Making the McDonald’s McChicken At Home | But Better
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- čas přidán 28. 01. 2023
- This is arguably one of the world's first fast food chicken sandwiches…now let’s lay it to rest.
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Lookin juicy as always. I guess the sandwich looks alright too…
Ayo, he ain't wrong
Agreed
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agreed
I love his buns. But I also agree the sandwich is alright.
Papa is always juicy
My man just held my attention for 11 minutes over a McChicken competition. Love it, keep ‘em coming!
That's my secret cap, I'm always coming
LMAO!!!
The last 27 seconds weren’t bad. It’s worth it coming back to see it now that you’ve had a break.
@@DanielBasham jeeeeeeeeeesus 😂😂😂Haha 😂
@@jonestraloma that’s what she said
I know you'll probably never see this, but I have to thank you for this! I have celiac disease and haven't had a mcchicken in years and with your recipe, I was able to create it at home! I just replaced the flour and panko with gluten free, and made the chicken Patty's and they were incredible! Thank you!
Ya but McDonald's makes like a thousand per restaurant
@@akshatshrivastava7946 what is blud on about
@@Weavemoss frl
I don’t mean to sound rude but couldn’t you have done that without Weismann? And a lot sooner
@@gsl649 the thought never really occurred to me to try and make it, but when I saw his recipe, it inspired me to try.
McChickens are $7.60 in Canada. I want to cry
Holy shit
5€ (about 6,20$) in Slovakia
Those sandwiches look incredible. You have such an eye for quality, I feel like you try to get the most out of every ingredient.
Would love to see Josh do some content on cooking with off cuts or parts of animals that a lot of people dispose of. Making that kind of stuff taste good seems like sort of a new level in chef skill.
@@YouArePitiful pretty sure he has done that when making noodles by using bones or smth for the broth but u are probably talking about a dedicated video
Would also be nice to have an episode without cruelly slaughtered animals in it 🤩
@@TheLaurensLaurens No, dead slaughtered animals taste incredible !
@@TheLaurensLaurens ANIMALS ARE DELICIOUS! i will never eat a plant. They take longer to grow and harder to maintain. 😂
One thing you missed is pepper in the flour/breadcrumbs. Its a hugely important proponent of the taste of mcchickens
Those are facts though
I think you mean component. You are a proponent of pepper in mcchickens.
Lol, 'proponent'
finally someone noticed!
Component my man
I made this as close to the recipe as possible. You and your team are geniuses. I even turned it into McChicken tacos! Perfection.
Couldn't stop watching the youtube shorts. Now, can't stop watching these! I want to make everything you make!
So in Canada, the McChicken comes on a sesame seed bun and I think it's a bigger patty overall. The American McChicken is the Canadian Junior Chicken. We also had a grilled Junior Chicken but they discontinued that years ago. Sad days.
I came just for this!! I was confused with the price lol it’s like $7 for one MCchicken in Canada!
as soon as he said little bit of spice i was like omg he's talking abt a jr chickennn hahah
How does the states not have a real mcchicken , they’re mcchicken is our JR chicken
@@jlowkey2221 Just a different name. I believe its a crispy chicken down here
@@jlowkey2221 also dont get too crazy, smaller mcchicken is the OG mcchicken. Canadian mcdonalds is a byproduct of the OG real ass american mcdonalds. Although our food standards are lower
It would be awesome if you could do a "But Better" cookbook. I'm assuming names would need to be left out for obvious reasons, but we would know... A "But Cheaper" cookbook would be awesome as well.
Use the episode number as name :)
@@tristangroeneveld2249 i like it!
I support this, it’d be more personalized to josh than just a generic cookbook.
PLEASE , PLEASE , PLEASE ,
PUH-LEEEEEZ would you do White Castle sliders?
Whatever they do with those onions are DELISH!! Can’t imagine what ur creation would taste like!!!
Pretty, pretty, pretty please?
Restaurant foods are surprisingly easy to make and you can spice it up to your own taste. Most of them can be frozen for later. And you know who handled it last.
always love hearing i'll get "two mcchickens, to go"..... while ordering in a drive thru 😜
Glad someone pointed that out, rofl.
i came to the comments looking for this lol
hey, he could have sat at the drive thru window and ate them in his car...
Edit: apparently it wasn't clear from the wording of my comment that i was making a joke, and that if he had sat there and ate them they wouldn't have actually been "to go" and it wouldn't have been as weird that he ordered something "to go" from a location that is quite clearly for people ordering food "to go".
