce? Japanese mayo! It adds a rich, umami boost that everyone loves. Get ready! This might just replace your kid’s favourite ketchup!
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Japanese Mayo
The secret? It’s all about the mayo! Japanese mayo, like Kewpie, is made with only egg yolks, rice vinegar, and a special umami booster. While MSG has a bad reputation, it’s a naturally occurring compound found in foods like tomatoes and cheese. Think of it as a ‘flavour amplifier,’ much like salt. This rich, creamy mayo is also known as sushi mayo and comes in a fun bottle with a double-ended cap; perfect for drizzling thick or thin lines of deliciousness!
To Serve with
This sauce goes perfectly with these little crispy chicken burgers, but is also perfect for French fries or standard burgers. For other ideas on what you could use this sauce with, here are a few recipes from my other food blog that taste amazing with it:
Best Chicken Burger Sauce
Ingredients
The Pink Sauce
- 100 g Japanese mayonnaise or normal mayo
- 75 g ketchup
- 50 g yellow mustard
- 2 tbsp dill pickle brine
The Mini Chicken Burgers
- 6 mini buns
- 1 chicken breast cut into 1 cm thick patties
- 60 g panko crumbs breadcrumbs
- lettuce
- cheese
- cherry tomatoes
Instructions
- Mix all the pink sauce ingredients until homogeneous and reserve.
- Cut the chicken, dip in the egg wash (beaten egg) and coat with panko.
- Cook the chicken patties in the Air fryer for 10 minutes at 180°C (350°F) or fry in a pan with the olive oil for 5-6 minutes over medium-low heat.
- Warm the buns, then add the fillings, chicken and special pink sauce.
Notes
- For food safety, if you’re serving these as sliders, avoid leaving them at room temperature for more than an hour.
- Make the sauce ahead of time; it tastes even better after resting in the fridge for a bit, letting the flavours meld together.
- Regular mayo works just as well as Japanese mayo if that’s what you have on hand.
Nutrition
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Very good sauce! We love it.
Glad you like it!
This is something I have to tryout and make this weekend! Thanks so much for the recipe!
Let me know what you think!
Such a delicious chicken burger sauce recipe. Super yummy!
Thanks! I could agree more!
Awesome! I was looking for a burger sauce to have with vegan burgers, FYI not a vegan but love trying new things, and this sounds PERFECT! Grazie, will try it out 😀
Let me know how you find it!
The sauce looks delicious, is easy to make, and the ingredients are also easy to get. Thank you for the recipe.
My pleasure!
Top notch, did this sauce yesterday for our first bbq of the season and it s the bomb!
Thanks! Glad you enjoy it as much as I do!
This sauce is smooth and super easy to pull together, I’ve used the Japanese mayo like in the recipe and everyone asked me about my ‘secret pink sauce’ a my BBQ event! A true success, and so delicious! Thanks!