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Copycat Big Mac Sliders have a ground beef patty topped with special burger sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame seed slider roll!
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Copycat Big Mac Burgers Served as Sliders
Here’s a fun menu idea for your next game day party – our Copycat Big Mac Sliders! These easy and delicious little burgers are styled after the Big Mac from McDonald’s but adapted for parties at home.
Copycat Big Mac Sliders have a juicy ground burger topped with our special burger sauce, shredded lettuce, American cheese, sliced dill pickles, and chopped onions – all served on a mini slider roll that has been buttered and sprinkled with sesame seeds!
Why you'll love Copycat Big Mac Sliders
- The combination of a ground beef patty topped with special burger sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame seed slider roll is a classic flavor combination!
- They have all of the same flavors as your favorite fast food version, but served in party-sized portions – perfect for game day gatherings.
- These sliders are easy to make in a big batch – so it’s perfect for game day or holiday parties.
Key Ingredients & Substitutions
- Ground Beef – Buy quality 100% beef – a grass-fed, 80/20 mix will give you the best burger flavor. And don’t worry, excess fat will be drained off before you assemble the sliders.
- Kosher Salt
- Ground Black Pepper
- Special Sauce – You can buy a bottled version, but we make our own Special Burger Sauce recipe here.
- Slider Rolls – Buy one dozen slider rolls – typically two sets of six rolls baked together and still connected in the package. If you can find sesame seed slider rolls – buy those! If you can’t find seeded rolls, you can butter the tops and sprinkle on sesame seeds and bake for five minutes. Our rolls were potato slider rolls and were perfect for this dish. We buttered and seeded the tops. And if slider rolls are not available, Hawaiian rolls are always a good option as well.
- Melted Butter & Sesame Seeds – Needed only if you can’t find slider rolls with sesame seeds already on top.
- Onion – Buy yellow or white onion for this recipe.
- Pickles – Buy thinly-sliced dill pickle slices for this recipe.
- Lettuce – To stay close to the original version, choose Iceberg lettuce and cut into thin shreds. Other lettuce types can be used if that’s what you have on hand.
- Cheese – White (or yellow) American cheese should be used. We prefer the Land o’ Lakes brand.
Special Tools Needed
- Three Sheet Trays – Half sheet tray size 18×13-inch
- Cutting Board and Sharp Knife
- Various Measuring Cups & Spoons
- Large spatulas – To lift the cooked meat. We have this cake lifter spatula and it worked well, or a fish turner is another option.
- Spoon – To spread the Special Burger Sauce.
How do I make Copycat Big Mac Sliders?
- Prepare rolls by separating the tops from bottoms but leave the two sets of bottoms connected to each other. Place bottoms onto one sheet tray and tops on the other.
- Shape ground beef onto a sheet tray into two flat rectangles. (Use the rolls as a guide for the shape and size. Note that the beef will shrink in size as it cooks. Then sprinkle with kosher salt and black pepper.
- Spread special burger sauce on roll bottoms. If needed – brush melted butter on the roll tops and sprinkle with sesame seeds while the butter is still wet.
- Place the pan with the meat and pan with roll tops into the oven. Bake roll tops for five minutes, then remove from the oven. Bake ground beef for 10 minutes more, for a total of 15 minutes.
- Remove the meat from the oven and drain off fat from pan. Place cheese slices over each rectangle of beef and place back into the oven for one minute to melt.
- Lift each section of cheese covered cooked beef onto each six pack of roll bottoms.
- Top each burger with minced onion, sliced pickles, and shredded lettuce.
- Invert roll tops and spread with special sauce.
- Pull apart roll tops and place over each burger. Then using a sharp large knife, cut through the sections to separate the 12 burgers.
- Serve immediately.
Tips & Tricks
Cooking the beef in two large rectangular patties is easier than forming and cooking 12 separate little burgers. It also helps to keep the meat juicy, and it presents well when served on the slider rolls.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I make Copycat Big Mac Sliders ahead of time? The individual components can be prepared in advance, but wait to bake just before serving so they are hot and fresh.
- How do I store leftovers? Store refrigerated for up to two days, however note that rolls will become soggy and the vegetables will wilt the longer they sit.
- How do I reheat leftovers? You should remove the meat patty and microwave then place back into the sandwich.
- Can I freeze these burgers? No.
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Copycat Big Mac Sliders
Copycat Big Mac Sliders have a ground beef patty topped with special burger sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame seed mini slider roll!
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 12 sliders 1x
- Category: entree
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
2 pounds 80/20 ground beef
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
12 seeded slider rolls (two sets of connected six rolls, 12 in a package)
1 cup prepared Special Burger Sauce
1 tablespoon of butter if you can’t find seeded rolls
1 tablespoon sesame seeds if you can’t find seeded rolls
3 tablespoons yellow or white onion, minced fine
24–36 thin dill pickle slices (2–3 per sandwich depending on size)
4 ounces in weight iceberg lettuce, shredded (about 4 cups)
12 slices white American cheese slices
Instructions
- These sandwiches come together quickly, so have everything prepared and measured out before beginning, including the Special Burger Sauce recipe.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place two racks in the upper third and bottom third of the oven.
- Spray a sheet tray with kitchen pan spray and line two more sheet trays with parchment paper.
- Measure out the two pounds of beef into two one-pound sections and place each on the sheet tray with the kitchen pan spray and press each into a rectangle that is exactly one inch wider on all four sides of each six-pack of rolls. Our rolls were 6X8 connected into two six-packs, so we pressed our rectangles into two 8X10 rectangles. This will account for shrinkage. Once baked, they will be the same size as the rolls. Divide the salt and pepper over both sections of beef before baking.
- Place two six-packs of roll bottoms on one sheet tray, cut facing up, and two sections of tops on the other tray, cut facing down.
- Divide half the special sauce among the 12 bottoms.
- If your rolls were not seeded, brush the tops with butter and sprinkle on the sesame seeds.
- Place the meat pan and roll tops pan into the oven (Meat on bottom rack, rolls on top rack) and after five minutes, remove roll tops. Set the time for ten more minutes then remove the beef (total of 15 minutes).
- While meat finishes cooking, flip seeded tops over and divide the rest of the special sauce on the cut side of each.
- After cooking for 15 minutes, remove pan with the beef and pour off and discard the fat. Then divide the 12 slices of American cheese over the two sections of cooked beef, letting a little hang over all four sides. OK if a little bit overlaps the center. Place back into the oven for one minute to melt the cheese.
- Remove from the oven and using one or two large spatulas, lift each section of cooked beef and cheese and set atop each six-pack of roll bottoms.
- Top each individual burger with onions, pickles, and lettuce.
- Separate the roll tops from each other and place one over each of the 12 burgers.
- Use a sharp knife and cut between each row until you have separated all 12 burgers.
- Serve immediately.
Last updated: August 20, 2025
