- Now... oh, yes.
She's a big one,
but not so big I can't put my mouth around her.
Mm, mm.
(upbeat music)
All right, guys.
I don't know if you know this,
but I have been on YouTube for a very long time.
And back in like 2012, 2013,
I was most well known for my copycat recipes of fast food.
So today, we're going to revisit that.
I'm going to show you how to make vegan McDonald's at home.
Hey, guys. I'm Candace the Edgy Veg.
Welcome back to my channel.
If you're new here, hi, hello, bonjour.
Hit that subscribe button
so you don't miss out on new videos every single week
and hit that bell notification
so that you get a, well, a notification.
You know, I really haven't tackled fast food in a long time.
I thought we would revisit McDonald's.
So I'm gonna show you how to make the Big Mac sauce,
then I'm going to show you the easiest way
that you can make a vegan Big Mac at home,
and then I'm going to show you
how to make a double cheeseburger.
And the reason why I went with these two burgers
and the sauce is because they are the most popular items
on the menu, and then we'll visit the other menu items
in another video.
So if you have a favorite McDonald's item
that you want veganized, just comment it down below,
and I'll make sure that it's in the next video.
Okay, to make our Big Mac sauce,
it really is just a combination
of a bunch of different condiments.
(laughs)
It's pretty much all it is.
So the base is going to be vegan mayo,
and then we have just some yellow mustard here.
Paprika, garlic, and onion powder,
some sugar, vinegar, and relish.
So we just want to throw everything together in a bowl,
whisk it up, and stick it in the fridge.
This is just Hellmann's vegan mayo.
I find it to be more cost-effective
than a lot of the other ones out there.
Also, it's very accessible.
And we have just... this is just normal yellow mustard.
We have some vinegar relish.
This is sweet relish.
And then we have just white sugar.
If you don't like to use white sugar,
you can, of course, use cane sugar
or coconut sugar or whatever sugar you feel like using.
And then we have our paprika, our garlic, and our onion.
And then we're just gonna whisk it together.
I've seen some recipes online, too,
that use ketchup for this sauce.
So if you want to cut down on the sugar a little bit...
and I mean, with ketchup,
you could actually just omit the vinegar and the sugar
and just add ketchup.
It really just depends on what you have.
So, options.
Okay. So that's whisked together.
That is how easy it is to make Big Mac sauce.
So I'm gonna toss this guy into the fridge.
If you know that you're going to make burgers tomorrow,
make that a night before,
and all of the flavors will really come together.
They'll have some time to infuse into the mayo,
and it's better the next day.
Everything is better the next day.
All right.
So next, I'm going to show you how to make a big Mac.
Very basic stuff.
I mean, there's something about the Big Mac,
like childhood nostalgia, that people love.
They kind of forget that they can make this at home.
So if you... let's say you're giving up meat
or you're trying to reduce meat, and you're like,
"I'm really craving a Big Mac," here's how you make it.
I'm just using the Beyond Meat ground.
You can also use the Beyond Meat burgers if you want.
I just like the flexibility of the ground
because I can make it whatever guise, shape,
whatever I want, and I also prefer the flavor in this,
which is weird because, apparently, they're the same.
There's something about the flavor in this
that's a lot better.
Just some vegan cheese.
Of course, we have pickles and onion, lettuce,
all the traditional things that you throw onto a Big Mac.
Oh, and a bun, a sesame seed bun.
Ah!
But I'm cutting just a little piece of bun
for the middle.
I've had people in the past be like,
why don't you just use the bottom of another bun?
Well, the reason why I'm not doing that, Becky,
is because...
(beeps)
It's because the button in the middle is actually quite thin
in a Big Mac.
It's not the same size as the heel.
All right, I have my... just my ground.
I just cut it into four.
Now the thing with the McDonald's patties
is also that they're quite thin.
So what I'm going to do is just kind of flatten it out
and make it the size of my bun,
but make it quite thin
so that you can get your mouth around it.
I know, I've been to a couple of fast food,
or vegan fast food places, I should say.
When I try the Big Mac, it's just too big.
