The Christmas menu also includes delights including a Celebrations McFlurry and a Jamaican jerk chicken sandwich.Ī McDonald's spokesperson said: "Our new Double Big Mac has been an incredibly popular new launch on our festive menu this year, and we’re delighted with the positive reaction it’s received so far. Ingredients 5 Seeded burger buns 5/7 worth 5 in total of brisket and chuck from butchers minced OR Store bought beef patties 1/2 Iceberg lettuce 5. 1.1.1 Double Cheeseburger 1.1.2 Triple Cheeseburger 1.2 Big Mac 1.3 Quarter Pounder 1.4 Big N Tasty 1.5 McDouble. It has 720 calories, 43 grams of fat, and costs 5.49. The Double Big Mac has four burger patties instead of the typical two. It’s a single patty with special sauce and costs 2.29. The Little Mac is similar to the a McDonald’s single cheeseburger. The double Big Mac is available from McDonald's now, as a single sandwich for £4.19, or as a meal with a side and drink for £5.69. McDonald’s is offering two new versions of its Big Mac for a limited time. One person said: "One slice of cheese? Nah, that's not working for me."Īnother posted a photo of the burger advertisement compared to the one they recieved and wrote: "New Double Big Mac - Expectation Vs Reality. Others complained about the lack of cheese and sauce in the burger, saying it looked "dry as hell". How many calories are in a Big Mac Answer: 540. it's just a normal big Mac with extra cheese. You can freeze these burgers once made, without the salad.Another wrote: "Been looking forward to my double big Mac all day, queue up for ages, paid for the double, get it home and finally open it. And you can squash them between two pieces of parchment paper with a heavy flat object until they are thin. Burger King has had their 2 for 5 deal and 5 for 4 deal and Wendys. And nobody wants that!Īlternatively, I like to buy regular beef patties from the store or supermarket. McDonalds has had a few different ones the McPick 2 for 2.50 and the McPick 2 for 5. This means it’s likely you will get chewy bits in your burger. And even good food processors wont cut through some of the tougher fat. You can always mince beef in a food processor of course. Ideally an 80% lean meat to 20% fat ratio is ideal. This way you can control the amount of fat that goes in to the burgers. If you do have a mincer at home, then you could just take the steaks and mince later. (As obviously the Big Mac contains two patties).įor the burger patties, get the meat minced from your butcher if at all possible. I used a really lean ground beef, and they still shrunk. We still use 100 Aussie beef patties that our customers know and love. This will make approximately 3 Big Macs and 4 cheeseburgers. The burger patties need to be thin and pretty big in circumference. 'We haven't changed the size of our beef patty since the first McDonald's restaurant opened in Australia in 1971. If you spend about £5 at the butchers (approx $7) it will get you enough beef to make 10 burger patties. Sometimes I just want to be able to have a McDonalds without having to get in the car and drive there.Īnd I’ll be honest sometimes I have been known to reach in the freezer and pull out a pre-made Big mac! 5.99: Big Mac: 5.39: Bacon Quarter Pounder With Cheese: 6.79: Quarter Pounder With Cheese: 5.39: Double Quarter Pounder With Cheese: 7.09: Cheeseburger: 1.99: Double Cheeseburger: 2.99: Hamburger: 1.99: Double Hamburger: 2.09: Triple Cheeseburger: 3.99: McDouble: 2.79: Quarter Pounder With Cheese Deluxe: 6.39: Double Quarter Cheese Deluxe: 7.29: Bacon McDouble: 3. It tastes more like McDonalds than McDonalds! Drive Thru’s really can be a thing of the past! Once these burgers are built, wrap in parchment paper and warm through in the oven on low for 2 minutes before you serve it really does make a difference.īefore we get started I just want to say that this Big Mac recipe is better than a real Big Mac.