Chicken Maharaja Mac
India’s Big Mac, built for a country where McDonald’s serves neither beef nor pork. The double-decker bun holds two flame-grilled chicken patties with iceberg lettuce, shredded onion, jalapeños, tomato, a slice of cheese and a habanero sauce. It is taller and spicier than the original, and at 296 g one of the heaviest things on the Indian menu.
The story
When McDonald’s opened in India in 1996, it could not sell the Big Mac as it was: beef is off the table for most of the country and pork for much of the rest. The Maharaja Mac, named after the Hindi word for a great king, first used lamb patties; the chain later moved it, and the rest of the Indian menu, to chicken, and added a vegetarian Maharaja Mac alongside it.
What’s inside
- 2 flame-grilled chicken patties
- habanero sauce
- iceberg lettuce
- shredded onion
- jalapeños
- tomato
- processed cheese slice
- Maharaja bun with club layer
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Chicken Maharaja Mac yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
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KFC Mac 'N Cheese Zinger (Copycat) - Shares chicken and heat
KFC Zinger Burger (Copycat) - Shares chicken and heat
McDonald's McSpicy (Copycat)
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