I can't fit my mouth around it,
and I have to eat it with a knife and fork,
and it just... it's not the same experience
as eating a McDonald's burger.
So making the patties nice and thin
definitely makes it easier to eat.
I'm gonna cook each side for two to three minutes.
There's nothing worse than an overcooked Beyond Meat burger.
It's just very mealy.
I like to add a little bit of salt and pepper.
Not too much, cause it already has salt in it.
And after about two to three minutes, flip them.
Do the same thing on the other side.
All right, I'm just going to throw in the top and bottom
of my bun now, just to steep them,
warm them up a little bit,
and I just do that like right in the pan here.
You can add a lid to keep that steam in if you want.
I'm not sure that I have a lid that's the right size.
Oh, that's almost there.
And I'm just going to turn off the heat,
and that is ready to go.
Let's put together our Big Mac.
We'll start with the Big Mac sauce,
just on the bottom of the bun here.
How much of that is really up to you.
There we go. Lovely.
I'm going to add the minced onion.
Lettuce. This is just shredded iceberg lettuce.
In your home, you can use whatever lettuce you want.
You can use romaine.
I'm gonna throw some of this vegan dairy-free cheese
on there.
And the burger.
Ooh.
And then pickle medallions.
I only had a tiny pickle.
A little bit of that Big Mac sauce
on the bottom of the middle part here.
Okay, there you go.
Now, again, onion.
How much is really up to you.
Then, lettuce.
I'm really not keeping anything
on top of this burger here today.
Cheese, another patty, and of course pickles.
And then your crown, or your top.
There you have it.
(upbeat music)
Okay.
So the second burger that we are going to do
is the double cheeseburger.
Similar-ish.
No, not really, not really similar at all.
But it has two patties, just like the Big Mac does.
So I'm going to do the same thing.
I'm gonna make the patties quite thin
'cause McDonald's patties are quite thin.
Two slices of cheese.
We have one bun
that we don't have to slice a third little middle piece.
Onions, pickles, and instead of Big Mac sauce,
it's just good old-fashioned ketchup and mustard.
For the burger patties, I'm going to do the exact same thing
that I did with the Big Mac.
Again, it's perfect for two burgers,
just one pack of the ground,
because I can use the other two quarters.
Flattening out each patty.
I'm just using the same pan that I just used
because why not?
Why make more dishes if you don't have to?
There we go.
And again, I'm going to add a little pinch of salt
and some pepper and two to three minutes on each side.
So normally with the double cheeseburger,
when you're done dressing the whole thing,
you're supposed to put it in the microwave
for about 15 seconds, but I don't have a microwave.
So what I wanted to do is just kind of throw the buns
in here like I did before and try and steam them
as much as possible.
Okay, so the order for this guy is burger, then cheese,
then another burger, pickles, and then onion.
So I'm trying to do this while the burgers
are still piping hot... doo, doo, doo...
so that the cheese melts.
Another slice of cheese.
And then pickle medallions.
I know it's usually like I think three,
but I only have tiny pickles in my house right now
'cause that was what was available at store.
Some onion.
The only sauce for this guy is just just ketchup and mustard
on the top, so that's easy because I have those,
because we eat a lot of burgers around here.
Whoop.
And then ketchup, and she's done.
We love her.
Basic, but delicious.
She's a classic.
Not trying to be something she's not.
(ethereal music)
All right, guys. There you have it.
The first three McDonald's items that we are going to cover.
So we have the double cheeseburger, the Big Mac sauce,
and, of course, the Big Mac.
Now... oh, yes.
She's a big one
but not so big I can't put my mouth around her.
Mm mm. So good.
Mm mm mm.
Burgers truly are my favorite thing in the world to eat.
Guys, you have to make this.
And don't forget to dip your fries in the Big Mac sauce.
Imagine if I just sat here like Trisha Paytas
and just chewed and made you listen to it.
So that is how you make the first three McDonald's items
in the series, "Vegan versus Fast Food"?
I don't know.
If you have a cool name for this series,
you can put it in the comments section down below.
If you're new here, hit that Subscribe button.
And if you like these videos, give it a big thumbs up.
Okay, now get out of my kitchen, so I can eat my burger.
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.