Homemade Big Mac Sauce is perfect for when you’re craving a big mac. This sauce is easy to whip up in 5 minutes and tastes just like the real thing!
If you want more tasty sauces for burger night, try my french fry dipping sauce and this spicy, chipotle aioli sauce.
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Why this Homemade Big Mac Sauce Recipe is a Keeper
I love this recipe because it’s a sauce simply made in one step, but is super delicious! As soon as you taste the sauce, you will definitely want to add it to your stash of easy recipes.
- 5 Minute Sauce: Bet you never realized how fast and easy it is to make your own big mac thousand island dressing.
- Easy Ingredients: All you need is 7 simple ingredients to make this tangy condiment. Perfect for more than burgers.
- Family Friendly: Your family will love using this to drench their favorite burgers.
Can I Make the Best Big Mac Sauce at Home?
Yes! It’s super easy to make your own homemade big mac burger sauce at home with just a few ingredients.
Big Mac Sauce Ingredient Notes
You will need just a few super simple ingredients for big mac sauce. They’re all easy to find at the store, but you may even have some of the ingredients for big mac special sauce in your kitchen already.
- Mayonnaise: Try using different flavors of mayo to make this sauce.
- Mustard: You can use a hotter mustard for a little extra spice in your French dressing secret sauce. If you don’t have any other mustard, yellow mustard works.
- Sweet Relish: Feel free to use any brand or make your own to make the best big mac sauce recipe!
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Prep Ahead Suggestions for Copycat Big Mac Sauce and Dipping Sauce
Preparing a recipe ahead of time can be the best way to go! Make a recipe in advance to be able to enjoy it whenever you’d like.
- Make Ahead: Make this copycat recipe easy and make in advance for big macs. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Pro Tip for Copycat Big Mac Sauce Recipe
You can use Greek yogurt in place of the mayo.
How to Make Big Mac Sauce
The perfect big mac sauce comes together in just 1 quick and easy step. This classic big mac sauce copycat recipe is so good, it will quickly become one of your favorite sauce recipes!
These are the basic steps for making Homemade Big Mac Sauce. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Mix Homemade Sauce Ingredients
Mix together the mayonnaise, relish, Dijon mustard, white vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika in a bowl until fully combined.
Use this homemade sauce to make your own famous big mac.
How to Store and Use Leftover for this Homemade Version
- Storing: Store your homemade McDonald’s big mac sauce in an airtight container in the fridge.
- Using Leftovers: Use this sauce on the bottom bun of big mac burgers or as a dipping sauce for air fryer French fries or sweet potato fries!
Variations and Substitutions for Best Big Mac Sauce
This famous sauce recipe is so versatile! Try taking it to the next level by experimenting with flavors and trying this sauce made with different ingredients.
- Mayonnaise: You can substitute mayonnaise with Greek yogurt for a healthier McDonald’s special sauce option.
- Ketchup: You can use tomato sauce or tomato paste as a substitute for ketchup.
- Sweet Pickle Relish: You can substitute sweet pickle relish with dill pickle relish or chopped pickles.
Easy Big Mac Sauce Recipe FAQs
Serve this copycat big mac sauce recipe with Air Fryer Fried Pickles, Cast Iron Burgers or Cornflake Chicken.
You could try the best copycat with anything! Try adding in steak sauce or even hot sauce.
Leftover sauce is good in the fridge for up to a week.
The iconic big mac McDonald’s sauce is similar to thousand island dressing. Big mac sauce contains mayo as the base of the sauce and is tangy, but has the best flavor.
Expert Tips for Making This Recipe and Using Big Mac Sauce
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: You will definitely want to double up on this homemade big mac sauce; Just increase ingredients proportionally!
- Serve With: Big Mac sauce is super versatile, add to a burger, salads, fries, chicken fingers or a sandwich.
- Big Mac Salad: Use this as a salad dressing to make big mac salads with ground beef or crushed beef patties, American cheese, iceberg lettuce, red onion, tomato, and dill pickle slices. If you want to be extra, you can also make croutons out of a sesame seed bun.
Homemade Big Mac Sauce
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Ingredients
- ½ cup Mayonnaise
- 4 tablespoons Relish
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon White vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
Instructions
- In a bowl add mayonnaise, relish, mustard, white vinegar, garlic, onion, and paprika powder.
- Mix until fully combined. Serve with burgers, fries, and more.
Christina’s Notes
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: You will definitely want to double up on this homemade big mac sauce; Just increase ingredients proportionally!
- Serve With: Big Mac sauce is super versatile, add to a burger, salads, fries, chicken fingers or a sandwich.
- Big Mac Salad: Use this as a salad dressing to make big mac salads with ground beef or crushed beef patties, American cheese, iceberg lettuce, red onion, tomato, and dill pickle slices. If you want to be extra, you can also make croutons out of a sesame seed bun.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
So great! You do not even need a bun.