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Fast-food classic becomes home cooking comfort! No drive-thru required or wanted! Mac Attack Bake layers juicy beef and crispy hash browns with melty cheese and, of course, the sauce. The special sauce. The sauce that keeps you coming back for more. Serve Mac Attack Bake with your favorite burger toppings and be amazed that you beat the franchise at the flavor game!
Fast-food classic becomes home cooking comfort! No drive-thru required or wanted! Mac Attack Bake layers juicy beef and crispy hash browns with melty cheese and, of course, the sauce. The special sauce. The sauce that keeps you coming back for more. Serve Mac Attack Bake with your favorite burger toppings and be amazed that you beat the franchise at the flavor game!
Ingredients
For the copycat sauce:
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar plus more, to taste
For the casserole:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 onion diced
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 3 cups frozen hash brown potatoes diced
- 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
Optional, for topping:
- iceberg lettuce to taste, shredded
- pickles to taste
- white onions to taste, diced
- hamburger bun croutons to taste, toasted
- sesame seeds to taste
Directions
- In a medium bowl, add the mayonnaise, the sweet pickle relish, the white vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon of the garlic powder, the onion powder, the paprika, the turmeric, and 1 teaspoon of the sugar and whisk to combine.
- Taste the sauce mixture and add the extra sugar, as needed. Set the sauce mixture aside.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the olive oil.
- Add the ground beef to the hot oil and cook, while stirring and crumbling, until it is no longer pink, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add the diced 1/2 onion to the beef and cook, while stirring, until the onions are softened, about 3-4 minutes.
- Add the Worcestershire sauce, the remaining garlic powder, the salt, and the black pepper to the beef mixture and stir to combine.
- Add 1/2 of the sauce mixture to the beef mixture and stir to combine.
- In the bottom of the prepared baking dish, add the hash brown potatoes and spread them out evenly.
- Top the potato layer with the meat mixture, spreading it out evenly.
- Sprinkle 1/2 of the cheese over the meat layer.
- Drizzle 1/4 cup of the remaining sauce mixture over the cheese layer.
- Top the sauce layer with the remaining cheese.
- Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove the foil and bake until the cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
- Serve with the lettuce, the pickles, the extra onions, the bun croutons, the sesame seeds, and the remaining sauce mixture.
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