Get all the flavors of your favorite McDonald's burger in this yummy Big Mac Salad with ground beef, lettuce, onions, pickles and of course Big Mac Sauce!
Do you love both a Big Mac AND a salad? If so, you are in for a real treat with this yummy Big Mac Salad! It is over-the-top delicious!
And, the best part is it uses simple, common ingredients to duplicate the flavors in a McDonald's Big Mac. You get the flavors of this classic burger in salad form. What's not to love?
Not only is this salad over-the-top delicious, but it is super easy to make! It uses simple, common ingredients to duplicate the tastes you find in a Big Mac including the hamburger, Big Mac sauce, lettuce, onion and dill pickle. (Optional shredded cheddar cheese and sesame seed toppings add to the flavor.)
How fun (or should I say, tasty) is that?
And, if you are trying to avoid the actual Big Mac because of calories and a diet, then this yummy salad is THE perfect solution!
You still get all the yummy flavors with fewer carbs and calories! Sounds like a win to me! If you're looking for keto recipes, with no bread in the meal the carbs are a lot lower than with the Big Mac burger on a bun, but you'll need to check the other ingredients to see if they agree with your particular keto diet.
This recipe is enough to feed four people. Thanks to the ground beef it makes a really hearty salad. It's definitely an entree salad that's a whole meal in one bowl.
If you didn't already know Big Mac sauce is basically Thousand Island dressing.
You can take the “healthier”/homemade part of this recipe further by choosing better-for-you versions of Thousand Island Dressing or making your own dressing with our delicious homemade Thousand Island Dressing recipe.
One other change that will change the flavors a bit, but give you a bigger nutritional boost is to change out the iceberg lettuce for a darker leafy green, which have more vitamins and minerals than standard iceberg.
Some darker leafy greens you can try are romaine, red leaf or green leaf, butter lettuce, or even spinach. A combination of lettuce types works too!
Another healthier option for this recipe if you're trying to reduce saturated fat is to substitute ground turkey for the lean ground beef.
This recipe does call for red onions, which we think give a nice robust flavor for salad, but if you prefer to stick closer to the taste of a Big Mac, you can use white onions instead (and dice them up tiny like they do at McDonald's).
We did make one other change by adding tomatoes to this recipe (yes, we know there are no tomatoes on a Big Mac) which gives it a nice pop of color and some fresh flavor to this cheeseburger salad.
McDonald's Copycat Recipes:
Want another special treat? Be sure and check out our delicious Copycat McDonald's Big Mac recipe! It is easy to make using fresh ingredients, even the special sauce!
You can make it right at home and skip the drive-thru window AND the expense – plus know EXACTLY what is going into your meal! We have a few more recipes too.
More Salad Recipes:
If you're looking for some more great salad recipes, try these:
Big Mac Salad Recipe
Prep: 10 Minutes
Cook: 15 Minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients Needed:
(See amounts and instructions in recipe card below.)
Lean ground beef 90/10
Head of iceberg lettuce
Roma tomatoes; diced
Pickles; diced
Red or white onion; diced
Thousand Island dressing (Homemade or Bottled)
Optional: a sprinkle of sesame seeds
Optional: shredded cheese
How to make a Big Mac Salad:
Place ground beef into a saute pan and cook until meat is browned. Drain grease.
Wash and chop iceberg lettuce. Place into a large bowl. Dice the tomatoes. Add to the bowl and toss.
Dice the pickles. Slice pickles can be diced. Look for pickles that have a thicker slice. Add to bowl. Chop the red onion and add to bowl.
Add ground beef to the bowl and toss with salad tongs. Serve topped with thousand island dressing.
Enjoy!
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Big Mac Salad Recipe
This yummy Big Mac Salad is over-the-top delicious! And, the best part is it uses simple, common ingredients to duplicate the flavors in a Big Mac.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef 90/10
- 1 head of iceberg lettuce
- 2 roma tomatoes; diced
- 12 pickles; diced (more if you would like more pickles)
- 1/2 cup red onion; diced
- 1 bottle thousand island dressing
Instructions
- Place ground beef into a saute pan and cook until meat is browned. Drain grease.
- Wash and chop iceberg lettuce. Place into a large bowl.
- Dice the tomatoes. Add to the bowl and toss.
- Dice the pickles. Sliced pickles can be diced. Look for pickles that have a thicker slice. Add to bowl.
- Chop the red onion and add to bowl.
- Add ground beef to the bowl and toss with salad tongs.
- Serve topped with thousand island dressing.
Optional: Top with a sprinkle of sesame seeds and/or shredded cheese.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 386Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 103mgSodium: 1041mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 3gSugar: 7gProtein: 33g
Nutrition is calculated automatically and may not be accurate.
Lee McCloud-Lazarick says
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Deb says
There are NO tomatoes in/on a Big Mac!
Chrysa says
You’re right, but as we say above “We did make one other change by adding tomatoes to this recipe (yes, we know there are no tomatoes on a Big Mac) which gives it a nice pop of color and some fresh flavor.” You don’t have to put in tomatoes if you don’t want tomatoes.
Betsy Burnette says
Yummy recipes!!!