Big Mac Sloppy Joes are an easy ground beef dinner recipe perfect for weeknights. These sloppy joes are loaded with onions, pickles and cheddar cheese all tossed in a copycat Big Mac Sauce.
PREP TIME: 8 minutes
COOK TIME: 20 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 28 minutes
YIELD: 4 LARGE SANDWICHES
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1/4 cup mayo
- 3/4 cup Thousand Island dressing
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1/2 cup tangy dill pickles, diced
- 1 cup yellow onions, diced
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 4 large sesame seed hamburger buns
- 1 cup iceberg lettuce, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F for toasting the buns.
- Cook the ground beef with a dab of butter or margarine in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
- Crumble the beef well as it cooks.
- Once the ground beef is fully cooked drain the grease from the pan and reduce the heat to medium.
- Add the mayo, Thousand Island dressing, salt and pepper to the pan.
- Stir well until all of the ground beef is coated in the dressing.
- Add the diced pickles and diced onions to the pan.
- Stir well again and reduce heat to low.
- Lay the hamburger buns in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake until the buns are lightly toasted. 4-6 minutes.
- Add the shredded cheddar to the ground beef pan and stir just until the cheese is combined with the meat.
- Spoon the ground beef mixture on to the bottom buns.
- Sprinkle shredded lettuce on top of the meat and then cover with top bun.