Big Mac Sliders are a fun and delicious way to bring the classic Big Mac taste to your dinner table. Filled with seasoned ground beef, pickles, onions, lettuce, cheese, and McDonald’s special sauce, all packed into soft buttery sesame seed buns.
This recipe is about as close as you can get to the original Big Mac.
Copycat Big Mac Sliders
Our mini Big Mac Sliders are a fun spin on a favorite restaurant sandwich and so easy to make at home. These big mac burgers may be miniature in size, but they are loaded with the same delicious flavors as their big burger counterparts, just prepared small so you can serve them as a snack.
My Big Mac mini sliders are made with a simple shortcut: I skip making individual patties and instead bake the beef mixture as a single slab in a sheet pan, then lay it right on top of the bottom bun, secret sauce, and lettuce, cover it with cheese and pickles, and place the other portion of the bread on top.
Before baking, the buns are brushed with melted butter and sprinkled with sesame seeds – they have all the fixings that make a Big Mac so special, served in a small sandwich size to fit in one hand.
Why We Love This Big Mac Sliders Recipe
- Quick and easy to make at home.
- Uses simple kitchen staple ingredients.
- Big Mac sauce recipe has a deliciously hearty and zingy flavor.
- Kid-friendly food that’s easy for small hands to hold.
- Soft Hawaiian bun base layered with beef, sauce, and your favorite Big Mac fixings, all sandwiched between the bottom and top layers of the buttered bread.
- Perfect for party appetizers, potlucks, game day and Super Bowl snacking, or for part of a main meal.
Big Mac Sliders Ingredient List
- Lean ground beef
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic powder
- White onion
- Shredded lettuce
- American cheese
- Pickle chips
- Hawaiian Rolls
- Butter
- Sesame seeds
Big Mac Sauce Ingredients
- Mayonnaise
- French dressing
- Yellow mustard
- Sweet pickle relish
- White vinegar
- Granulated sugar
- Onion powder
- Paprika
Substitutions and Additions
- Choose Your Cheese: Although American cheese is the classic choice, you can substitute American cheese for cheddar cheese, Colby, Monterrey Jack, Pepper Jack, Swiss, or Kraft Singles slices if needed.
- Pick Your Protein: For this recipe I used lean ground beef. However, for a healthier option, you can use extra lean ground beef, ground turkey, or ground chicken. For a vegetarian version, feel free to use your favorite meat alternative.
- Bread Base: I love using Kings Hawaiian Sweet Rolls for these sliders because the sweetness compliments the savory filling. However Kings Hawaiian savory rolls, other small dinner rolls, or homemade slider buns will also work.
Recommended Tools
- 9×13 baking sheet
- Non-stick cooking spray
- Silicone brush
How to Make Big Mac Sliders
- Make The Big Mac Sauce: Mix together all ingredients for the sauce (this will create a pink color sauce) cover, and chill in the refrigerator until ready to use. (preheat oven to 350 degrees)
- Make and Bake The Beef Mixture: Mix together the ground beef, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion. Press the mixture into the baking dish and cook at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 12-15 minutes.
- Assemble: Cut the Hawaiian rolls into a top and bottom portion. Spread a thick layer of sauce on the bottom of the rolls, top with shredded lettuce, the large burger patty, cheese, and pickle chips. Cover with the top portion of the buns and brush with melted butter. Top immediately with sesame seeds.
- Bake: Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes or until the cheese has fully melted.
- Serve: Serve immediately with french fries or additional Mac sauce. Enjoy!
Tip For the Best Big Mac Sliders
- You can use a large pan size for the hamburger and form the hamburger in a rectangle shape similar to the size of the Hawaiian rolls if you do not have a 9×13.
- Trim any excess meat from the large patty around the edges after it finished cooking to better fit flush over top of the rolls.
- Less lean meat will shrink more as it cooks.
- As you’re handling these sliders, the sesame seeds will come off at times.
- You can prepare your Big Mac sauce with Thousand Island dressing if you prefer.
