Special Sauce House Burgers
with Griddled Onion & Garlic Potato Wedges
- Milk
- Eggs
- Soy
- Wheat
Is there anything more satisfying than a cheeseburger? (Don’t worry, we checked, and the answer was a resounding “no!”) There is a difference, however, between a good cheeseburger and a great one. After you try a bite of ours, we know you’ll agree that this one falls in the GREAT category. Juicy beef patties are topped with melty cheddar, sweet griddled onion, ripe tomato slices, and finally, magic sauce. We can’t give too much away, but what we *can* say is that the name is accurate. It’s creamy, tangy, savory, and well... magical! You’ll want to put it on everything, but it’s especially awesome on the side with these crispy potato wedges.
Ingredients
1 unit
Yellow Onion
12 ounce
Yukon Gold Potatoes
1 unit
Roma Tomato
2 unit
Potato Buns
(Contains: Milk, Eggs, Soy, Wheat)
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
5 teaspoon
White Wine Vinegar
2 tablespoon
Ketchup
2 teaspoon
Dijon Mustard
2 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
10 ounce
Ground Beef
½ cup
Cheddar Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
1 tablespoon
Cooking Oil
2 teaspoon
Sugar
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Cut potatoes into ½-inch-thick wedges. Halve, peel, and finely dice onion. Halve buns. Thinly slice tomato into rounds.
• Toss potatoes on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, ¾ tsp garlic powder (1½ tsp for 4 servings), salt, and pepper. (You’ll use the rest of the garlic powder in the next step.) • Roast on top rack until browned and crisp, 20-25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine vinegar, 1 TBSP onion (2 TBSP for 4 servings), 1 tsp sugar (2 tsp for 4), and a pinch of salt. • In a separate small bowl, combine ketchup, sour cream, mustard, 1 tsp sugar (2 tsp for 4), and remaining garlic powder.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add remaining onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and softened, 5-7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. • Transfer to a plate.
• While onion cooks, form beef* into two patties (four patties for 4 servings), each slightly wider than a burger bun. Season generously with salt and pepper. • Once onion is done, heat a drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add patties and cook to desired doneness, 3-5 minutes per side. • In the last 1-2 minutes of cooking, top each patty with cheddar; cover pan until cheese melts.
• While cheese melts, toast buns until golden brown. • Stir pickled onion (draining first) into bowl with special sauce. • Fill toasted buns with patties, griddled onion, tomato, and special sauce. Divide burgers between plates; serve with potato wedges and any remaining sauce on the side for dipping.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the special sauce, calling it "delicious" and "amazing"; some compared it favorably to In-N-Out burgers 🍔.
- Ease of prep: Generally easy to make, though some found it took longer than expected or had too many steps for a burger.
- Suggestions: Consider adding more seasoning to the patties and cooking potato wedges longer for better crispiness.
- Leftovers: The burgers reheated well, and some customers saved extra sauce for future use.
- Portions: Several mentioned the burgers were smaller than expected, especially compared to the bun size.
Reviews from our home cooks
My son said the sauce tasted exactly like the craft burger place here in town. I'll take that win! This recipe was a bit more "fiddly" with the steps than the other recipes but totally worth it. Could have easily reduced to one tomato and one onion. Had a lot of those two left over. The sauce was AMAZING as a dip for the potato wedges. SO good I will be recreating that one.
Really delicious recipe. Love the special sauce with pickled onion, a variety of condiments and garlic. A bit like 1000 island but more distinctive. Hamburger meat high quality and all the veggies good and fresh. I used to hate cooking but Hello Fresh is giving me a 'taste' for it!
Unbelievably delicious burger! The special sauce was amazing. The potato wedges are seasoned just right and are crispy, yet meaty. I can see why this is a favorite.
These burgers were wonderful! They turned out perfect and the sauce with the pickled onion was a great twist. The potato wedges needed to cook about 5 more mins than what is suggested on the recipe.
These are an absolute fave of ours! The special sauce is delicious and easy to make, the burgers are always juicy! Our potatoes were a bit on the small side but we made it work.
Delicious and unique burgers with layers of flavor- very dynamic! I loved the sauce on the burgers and the special seasoning for the wedges.
The potato wedges were superb, crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. I seasoned with a little extra, just for kicks. The burgers were a little different, didn't seem to settle well with the kids, not sure if it was the beef or the cheese or a combination of the two. The grilled onions and sauce were a good topping, very flavorful. Probably not a do-over, at least not right away.
The special sauce was good without tasting like McDonalds. Lots of grilled onions, yum. We were able to cook the potato wedges perfectly - crispy outside but tender inside - which is often a challenge.
These were amazing--the special sauce was fantastic--but a little messy with too much onions. They don't need both the griddled onions and the pickled onions--when I order again I'll probably save the griddled onion for another meal.
Delicious! It was easy to make. The sauce really made this burger special and the wedges were great too! I would definitely order this again and again.
