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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 burger or cheeseburger 214g Recipe makes 1 burger or cheeseburger)
Calories 342
Calories from Fat 142		(41%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 15.8g	24%
	Saturated Fat 7.1g	35%
	Monounsaturated Fat 5.8g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 1.3g
	Trans Fat 0.5g
Cholesterol 52mg		17%
Sodium 1477mg		61%
Potassium 430mg		12%
Total Carbohydrate 30.1g		10%
	Dietary Fiber 1.9g	7%
	Sugars 8.7g
Protein 19.6g		39%
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Copycat Mc Donald's Hamburgers/Cheeseburgers

Recipe #116181 | 15 min | 10 min prep | add private note

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By: Heather Sullivan
Apr 11, 2005

My friend found this for me(when I was having a McDonalds burger obsession) in one of her cookbooks and it's delicious.

1 burger or cheeseburger (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1/2 teaspoon dried onion flakes
2 teaspoons boiling water
1/8 lb ground beef (I have used extremely lean ground beef for this, like 5% fat kind)
1 plain hamburger bun (I use Hot Dog/Hamburger Buns/Rolls/Cinnamon Buns Dough Cycle A.b.m.)
salt, to taste
1 tablespoon ketchup
1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard (American yellow)
1 dill pickles, slice (sour kind, not sweet)

For Cheeseburgers

1 slice American cheese (I have used those plastic cover cheese singles with good success if other American Cheese is unavail)

Directions

1
Mix the dried onion with the boiling water and let sit until re hydrated and no longer dry & crunchy.
2
Roll ground beef into a ball and press flat on waxed paper until about 1/8 inch thick.
3
Brown faces of bun in a dry frying pan over medium heat. Remove bun and cook burger in the same pan for 2 min per side, salting each side lightly during cooking.
4
On the top bun-half spread the ketchup, mustard, and onion, in the order, and top with the pickle slice.
5
put the beef patty on the bottom bun and quickly slap the top and bottom together. Microwave the burger on high for 10-15 seconds. FOR CHEESEBURGERS: follow the above recipe, but add a slice of American cheese on top of the beef patty in the final assembly. Microwave for 15 seconds on high to help steam the bun and simulate being wrapped in paper.

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From: Proud mommy and wife

On Oct 17, 2009

WOW these we awesome. I made these tonight for dinner and i can't believe how good they are and how much they taste like the real thing. I put the dried onions in cold water for an hour and they turned out good. I also cooked the patties and then put them on paper towels to suck up some of the extra grease. I will definitely make these again. Especially when i am craving mcdonald. Thanks

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From: Mika G.

On May 21, 2009

These were great! My whole family loves them! I do use fresh minced onion however. Now I can finally get extra onion and extra pickles on mine! LOL! I assemble them (about 30 minutes early) and wrap them in paper towels in a big baggie then when everyone gets home we just microwave for 30-45 seconds and it's time to eat! YUM! Thanks for a fun recipe!

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From: Chef #240993

On Oct 25, 2006

I am a former McDonald's manager. This is pretty close, except that the onion flakes need to be prepared in cold water, lots of it, and set to soak up as much water as possible. Will take at least an hour. Then drain and you have crisp, white chopped onions that taste fresh. Also, McD's burgers are 1/10# each, and at least 10% fat.

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From: smithduke

On May 26, 2008

I took Chef #240993 advice and soaked the dried onions in cold water for at least an hour. The other step that's important, and it may seem minor, is to brown the bun in a dry frying pan while squashing it flat. Also, the microwaving of the assembled burger is a must if you want to get the same effect as McDonald's. We're not big on ketchup so we left it off of the burger. My hubbie who isn't big on the "fast food type" of burger even commented how much it smelled like McDonald's. I was surprised how close it came to the real thing!!!

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