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Big Mac

An United States dinner made with beef. Ready in about 27 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 3 people +

Changed from 4 to 3 people · Back to 4

Main ingredient

  • 11 oz ground beef Shopping tip: Ground beef (UK: minced beef). 80/20 or 85/15.

Fresh & other

  • 2 sesame seed burger buns
  • Chopped onion
  • ¼ iceberg lettuce
  • 2 cheese Shopping tip: Cheddar is a safe pick.
  • 2 dill pickles

Sauces & oils

  • 1 ½ tbsp olive oil
  • ¾ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 ½ tsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 ½ tsp mustard
Spices & seasonings (4): pepper, onion salt, garlic powder, paprika
  • Pinch pepper
  • 1 ¼ tsp onion salt
  • 1 ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp paprika

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. For the Big Mac sauce, mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

  2. Season with salt.

  3. Chill until ready to use, 2.

  4. To make the patties.

  5. Season your mince with salt and pepper and form in 4 balls using around 1 3 cup mince each.

  6. Place every on a square of baking paper plus flatten to form in four x 6 inches circles.

  7. Heat oil in a big frypan over high heat.

  8. Heat beef patties for 1-2 min every side until lightly charred and cooked through in 2 batches.

  9. Take it off the heat.

  10. Keep warm.

  11. Repeat with remaining two patties, 3.

  12. Slice each burger bun into three acrossways, lightly toast, 4.

  13. To assemble the burgers.

  14. Spread a little Big Mac sauce over your bottom base.

  15. Top with some chopped onion, shredded lettuce.

  16. Slice some pickle slices, beef patty and of cheese.

  17. Top with the middle bun layer.

  18. Spread using more Big Mac sauce,, lettuce, pickles, beef patty.

  19. Finish with more sauce.

  20. Top with burger lid to serve, 5.

  21. After waiting half hour for food to settle, go for a jog.

On the side: Steamed vegetables

A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.

How to make it (10 min)
  1. Steam or microwave the frozen vegetables as the bag says. Season with salt and a little butter.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.