Big Mac Salad
Big Mac Salad tastes just like the classic Mcdonald’s Big Mac, with delicious pickles, special sauce, Cheese, and seasoned ground beef over a bed of fresh lettuce. You can make this Keto Big Mac Salad anytime without all the guilt of the extra carbs and calories.
Wheather you are on a Keto Diet, Weight Watchers or just eating healthier this salad is perfect along with my Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken, Instant Pot Crack Chicken, Or even Zero Point Taco Soup.
Ingredients for Big Mac Salad
- 1 Pound Ground Beef: Use a lean ground beef or ground turkey.
- kosher salt: 1 Teaspoon
- Black pepper: 1 Teaspoon
- 1 Teaspoon granulated garlic: May use garlic powder or if you use garlic salt skip the kosher salt.
- Granulated onion: You can also use onion powder or onion flakes.
- Head Iceberg Lettuce: Chopped and Washed, you can use romaine lettuce or salad mix.
- Grape Tomatoes: 1 Cup, Sliced In Half
- 3 Pickle Spears: Roughly Chopped Dill pickles works best.
- Red Onion: 1/2 onion sliced.
- Cheddar Cheese; 1/2 cup or 4oz Shredded
- Thousand Island Dressing: 1/2 cup or you can use homemade big mac sauce
How to make a Big Mac Salad
First Step
- Cook ground beef until brown and crumbled add seasonings.
- Drain Grease.
Second Step
- Assemble Salad.
- Place cut and washed lettuce on a large plate.
- Add Ground Beef, Cheese, Onions, Chopped Pickles, and tomatoes.
Last Step
- Toss Salad together in a large bowl.
- Add Big Mac Sauce or Thousand Island Dressing to the top of the salad.
Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
- Add Sesame seeds to the top of the salad.
- You can use anything extra you would like in this salad like cucumbers,carrots,peppers, or any fresh veggies you like.
- substitute iceberg lettuce for romaine lettuce.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Store leftovers in an air tight container without the dressing on it so it won’t get soggy.
No, there is some differences, although thousand islands is made with ketchup big mac sauce uses french dressing with other ingredients to make the “special sauce”.
Yes, this salad recipe is on keto diets and on weight watchers.
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Big Mac Salad
Big Mac Salad tastes just like the classic Mcdonald’s Big Mac, with delicious pickles, special sauce, Cheese, and seasoned ground beef over a bed of fresh lettuce. You can make this Keto Big Mac Salad anytime without all the guilt of the extra carbs and calories.
Ingredients
- 1 Pound Ground Beef
- 1 Teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 Teaspoon black pepper
- 1 Teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1 Teaspoon granulated onion
- 1 Head Iceberg Lettuce, Chopped and Washed
- 1 Cup Grape Tomatoes, Sliced In Half
- 3 Pickle Spears, Roughly Chopped
- ½ Red Onion, Sliced
- 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese, Shredded
- ¾ Cup Thousand Island Dressing
Instructions
- Cook ground beef until brown and crumbled add seasonings.
- Drain Grease.
- Assemble Salad.
- Place cut and washed lettuce on a large plate.
- Add Ground Beef, Cheese, Onions, Chopped Pickles, and tomatoes.
- Toss Salad together in a large bowl.
- Add Big Mac Sauce or Thousand Island Dressing to the top of the salad.
Notes
- Add Sesame seeds to the top of the salad.
- You can use anything extra you would like in this salad like cucumbers,carrots,peppers, or any fresh veggies you like.
- substitute iceberg lettuce for romaine lettuce.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 427Total Fat: 31gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 855mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 2gSugar: 8gProtein: 26g
