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With this Copycat McDonald’s Big Mac recipe, you can create the famous Big Mac AND the special sauce right at home! It’s easy to make using fresh ingredients and did I mention it’s less expensive than hitting the drive-thru?
Admittedly, I am a sucker for a McDonald’s Big Mac and their french fries. YUM! However, hitting the drive-thru with a family can be expensive. OUCH!
In addition, foods made at home are preferred because we can use fresh ingredients and know exactly what is in them.
With that said, what do you do when you are craving a Big Mac but are trying to eat at home and stay on budget?
You make it at home with this easy Copycat McDonald’s Big Mac recipe! It gives you a delicious burger that is a replica of what you pick up in the drive-thru!
With this Copycat McDonald’s Big Mac recipe, you can create the famous Big Mac AND the special sauce right at home! Give it a try and watch the expressions on your family’s faces! I guarantee they will love it and will become a family favorite!
Before we get to the Big Mac recipe, what about McDonald’s Apple Pie for dessert? We have a delicious Copycat McDonald’s Apple Pie recipe too! Your family may start to wonder if you secretly work for McDonald’s! 🙂
Copycat McDonald’s Big Mac Recipe
Yields 1 Burger
Big Mac Ingredients
Big Mac Special Sauce Ingredients:
1/4 cup Miracle Whip
1/4 cup Mayonnaise
2 heaping tbsp French salad dressing (like Wishbone Deluxe)
1/2 tbsp Sweet Relish
2 heaping tsp Dill Pickle Relish
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Dried Minced Onion
1 tsp White Vinegar
1 tsp Ketchup
1/8 tsp Salt
Burgers:
2 thin 2 oz Patties
1 Sesame Seed Buns
1 additional Bun Bottoms
1 slices American Cheese
1 tbsp Special Sauce
1 tsp finely diced Onion
1/2 cup chopped Lettuce
2 Dill Pickle slices
dash of Salt
dash of Pepper
How to make our Copycat McDonald’s Big Mac
Mix special sauce ingredients until well blended in a microwave safe container.
Microwave 25 seconds.
Mix well again.
Cover and refrigerate sauce at least 1 hour before using.
Cut browned side of extra bun half away, leaving piece to use as middle.
Lightly toast buns on pan or griddle and set aside.
Cook patties in hot pan 1-2 minutes each side lightly salting and peppering.
On bottom bun, add 1/2 tbsp Special Sauce, 1/2 tsp dice onion, 1/4 cup lettuce, slice of American cheese and 1 patty.
On the middle bun, add 1/2 tbsp Special Sauce, 1/2 tsp dice onion, pickles, 1/4 cup lettuce and 1 patty.
Place the middle bun section on top of the bottom bun section and top with the top bun.
Enjoy!
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Copycat McDonald's Big Mac Recipe
Chrysa
With this Copycat McDonald's Big Mac recipe, you can create the famous Big Mac AND the special sauce right at home! It is easy to make using fresh ingredients for less than the cost of the drive-thru.
4.43 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 35 minutes mins
Course Entree, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 1 burger
Calories 828 kcal
Ingredients
Special Sauce:
- 1/4 cup Miracle Whip
- 1/4 cup Mayonnaise
- 2 heaping tbsp French salad dressing like Wishbone Deluxe
- 1/2 tbsp Sweet Relish
- 2 heaping tsp Dill Pickle Relish
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Dried Minced Onion
- 1 tsp White Vinegar
- 1 tsp Ketchup
- 1/8 tsp Salt
Burgers:
- 2 thin 2 oz Patties
- 1 Sesame Seed Buns
- 1 additional Bun Bottoms
- 1 slices American Cheese
- 1 tbsp Special Sauce
- 1 tsp finely diced Onion
- 1/2 cup chopped Lettuce
- 2 Dill Pickle slices
- dash of Salt
- dash of Pepper
Instructions
Mix special sauce ingredients until well blended in a microwave safe container.
Microwave 25 seconds. Mix well again.
Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour before using.
Cut browned side of extra bun half away, leaving piece to use as middle.
Lightly toast buns on pan or griddle and set aside.
Cook patties in hot pan 1-2 minutes each side lightly salting and peppering.
On bottom bun, add 1/2 tbsp Special Sauce, 1/2 tsp dice onion, 1/4 cup lettuce, slice of American cheese and 1 patty.
On the middle bun, add 1/2 tbsp Special Sauce, 1/2 tsp dice onion, pickles, 1/4 cup lettuce and 1 patty.
Place the middle bun section on top of the bottom bun section and top with the top bun.
Nutrition
Calories: 828kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 24gFat: 61gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 27gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 99mgSodium: 2014mgPotassium: 491mgFiber: 3gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 616IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 330mgIron: 4mg
I am not a nutritionist. These values were calculated automatically with the Spoonacular Food API.
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