Photo: AlbaikFish Fillet Burger
The fish burger on a chain that added seafood early: shrimp arrived on the menu in 1995, and a fish fillet is sold both as a burger and as a meal. A breaded fish fillet in a bun, it is the main alternative to chicken for customers who do not want chicken.
The story
Breaded fish in a burger bun is a fast-food idea with a precise origin. In 1962 Lou Groen, a McDonald’s franchisee in a largely Catholic suburb of Cincinnati, was losing customers every Friday, when Catholics avoided meat, so he created a fried fish sandwich. Ray Kroc made him compete against his own Friday idea, a grilled pineapple “Hula Burger”, and the fish won easily; it went national in 1965 as the Filet-O-Fish. Fish sandwiches have been fixtures of burger menus ever since, including Al Baik’s in Saudi Arabia.
What’s inside
- breaded fish fillet
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Fish Fillet Burger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares fish
Salmon Smash Burgers - Shares fish
Fish Burger - Shares fish
Stewie’s Fish Sandwich - Shares fish
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McDonald's Filet-O-Fish (Copycat)
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Fish Fillet Burger.- Q Burger · fish
Alaska Fish Burger (阿拉斯加鱈魚堡) - Laya Burger · fish
Hokkaido Salmon Sourdough Burger (北海道鮭魚酸種漢堡) - Burger King · fish
Big Fish - Culver's · fish
North Atlantic Cod Filet Sandwich
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About Albaik
Albaik began in September 1974, when Shakour Abu Ghazalah, a Palestinian who had come to Saudi Arabia as a refugee, put his savings into a rented warehouse on Old Airport Road in Jeddah and turned it into the country’s first restaurant selling broasted chicken, chicken fried under pressure. The seasoning, sold as a recipe of 18 herbs and spices, was developed in 1984; the spicy Harrag version followed in 1994 and shrimp in 1995.
More than 120 restaurants in Saudi Arabia by 2019, plus Bahrain, the UAE and Kuwait, with Pakistan announced.
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