Photo: McDonald'sTeriyaki McBurger
A long-running Japanese favourite built on the most Japanese fast-food combination there is: glossy sweet teriyaki sauce and a lot of mayonnaise. The patty in Japan is pork, and the sauce runs everywhere the moment you bite. It is sugary, rich and far better than it sounds. My copycat uses beef, which makes it heartier and a little less authentic.
The story
The teriyaki burger is a Japanese invention, but not a McDonald’s one. MOS Burger put the first one on sale in 1973, glazing a patty in sweet soy the way a cook would glaze fish, and it worked well enough that every chain in Japan eventually needed an answer. McDonald’s, in Japan since 1971, added its own and made it permanent. The pork patty and the heavy mayonnaise are what separate the two: MOS uses the sauce as a glaze, McDonald’s lets it run.
What’s inside
- pork patty
- teriyaki sauce
- shredded lettuce
- mayonnaise
- bun
Make it at home
My copycat first, then everything I built on top of it.- My copycat
McDonald's Teriyaki McDouble (Copycat)
The Teriyaki McBurger on YouTube
Everyone who has cooked, copied or taste-tested it on camera.
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