Our perfectly crafted Big Mac Pizza will wow your family. Chewy crust topped with savory ground beef, tangy special sauce, crisp lettuce, melted cheese, and crunchy pickles. Quick and easy to make.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time22 minutesmins
Total Time37 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Big Mac Pizza Recipe
Servings: 8
Calories: 466kcal
Ingredients
1poundprepared fresh pizza dough
2tablespoonsolive oil,divided (1 tablespoon to brush the dough and 1 tablespoon to cook the ground beef)
1poundlean ground beef
1cupsmall diced yellow onion,divided (¾ cup added to cooked ground beef, ¼ cup for toppings)
1tablespoonWorcestershire sauce
1teaspoongarlic powder
½teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonblack pepper
2½cupsshredded yellow American cheese,from an 8-ounce piece sliced at the deli counter
1cupshredded iceberg lettuce
⅓cuphamburger sliced dill pickles,patted dry
⅓cupbottled Thousand Island dressing
2teaspoonssesame seeds
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425°F. Lightly spray a large 15 to 16-inch round pizza pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
On a clean work surface, carefully roll or stretch out your fresh pizza dough to 14 inches, then place it onto the prepared pizza pan. Using a fork, poke holes all over the entire surface of the pizza dough. Be careful to leave about a half-inch border around the edges so your crust can rise. The holes help prevent bubbles from forming on the surface where you will add your toppings as you par-bake the pizza dough.
Brush the entire surface of the pizza crust with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Bake the pizza dough (with no toppings on it) for 15 minutes. Once the pizza dough is partially baked, remove it from the oven and allow it to cool on the counter while you finish preparing the toppings.
While your pizza dough is par-baking, you will make the ground beef topping by adding to a large skillet, on medium-high heat, the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, lean ground beef, ¾ cup diced yellow onion, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper. Cook and brown the ground beef for 5-6 minutes or until no pink remains.
Using a slotted spoon, remove the cooked ground beef from the skillet and place it onto a paper towel-lined plate to allow as much of the excess grease to drain from the ground beef mixture as possible.
Spoon the drained ground beef mixture onto the par-baked pizza dough, making sure that the ground beef is evenly distributed and leaving about a 1-inch border for the crust.
Top the ground beef with the shredded American cheese. Be sure that the cheese is evenly distributed over the surface of the pizza.
Return the ground beef and cheese-topped pizza to the oven to finish baking the crust and melt the cheese. This should take about 7-11 minutes or until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted. Remove the pizza from the oven and slide it onto a large cutting board.
To finish topping the Big Mac pizza, sprinkle the shredded iceberg lettuce over the melted cheese, followed by the remaining ¼ cup diced yellow onion.
Next, randomly place the dill pickle slices around the top of the Big Mac pizza, drizzle the Thousand Island dressing over the entire pizza in a decorative pattern, and then garnish with the sesame seeds.
Using a pizza cutter, cut the pizza into eight slices by cutting the pizza in half, then into quarters, then cut each quarter in half.
Notes
To prevent your crust from becoming soggy, make sure you pre-bake it. It's also critical to drain your beef well. Otherwise, the excess grease sits o the pizza crust and makes is wet and oily.
Fresh pizza dough can be difficult to roll out if you haven't tried before, but don't worry too much. Make sure the dough is at room temperature before you begin trying to stretch it. If a rolling pin isn't working well, you can lift the crust and allow gravity to let it stretch. Continue stretching the crust by hand until it's an ideal size.
Instead of using non-stick cooking spray, you can use parchment paper if you prefer.
If your pizza crust edges begin to brown too quickly, you can gently set aluminum foil over the edges.