Burger King Stacker Sauce (Salsa Stacker) Recipe

Burger King's Stacker sauce — salsa Stacker on its Spanish-language menus — is a Thousand Island variant. This copy whisks half a cup of mayonnaise with two tablespoons of ketchup, a tablespoon of sweet pickle relish, a teaspoon of yellow mustard and half a teaspoon of smoked paprika, then rests thirty minutes in the fridge so the dried spices hydrate. It makes twelve tablespoons.

What is known about Burger King's Stacker sauce

The BK Stacker went on the menu in late 2006: one to four small beef patties with American cheese, bacon and, in Wikipedia's words, "a Thousand Island dressing variant called Stacker sauce" on a sesame seed bun. Burger King has not published the recipe, so the base is the one thing a copy can rely on.

Thousand Island, at its simplest, is mayonnaise, ketchup and chopped pickle or relish. This version starts there and adds yellow mustard for sharpness, Worcestershire sauce for depth and smoked paprika for a faint barbecue note. It is a reconstruction, not Burger King's recipe, and MakeFoodLovely is not connected with Burger King.

Recipe

Burger King Stacker Sauce

A reconstruction of Burger King's Stacker sauce — salsa Stacker on its Spanish-language menus — from mayonnaise, ketchup, sweet relish, mustard and smoked paprika. Twelve tablespoons.

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Prep

5 min

Total

35 min

Serves

12

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
• 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. Whisk the mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and vinegar together in a small bowl until smooth and evenly coloured.
2. Stir in the relish, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper and cayenne.
3. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, so the dried spices can hydrate. Taste for salt only then; the relish and the Worcestershire sauce are both salty.

Nutrition

Calories:

70

Calculated from the ingredient quantities above using the USDA FoodData Central database, then divided by the number of servings. It is an estimate and will vary with the exact products you use.

Salsa Stacker: qué es y qué lleva

On Burger King's Spanish-language menus the sauce keeps its name. The Mexican menu lists the Stacker King with crisp bacon, melted cheese and salsa Stacker. Salsa is simply the Spanish word for sauce, so salsa Stacker and Stacker sauce are the same thing.

En español: la salsa Stacker es la salsa de las hamburguesas Stacker de Burger King, una variante del aderezo mil islas. Esta versión casera lleva mayonesa, kétchup, relish de pepinillo dulce, mostaza amarilla, salsa inglesa, vinagre blanco, pimentón ahumado, ajo y cebolla en polvo, pimienta negra y una pizca de cayena. Por sus ingredientes es cremosa y agridulce, con un punto ahumado del pimentón.

Adjusting the Stacker sauce

• Smokier: two drops of liquid smoke in place of half the smoked paprika. Liquid smoke is concentrated; add it by the drop.
• Sweeter or sharper: relish brands differ in how much sugar they carry. A quarter teaspoon of sugar sweetens the batch; dill relish in place of sweet relish gives a sharper sauce, in the direction of tartar sauce.
• Texture: whisk rather than blend. A blender purées the relish, and the flecks are part of a Thousand Island.
• A bigger batch: every quantity doubles or triples as written. One cup of mayonnaise gives about a cup and a half of sauce.

What it goes on

The Stacker itself is thin beef patties, American cheese and bacon, which is also the build of the Burger King bacon cheeseburger. As a dip the sauce suits chicken fries and plain fries, and it works as the spread on the Burger King chicken sandwich.

Taco Bell's Stacker shares the name and nothing else. It is a folded, grilled tortilla, and the Taco Bell Stacker has its own recipe.

Keeping it

A week in a sealed jar in the refrigerator. It does not freeze: mayonnaise is an emulsion, and it separates when it thaws.