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A method to refine and reuse frying oil used for sweets and salty foods like French fries, ensuring the oil remains clean and safe for reuse multiple times without reaching the smoke point.
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Cooking Time:
30 mins
Prep Time:
5 mins
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Homemade Big Mac
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A homemade recreation of the iconic McDonald's Big Mac, featuring a special sauce with MSG for authentic umami flavor, pickled cucumbers, fresh iceberg lettuce, diced onions, American cheese, and grilled beef patties on a sesame seed bun.
00:20:00 total
Serves 1
medium
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Ingredients
- ground beef - watch the video to see (for patties, quantity as needed for 2 patties)
- iceberg lettuce - watch the video to see (shredded)
- diced onion - watch the video to see (freshly diced)
- American cheese slices - 2 slices (2 slices, one per patty)
- pickles - watch the video to see (homemade pickled cucumbers)
- sesame seed bun - 3 pieces (3 pieces per burger (bottom, middle, top))
- water - 1 cup (for pickling brine)
- white vinegar - 1 cup for pickling, 1 tsp for sauce (for pickling brine and sauce)
- salt - 1 tbsp for pickling, pinch for sauce (for pickling brine and sauce)
- cucumber - watch the video to see (sliced for pickling)
- dill - watch the video to see (fresh sprigs for pickling)
- garlic cloves - 2 cloves for pickling, 1/2 tsp garlic powder for sauce (whole for pickling and powder for sauce)
- peppercorns - few (whole for pickling)
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp (for sauce)
- mustard - 1 tsp (yellow mustard for sauce)
- sweet pickle relish - 1 tsp (for sauce)
- paprika - 1/2 tsp (regular paprika for sauce)
- black pepper - to taste (freshly cracked for sauce)
- MSG (monosodium glutamate) - 1/8 tsp (for umami flavor in sauce)
Instructions
- Make Pickles: Heat 1 cup water, 1 cup white vinegar, and 1 tbsp salt until boiling. Place sliced cucumbers, dill, 2 cloves garlic, and peppercorns in a mason jar. Pour hot brine over cucumbers. Let pickle for at least 1 hour.
- Prepare Sauce: In a bowl, mix 2 tbsp mayonnaise, 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp sweet pickle relish, 1 tsp vinegar, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp paprika, a pinch of kosher salt, black pepper to taste, and 1/8 tsp MSG until well combined.
- Prepare Beef Patties: Form ground beef into two thin patties. Grill or pan-fry until cooked through but still juicy.
- Assemble Big Mac: On the bottom bun, spread sauce, add diced onions, shredded lettuce, a slice of cheese, and one beef patty. Place the middle bun on top. Repeat with sauce, onions, lettuce, pickles, and the second beef patty. Top with the sesame seed bun.
