McDonald’s Big Mac and Special Sauce Recipes
The McDonald’s Big Mac is an iconic burger consisting of two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions, all sandwiched between a three-part sesame seed bun, with its distinctive Special Sauce adding a unique tangy and creamy flavor that has become synonymous with the burger’s legendary status in fast-food culture.
Make our McDonald’s Big Mac and Special Sauce Copycat Recipes at home tonight for your family. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe for the REAL special sauce your Big Mac will taste just like McDonald’s.
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McDonald’s Big Mac and Special Sauce
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McDonald’s Big Mac and Special Sauce
With the Big Mac it’s all about the special sauce.
It’s that special sauce that sets it apart from other burgers.
Without the sauce it’s just any ol’ double-decker burger.
Get the sauce right and pretty much any burger will taste like a Big Mac.
Below is a video recipe from McDonald’s Canada that we feel comes very close to the taste of McDonald’s Secret Sauce.
As the chef in the video below says, the recipe is all over the web, and there are many, many recipes attempts for the secret sauce. Many people claim it is just Thousand Island. While in the broad sense of the term, this is true (The restaurant industry’s definition of 1000 Island is – in a few words – tartar sauce with tomato sauce) there is no store bought 1000 Island that tastes quite right. There is something else in there.
That “something else” is what has been debated so heatedly on the web. Many recipes on the web add a bit of French Dressing. Others call for Fresh Onions. Still others, a touch of Sugar.
We found one that we like that comes pretty close — “straight from the horse’s mouth” so to speak.
McDonald’s Special Sauce Recipe
UPDATE – The Video is no longer available and is listed as “Private.” We are not sure if the video was put up for the employees only and accidentally shared with everyone or if they just changed their mind.
Whichever is true – We watched the video several times, made the sauce and transcribed the following for you – all before it was off-limits.
Enjoy.
Here is a list of the ingredients mentioned in the video.
You’re going to have to play around with the amounts in the secret sauce a little. In our experiments we got different results with different brands of mayo, relish and mustard. If you get a good recipe with SPECIFIC brands please leave a comment and let us all know.
- Mayonnaise
- Yellow Mustard
- Sweet Pickle Relish
- White Wine Vinegar
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
- Paprika
McDonald’s Big Mac Recipe
Here are your other ingredients to make a big Mac, straight from the 1970’s!
“Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun!”
If you remember that, you are as old as we are. 🙂
Here is a a more detailed order of assembly for you Big Mac. (Note that the video above does also contain a description of this assembly.)
From bottom to top:
- Bottom Bun
- Special Sauce
- Pinch of minced fresh Onions
- Shredded Lettuce
- 2 Dill Pickles
- Slice of American Cheese
- Burger Patty (Note – Watch the video for preparation of the burger — though to be honest, it is just a thin burger patty.)
- Middle bun (Note – use the bottom bun from another bun in the pack if you can’t find Triple-Layer buns at the store.)
- Special Sauce
- Pinch of minced fresh Onions
- Shredded Lettuce
- 2 Dill Pickles
- Burger Patty
- Top Bun
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September 22, 2012 @ 8:34 pm
It would be nice to print the recipe without all the print on the left. That uses a lot of extra ink. I worked at McD;s in the 70’s. I hope this is a good one. thanks!
Virginia,
Thank you for the question and your interest in our little blog.
I know what you mean. Ink is expensive.
That’s why I don’t own a printer. 😉 (Actually I work days at a commercial printer and get what little I need printed for free.)
Naturally, I know not everyone has that luxury.
I’m sorry, but because of this I don’t know exactly how to solve the problem short of making up “print view” pages. I will look into this and see if there is a workable solution. But none of use are true programmers. It’s gonna have to be pretty easy.
I do know that there is sometimes a way to choose just what you want to print on a page. I know because I have messed up before and printed ONLY the left bar. Not sure how this works but it is something you might consider.
Also, a “workaround” I sometimes use (even though I get my printing free, I don’t always want everything on the page) is to copy and paste the part you want (the recipe) to a Notepad, Wordpad, Word or Text Page and then just print that. A couple more steps, but it saves money.
I hope this helps.
Thanks again,
Mark
July 22, 2021 @ 12:08 pm
Mark,
To just print what you want, just highlight it and right-click and hit print. When your printer comes up just click on selection.
Thank you, Angie
Mark
July 13, 2014 @ 9:06 am
Thanks for all the recipes you give us.
Lou
Lou,
Thank you for the comment.
Mark
July 13, 2014 @ 6:54 pm
The special sauce is just like Thousand Island Dressing…..
Cinnamon,
Yeah…sorta.
Alton
September 17, 2016 @ 9:47 pm
Per sandwich…
1 tsp Nalley sweet relish
1/2 tsp Honey Mustard, I used French’s
1/8 cup mayonnaise (best foods or Hymans)
1/4 tsp Girard’s brand ‘Champagne’ dressing
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 to 2/3 tsp onion powder
And around 1 full tsp of paprika to give the whole mix the proper ‘salmon’ shade it has.
This for me, being a moderately big fan of Big Macs, was spot on.
September 11, 2021 @ 6:31 pm
So where’s the recipe? I see a list of ingredients but no amounts of anything.
Darren,
Instructions and amounts are in the video.
Alton