5 min Big Mac Sauce Recipe (Copycat) (2024)

Published: by Helene Dsouza

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The Big Mac sauce is a secret sauce made famous by Mc Donald's signature burger, the Big Mac.

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

2 Burgers

4.7 from 14 votes

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Make a quick homemade big mac sauce within minutes with pantry ingredients.

This special sauce will add the classic big mac flavor to all burgers.

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My Big Mac Sauce recipe was first published on the 6th July 2018 and has been enhanced ever since.

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  • 🧅 Ingredients
  • 🔪 How to make the Big Mac Sauce?
  • 📖 Recipe
  • 💡 More Uses
  • 🍱 Storing
  • 📕 What is the Big Mac Sauce?
  • 👁️ More Sauces like this
  • 💬 Comments

I am the type, who wished I could use the big mac sauce on all homemade burgers.

Such as in a double cheeseburger, MC Chicken, my Vegan Burgers. I'd use this sauce as a dip for french fries too!

That is why I came up with my own big mac sauce copycat recipe.

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🧅 Ingredients

I have to admit, for a few years I just used a thick version of the thousand island dressing in my burgers to mimic the Big Mac Sauce.

BUT, in the past years, I came upon a couple of recipes for the big mac sauce, such as the one foundin this book.

I also simply looked up the McDonald'swebsite with the Big Mac Sauce ingredients.

Here is what you will need to make this 5 minute big mac sauce.

  • White Onion — (optional) White onion is milder and better suited. You can substitute this ingredient with onion powder too.
  • Dill Pickle Relish (optional) — Not in the original recipe, but adds a lot of character to your sauce.
  • Mayonnaise — I used homemade Mayonnaise.
  • Tomato Ketchup
  • Dijon Mustard
  • Vinegar — Less intense, such as white vinegar.
  • Black Pepper
  • Salt

🔪 How to make the Big Mac Sauce?

To prepare the homemade Big Mac secret sauce is super easy. Here is an overview to help you start out.

You will find the full printable recipe with US and metric measurements further below.

Step 1

Chop onion and dill pickle fine.

(this step can be skipped if you don't want fresh chopped onion and pickle).

Step 2

Add to a bowl the mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, vinegar, salt and black pepper.

Add chopped onion and dill to this.

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Step 3

Combine all the ingredients to a smooth, well blended sauce.

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📖 Recipe

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Big Mac Sauce Recipe [Copycat]

The Big Mac sauce is a secret sauce made famous by Mc Donald's signature burger, the Big Mac.

4.72 from 14 votes

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Course: Condiment

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 Burgers

Calories: 103kcal

Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

Ingredients

US - Metric

Instructions

  • Prepare the onion and pickles first by chopping them small and fine.

    1 Tablespoon Onion chopped, 1 Tablespoon Dill Pickle chopped

  • Stir the sauce ingredients, including the mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, vinegar, salt and black pepper in a mixing bowl.

    2 Tablespoons Mayonnaise, 1 Tablespoon Dijon Mustard, 1 Teaspoon Ketchup, 1 Teaspoon Vinegar, ⅛ Teaspoon Salt, ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground

  • Add the chopped onion and pickle to this.

  • Mix the sauce. It should be well blended and smooth in appearance.

  • Keep in the fridge to cool for later (with a lid or cling film over the container), or use it straightaway on your burger.

Notes

  1. Instead of freshly chopped onion, use onion powder. For every tablespoon of freshly chopped onion, use about ½ teaspoon onion powder at most. Onion powder is more intense in flavor than freshly chopped onion.
  2. Use an original store bought Mayonnaise, Ketchup, and Dijon Mustard.
  3. Make the big mac burger sauce vegan by substituting the Mayonnaise with vegan eggless mayonnaise.
  4. Make a bigger batch and store your favorite Big Mac Sauce in the fridge!
  5. Don't limit yourself. Try the big mac sauce on other burger varieties such as chicken or even wild game meat.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Big Mac Sauce Recipe [Copycat]

Amount Per Serving (43 g)

Calories 103Calories from Fat 99

% Daily Value*

Fat 11g17%

Saturated Fat 2g10%

Trans Fat 0.03g

Polyunsaturated Fat 6g

Monounsaturated Fat 3g

Cholesterol 6mg2%

Sodium 340mg14%

Potassium 24mg1%

Carbohydrates 1g0%

Fiber 0.4g2%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 29IU1%

Vitamin C 0.1mg0%

Calcium 8mg1%

Iron 0.2mg1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

💡 More Uses

Besides the obvious, a Big Mac burger Sauce, you get to use this sauce in other delicious ways too:

  • A big mac salad as a dressing
  • Chicken tenders as a dip
  • Chicken nuggets as a dip
  • Fish Sticks as a dip
  • Tacos as a topping

🍱 Storing

You can double or triple the big mac sauce recipe to prepare a bigger batch if you like.

Store the freshly made sauce in your fridge in a simple glass jar or a salad dressing bottle for up to 5 days at most.

That way you will have the sauce on hand whenever you feel like it.

If you want to store your big Mac sauce for a longer period of time, use onion powder instead of chopped onions in your sauce because onions are perishable.

You can freeze your sauce in batches.

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📕 What is the Big Mac Sauce?

The Big Mac Sauce is called the Special Sauce or Secret Sauce by MC Donald's.

I saw some people calling it the Magic Sauce. Yep, it's like a famed unicorn at this point!

The Big Mac Sauce Recipe is very similar to a few sauces out there but comes closest to the Thousand Island Dressing.

Which is a popular salad dressing made of mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, vinegar and finely chopped pickled cucumbers.

The sauce is creamy and tastes a bit tangy but well seasoned with a hint of tomato and mayo coming through.

McDonald's big mac sauce is only used on one burger, hence the name, the mighty Big Mac. That's why the sauce is so loved because it's so unique.

It alleviates the flavors of the burger with the two meat patties and the other ingredients. In fact, the special sauce isMcDonald's signature sauce!

Making the Big Mac the core product of the global chain.

Unfortunately, MC Donald's doesn't sell the sauce; however, they have placed the recipe under public domain (yay!) and numerous copycat versions exist.

👁️ More Sauces like this

  • Yum Yum Sauce — for steaks or as a shrimp dipping sauce.
  • Louie Dressing — for Shrimp or Crab Louie Salad.
  • Sweet Onion Sandwich Sauce — Subway copycat.

Dear Reader, how are you planning to use your big mac sauce?

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