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Angry burger

It started with a Facebook post from a friend who had an Angry Whopper. The description from the BK site sounded pretty good:

The ANGRY WHOPPER® Sandwich is 1⁄4 lb of savory fire-grilled beef, topped with thick-cut smoked bacon, melted Pepper Jack Cheese, freshly cut iceberg lettuce, spicy onion petals, ripe tomatoes, spicy jalapenos, and smothered with a spicy angry sauce, all on a warm, toasted, sesame seed bun.

I'm pretty sure I haven't been to a BK since 2003. I was pretty sure I could replicate it, however.

Here's what it looks like on the BK web site.

Here we go!

I did a search for an Angry Sauce copycat recipe , and found this, which sounds plausible:

I omitted the sugar. Here it is before mixing. And I didn't smother the sandwich in it (yuck) but rather put a little on the bun.

The other major change I made was to use my homemade pickled jalapeños instead of raw jalapeños. Raw jalapeños just sounds weird. I suppose it might give it a little more crunch, but IMO pickled makes a lot more sense.

As for the spicy onion petals, I just guessed. I made some seasoned flour with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. I dreged some cut onions that look sort of like the picture above, then deep fried them for a minute. They weren't that crispy, but they added some nice onion flavor.

I had grilled the burgers ahead of time, so I microwaved it with the pepper jack cheese to melt the cheese.

And also bacon, lettuce (I used Romaine instead of iceberg), and tomato. And my hamburger bun was whole wheat. I still gave it a little toasting in the toaster.

Served with 2.9 oz. of frozen Cascadian organic French fries, deep fried for 2 minutes and seasoned with salt, black pepper, garlic powder and cayenne pepper.

It was good! Spicy, obviously, but I didn't think it was that angry. Slightly perturbed, at best.

2025-12-27

I simplified the recipe a bit, and left out the bacon.

Pepper jack cheese, red onion (raw), lettuce, tomato, pickled jalapeños.

Spicy sauce with ketchup, Dijon mustard, mayo, Frank's hot sauce, cayenne pepper, and chipotle chili powder. Enough for one burger.

Prep ready to cook for dinner.

Grilled the 5.0 oz. burger. 85/15 beef, seasoned with salt, freshly ground black pepper, garlic power, cayenne pepper. Spritz with olive oil.

Also lightly grilled the bun.

Melted the pepper jack cheese with a torch.

Lettuce on the bottom. Sauce on the cheese.

Tomato, jalapeños, and onion. I might leave out the tomato next time since it just makes everything slippery and hard to eat.

It was delicious, however. I'll make this again!

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