Make your own better-for-you homemade Big Mac Sauce in 5 minutes! The best copycat recipe that tastes just like the real thing but is prepared without preservatives!
McDonalds Big Mac Sauce Copycat Recipe
Our copycat Big Mac Sauce recipe could be the closest thing to Big Mac sauce, but even better because it uses fresh ingredients that you probably have in your pantry. And since the original coveted condiment doesn’t contain Thousand Island dressing, neither does this clone; instead, we incorporate French dressing to recreate the tangy flavor.
Creamy, zesty, savory, and slightly sweet, this McDonald’s special sauce recipe is so easy to make at home; it’s fresher than its fast food counterpart and can conveniently be stored in the fridge for a week.
Drizzle this big mac dressing on my Big Mac Salad, spread it between the buns of my Big Mac Sliders and Big Mac Sloppy Joes, use it as a dipping sauce for air fryer chicken nuggets, french fries, and onion rings, or slather it on sandwiches, burgers, and hotdogs, or pour it into a baked potato or pasta salad. A multi-purpose McDonalds burger sauce for smothering on meats or serving on the side!
Why We Love Copycat Big Mac Sauce Recipes
- Quick and easy to make in 5 minutes.
- Uses a handful of simple gluten free ingredients.
- Great make-ahead condiment that can be stored in the fridge for a week.
- Tastes just like McDonald’s signature sauce, but prepared with less processed ingredients.
- Perfect replacement for salad dressings, sandwich spreads, and dipping sauces.
Big Mac Sauce Ingredients
- Mayonnaise
- French salad dressing
- Sweet pickle relish
- White onion
- Apple cider vinegar
- Granulated sugar
- Salt
- Black pepper
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Substitutions and Additions
- Add Some Spices: Although it’s not necessary, you can add some savory spices to your sauce, like paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder.
- Replace The Relish: The sweet pickle relish adds the perfect amount of sweetness to the sauce. If you don’t like sweet pickle relish, use dill pickle relish or gherkin relish instead.
How to Make Big Mac Sauce
- Make The Mixture: Stir together the mayonnaise, salad dressing, sweet pickle relish, onion, apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper until combined.
- Chill: Cover the sauce and chill in the fridge for 2 hours or up to overnight.
- Serve: Stir the sauce before serving. Enjoy!
Tips For Making The Best Big Mac Sauce
- If your Big Mac sauce has thickened up too much after an overnight refrigeration, you must allow it to come back to room temperature to loosen up. Alternately, you can whisk in 1-2 teaspoons of water to get the consistency you desire for your sauce.
- You can substitute ketchup for the bottled French salad dressing in this recipe, but I highly recommend the French dressing as it has added spices and seasonings that add to the uniqueness of the Big Mac Sauce.
- You can substitute the yellow onion for the white onion. Be sure that you are very finely mincing the onion no matter which onion you are using.
- Make sure you give your sauce enough time to chill in the fridge. This allows the flavors from all the ingredients in the sauce to develop and marry.
How to Store Big Mac Sauce
- To Store: Store your sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- To Freeze: I do not recommend freezing this homemade sauce as the mayonnaise will not freeze and then thaw properly, and will alter the consistency of the sauce once thawed.
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Big Mac Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons bottled French salad dressing
- 1½ tablespoons sweet pickle relish
- 1½ tablespoons white onion finely minced
- 1½ teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, bottled French salad dressing, sweet pickle relish, finely minced white onion, apple cider vinegar, granulated sugar, salt, and black pepper until fully combined.½ cup mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons bottled French salad dressing, 1½ tablespoons sweet pickle relish, 1½ tablespoons white onion, 1½ teaspoons apple cider vinegar, ½ teaspoon granulated sugar, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- Transfer the Big Mac sauce to a small lidded container (a half-pint size mason jar works great), or cover the mixing bowl with a piece of plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate the Big Mac sauce for 2 hours or up to overnight. This allows the flavors from all the ingredients in the sauce to develop and marry. Be sure to stir the sauce before serving.
Jenn’s Notes
- To Store: Store your sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- To Freeze: I do not recommend freezing this homemade sauce as the mayonnaise will not freeze and then thaw properly, and will alter the consistency of the sauce once thawed.
- If your Big Mac sauce has thickened up too much after an overnight refrigeration, you will need to allow it to come back to room temperature to loosen up. Alternately, you can whisk in 1-2 teaspoons of water to get the consistency you desire for your sauce.
- You can substitute ketchup for the bottled French salad dressing in this recipe, but I do highly recommend the French dressing as it has added spices and seasonings that add to the uniqueness of the Big Mac Sauce.
- You can substitute the yellow onion for the white onion. Be sure that you are very finely mincing the onion no matter which onion you are using.
- Make sure you give your sauce enough time to chill in the fridge. This allows the flavors from all the ingredients in the sauce to develop and marry.
- White vinegar can be used as a substitute for apple cider vinegar, but you will want to taste test it with 1 teaspoon and add the remaining ½ teaspoon if needed.
- If using white vinegar as a substitute, then you will need to increase the granulated sugar to 1 teaspoon to balance the flavor of the sauce.