@@grahamh1067 OR he could have boarded a rocket an ate them on the moon. What difference does it make to the drive thru person?
@@Advocata ok... i guess i will refrain from attempting a joke around you in the future, jeeze.
Man... I really love when you beat McDon's things, because I work with their ad filming group all the time. As someone who sees how those ads are made, how meticulously the chef assembles that one "perfect" burger in long hours of shots, you've just made it out in one go without even using a hair spray. Kudos man! I'd bet that the whole (uncut) process would be still less than what we have to bear in every damn shooting..
Made this today, took me all morning and tons of dishes! BUT it was so worth it!!! I will be making this again soon.
Looks so delicious! Amazing video! Thank you very much for sharing!
great to see that you're still putting out amazing content Josh, also i'm absolutely addicted to this series so keep up the good work!
@ the theme of this video is him making it better then the Mc one so yes his making Mc food because it's the FUCKING THEME
when you dont have food to eat, watching food being made or people eating food becomes the next best thing, this looks amazing.
@@JoshuaWeissman3.. i will shag ur nan
One of the best B Rolls in history. It was in sync too! Appreciate it.
Just wanna throw out there that we got your cook book, brother. It's very straight to the point, and we're loving it so far
Thank you for bringing back the longer videos recently! I missed it. This one looks 🔥!
I love how Vicram says he was watching for hours!
Every time I try to make a recipe … between buying ingredients on line, mise en place, getting all the equipment and cleaning up … it is hours (I.e., all day).
Well worth the effort AND I would have to retire (if I could afford it) & spend all day every day cooking to do one meal a day!
THAT is why Mom & Nana could do a full sit down meal every day!
Keep up producing these great videos!!
It's crazy how this is almost identical to how I make my homemade chicken patties. Main difference is I use beef tallow instead of pork fat, and a slightly different seasoning (i really really like the combo of chicken and rosemary).
I also usually make a larger batch, pre-fry the patties that I'm not gonna use right away and throw them in the freezer for future use, then deep fry them frozen at high temp to give them crisp and color whenever I feel like a chicken sandwich. Haven't found any store bought chicken patty that even comes remotely close.
How. How in the world have I not discovered this amazingly talented man before?!?! And he has a cook book!? Subscribed instantly, and just looking at your other videos, I think I'm gonna be occupied for the next few hours!
1:04 The fact that Joshua went through the drive-thru and asked for 2 McChickens "to go" **face palm**
What would I do without your channel man, tried this today and good as always, love your work. My mom even bought me your book for Christmas cause I cook your recipes all the time
I made this last week to surprise my husband. He gifted me a meat grinder attachment last year but I’ve only used it once so I was happy to be using it again. For the patty I used some fat I trimmed off a Boston butt roast that I was had for making carnitas. Thank you Josh he said this was amazing! That shredduce was sooo good
i cant stop thinking of how blessed to be josh's child. imagine the food u eat every meal... 😋
I love the fact that the McChicken is a Dollar menu burger in the US but it‘s found on the regular menu in Austria selling for over $4 for the sandwich without fries and a drink
I’m in the us and the mcchicken at my local McDs is nearly 4$ by itself.
$2.19
$8 in Australia 😢
its the cost of the ingredients ,in US its easier/cheaper to find that stuff due to economy of scale and more lax laws on the growth of chickens/beef.
something ain't right in Australia. $2 for a hamburger, $4.75 for a cheeseburger
I love the Chicken Sandwich videos because it's actually extremely useful since you can use the improvements he makes on each one, here it's an amazing bun
For example if I'm making a Spicy Chicken Sandwich then it's going to use the recipe for this bun, maybe the chicken from the Chick Fil-A Sandwich video, the sauce from something else, etc. You get the point.
So in conclusion, MORE CHICKEN SANDWICHES
Great job! Thank you very much for sharing! 👍👍👍
Hey Joshua ! Im a big fan of yours, you are the reason i started cooking and my wife loves it. Our youngest daughter hates everything, and today i tried this recipe, she said it was a 10 out of 10. And our family of 6 approved that it was the best chicken burger we ever ate ! Thank you so much for your wonderful content, never stop please i don't know what i would do without all your guide ❤
Is there anything we can substitute for pork fat?
