IF you’re craving some Macca’s after the fast food chain closed and can’t wait until they re-open, you can make your own Big Mac at home in the meantime.
After the restaurant revealed exactly how to make a McMuffin from your own kitchen, we’ve rounded up the recipe for another one of their classic offerings – the Big Mac.
Arguably their most famous dish, the triple-tiered burger may look complicated but you can easily rustle up a fakeaway at home.
Describing how they make their iconic burger, McDonald’s said it's made up of'two beef patties, the bun, Big Mac sauce, dill pickles, onions,shredded iceberg lettuce'.
To make the burger, you need beef mince, burger buns – ideally seeded – iceberg lettuce, an onion, burger sauce, American cheese and depending on your preference, gherkins.
In order to re-create the three layers, you need to cut one burger bun in half, then slice another one in half and use the bottom layer for your middle slice.
And don’t be tempted to buy pre-made beef burgers, as for an authentic taste you need to make the patties yourself.
Start with some beef mince and mould it into balls, before flattening it into a patty.
If you have cookie cutters you can use these to get a perfect edge, or trim it with a knife.
Season with salt and pepper and you’re ready to go, but be sure to make two for each burger.
The most complicated part of the burger is the infamous Big Mac sauce, with people snapping up pots of the delicious condiment earlier this year.
The exact recipe has been kept under wraps for years, although it’s thought the 30 plus ingredients were leaked back in 2017.
While that recipe has a lot of additives which aren’t readily available, chef Todd Wilbur shared a simplified recipe in his book, Even More Top Secret Recipes, which is much easier to re-create.
Homemade Big Mac special sauce recipe
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons French dressing
- 4 teaspoons sweet pickle relish
- 1 tablespoon finely minced white onion
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
It only needs seven ingredients, including standard ones such as salt and sugar, as well as mayonnaise, onion, white vinegar, French dressing and sweet pickle relish.
But if you don’t have any of that to hand, we won’t judge if you slap some ketchup or mustard on instead.
The rest of the dish is fairly simple to whip up, as all you need to do is chop your onion into small cubes, before shredding your iceberg lettuce.
Next you need to prep the layers, so lay out your bottom and middle buns and spread your burger sauce over them, before adding the lettuce and onion, and if you’re a gherkin lover add these on top too.
Next lay two slices of American cheese on the bottom bun only, then they’re ready for the patties.
All that's left is to assemble the stack, and voila, you’ve got your very own Big Mac.
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