Big Mac Pizza
Big Mac pizza combines two favorite meals into one crowd pleaser. Your kids will love helping you make dinner when this is on the menu!
Is there a kid around who doesn’t love pizza and McDonalds?
My boys go crazy for both.
In fact my boys love Mickey D’s so much that we had to come up with a homemade Big Mac recipe to keep them from begging to go constantly.
Suffice to say that they adore this mash up of a classic pizza with McDonald’s Big Mac inspired flavors.
What a winning combination!
And it’s so hearty that it keeps them full for awhile so I’m not handing out snack after snack.
Ingredients
To make this you’ll need:
- Pizza dough– You can use Homemade Pizza Dough, store bought dough, or a premade crust like Boboli
- Olive Oil– Only if you you’re fresh dough. Skip it for a premade crust.
- Thousand Island dressing– Your favorite brand
- American cheese– The sliced yellow kind
- Ground beef- Go for leaner beef so it’s not too greasy.
- Salt and pepper– To taste
- Cheddar cheese– Shredded
- Toppings– Shredded lettuce and thinly sliced grape tomatoes, along with any other Big Mac toppings you enjoy
How to Make
This is easier to make than it is to pack everyone up and take them out for burgers or pizza.
To do it, brown the ground beef in a medium sized skillet.
Season the meat with salt and pepper, to taste.
Drain the cooked beef and set aside.
If you are using pizza dough and not a premade crust, lightly grease a pizza pan or large cookie sheet with olive oil.
Pat or roll the dough out into pan and lightly drizzle some olive oil over the top of the crust and then bake the crust for 10 minutes.
Remove it from the oven.
Then, top the pizza crust with Thousand Island salad dressing in place of sauce and evenly spread the dressing out over the crust all the way up to the crusts edges.
Top the spread dressing with the American cheese slice and then spread the ground beef over the cheese slices.
Sprinkle the shredded cheddar cheese evenly over top of the beef.
Bake the pizza at 450 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
Remove from the oven and allow the pizza to cool slightly, about 2-3 minutes, before cutting it into slices.
To serve, top the cooled pizza with shredded lettuce, tomato and additional Thousand Island, if desired.
Enjoy!
Other Topping Ideas
You could use other Big Mac toppings on this pizza as well.
I know a Big Mac doesn’t traditionally have tomatoes. I add them because it’s one of the few times all of my kids will agreeably eat an extra serving of veggies.
You can absolutely stick to the tried & true combinations of the authentic burger though if you’d prefer.
The burger normally also has finely chopped onions and pickles in addition to the Thousand Island dressing and shredded lettuce.
Add any, all, or a combination to the top of your burger pizza.
Storing Leftovers
This is one of those meals that doesn’t save super well because the toppings may make the crust soggy as it sits.
If you have leftovers, store them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Reheat in a hot oven until warmed through.
Tips and Tricks
- If you are using a premade crust and not dough, you can skip baking the crust first.
- Don’t worry if the American cheese slices don’t cover the whole crust. You will top it with more cheese after you layer on the beef so the whole pizza will wind up cheesy.
- The tomatoes are 100 percent optional.
Other Homemade Pizza Recipes
Big Mac pizza is a hit with my boys! Make it today and delight your family with this kid-friendly meal!
Looking for other homemade pizza recipes? Try these:
- Garlic Ranch Chicken Pizza
- Sheet Pan Breakfast Pizza
- Roadhouse Pizza
- Mac & Cheese Pizza
- Cookies & Cream Dessert Pizza
- Shrimp Alfredo Pizza
- Barbecue Sausage Flatbread Pizza
- Chicken & Bacon Caesar Pizza
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Big Mac Pizza
Ingredients
- pizza dough homemade, store-bought, or pre made will all work
- Olive oil if you’re using fresh dough
- Thousand Island salad dressing
- 6-8 slices yellow American cheese
- 1/2-3/4 lb ground beef
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1-2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- Shredded lettuce
- grape tomatoes thinly sliced (optional)
Instructions
- In a medium sized skillet, brown the ground beef. Season the meat with salt and pepper, to taste. Drain the cooked beef and set aside.
- For pizza dough, lightly grease a pizza pan or large cookie sheet. Pat or roll the dough out into pan and lightly drizzle some olive oil over the top of the crust and then bake the crust for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven.
- Top the pizza crust with Thousand Island salad dressing and just like you would with sauce, use a lade or the back of a spoon to evenly spread the dressing out over the crust all the way up to the crusts edges. Top the spread dressing with the American cheese slices, and don’t worry if they don’t completely cover the entire pizza. Top the cheese with the ground beef. Sprinkle the shredded cheddar cheese evenly over top of the beef.
- Bake the pizza at 450 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
- Remove from the oven and allow the pizza to cool slightly, about 2-3 minutes, before cutting it into slices.
- To serve, top the cooled pizza with shredded lettuce, tomato and additional Thousand Island, if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
- If you are using a premade crust and not dough, you can skip baking the crust first.
- Don't worry if the American cheese slices don't cover the whole crust. You will top it with more cheese after you layer on the beef so the whole pizza will wind up cheesy.
- The tomatoes are 100 percent optional.
Nutrition
recipe adapted from Love Bakes Good Cakes
originally published May 31, 2015
Oh wow!! Did you say Big Mac Pizza? This is so gooood!! I love bog mac and I love pizza. I guess this would never go wrong and I’d definitely enjoy more than one slice. 😀 Happy FF.
My thoughts were the same, and yeah there was pretty much no way I was walking away without that second slice 🙂