Big Mac Nachos

Spoon drizzling Big Mac sauce over nachos.

Between the crispy chips, fresh toppings, and Mac sauce drizzled all over the top, these nachos are a serious family favorite. They're pretty perfect for game day, but I've been known to serve them for dinner every now and then. The kids never complain about chips for dinner, after all.

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 786kcal

Author Karly Campbell

Ingredients

For the nachos:

1 pound lean ground beef
1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cracked pepper
5 ounces tortilla chips about 1/2 full size bag
2 cups shredded cheddar
2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
1 cup diced pickles
1/2 cup diced yellow onion more or less to taste
Sesame seeds for garnish

For the Mac sauce:

½ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons dill relish
2 teaspoons mustard
2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon paprika

Instructions

To make the nachos:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Add the ground beef to a skillet over medium heat and use a wooden spoon to crumble up the meat as it cooks. When the meat is about halfway cooked through, sprinkle on the onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Continue cooking until no longer pink.
Drain the grease from the beef, if needed.
Arrange the tortilla chips in a layer completely covering the bottom of a rimmed 15x10 baking sheet. You can use more or less chips to suit your tastes, but we generally use around ½ of a 10 ounce bag of tortilla chips.
Spoon the beef evenly over the chips and sprinkle with the cheese.
Place the pan in the oven for about 5 minutes to melt the cheese.
Remove from the oven and top with the lettuce, pickles, and onion.
Use a spoon to drizzle the Mac sauce over the top and then sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Serve immediately.

To make the Mac sauce:

Whisk together all of the ingredients in a small bowl.
Store leftovers covered in the fridge for up to a week.

Notes

You can season the beef with any burger seasoning blend you like, but McDonald’s keeps it very simple so we did as well.

We like thicker tortilla chips so that they hold up under all the tops. Tostitos Cantina Traditional are my favorite. The Cantina thins are also tasty, but they will break more.

Diced tomato is a great addition here, though a Big Mac doesn’t have tomato on it.

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