If you love a Big Mac and you love garlic Texas toast, this Big Mac Texas Toast recipe is about to become your new obsession. Juicy seasoned beef, melty cheddar, crispy garlic bread, and creamy Big Mac sauce come together in the ultimate open-faced cheeseburger melt. It's crunchy, cheesy, saucy, and ready in just 25 minutes.
RECIPE ESSENTIALS
🍽️ Course: Dinner, Main Dish
⏱️ Total Time: 25 minutes
🍴 Servings: 6-8 toasts
🧄 Flavor Profile: Savory, cheesy, tangy, crunchy
🍚 Best Served With: Fries, coleslaw, pickles
🧊 Make Ahead?: Beef mixture and sauce can be made ahead
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This Big Mac Texas Toast recipe delivers everything you love about the iconic Big Mac but piled high on crispy garlic Texas toast instead of a bun. The layers of flavor make every bite satisfying. It's family-friendly, weeknight-easy, and seriously crave-worthy.
This Big Mac toast recipe was inspired by my Big Mac sliders recipe and Big Mac sloppy joes on this site, and pairs well with my grandma's coleslaw recipe and our horseradish pickles.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Fast & Easy: Ready in 25 minutes.
- Big Flavor: All the classic Big Mac taste.
- Crispy Base: Garlic Texas toast adds crunch.
- Kid-Approved: A guaranteed family favorite.
- Oven or Air Fryer Friendly: Choose your method.
Ingredients
Everything you need for this Texas toast Big Mac is listed below.
- Frozen Garlic Texas Toast: Creates the crispy, garlic-buttery base.
- Ground Beef (80/20): Juicy, flavorful burger meat.
- Dried Minced Onion: Classic Big Mac flavor element.
- Cheddar: Melts beautifully..
- Iceberg Lettuce: Adds cool crunch.
- Big Mac Sauce: Use our copycat Big Mac sauce or storebought for a creamy, tangy finishing touch.
See the recipe card below for the exact quantities of each ingredient.
Variations
- Add Pickles: Add sliced sweet pickles, spicy pickles, dill pickles or relish for more flavor.
- Swap Cheese: Instead of cheddar use American cheese, Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, Mozzarella or your favorite.
- Make it Spicy: Add some pickled habaneros, sliced jalapeños, avocado hot sauce or jalapeno hot sauce.
- Different Meat: Use ground turkey, ground pork, ground sausage or a combination instead of beef. Cooked fresh or frozen hamburgers also work well.
- Add Bacon: Sprinkle crispy bacon crumbles, add bacon slices or our sweet glazed bacon on top.
- Add Toppings: Feel free to add sliced or diced tomatoes, onion slices, avocado slices, sauteed baby bella mushrooms or asian mushrooms.
Instructions
This Texas toast cheeseburger recipe comes together quickly by partially baking the toast, topping it with seasoned beef and cheese, then finishing until bubbly and golden. Preheat oven to 425°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
Place Texas toast slices on the baking sheet. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes or until lightly golden but not fully crisped.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the ground beef, dried minced onion, salt, and pepper. Break apart the beef as it cooks until browned and no longer pink, about 6-8 minutes.
Drain excess grease from the pan and remove from heat.
Spoon cooked ground beef evenly over the toasted side of each Texas toast slice.
Top each with a generous handful of shredded cheddar cheese.
Return the toasts to the oven and bake for 3 to 5 more minutes, or until the cheese is fully melted and bubbly.
Remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
Drizzle Big Mac sauce over the top of each toast.
Finish with a sprinkle of shredded iceberg lettuce or your favorite burger toppings and serve immediately.
Recipe Tips
- First Bake: Don't fully crisp the toast, bake just until lightly golden.
- Second Bake: Return to oven until cheese melts and bubbles. Don't overbake. For extra crisp edges, broil briefly, if desired, just watch closely to avoid burning.
- Best Melt: Use freshly shredded cheese.
- Adding toppings: Right before serving add lettuce and any other toppings you want to include.
- Avoid soggy toast: Drain grease well before topping bread.
- Spread evenly: Distribute beef evenly so each toast has even bites.
- Make a Sandwich: Toast another piece of Texas toast and make a sandwich easy to pick up.
- Storage: Store leftovers for up to 2 days and reheat in oven, toaster oven or air fryer to crisp. Add sauce and toppings after warmed. Freeze beef mixture only for up to 2 months.
If you love Big Mac garlic toast recipes like this, you may also enjoy big mac egg rolls or big mac salad.
Serving Suggestions
- Add a side of coleslaw, Greek pasta salad or a simple garden salad.
- Serve with a baked potato or twice baked potato.
- Add sweet potato fries, french fries, air fryer bacon wrapped onion rings or air fryer potato wedges.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, thick-sliced homemade garlic bread works well. Toast it slightly before adding toppings so it stays crisp.
Yes, cook and refrigerate the beef for up to 3 days before assembling.
Drain excess grease from the beef and avoid adding sauce until after baking.
Preheat the air fryer to 370°F. Air fry the frozen Texas toast slices for 4 minutes until lightly golden. Remove and top with cooked ground beef and shredded cheese. Return to air fryer and cook for 2 to 3 more minutes, or until the cheese is melted and edges are crispy. Let cool slightly, then top with Big Mac sauce and shredded lettuce.
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Big Mac Texas Toast
Ingredients
- 1 box frozen garlic Texas toast 6 to 8 slices
- 1 pound ground beef 80/20 preferred
- 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 cup iceberg lettuce shredded
- ½ cup Big Mac Sauce or store bought
Instructions
- Prepare your Big Mac Sauce and allow it to chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving for best flavor.
- Preheat oven to 425°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
- Place Texas toast slices on the baking sheet. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes or until lightly golden but not fully crisped.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the ground beef, dried minced onion, salt, and pepper. Break apart the beef as it cooks until browned and no longer pink, about 6-8 minutes.
- Drain excess grease from the pan and remove from heat.
- Spoon cooked ground beef evenly over the toasted side of each Texas toast slice.
- Top each with a generous handful of shredded cheddar cheese.
- Return the toasts to the oven and bake for 3 to 5 more minutes, or until the cheese is fully melted and bubbly.
- Remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
- Drizzle Big Mac sauce over the top of each toast.
- Finish with a sprinkle of shredded iceberg lettuce or your favorite burger toppings and serve immediately. Enjoy!
Notes
- Air Fryer: Preheat the air fryer to 370°F. Air fry the frozen Texas toast slices for 4 minutes until lightly golden. Remove and top with cooked ground beef and shredded cheese. Return to air fryer and cook for 2 to 3 more minutes, or until the cheese is melted and edges are crispy. Let cool slightly, then top with Big Mac sauce and shredded lettuce.
- First Bake: Don't fully crisp the toast, bake just until lightly golden.
- Second Bake: Return to oven until cheese melts and bubbles. Don't overbake For extra crisp edges, broil briefly, if desired, just watch closely to avoid burning.
- Best Melt: Use freshly shredded cheese.
- Adding toppings: Right before serving add lettuce and any other toppings you want to include.
- Avoid soggy toast: Drain grease well before topping bread.
- Spread evenly: Distribute beef evenly so each toast has even bites.
- Make a Sandwich: Toast another piece of Texas toast and make a sandwich easy to pick up.
- Storage: Store leftovers for up to 2 days and reheat in oven, toaster oven or air fryer to crisp. Add sauce and toppings after warmed. Freeze beef mixture only for up to 2 months.
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