DECODED: McDonald's Special (Big Mac) Sauce

DECODED:  McDonald's Special (Big Mac) Sauce

I gathered 21 copycat recipes for McDonald's special (Big Mac) sauce from 21 different websites, all claiming they have "the best tasting" - "closest to the original" sauce. 

Most of the recipe's ingredients and quantities of each are very similar so I enlisted the help of my son Anthony (the data guru). I gave him all the raw data which he put into a formula-rich spread sheet to be compared and analyzed.

Once completed, I chose the ten most reoccurring ingredients thinking this would guarantee me a sauce that would taste as close to the original recipe as possible. The quantities of the ten ingredients varied slightly so they were averaged and rounded for the final recipe. 

Mix all Ingredients and Refrigerate Overnight

NOTE: The Minced Onions need to be reconstituted dehydrated onions.

Ingredient                        Amount                    

•Mayo                                        1 cup 

•French Dressing                     2 tbsp

•Ketchup                                   2 1/2 tsp

•Minced Onions                       2 tsp

•Sweet Relish                          2 tsp

•Dill Pickle Relish                    2 tsp

•White Vinegar                        1 1/2 tsp

•Sugar                                      1 1/4 tsp

•Salt                                          1/8 tsp

•Garlic Powder                        1 tsp                          

•Onion Powder                        1 tsp

Slide 2 below shows the recipe which we formulated from the 21 copycat recipes (this is the slide you want). 

Here is my comparative analysis yielding what is possibly the best homemade McDonald's special (Big Mac) sauce recipe out there...

Slide 1 - Top 10 Ingredients

NOTE: The Minced Onions need to be reconstituted dehydrated onions.

Slide 2 - The Recipe

NOTE: See explanation of the 11th ingredient below

RAW DATA SHEET 1

(Excludes measurement quantities)

RAW DATA SHEET 2

(Excludes measurement quantities)

Mix all Ingredients and Refrigerate Overnight

NOTE: The Minced Onions need to be reconstituted dehydrated onions.

Ingredient                        Amount                    

•Mayo                                        1 cup 

•French Dressing                     2 tbsp

•Ketchup                                   2 1/2 tsp

•Minced Onions                       2 tsp

•Sweet Relish                          2 tsp

•Dill Pickle Relish                    2 tsp

•White Vinegar                        1 1/2 tsp

•Sugar                                      1 1/4 tsp

•Salt                                          1/8 tsp

•Garlic Powder                        1 tsp                          

•Onion Powder                        1 tsp