Big Mac Pizza is the ultimate mashup of homemade pizza and a Big Mac burger. It’s simply seasoned so that the copycat Big Mac sauce can speak for itself! It’s topped with pickles, lettuce, and cheese, just like the sandwich we all know and love.
I think this sauce recipe is closest to the real thing. It’s rich and tangy, just like the McDonald’s version. The pre-made pizza dough is an amazing shortcut, so you can spend more time on cooking and seasoning the beef and getting the right ratio of toppings, so it tastes even better than a Big Mac.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It’s easy to prepare: This is such a simple recipe that you can even have your kids help prepare it! With the ready-made crust, it only takes a few minutes to bake.
- You can customize it: Pizzas are so fun because you can make them your own. Let your creativity shine and top your pizza with extra sauce or more pickles, whatever you like!
- It takes around 30 minutes: It takes a little longer (like 35 minutes) to prepare and bake this pizza, but even then, it’s so worth the time!
Ingredients
Below are the components for the pizza and the homemade Mac sauce. The pizza itself doesn’t have a lot of ingredients, so it’s super simple yet still yummy.
- Pickles: Diced dill pickles and pickle juice are the key to achieving a good sauce and topping the pizza with pickle slices makes it more like a real Big Mac.
- Ground beef: I like 80% lean ground beef for this because it has enough fat to add flavor, but not too much to make it feel really greasy.
- Onions: I like to saute the onions with the beef to soften and cook them down a bit because I don’t enjoy the texture of crunchy onions on my pizza.
- Pizza crust: I use the ready-to-top pizza crust because it doesn’t need any extra baking time. Just add the toppings and it’s ready after a few minutes in the oven. It’s perfect for convenience, which is what this easy creative pizza is all about! Similar to these stuffed pizza dough balls and pizza dough breadsticks.
- Cheese: The shredded cheddar cheese works great because it melts nicely, and the yellow color gives you the feeling of a Big Mac. If you prefer, you may use American slices to make it feel even more like the real deal.
See the recipe card below for exact ingredient amounts, nutritional information, and detailed instructions.
Variations
- Chicken: Use grilled or shredded chicken instead of ground beef to make a chicken Big Mac pizza.
- Add bacon: Sprinkle crumbled cooked bacon on the pizza before baking it to turn it into a bacon cheeseburger-type pizza. I love making some bacon in the toaster oven to crisp it up to use as a pizza topping!
- Make it spicy: Add some sliced pickled jalapenos on top or try a drizzle of Sriracha over the pizza.
How to Make Big Mac Pizza
Here are the instructions needed to make this pizza that tastes like a Big Mac. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F and get your pizza crust on the pizza pan before you get started.
Step 1: Prepare the sauce. Combine all the Mac sauce ingredients in a mixing bowl and whisk until smooth.
Step 2: Cook the beef. Heat a skillet over medium heat and cook the beef for a few minutes. Then, drain most of the fat.
Step 3: Add the onions. Throw in the diced onions, and season with salt and pepper. Continue to cook the mixture until the beef is no longer pink and the onions soften a bit.
Step 4: Top crust with meat. Sprinkle the meat mixture evenly over the top of the pizza crust.
Step 5: Add cheese and bake it. Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top of that. Pop the pizza in the oven and bake it for 3-4 minutes or until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted.
Step 6: Finish with toppings. Top your pizza with lettuce, pickle slices, and a drizzle of sauce. Slice and enjoy along with simple asparagus salad or other fresh salad.
Recipe Tips
- Remove the lettuce: If you plan to save extra pizza, serve the lettuce on the side to add to the slices at the table. Reheating the lettuce will make it soft and mushy so it's best to add fresh lettuce to leftover slices.
- Let it cool slightly: I like to let the pizza cool just for a couple of minutes before slicing and serving it, to let it set and to keep it from cooking the pickles and lettuce. Then, I can drizzle it with extra sauce as well.
- Don’t add too much sauce: I add some sauce before baking the pizza, but not too much, as it will make it a bit greasy. Reserve it for drizzling and dipping instead.
If you love recipes like this yummy Big Mac-inspired Pizza, you may also enjoy this double cheeseburger pizza.
Storage Directions
- Storing: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Freeze the slices for up to 2 months.
- Reheating: I recommend reheating the pizza in the oven or air fryer at 400 degrees F for 3-5 minutes or until warm.
- Make Ahead: You may prepare the beef and onion mixture up to 2-3 days in advance and keep it in the fridge until you assemble your pizza.
Serving Suggestions
- Some more sauces you can drizzle on your pizza are this Burger King buffalo sauce and avocado hot sauce to create different flavor combinations.
- Enjoy a light and refreshing side dish like a creamy cucumber salad or a strawberry spinach salad to balance the meal.
- Server with a Nutella milkshake and some crispy fries for a fun spin on the classic meal!
Recipe FAQs
You may, but I recommend popping it in the oven for about 10 minutes or so before you add the beef mixture, sauce, and cheese. It takes extra time to bake through, and you don’t want to overcook the meat.
If raw onion is your thing, skip the sauteed onion or simply use extra raw onion as a topping before you serve the pizza.
Shape it into a baking sheet instead. The shape doesn’t matter as much as the flavor does!
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Big Mac Pizza
Ingredients
Big Mac Sauce
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon dill pickle juice
- ½ tablespoon dill pickle minced
- ½ tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
Pizza
- 1 pound ground beef medium
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 ready to top pizza crust
- 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- ½ cup lettuce shredded
- 2-3 pickles sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Make your Big Mac sauce by adding all the ingredients into a small bowl and whisk until combined. Set aside.
- Heat a large pan on medium heat and cook ground beef for 5 minutes.
- Strain out some excess fat, then add onion, salt and pepper. Cook for a couple more minutes until the beef is fully cooked and no longer pink.
- Add pizza crust to a pizza pan.
- Spread meat mixture evenly on top of the pizza crust.
- Add cheese then bake for 3-4 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.
- Top with lettuce, pickle slices and additional Big Mac sauce.
- Slice and enjoy.
Notes
- Store leftover slices of Big Mac pizza in an airtight container for up to 4 days in the fridge.
- Use a baking sheet if you don’t have a pizza pan. It will still taste just as good!
- Reheat the pizza without the lettuce and even the pickles to preserve the texture. Add them on fresh after!
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This post was originally published October 2021. It's been updated with new content and images.
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