Dinner · 30 min · american

Copycat Big Mac (McDonald’s style)

Dinner decisions, handled: Copycat Big Mac (McDonald’s style) pairs lean ground beef (93/7) with light mayo for a 30-minute American dinner. At 410 calories and 42g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

Ingredients

• 1 lb Lean ground beef (93/7)
• 1/4 cup Light mayo
• 1 tbsp Yellow mustard
• 2 tbsp Sweet pickle relish
• 1 tsp White vinegar
• 4 Sesame hamburger buns
• 2 cups Shredded iceberg lettuce
• 4 slices American cheese
• 16 Dill pickle chips
• 1/4 cup Minced onion

Steps

1. Stir the mayo, mustard, relish, vinegar, and a pinch of paprika into the copycat secret sauce; chill it — cold sauce on a hot burger is the whole trick.
2. Divide the beef into 8 thin patties, 2 oz each, and season hard with salt and pepper; thin patties get the lacy, crispy edges.
3. Sear in a ripping-hot cast iron skillet 2 minutes per side, melting a cheese slice onto 4 of them in the last 30 seconds.
4. Toast the bun crowns, heels, and the extra middle slice (the club layer) cut-side down in the beef fat until golden.
5. Build: heel, sauce, onion, lettuce, pickle, cheese patty, middle bun, sauce, onion, lettuce, pickle, plain patty, crown.
6. Wrap 2 minutes in foil — the steam melds everything the way the cardboard box does.

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