@@btb554 honestly instead of pork fat and chicken breast i went with chicken thigh because i didn't know where to find the fat, and it was perfect !
@@mikaelstongedid you use celery powder or celery seed powder ?
@@tymiller5257 i used celery powder !! :)
For me, it's the McChicken. The best fast food sandwich. I even ask for extra McChicken sauce packets and the staff is so friendly and more than willing to oblige.
One time I asked for McChicken sauce packets and they gave me three. I said, "Wow, three for free!" and the nice friendly McDonald's worker laughed and said, "I'm going to call you 3-for-free!".
Now the staff greets me with "hey it's 3-for-free!" and ALWAYS give me three packets. It's such a fun and cool atmosphere at my local McDonald's restaurant, I go there at least 3 times a week for lunch and a large iced coffee with milk instead of cream, 1-2 times for breakfast on the weekend, and maybe once for dinner when I'm in a rush but want a great meal that is affordable, fast, and can match my daily nutritional needs.
I even dip my fries in McChicken sauce, it's delicious! What a great restaurant.
Mayonnaise?
You do know there isn't a mcchicken sauce right
That "it's older than me by A LOT", just stabbed me right through the heart! 💔
another 80s (or earlier) kid feeling the pain at being called old indirectly?
Fuiyoh! Uncle Joshua you didn't forget MSG!!
Oh man you're my new youtube food channel! so so tempting.. I'm drooling while watching hehe😄👌
Dude. I have been waiting for you to do this one. Trying this tomorrow myself! Many thanks.
Absolutely awesome vid, Josh and team! Those sandwiches look amazing!
You did it again , i just made it and it was unbelievably delicious , thank you man
Any suggestions on what I could replace the pork fat with for a non beef/pork eating family?
i really liked the more rushed element since it was a but better. didnt hang on any one component like it was a masterclass-type thing. made for fans, but newcomers can also get more in-depth tutorials from your vids. everything looked spot on 👌💋. thank you
I really wanna see a "but better" series with a set rules in it, like :
- you can't exceed the cost of the ingredients used in the thing you are trying to "defeat", and if you are up against a fast food item, it's going to be interesting if you can do that in less than an hour at most because taking too much time prepping your ingredients kinda kills the "but better" meaning when you are up against a fast food item, right?
- you must have several taste-testers because simply using your own palate to judge whether or not it's better kinda felt unfair, don't you think? giving both the one you made and the fast food made one to some random people should do the trick for this one
- if you test the food after being wrapped for a while in a bag and compare it to your freshly made one, that's quite unfair on its own, so you should also do the same to your food and see if it can still taste better after it went through the same thing the other one got
I think it's going to be more interesting that way
I agree with you, rules like this make sense, of course you can cook better food if you have enough prep time, but fast food restaurants are suppose to take no more than half an hour to an hour at most, if not within a few minutes, it's because of that factor the food is as bland as he says
That would require actual effort on his end and also ruin the narrative he wants to go for.
i disagree
That last point is one I've considered ever since I watched. He'll pick up a fast food item and then let it sit for HOURS while he puts all this stuff together, including setting up the camera to refocus it and do more B-roll. Then he'll bring his personal friend onto the show to taste test his stuff which was made within the hour and sometimes still has steam coming off of it. Who probably receives a portion of the income for the video if they're also a part of staff... Wow, he likes everything you recently made over the 5 hour old take-out made by immigrants and the impoverished! Yippee!
I know the food isn't perfect, but it's being made by people who make what he makes off of one video in book/merch sales and ad revenue alone in like... 4-12 months. Made for people who aren't really doing much better than the food service underclass and can't really afford the time or money to make anything from scratch anymore. Not to sound like a soy inhaling socialist but if anything, this is "Fast Food Item: But Privileged" the series.
That said, it's a CZcams video, so I'll try not to get *too* worked up over it. I love his "but cheaper" series, even if the prices are both in bulk and out of date, but the second part isn't his fault, and price checking every size available of every ingredient is and INSANE amount of effort I wouldn't expect of anyone except maybe a channel dedicated to that kind of niche thing.
@@bobaorc7839 You're very wrong. Josh gets someone from the crew to run out and grab the item again right as Josh's but better version is almost complete, which means both are "technically" sitting for the same time. A lot of complaining on Josh's videos (particularly the but betters) is kinda stupid anyway since you can use common sense to cut time (don't marinade for more than like 2 minutes, get basic ahh lettuce if you want to, buy good quality buns/bread from a good bakery, etc)..
