What burgers are most like McDonalds?

[KubaLeebre]

Bare with me! DD has ASD and is very selective around food. We are having a barbecue on Sunday and she would like to try a burger. The burgers we might normally have she doesn't like (these are home made usually, but we are not big burger eaters).

It's mostly about the texture I think, so McDonalds ones seem quite, I don't know, chewy? Where are home made ones crumble a bit more?

I'm looking for a plain tasting burger, really. Does anyone know of any brands that might fit the bill?

Make them. Just plain minced beef (you could put through food processor for a few seconds to break it down more) and buy a burger press - £10 on amazon. That way you can make them nice and thin.

Cheap smart price/value ones from the frozen section of the supermarket

There is a lot of fat that comes out of a McDonald’s burger when it’s cooked so if you make your own make sure you don’t uses a low fat mince. It’s the fat that gives it the yummy taste!!! Can’t help much more than that really.

Also they are cooked from frozen, so making your own and cooking from frozen might help to retain the shape?

I'm vegetarian, so no help at all, but I've asked a couple of burger munching friends. I'll post again if they come up with anything helpful! Good luck! I know how difficult it can be to get stuff like that right for kids with ASD etc! 🍔

Birds eye quarter pounders are similar I think, not had one for ages

I have a recipe if you want it? There's a book called The Takeaway Secret written by a guy who worked in loads of fast food places and spent time working out the recipes.

www.amazon.co.uk/Takeaway-Secret-cook-favourite-fast-food-ebook/dp/B004LWZLU2/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=takeaway+recipe+book&sprefix=takeaway+r&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1588874518&sr=8-6

For McDonald's burgers you need mince with a higher fat content, at least 20% fat. Shape it into a very thin patty, around 5-6mm using either your hands or a burger press. Heat a frying pan, no oil, and put the two halves on the bun in it cut side down to toast then out the until to one side. Next sprinkle a little bit of salt and black pepper on the patty and cook it in the frying pan, no oil, for roughly 2-3 minutes a side until cooked through. If he has sauce then its five dots of ketchup and four dots of yellow mustard.

If he has the onion then it goes on at the very end, very finely diced and raw, one teaspoon of it.

Most of them can taste like McDonald's if you cook them the right way. I just use frozen ones with no particular flavour (not low fat ones) then part grill, them soak up some of the fat and flatten them more, then grill some more, then flatten and soak up some of the fat again. Add 1.5 burger buns, homemade Big Mac sauce, lettuce, onion, tastes much like a Big Mac.

If you make with mince you don't need a burger press, just lie down cling film, then a blob of seasoned mince, then another peace of cling film, then I roll with a rolling pin. When you use the patty, you peel back one piece of the cling film, put it patty side down, then peel away the other piece

Thank you! Will deffo give making them a go