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Nobody calls the McChicken great, and almost everybody orders it. A breaded chicken patty, shredded lettuce and a lot of mayo on a toasted bun: soft, crunchy, cheap enough to add as a side. It is the kind of sandwich you do not think about until it is gone from the menu somewhere and people start complaining. There are two different copycats of it below.
The story
McDonald’s first attempt at a chicken sandwich landed in 1980 and sold so badly it was pulled within a few years. What came out of that failure was Chicken McNuggets, which the company developed while working out what to do with chicken, and which turned into one of the biggest product launches in fast food. The McChicken itself returned in 1988 and never left, sliding gradually down the price list until it settled on the value menu, where a breaded patty, shredded lettuce and mayonnaise have stayed unchanged ever since.
What’s inside
- breaded chicken patty
- shredded lettuce
- mayonnaise
- toasted bun
Make it at home
My copycat first, then everything I built on top of it.- My copycat
McDonald's McChicken (Copycat) - Another take
Copycat McChicken Sandwich
The McChicken on YouTube
Everyone who has cooked, copied or taste-tested it on camera.
The Legendary McChicken
7:39RecipeThree Homemade McChickens
The McDonald’s McChicken
11:27McChicken, But Better
3:35The Fifty-Pound McChicken
10:37Epic McChicken from Scratch
4:12McDonald’s Secret Burgers
Chicken Big Mac vs McNuggets vs McChicken vs McCrispy
8:56DIY Giant McChicken
6:40McDonald’s-Style Chicken Burger
4:05Double Nashville Hot McChicken
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the McChicken.- Burger King · chicken
Original Chicken Sandwich - A&W Canada · chicken
Chubby Chicken - Hungry Jack's · chicken
Tendercrisp - First Kitchen · chicken
Chicken Tatsuta Sandwich
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About McDonald's
Nobody sells more burgers. McDonald’s began as a single drive-in run by Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California, and became a burger machine in 1948, when the brothers threw out most of the menu and rebuilt the kitchen like a production line. Ray Kroc, a salesman who sold them milkshake mixers, started franchising it in 1955 and later bought the brothers out.
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