What To Serve With Big Mac Sliders
Serve these sliders with a side of onion rings, Air Fryer Home Fries, French Fries, or Sweet Potato Fries.
They also pair perfectly on a party table with my other delicious small sandwiches. For the ultimate slider spread, serve these mini Big Macs beside my White Castle Sliders, Philly Cheesesteak Sliders, Buffalo Chicken Sliders, Hot Roast Beef Sliders, and Pizza Sliders.
Or you can skip the sandwiches altogether and prepare your patties like my Big Mac Salad (Cheeseburger Salad) for a flavorful low-carb, keto-friendly dish for dieters and non-dieters alike.
How to Store Big Mac Sliders
- To Store: I do not recommend storing these sliders once fully assembled.
More Easy Slider Recipes
Big Mac Sliders
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ white onion finely chopped
- Shredded lettuce
- 6 slices American cheese
- Pickle chips
- 12 count Hawaiian Rolls
- 2 tablespoons Melted butter
- Sesame seeds
Big Mac Sauce:
- ½ cup mayo
- 2 tablespoons French dressing
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 4 teaspoon sweet pickle relish
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and lightly prepare a 9×13 baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine all ingredients together for the Mac sauce. Mix with a fork until well blended. (this will create a pink color sauce). Cover and place inside the refrigerator to chill until ready to use.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine ground beef, salt, pepper, garlic powder and white onion. Mix well until fully combined.
- Press beef mixture into the shaking baking sheet, creating a flat even rectangle and cook for 12-15 minutes. When done, do not turn the oven off.
- Using a bread knife, carefully cut the Hawaiian rolls into a top and bottom portion by cutting through the middle, evenly around all sides. Do not pull the individual rolls apart yet. Place the bottom on a flat surface and the top portion to the side.
- Spread the mac sauce thick on the bottom of the rolls.
- Top with shredded lettuce, the large hamburger patty, american cheese and pickle chips.
- Place the top portion of the rolls on and gently press down.
- Using a silicone brush, coat the top of the bun heavily in the melted butter. Top immediately with sesame seeds.
- Place the sliders onto a 9×13 baking sheet and cook for an additional 5-10 minutes or until the cheese has fully melted.
- Serve immediately with french fries or additional Mac sauce.
Jenn’s Notes
- To Store: I do not recommend storing these sliders once fully assembled.
- You can use a large pan size for the hamburger and form the hamburger in a rectangle shape similar to the size of the Hawaiian rolls if you do not have a 9×13.
- Trim any excess meat from the large patty around the edges after it finished cooking to better fit flush over top of the rolls.
- Less lean meat will shrink more as it cooks.
- As you’re handling these sliders, the sesame seeds will come off at times.
- You can prepare your Big Mac sauce with Thousand Island dressing if you prefer.
My family and I made them together for family movie night and they came out wonderful Thank You ☺️ Please keep posting more easy exciting dish’s to make with my family for movie night
The meat was not cooked at all, I cooked it for an additional 10 minutes and it will still bloody
Very good! I shaped my meat in the kings Hawaiian cardboard so it was the right size. Worked well.
These were actually very fast & easy to make & were super delicious‼️
So glad you enjoyed them!
So good! Made it exactly as written except I used Hawaiian butter rolls instead of the sweet. I baked it with the lettuce in it and it was totally fine, no need to try and lift the bun to put it on after baking. Used Hellmann’s mayonnaise (thank you Jenn for getting back to me on that!) My 12 and 15 year old sons and husband raved! Will definitely make these again!
ingredients 5 stars. instructions negative 3 stars. repost because I dislike grammar errors. sorry
love love loved these! huge favorite!
great!!!
Thinking of making these for the 4th! Looking at the pics you posted, I can’t figure out where to put the lettuce! You say to do the bottom bun, sauce, lettuce, but the pic looks the opposite? What’s the best way to do it? Thanks!!
Even my bearded man who doesnt like sauce and buns on his burgers ate these up! Love this recipe, thanks 😉