Have you seen the television commercial for the Jack Daniels Burger at TGIFridays? It looks so good when they smash the top down and the sauce oozes over the burger. I have been on strike this week, refusing to cook until the downstairs A/C unit is replaced. However, I saw that commercial and decided that, despite the sweltering heat in my kitchen, I was making that burger. I searched online and found a copycat recipe that has received rave reviews. People said it tastes just like the original. Since I haven't tasted the original, I didn't have that comparison to make but it sounded like a good sauce recipe. I headed off to the store for ingredients. I wanted to make the sauce early in the day since it needs to simmer for an hour and grill the burgers later in the day. I stopped by the liquor store for one of the little airplane sized bottles of Jack Daniels. I made the sauce and created this great burger. Michael said it was the best burger he's ever eaten. If you follow my blog, you know he says that a lot, but I think he meant it. He actually asked to have the same thing the next night.
I agreed, but switched it up a bit last night. I made sliders with the sauce and crispy fried sweet potato strings on top. This was unbelievably good. My goodness. The patties I used both nights are from my local Holiday Market. They call them Black and Bleu burgers. They mix in a cracked black pepper sauce, crumbled bleu cheese, and dust the patties with a pepper rub. They are the only pre-made burgers I have tried that I liked.
The recipe calls for a tablespoon of Jack Daniels but many commenters recommended adding more. I actually quadrupled the amount. I also decided to skip the step of roasting garlic for an hour. That was not an option with the A/C out. I substituted garlic paste for the roasted garlic. The recipe I used can be found here and many other places on the web. Here it is with my changes made. I will definitely make this sauce again and will make extras for gifts. Who wouldn't like to get a jar of this sauce?
Jack Daniels Sauce
Equipment
- Heavy bottomed saucepan
- Grater
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup water
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- ¼ cup teriyaki sauce
- 2 teaspoon garlic paste
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 ⅓ cups dark brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons grated white onion
- 4 tablespoons Jack Daniels Whiskey
- 1 tablespoon crushed pineapple
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a large heavy pot. Bring to a rolling boil then reduce heat to medium-low. Cook until the sauce is thick and reduced to half the original volume. The original recipe says it takes and hour. mine actually took less time and got a bit too thick. Before I served it, I added a little more pineapple juice to thin it a bit.
Notes
Nutrition
Approximate nutrition information is provided as a convenience and courtesy only. You are encouraged to do your own calculations if precise data is required.
We take every effort to ensure that the estimated meal cost per serving is accurate. We use a meal cost analysis application that estimates the cost of a recipe based on groceries purchased at a Walmart store in my geographical area, northern California.
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