Secret Sauce

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Product Storage Quality Serving Hold Time
Prepared Secret Sauce Cooler 34°F - 41°F 7 days
Recipe: 160 ounces (5 quarts) ketchup
40 ounces mustard
8 ounces pickle juice
8 ounces cold water

QA Standard:  Sauce should be thoroughly blended with no color swirls present.

Tools Needed

  • 13 ½” rubber spatula
  • Wire whisk
  • 8-quart cambro with lid
  • Measuring cup
  • Mixing Bowl

Health and Safety

  • WASH HANDS BEFORE STARTING WORK AND AFTER HANDLING ANYTHING NOT FOOD RELATED
  • WEAR SINGLE USE GLOVES WHEN PREPARING OR HANDLING READY TO EAT FOOD. NO BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOOD
  • Wash, Rinse, Sanitize All Utensils & Surfaces
  • Every 4 Hours

Receiving and Storing

  • Ketchup, Mustard & Pickles are delivered and stored in the dry storage area (50°F – 70°)

Preparing Secret Sauce (Full Recipe)

  • Measure and add the following ingredients into a mixing bowl: 160 ounces (5-Quarts) of ketchup, 40 ounces of mustard, 8 ounces of pickle juice, and 8 ounces of water
  • To portion pickle juice, cut open a fresh packet of pickles. Pour 8 ounces of pickle juice from the packet into a measuring cup. Place the pickles in a covered 1/6 size 4-inch-deep pan and store them in the walk-in cooler for backup. This will prevent cross-contamination.
  • Using a wire whisk, mix the ingredients thoroughly
  • Use a 13 ½-inch rubber spatula to scrape the sides and bottom of the container while mixing
  • Continue mixing with the wire whisk until all ingredients are thoroughly blended
  • Pour the blended secret sauce into an 8-quart container. Place a lid on the 8-quart cambro container.
  • Secret Sauce can be held for 7 days
  • Place a dissolvable label on the lid of the 8-quart container
  • Mark the product name and the expiration date for the secret sauce (add 6 days to date prepared) on the dissolvable label
  • Store in the walk-in cooler at a temperature of 34°F - 41°F
  • Discard any secret sauce remaining at closing time on the expiration date
    • EXAMPLE:  Day prepared + 6 additional days = Discard Date
    • Prepared on 30th + 31st, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th = Discard on the 5th (EOD)

Preparing Secret Sauce (Half Recipe)

  • Measure and add the following ingredients into a mixing bowl: 80 ounces of ketchup (2.5 quarts), 20 ounces of mustard, 4 ounces of pickle juice, and 4 ounces of water
  • To portion pickle juice, cut open a fresh packet of pickles. Pour 4 ounces of pickle juice from the packet into a measuring cup. Place the pickles in a covered 1/6 size 4-inch-deep pan and store them in the walk-in cooler for backup. This will prevent cross-contamination.
  • Using a wire whisk, mix the ingredients thoroughly for approximately
  • Use a 13 ½-inch rubber spatula to scrape the sides and bottom of the container while mixing
  • Continue mixing with the wire whisk until all ingredients are thoroughly blended
  • Pour the blended secret sauce into an 8-quart container. Place a lid on the 8-quart cambro container.
  • Secret Sauce can be held for 7 days
  • Place a dissolvable label on the lid of the 8-quart container
  • Mark the product name and the expiration date for secret sauce (add 6 days to date prepared) on the dissolvable label
  • Store in the walk-in cooler at a temperature of 34°F - 41°F
  • Discard any secret sauce remaining at closing time on the expiration date