Tex's Authentic McDonalds Big Mac™ Burger Sauce 🍔🍶

Tex
Tex @cook_3903024
Manchester, England

There are many Big Mac sauce recipes on the Internet, but this is reputedly the real deal, and I must admit, it tastes like it.
The story is that McDonalds sauce used to arrive at their restaurants ready-made, but in the staff manual there was also a recipe for reproducing it in-store in case they ran out. Sometime during 1969, the recipe got out. The page was promptly removed from other manuals for fear that other burger chains would learn and use their 'top secret' sauce, but too late. The recipe was made public the following year.
This is the recipe, which doesn't have the added preservatives the pre-made stuff contains.

Tex's Authentic McDonalds Big Mac™ Burger Sauce 🍔🍶

There are many Big Mac sauce recipes on the Internet, but this is reputedly the real deal, and I must admit, it tastes like it.
The story is that McDonalds sauce used to arrive at their restaurants ready-made, but in the staff manual there was also a recipe for reproducing it in-store in case they ran out. Sometime during 1969, the recipe got out. The page was promptly removed from other manuals for fear that other burger chains would learn and use their 'top secret' sauce, but too late. The recipe was made public the following year.
This is the recipe, which doesn't have the added preservatives the pre-made stuff contains.

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Ingredients

15 mins
8 servings
  1. 1/4 cupsalad dressing such as Miracle Whip® (I use salad cream with a pinch each of paprika and garlic powder)
  2. 1/4 cupmayonnaise
  3. 1 tspketchup
  4. 3 tbspFrench dressing
  5. 1 1/2 tbspdill pickle relish (French's relish New York deli pickle is available in the UK)
  6. 1 1/2 tspsweet pickle (I use ploughman's pickle)
  7. 1 tspsugar
  8. 1 tspdried minced onion (I usually use 2 tsp of fresh though)
  9. 1 tspwhite vinegar
  10. 1/8 tspsalt

Cooking Instructions

15 mins
  1. 1

    Mix all ingredients and cook for 25 seconds on full power in a microwave. I know they didn't have microwaves back in the '60s, but trust me, if you're only making a small amount this is the best way to heat it

  2. 2

    Blend if you want a smooth sauce, and refrigerate for an hour before serving. Makes 1 cup, or enough for about 8 burgers

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I'm a designer/artist and I learned to cook when I started making my own Chinese food over 30 years ago. I'm a lover of my native British food, but recently I've developed a taste for American comfort food, especially sandwiches and BBQ (watching too much 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives' probably). 😸 Unfortunately, we don't have any independent US-style diners or drive-ins in my neck of the woods, so I had to learn from recipe books and the Food Network. I'll also be publishing some traditional UK classics in case any non-Brits want to have a crack at Brit grub.
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