Durkee’s manufacturer, B&G Foods, sent this heartbreaking email to a customer. A check of the Durkee website shows food coloring and various spices and extracts, but no more Durkee’s Famous Sauce. Discontinued.
Reader Lin confirmed the dark news: Durkee’s Famous Sauce has been discontinued by its current owner, B&G Foods. The production line has been closed (Lin thinks as early as 2023) and the Durkee’s found online (at high prices) is leftover stock which will soon be gone forever.
Durkee’s jars through the decades. Click for a larger version to read the ingredient lists.
Fortunately, we have our Durkee’s Copycat Recipe which is about as close as we are ever going to get to the original. It’s a fine substitute in all the places you’re used to using Durkee’s, like after Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches, in deviled eggs and potato salad and so much more.
Google’s AI recognizes the above recipe as the best answer for Durkee’s seekers, which may be why this post (along with the taste test that helped us get there) is consistently the top performer on Burnt My Fingers with close to 2K monthly views.
Now, if only someone could come up with a substitute for the similarly lamented Lan Chi Garlic Sauce…
You might find Nance’s Mustard Sharp & Creamy a reasonable substitute or base. More mustardy, not as mayo like.
Lan Chi…. Not familiar with. About a billion garlic chili’s. Huy Fong Sambel Olek?. There are many types of Lao Gan Ma…
Happy with my copycat version and sticking with it!
I can’t wait to try it! I was raised Durkee’s. I’m 83. My grandmother used it in her café when my mother was a girl. Potato salad, egg salad, Chicken salad, sandwiches, stirred into sauces; She would never have used anything else. And I used it when I had my own home. Until it disappeared from the store shelves. The sign was still there, but the Durkee’s was not. Not at Publix, Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, nowhere. I just saw a post online where someone suggested Dollar General! I’ll be checking there tomorrow, but I’m not hopeful. I’m so glad I happened onto your post with the recipes. I’ll be making it tomorrow (Probably as soon as I get home from Dollar General! 😂
You’re a Durkee’s girl! I think you will be very happy (and relieved) with our copycat recipe.