Those Big Mac Tacos are an easy appetizer that features your favorite big mac flavors. Enjoy them as an easy dinner for your family any day of the week, or as a tasty appetizer for game days and parties.
Big Mac tacos are a fun way to serve a fast food favorite in a taco style. The hamburger meat is cooked in a pan with seasonings and stuffed in a taco shell made of hamburger buns along with onion, pickles, and a classic special sauce.
So, if you ever had a craving for something different, give those delicious Big Mac tacos a try!
If you enjoyed our Big Mac Quesadillas recipe, you gonna love this too!
Ingredients
- Ground beef: I used lean beef but feel free to use your favorite hamburger meat or even swap for ground chicken or turkey!
- Buns: Best to use are sesame-topped hamburger buns.
- Cheese: Use Cheddar or American cheese slices.
- Pickles: I cut them into bits for easier eating.
- Onion: Diced, use white or yellow.
- Lettuce: I prefer iceberg lettuce for an amazing crunch.
- Oil: Use your preferred cooking oil.
- Seasonings: You can use a store-bought mix of taco seasoning, or just add salt, pepper, cumin, and paprika as much as you’d like.
- For the special sauce: You will need mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, pickle relish, garlic & onion powder, and vinegar.
Equipment
Skillet: You’ll need a large skillet or a non-stick frying pan to cook the hamburger meat.
Bowl: Use a small bowl to mix the ingredients for the Big Mac sauce.
Whisk: A small hand wire whisk to combine the sauce ingredient, if you don’t have one, use a fork instead.
Knife: To dice the onion and chop the pickles.
Taco holders: Those are handy and perfect to place your big mac tacos, I recommend those taco holders from Amazon.
Squeeze bottle: To serve the sauce, if you don’t have one on hand just add the sauce to a bowl and use a spoon. These squeeze bottles are one of my favorites from Amazon.
How To Make Big Mac Tacos
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add ground beef, seasonings, salt, and pepper to taste.
Cook until browned and keep the meat covered and warm until needed.
In a small bowl combine all ingredients for the special sauce together, adjust the seasoning to taste, and transfer the sauce to a squeeze bottle or a bowl.
Place the hamburger buns on a clean surface and use a rolling pin to flatten them like a taco shell (about ¼” thick).
TIP: After flattened, you can give a quick toast to the buns in a bread toaster for a slightly crunchy touch.
Assemble tacos by placing a rolled-out bun in a plate or taco holder, then arranging a slice of American cheese.
Follow with some warm cooked hamburger meat then add shredded lettuce, diced onion, pickles, and pickled jalapeños (if you want an extra kick).
Finish with a good drizzle of the tasty special sauce and serve immediately.
Notes & Tips
- Use foil to cover the pan with the cooked meat so it will stay warm and moist.
- Make sure the hamburger meat is hot when you add it over the cheese, so it will slightly melt it.
- For a spicy touch, add also some pickled jalapeños on top or finely chop them and mix them into the special sauce.
What To Serve With
Those big mac tacos are perfect to serve along with fries or chips and your favorite beverage. If you want to add a side we suggest trying one of these recipes:
How To Store
Assembled tacos don’t store well, but you can store the ingredients separately like this:
- Cooked hamburger meat lasts up to 3 days in the fridge and up to 3 months in the freezer. Place it in an airtight container to prevent it from absorbing other smells.
- Wrap tightly the buns with cling film and they will last up to 5 days at room temperature.
- The special sauce can be stored in a jar or glass container in the fridge for up to a week.
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Big Mac Tacos
Equipment
- taco holders optional
- sauce squeeze bottle optional
Ingredients
- 4 hamburger buns
- ½ lb ground lean beef
- 8 slices American cheese (or cheddar)
- 1 ½ cups shredded lettuce
- ⅔ cup diced onion
- pickles (as needed)
- 1 Tbsp taco seasoning
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper (to taste)
For special sauce:
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp ketchup
- 1 Tbsp yellow mustard
- 1 Tbsp pickle relish
- 1 Tbsp vinegar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add ground beef, taco seasoning, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Cook the meat until browned. Once done, keep it covered and warm.
- In a small bowl combine all ingredients for the sauce together, adjust the seasoning to taste, and transfer the sauce to a squeeze bottle or a bowl.
- Place the hamburger buns on a clean surface and use a rolling pin to flatten them like a taco shell (about ¼” thick).
- Assemble tacos by placing a rolled-out bun and adding a slice of shredded cheese first.
- Follow with some warm cooked hamburger meat then add shredded lettuce, diced onion, pickles, and pickled jalapeños.
- Finish with a good drizzle of sauce and serve!
Notes
- You can make ahead the meat and sauce and store them in the fridge in airtight containers for up to 3 days.
- After flattened, you can give a quick toast to the buns in a bread toaster for a slightly crunchy touch.
- Make sure the hamburger meat is hot when you add it over the cheese, so it will slightly melt it.
- Nutrition info doesn’t include the special sauce.
I had all ingredients to make those big mac tacos so wanted to try the recipe and it was a hit! My kids literally devoured them and the hubby said they were ok, he’s Mexican so he wanted some jalapenos on his tacos ^^
By the way, I had some tortillas so also did your big mac quesadillas!!