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Make your homemade vegan burgers even better with this vegan Big Mac sauce. It’s that secret special sauce that makes everything better! I especially love serving it on my vegan Big Mac burgers.
I love homemade meals, like veggie burgers with some Air Fryer French Fries. Finding ways to make my homemade veggie burgers taste just as good as you’d get in a restaurant? Well, that’s my jam. That’s what’s so great about this vegan Big Mac sauce. It transforms a regular veggie burger into something amazing!
Why This Recipe is a Winner
Vegan mayo keeps this recipe dairy-free and creamy
Adding sweet relish makes this distinctive special the perfect condiment for veggie burgers and more
Using French dressing adds color and flavor, making this your favorite go-to sauce every time
Key Ingredients
You can find the full printable recipe, including ingredient quantities, below. But first, here are some explanations of ingredients and steps to help you make this recipe perfect every time.
Here are the ingredients you’ll need for this recipe, including substitution ideas:
Vegan Mayo — I use a storebought mayo like Hellman’s Vegan Mayo, or sometimes I’ll mix in a little plain, unsweetened vegan yogurt to make a lighter version.
Relish— A little bit of sweet relish is the secret to this amazing sauce. If you don’t have relish, finely chop a few sweet pickles.
Green Onion — I like the mild flavor of green onion. We’ll use only the white part, chopped finely.
French Dressing — I used Kraft French Dressing, which gives this sauce color and flavor.
Vinegar — You’ll need just a bit of white vinegar for this recipe.
Sugar
How to Make This Recipe
Combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl.
Stir it until the ingredients are creamy and the sugar is dissolved.
Transfer it to a lidded container like a mason jar, cover, and keep refrigerated.
Serve it as a condiment on veggie burgers, sandwiches, salads, and more.
Keep it in the fridge in a lidded container for up to 2 weeks.
Frequently-Asked Questions
Is Big Mac sauce vegan?
No, the Big Mac sauce served in McDonald’s restaurants is not vegan because it’s made with egg-based mayo. But you can make your own vegan Big Mac sauce at home and serve it over veggie burgers.
You can’t buy one at McDonald’s, but you can make your own Vegan Big Mac at home. It’s easier than you think and pretty tasty, too.
Serving Suggestions
Serve this tasty sauce on any of these delicious veggie burgers:
Sweet Potato Black Bean Burger
30 mins total
Air Fryer Impossible Burger
20 mins total
Hemp Burgers
30 mins total
Vegan Black Bean Burger
30 mins total
More Vegan Sauces
If you love vegan sauces for burgers or whatever you’re making, be sure to try these:
Vegan Honey Mustard
10 mins total
Vegan Cranberry Sauce
30 mins total
Vegan Aioli
26 mins total
Vegan Bechamel Sauce
15 mins total
And here are even more vegan sauce recipes to try.
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Vegan Big Mac Sauce
Make your own vegan burgers at home and add this special Vegan Big Mac Sauce on top. You'll love how it tastes just like what you can find at the restaurant chain, but it's entirely dairy-free!
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Without French fries or sandwiches, we're not quite sure what to put sauces on, but it's always good to know what's vegan. Along with the standard ketchup and mustard, the Tangy Barbeque and Sweet 'N Sour dipping sauces are free from animals.
“The [sauce] that best replicated Big Mac sauce from McDonald's that you should go buy if you want it is Great Value's 'Secret Sauce,'” he said. “Look at the ingredients statement, it's almost identical.”
The sauce used on our Vegetable Deluxe is our Sandwich Sauce; a mayonnaise based sauce. On our Spicy Vegetable Deluxe we use Cool Mayo and Sweet Chilli Sauce.
Unfortunately for vegan American McDonald's fans, the fries there aren't plant-based. This is because one of the ingredients is “natural beef flavoring,” which contains milk. “When our suppliers partially fry our cut potatoes, they use an oil blend that contains beef flavoring,” the McDonald's website states.
The answer is no… but they are similar. Both of the condiments have a creamy consistency and include pickle relish. But, McDonald's Big Mac Sauce includes vinegar and has a bit more pickle relish in it than Thousand Island dressing.
Available in restaurant, in Drive-Thru, via the My McDonald's App, and also via McDelivery, now is the time to try Big Mac® Special Sauce with any McDonald's menu items whether that's Chicken McNuggets, Veggie Dippers... or perhaps a Big MacFlurry…?
Fortunately, there's a store-bought alternative that'll allow you to have as much Big Mac-like sauce as you want. According to a video posted by TikTok influencer Mike Haracz, a former McDonald's corporate chef, Great Value brand Secret Sauce is the closest thing you'll get to the fast food chain's Big Mac sauce.
The reason Big Mac sauce is such a hit is because it's unique. A lot of restaurants have “special sauces,” but few are as beloved as Big Mac sauce. It's the perfect blend of creamy, acidic, savory, and slightly sweet that compliments the rest of the burger incredibly well.
Former McDonald's chef claims chain 'refuses to sell Big Mac sauce in stores' McDonald's refuses to sell Big Mac sauce and other products in retail outlets because the owners of their restaurants would want a cut of any profits, a top former employee has claimed.
In 2021, McDonald's partnered with Beyond Meat, a Los Angeles–based producer of plant-based meat substitutes, to create the McPlant platform. It features a plant-based meat alternative burger patty made from plant ingredients such as potatoes, peas and rice. Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults.
As far as we are aware, they don't use a vegan cheese which is available to the public and that you can buy in a supermarket. Their vegan cheese is made in-house, by themselves which they have made to replicate the non-vegan and dairy cheese you will find on their other non-vegan burgers.
The impressive McPlant features a Vegan Sesame Bun, Mustard, Ketchup, Vegan Sauce, Fresh Onion, Pickles, Lettuce, Tomato and Vegan Cheese. It is cooked separately from other McDonald's burgers and sandwiches using dedicated utensils. Beyond Meat, Inc.
There are a number of vegan drinks available at McDonald's. These include Tropicana Orange Juice, bottles of water, Coca Cola Zero, Coca Cola, Diet co*ke, Fanta Orange, Irn Bru (only available at select restaurants), Oasis, Robinsons Fruit Juice, and Sprite Zero.
McPlant® A vegan burger made with a juicy plant-based patty co-developed with Beyond Meat® featuring vegan sandwich sauce, ketchup, mustard, onion, pickles, lettuce, tomato, and a vegan alternative to cheese in a sesame seed bun. Vegan certified.
Veggie Artisan Roll Sandwich—ask for any of the burgers or sandwiches without the meat, cheese, and mayo. Ask for extra lettuce, tomato, and pickles. Request a dipping sauce (like bbq, mustard or spicy buffalo), if desired, and a beverage.
Enjoy veggie goujons sandwiched in a sesame seed bun with lashings of lettuce. Just make sure you ask at the till for the staff to hold the mayo as this isn't vegan.
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