MC WHAT?
It's the closest you can get without taking the ingredients straight from the company
- Isabelle Hajek, Freelance News & Blogs Reporter
A CORPORATE chef has spilled the beans over what it takes to throw together one fast food joint's famous sauce.
Mike Haracz used to work as a corporate chef for McDonald's and has taken to social media to reveal secret recipes from his time there.
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He uses his TikTok account, @chefmikeharacz, to share his fast food knowledge.
"Today, I am going to give you my recipe on how to makeBig Mac Sauceat home," Haracz shared in his most recent video.
First, the recipe starts with one cup of mayonnaise, he notes that people can "use what you want" for the brand, but he recommends Hellmann's.
Then a quarter cup of sweet pickle relish and two tablespoons of Dusseldorf Mustard are added to the mix, followed by one teaspoon of white wine vinegar.
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Once the wet mix of the ingredients is complete, it is time to move on to a myriad of spices that make the sauce special.
Haracz mixes together one and one-fourth teaspoon of paprika, one teaspoon of onion powder, one teaspoon of granulated garlic, and one-eighth a teaspoon of white pepper, adding it all to the wet mix.
"All you gotta do is mix it all together," he explained.
Many people, when trying to replicate the famous Big Mac Sauce, erroneously try to add ketchup, believing it to be what makes the sauce have its signature red tint.
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"As you can see, there is no ketchup in this recipe. The color you get from Big Mac sauce is just from paprika," Haracz debunks the popular belief.
The last step requires a pinch of patience as the chef suggests letting the sauce sit for at least 30 seconds so the flavors can meld together and create the best replication of Big Mac Sauce there is.
"This is as close as you are going to get," said Haracz.
One viewer vigorously questioned this statement, wanting to have the authentic sauce.
“As close as you are going to get” WHATS THE SECRET WHAT DID YOU LEAVE OUT," they questioned.
Haracz responded simply, saying that the average consumer does "not have access to the same ingredients they do."
Viewers gave him a rave review in the comments of the video.
"Just tried your recipe...it definitely taste like the mac sauce! thank you," wrote one user.
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"Ok so I didn’t have that kind of mustard so I did one tablespoon of each Dijon and French’s! Turned out PERFECT!!! Thank you! Tastes exactly like it," added another.
"Made this!!! And you will NOT be disappointed!!" commented a third.
BIG MAC SAUCE RECIPE
MIKE Haracz, a former McDonald's corperate chef, has revealed the secret Big Mac Sauce Recipe.
- 1 cup of mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup of sweet pickle relish
- 2 tablespoons Dusseldorf Mustard
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon of paprika
- 1 teaspoon of onion powder
- 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic
- 1/8 teaspoon of white pepper
