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Brothers **** and Mac McDonald opened the first McDonald's drive-in restaurant in 1948, in San Bernardino, California. When the brothers began to order an increasing amount of restaurant equipment for their growing business, the aroused the curiousity of milk-shake machine-salesman Ray Kroc. Kroc befriended the brothers and became a franchising agent for the company that same year, opening his first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois. Kroc later founded the hugely successful McDonald's Corporation and perfected the fast-food system that came to be studied and duplicated by other chains over the years.
The first day Kroc's cash register ran up $366.12. Today the company racks up about $50 million a day in sales in more than 12,000 outlets worldwide, and for the past ten years a new store has opened somewhere around the world an average of every fifteen hours.
The double decker Big Mac was introduced in 1968, the brain-child of a local McDonald's franchisee. It is now the world's most popular hamburger.
1 sesame-seed hamburger bun
Half of an additional hamburger bun
1/4 pound ground beef
Dash salt
1 tablespoon Kraft Thousand Island dressing
1 teaspoon finely diced onion
1/2 cup chopped lettuce
1 slice American cheese
2 to 3 dill pickle slices
1. With a serrated knife, cut the top off the extra bun half, leaving about a 3/4-inch-thick slice. This will be the middle bun in your sandwich.
2. Place the three bun halves on a hot pan or griddle, face down, and toast them to a light brown. Set aside, but keep the pan hot.
3. Divide the ground beef in half and press into two thin patties slightly larger than the bun.
4. Cook the patties in the hot pan over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Salt lightly.
5. Build the burger in the following stacking order from the bottom up:
bottom bun
half of dressing
half of onion
half of lettuce
American cheese
beef patty
middle bun
remainder of dressing
remainder of onion
remainder of lettuce
pickle slices
beef patty
top bun
Tidbits: To build a Big Mac Jr.(it is sold on a "limited time only" basis), follow this stacking order from the bottom up:
bottom bun
beef patty
American cheese
2 pickle slices
1/4 cup chopped lettuce
1/2 teaspoon finely diced onion
1/2 tablespoon Kraft Thousand Island dressing
top bun
Using real American cheese slices, not processed cheese food, will yield the best "taste-alike" results. Since the beef patties must be very thin, you may find it easier to cook them slightly frozen (like the real thing).
http://www.recipesource.com/misc/copycat/mcdonalds
The first day Kroc's cash register ran up $366.12. Today the company racks up about $50 million a day in sales in more than 12,000 outlets worldwide, and for the past ten years a new store has opened somewhere around the world an average of every fifteen hours.
The double decker Big Mac was introduced in 1968, the brain-child of a local McDonald's franchisee. It is now the world's most popular hamburger.
1 sesame-seed hamburger bun
Half of an additional hamburger bun
1/4 pound ground beef
Dash salt
1 tablespoon Kraft Thousand Island dressing
1 teaspoon finely diced onion
1/2 cup chopped lettuce
1 slice American cheese
2 to 3 dill pickle slices
1. With a serrated knife, cut the top off the extra bun half, leaving about a 3/4-inch-thick slice. This will be the middle bun in your sandwich.
2. Place the three bun halves on a hot pan or griddle, face down, and toast them to a light brown. Set aside, but keep the pan hot.
3. Divide the ground beef in half and press into two thin patties slightly larger than the bun.
4. Cook the patties in the hot pan over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Salt lightly.
5. Build the burger in the following stacking order from the bottom up:
bottom bun
half of dressing
half of onion
half of lettuce
American cheese
beef patty
middle bun
remainder of dressing
remainder of onion
remainder of lettuce
pickle slices
beef patty
top bun
Tidbits: To build a Big Mac Jr.(it is sold on a "limited time only" basis), follow this stacking order from the bottom up:
bottom bun
beef patty
American cheese
2 pickle slices
1/4 cup chopped lettuce
1/2 teaspoon finely diced onion
1/2 tablespoon Kraft Thousand Island dressing
top bun
Using real American cheese slices, not processed cheese food, will yield the best "taste-alike" results. Since the beef patties must be very thin, you may find it easier to cook them slightly frozen (like the real thing).
http://www.recipesource.com/misc/copycat/mcdonalds