Name: Big Mac Sloppy Joes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound Ground Beef; 3/4 cup Yellow Onion, diced; 1/2 cup Dill Pickles, diced; 1/2 cup Thousand Island Dressing; 1/4 cup Mayonaise; 1 teaspoon Table Salt; 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper; 2 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese; 4 Sesame Seed Buns; 2 cups Ice Burg Lettuce

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Big Mac Sloppy Joes are a sloppy joe variation with copycat McDonald's Big Mac secret sauce, a one pot meal ready in 30 minutes. An instant family favorite meal, this easy homemade twist on the classic sloppy joe is a fun copycat McDonalds meal that brings fast food home with ingredients you can trust.

Big mac sloppy joe on a sesame seed bun with lettuce, onions, and pickles.

Have your favorite taste of onions, pickles on a sesame seed bun at the comfort of your home. This meal is a perfect weekday meal for any busy night. We love our 30 minutes or less meals!

These other 30 minutes or less meals are quick and easy and perfect for any busy weeknight. Serve these up with our Air Fryer Mozzarella Sticks. Try our healthier version of rattlesnake pasta. Or try a quick air fryer pierogie and kielbasa meal to mix things up.

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Ingredients

Ground Beef
Yellow Onion
Dill Pickles
Thousand Island Dressing
Mayonaise
Table Salt
Black Pepper
Cheddar Cheese
Sesame Seed Bun
Ice Burg Lettuce

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

In a large skillet, on medium heat, cook the ground beef until completely cooked through (there should be no pink). As the meat cooks break into smaller pieces.

chopped pickles and onions with the cooked ground beef.

2. Turn heat to low. Add in chopped dill pickles and yellow onion.

Mixed ground beef, chopped pickles, and onions.

3. Stir the chopped pickles and yellow onions into the ground beef mixture to make it evenly mixed.

Small bowl of 1,000 island dressing mixed with mayo.

4. Mix together the thousand island dressing and mayo to make the copycat McDonald's secret sauce.

5. Mix in the thousand island dressing mixture into the ground beef, onion , and pickle mixture.

6. Stir until well combined. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Shredded cheddar cheese added to the sloppy joe mixture.

7. Stir in shredded cheese. Mix until cheese is completely melted.

Plate with big mac sloppy joe meat on a sesame seed bun with lettuce.

8. Prepare a sesame seed bun, toasted or not, with shredded ice burg lettuce. On the bottom bun, add copy cat big mac ground beef mixture.

Hint: Have all ingredients chopped and ready to go before cooking the ground beef. Once the ground beef is cooked, each step goes quickly!

Substitutions

Lettuce - instead of ice berg lettuce, you can use romaine lettuce or spinach
Bun - use gluten free buns instead of white bread buns to make this gluten free
Vegetarian - the ground beef can be replaced with a plant-based burger to make this vegetarian
Ground Turkey- use ground turkey instead of ground beef to have a healthier meat.
Ground Chicken - use ground chicken instead of ground beef to have a healthier meat
Onion - instead of yellow onion, you can use purple onion or white onion.

Variations

Spicy - add chili pepper flakes while cooking ground beef.
Deluxe - add pickles, avocado, or a cheese slice on top of the sloppy joe mixture.

Equipment

This quick and easy one pot meal only requires a large skillet and a mixing spoon to prepare the dish.

Storage

Store the lettuce and buns separately from the sloppy joe mixture in the fridge, and recombine when ready. Good for 2-3 days.

These ingredients don't stand up well to freezing.

Top tip

Salt and pepper the sloppy joe mixture to taste. Some prefer no salt or pepper with the sauce because it carries enough flavor in the thousand island dressing.

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