Hey Josh! So as we all know, you live in Texas...but that might be a problem. You see, I live in the state with the highest number of Runzas. And Runza is (in my opinion) really good! So if there was a way for you to travel to Nebraska just to get a burger, and then make it but better, I would be honored. And also amazed because Runza truly is amazing. (Again, to me)
Both versions look great Josh as always
I love mcchicken and I really thought you'd disappoint with it, but nope! You slayed it!! 😋
When I worked for The Don as a teenager the McChicken was my go to favorite (and still is). I added bacon and dipped it in buffalo sauce to make it perfect. Seeing this makes me think it wasn't perfect at all. 😅
Just came from Auntie Ann's Pretzel video. Please try bens soft pretzels! They are the absolute best and offer a take-home kit to make your own at home!!
our McChicken's in Aus are wayyy more expensive and served in a box but still one of the most loved burgers on the Maccas menu. That being said watching this made my mouth water. Thank you for another awesome recipe that I can't wait to try!
Their mcchickens are the size of our chicken and cheese burgers.
Love the pace of this video, much more like the original ones! I get the algorithm, but I prefer it like this so much more 🍔
10:17 i love the sudden stop of the choir,
“Sing to the heavens above”
Then you kill the singer right after 😅
Ha!loool
Made this and it is FANTASTIC!! 10/10
It's not hard to beat a Mcdonalds chicken sandwich. All you have to do is grab a real chicken breast or thigh and you've already won.
@ What does race have to do with cooking? 😂
@@RowboatingI'm very confused
Your chicken sandwich looks great. Unfortunately, for us seniors and those of us who have health and physical issues, doing the work that is involved is too challenging. Kudos to any of you who can. I might try this if I could.
I would love to be one of his close friends to be able to actually try all of his masterful creations instead of salivate while watching him throw it down in the kitchen 🤤
I wish mcchickens were $1 still, they’re about $3 dollars now
Where I live they re about 6 euros lol
My favorite "hack" to do when i order a McChicken is replace the mayo with BBQ sauce. They usually just throw a McNugget bbq packet and I just add it. It complements the spicy flavor of the McChicken just right.
Spicy flavor of the McChicken? I bet you think spaghetti sauce is spicy too then
@@MitchParker2012some mcdonald's dont have a mcchicken but a hot n spicy mcchicken. Im assuming his locations have the ladder
Yum! every one of your recipes I've tried were amazing. Just realized you have a cook book. I've never hit the "purchase now" button on my kindle without reviewing first, until now. Keep it up my dear one!
Just ordered your book! Much love
This made my mouth water. I. Need. This!!!!
Remember when they had the Cajun McChicken? That was bomb 🤤
hey Josh can you make more pasta dishes? Love you man!
You and your videos and GOAT my guy! Hard work pays off
i waited my whole life for this recipe. thanks josh
You know Josh is a baller when he orders “to go” in the drive thru 🤣.
Yay Another Chicken Sandwich Recipe
Oh Also, I Made One Of Your Chicken Sandwich Recipes Today 😄😁
incredible but better video. especially the music at the end SLAPS
I was telling my husband I've been wanting a McChicken and then *boom* !!! So excited to try this
This being my favorite fast food chicken . . . I'm gonna try making this. As cheap as I can, haha.
This is so different to the UK one, which is much larger, snd comes in a crispy batter, in a seeded bun. I think there might be a little mustard in the mayo too? It's pretty great. Or at least, they used to be.
These look like the ones that are sold as "Mayo Chicken" over here, much smaller and from their saver menu.
yeah this looks like our chicken and cheese burger size in Australia, we have mcchicken which is the size of a quater pounder and then chicken deluxe that has cheese and tomato on it also.
Just got ur book bro! Lookin forward getting into it!!! and nice sandy my dude.
you do not know how much i waited for this.
This is to my knowledge the first chicken sandwich he actually tried to replicate the same sandwich with the same ingredients. I.e. lettuce, bun, chicken, mayo.
He did a great job.
The Wendy’s spicy chicken. He made a Nashville hot.
It’s not the same damn thing.
You have to recreate the same sandwich “but better”.
Now. Make 1,000 of them. And keep the same quality.
One of the few fast food items we’ve all ate but never met anyone who truly loved them. Very easy to beat.
