McDonald's Big Mac Sauce copycat recipe made easy with some pantry ingredients. This special sauce is creamy, tangy with a hint of sweetness. Perfect for your burgers, burger salad or a homemade reuben sandwich.
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❤️ Why You'll Love It
This sauce will take your homemade, or store bought, burgers to the next level. Get your fast food fix at home with this stunning replica and trust me nobody will notice a difference.
📝 Ingredients
🥄 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The detailed instructions are in the recipe card below.
- In a small bowl, add all the sauce ingredients.
- Mix everything well and let the sauce chill in the fridge for 24 hours.
💡 Tips
- I've tried it without sugar but it did not taste as good. Also tested it without French dressing but felt it was better with it. So test for yourself if you wish to and compare.
- We've consumed this sauce right after it was done and on another happy occasion after it was refrigerated for almost 24 hours. The difference is big. So I highly recommend making it the day before you fire up your grill, you'll be amazed.This happens to be a very nice sauce that was a game changer for my homemade burgers.
🧺 Storage
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Give it a quick stir before using.
💬 Recipe FAQs
You'd probably think why would I do this while I can just get myself a bottle of the thousand island dressing, right? Pretty much close. So what's the difference? this sauce has more sweet pickle relish than a typical thousand island. Some people debate that it is not an exact clone of the big mac secret sauce others say it is very close.
If you look up the nutrition on google you'll end up with an ingredient list like this:
Soybean Oil, Sweet Relish , Distilled Vinegar, Egg Yolks, Onion Powder, Spices, Water, Salt, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Alginate (thickener), Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Sugar, Garlic Powder, Caramel Color, Hydrolyzed (Corn, Soy and Wheat) Protein, Extractives of Paprika(color), Turmeric (Color) and Calcium Disodium EDTA (Preservative). source
No, do not worry, I am not going to ask you to get all these weird ingredients to make the sauce. This recipe is much simpler and easier.
📣 Related Recipes
Sauces are not just delicious they take simple dishes to a higher restaurant quality meals.
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- Need another copycat recipe, try this Szechuan sauce to spice up any recipe.
- Sour cream sauce is an easy creamy sauce that you can use over anything or use it to make tasty sour cream chicken enchilada casseroles.
- If you love copycat recipes I have a bunch for you to try. Here is a Cracker Barrel chicken and rice recipe, Panda Express chicken Kun Pao, Halal chicken and rice or this Panera chicken tortellini alfredo.
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Big Mac Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
For the sauce:
- ½ cup Mayonnaise
- 2 heaping Tablespoons French dressing
- ½ Tablespoon sweet relish
- 2 teaspoon dill pickle relish
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon ketchup
- 1 teaspoon white onion minced
- A pinch of salt
For each burger you'll need:
- 1 ½ hamburger buns.
- 2 hamburger patties.
- 1-2 slices of yellow American cheese.*
- Shredded lettuce.
- Minced onion.
- Dill pickle slices.
- Secret sauce.
Instructions
Make the sauce:
- Mix all sauce ingredients in a bowl, cover and refrigerate for 24 hours or at least 2 hours.
Assemble the Big Mac:
- Fire the grill and make your burgers or cook them in a skillet on stovetop.
- Lightly toast the bottom buns.
- Slather the bottom bun with about 1 Tablespoon of the secret sauce, add lettuce, onions, cheese then hamburger.
- Top that with another bottom bun and repeat the steps above.
- Top with the remaining bun top.
- Serve with French fries and ketchup on the side.
Notes
- Usually Big Mac is served with only one slice of cheese. But we love it extra cheesy.
- This sauce is enough for 3 Big Mac sandwiches.
- I've tried it without sugar but it did not taste as good. Also tested it without French dressing but felt it was better with it. So test for yourself if you wish to and compare.
- We've consumed this sauce right after it was done and on another happy occasion after it was refrigerated for almost 24 hours. The difference is big. So I highly recommend making it the day before you fire up your grill, you'll be amazed.This happens to be a very nice sauce that was a game changer for my homemade burgers.
- To Store: Place in an airtight jar in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Give it a quick stir before using.
- Nutritional facts and time calculated only for the sauce.
- Also serve this sauce with: Reuben sandwich, kofta wraps or over delicious air fried burgers.
Nutrition
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First published December 2017 . Last updated December 20, 2022 with important tips, clear step by step instructions and readability.
Aby
This was a huge hit with my family. With all the things going on we stopped ordering food and this saved my sanity :). Thank you so much.
Ashley
I'm in the process of making Big Mac sloppy joes as I text this. I've already completed the sauce. I followed the recipe to the T. I must say it's dead on. So very tasty. Thank you so much for sharing.
Amira
Oh sloppy Joes, my kids favorite!! This is seriously interesting. Thank you Ashley for trying this recipe and for the new idea :). You are awesome.