Healthy big mac sauce made with white beans (no mayo)
Want to ditch the calorie rich, Big Mac sauce and try something new? You’ve come to the right place! This healthy Big Mac sauce made with white beans has all the flavor of your traditional Big Mac sauce, but significantly less calories. This is a burger spread you can truly feel good about!
Healthy Big Mac sauce made with white beans consists of cannellini beans…instead of mayo, giving this sauce a super creamy consistency. It’s loaded with all of the flavor of your traditional Big Mac sauce by blending ketchup, mustard, sweet relish, pick juice, apple cider vinegar, and the perfect blend of seasoning.
This recipe can be prepped and ready in less than 5 minutes! This healthy big mac sauce is perfect for spreading on burgers, sandwiches and wraps. Also makes the perfect vegan dip for veggies, chips, and fries!
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Lower Calorie Healthy Big Mac Sauce Made with beans
Yes…we all love a good Big Mac sauce. It’s the perfect complex, flavorful balance of sweet, savory, salty, tangy. But at the end of the day, it is full of calories and provides pretty much zero nutrients. So creating a healthy Big Mac sauce was a MUST!
Big Mac sauce without mayo? How do we accomplish this? White beans of course! White beans, or in this case cannellini beans, make the PERFECT base for a healthy vegan Big Mac sauce. They blend into a super creamy consistency that is perfect for spreading and dipping! Not only is the consistency perfect, they are great for you as well!
Cannellini beans are a great source of fiber, iron, folate, magnesium, and of course, protein. So ditch the mayo and say YES to cannellini beans!
What is in traditional Big Mac sauce
As mentioned above, Big Mac sauce is that perfect blend and balance of sweet, savory, salty, tangy. So what’s in it?
According to McDonalds, Big Mac official ingredients are Soybean Oil, Sweet Relish (diced Pickles, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Corn Syrup, Xanthan Gum, Calcium Chloride, Spice Extractives), Water, Egg Yolks, Distilled Vinegar, Spices, Onion Powder, Salt, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Garlic Powder, Vegetable Protein (hydrolyzed Corn, Soy And Wheat), Sugar, Caramel Color, Turmeric, Extractives Of Paprika, Soy Lecithin.
So now that we know what’s in the actual sauce…we can simplify it and turn it into a much healthier, but still delicious vegan, healthy Big Mac sauce!
How to make healthy big mac sauce with white beans
Making this vegan, healthy version of Big Mac sauce is super simple! Simply combine one can of drained and rinsed cannellini beans, 3 tbsp ketchup, 1 1/2 tbsp dijon mustard, 1 tbsp sweet relish, 2 tbsp pickle juice, 1 tsp apple cider vinegar, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/4 tsp smoked paprika, and 1/2 tsp white sugar in a high speed blender.
Blend until smooth. And DONE! A big batch of creamy, flavorful healthy Big Mac sauce made with white beans! No mayo, no oil, just creamy, plant-based goodness!
Top with paprika and chives to make it pretty!
What to serve with vegan healthy Big Mac sauce
What should you serve with this plant-based, healthy Big Mac sauce?…EVERYTHING! This white bean dip is perfect for fries, chips, crackers, and veggies. It also makes the perfect healthy condiment for vegan burgers, sandwiches, paninis, and wraps! This healthy Big Mac sauce is something you can feel good digging into and slathering on everything!
Healthy Big Mac Sauce made with white beans (no mayo)
Equipment
- high speed blender
Ingredients
- 1 can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained can substitute any white bean or chickpeas
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 1 1/2 tbsp dijon mustard can substitute any mustard
- 2 tbsp pickle juice
- 1 tbsp sweet relish
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp white sugar
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients in a blender
- Blend until smooth
- Serve and enjoy!
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