Big Mac Tacos
Everything you love about the iconic Big Mac burger, right down to the delectable special sauce, all rolled into a taco. You'll be lovin' it!
Equipment
- large non-stick skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- salt & pepper, to season
- 4 flour tortillas
- 1 tbsp butter, lard or neutral flavored vegetable oil
- ½ cup iceberg lettuce, finely shredded
- 8 slices American cheese
- pickle slices
- ¼ cup white or yellow onion, finely minced
For The Special Sauce:
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp white or yellow onion, finely minced
- 3 tbsp sweet pickle relish
- 2 tbsp French salad dressing
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- 2 tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
Prepare the Special Sauce:
- Place mayonnaise, French dressing, sweet pickle relish, minced onions, white vinegar, sugar and salt in mixing bowl and stir to combine. Set aside.
Prepare remaining ingredients:
- Mince onion, slice pickles and shred lettuce. Set aside.
Cook the Tacos:
- Divide ground beef into four ounce portions.
- Press the ground beef onto a flour tortilla in a thin layer, pressing it out to the edges of the tortilla.
- Season beef generously with salt and pepper.
- Heat a non-stick skillet on the stove over medium heat.
- Add butter, lard or oil to the pan, and swirl to coat the bottom of the pan.
- Place a tortilla, beef side down in the skillet.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes until beef is browned, pressing down on the tortilla with a spatula as the beef cooks to ensure the beef sticks to the tortilla.
- Once the beef patty is browned, flip the tortilla over.
- Top beef with two slices of American cheese and place a lid over the top.
- Cook for 1-2 minutes, just to crisp the flour tortilla, make sure the beef is cooked through and the cheese is melty.
- Remove from heat with a spatula.
- Top with some special sauce, minced onion, sliced pickles, and shredded lettuce.
- Fold tortilla in half to serve.
- Serve with additional sauce on the side.