Sesame seed bun

The sesame seed bun is in 15 recipes and is specified rather than assumed, because the seeds are not decoration. Toasted by the heat of the burger they add a faint nuttiness and, more importantly, a slightly rough surface that changes how the top of the burger feels against the roof of the mouth. Every fast-food copycat here that reproduces a McDonald's or Burger King build calls for one — it is a large part of why the finished thing reads as the original.

Recipes with sesame seed bun

TOP 3

McDonald's Big Tasty (Copycat)

9.5/10BEEF · CHEESY · BACON

TOP 2

McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese (Copycat)

9.5/10BEEF · CHEESY

McDonald's Big Mac (Copycat)

9.2/10BEEF · CHEESY

McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat)

9.1/10BEEF · CHEESY

McDonald's McChicken (Copycat)

8.9/10

The Krusty Burger

8.9/10MOVIE · BEEF · CHEESY

Whopper (Copycat)

8.7/10BEEF · SMASH · CHEESY

McDonald's McSpicy (Copycat)

8.6/10POULTRY · SPICY

McDonald's McFeast (Copycat)

8.5/10BEEF · CHEESY

The Clogger

8.5/10MOVIE · BACON · CHEESY

Copycat Red Robin Whiskey River BBQ Burger with Onion Straws

8.3/10

McDonald's Bulgogi Burger (Copycat)

8.3/10BEEF

McDonald's CBO (Copycat)

8.1/10POULTRY · BACON · CHEESY

Burger King Impossible Whopper (Copycat)

6.6/10VEGAN · CHEESY

McDonald's McPlant (Copycat)

6.4/10VEGAN · HEALTHY