I love them for the price point. 99p here in the UK. But their chicken wrap of the day is £1.99 and they are *significantly* better, so you may as well get one of those instead.
I've been waiting so long for this video
joshua i love you!!!! please do a dunkin bagel twist but better it’s my dream!!!!!!!!
I had not heard of Dry Malt (Diastatic) baking Powder. I bake a lot of stuff using recipes (I don't know that much about baking, I just try a lot). This is the first recipe I have seen that calls for this product. It's very interesting. Great video!
He also uses diastatic malt powder in his Domino's Pizza But Better episode. In that video, he says that it just contributes to the browning of the bread when baking, so I'm pretty sure it has the same purpose here.
@@ShadoClone Oh that is interesting, not just using egg or butter to help brown the crust. I saw that episode and didn't remember it. Good catch.
Diastatic and non diastatic work quite differently. Diastatic malt also helps with fermentation but is mostly used commercially for even browning.
Always waiting for new videos 👍 keep making Tasty Videos ❤️
These look fantastic
I love how you remade the chicken sandwich it looks delicious 🎉😊🎉
The McChicken is honestly my go to when I go to McDonald's.
It's the sauce that makes me like it. It tastes different from normal mayo and it's very nice.
This is interesting. Here in Australia the McChicken is a full sized burger (as far as anything at Maccas is). The one seen here looks more like a chicken version of a junior burger, even down to the bun. I wish I could justify having enough oil on hand to deep fry, but sadly I'm even less allowed it than Josh is.
Watching josh's video while you are tipsy is so entertaining😂😂😂
i hope i get to try this someday
I’m very sure your food is bomb and delicious, but your way is too difficult. Basic cookers probably never copy your cooking lol
Are you sure? Because I am one of those and I am 13.
@@Mithic_sk I just don’t have the equipment like he does
@@marcoquiroz3879 like what exactly? You can do most of it on a stove, in an oven or by hand.
here after mcdonald’s boycott 🇵🇸
Lol what? 💀
@@EliaMiliteChristican’t your Brian comprehend that?
@@Caaasln-ib3jn so polite 🤗
Thank you so much because you stopped stuffing your fat face with burgers the war has cease fired all because you boycotted mcdonalds 🖕🤡
👏🏻👏🏻
Wow, looks like alot of work, but the end result, omg. I also love your humorous style. I just subscribed ☺️.
I used to love the McChicken when I was younger, so now I’m definitely making this
Gotta be the best cooking video ever. I love me a Mc chick sandwich from McDs.. thank you for showing us how to make it better. Yes 🤯 .. I'm memorizing this recipe.
I want 5 of those right now!
Josh, you are the perfect person to ask! Can you make a video on food plating? I love cooking but I wanna go to the next level. 🗣Halp!
I am going to forsure try this recipe out
That looks phenomenal
I have never eaten a chicken sandwich but boy, does that look good
The fact Josh didn't even flinch when biting it, you know it's good
i made something inspired by the mcchicken a few days ago, but without the fried part because im on a diet and gotta stay away from fried stuff. i bought 1lb of ground chicken, a jar of pickled veggie slaw, light mayonnaise, provolone cheese, and horseradish sauce (i put the tiniest amount of horseradish on for some spice). for bread im not picky but because i am on a diet i bought whole wheat bread. after i thawed out the ground chicken i put it in a bowl with 1 beat egg and some spices to add flavor. while i did that i brought out my skillet, poured a tiny amount of olive oil, and then gingerly placed the now balled up ground chicken mix in the skillet. flipped a couple times to make sure it was cooked thoroughly. on my sandwiches i also added some lettuce. overall it tastes a lot better than the mcchicken and is a lot healthier in comparison. this is for anyone looking for a diet friendly chicken sandwich
Yeah you got "it". Very entertaining, kept my attention the whole way through. Love it
I’m stoked to try this! I will be using chicken drumsticks 🍗 I put in the slow cooker so the meat would fall off the bones. There is plenty of fat already so no added pork this time. Thanks for the awesome recipe so I have a vision in mind!
The meat grinder attachment for the Kithchenaid is awesome. If you don't have a ground meat guy, preferably one with a penchant for flannel and selling meat out of his trunk, grind your own. Game changer.
Impressive, I’m gonna try it myself
Delicious thank you, much better that i control ingredients than fast food chain🎉🎉🎉