Homemade McDonald's Fries Recipe
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- McDonalds fries are something I’ve been asked to clone for Years, but not got round to making the video. I was lucky enough a few Years back to go to see how the potatoes are gathered for them in the UK & ask a few questions, using this info & some of my favourite methods of making chips, I managed to make something that was pretty much identical to the real thing! It takes some time, but it’s worth it!
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If you'd like to give these a try head here Full recipe / write up barrylewis.net/recipe/homemade-mcdonalds-fries/ they taste just as good (although more crispy, the way I like it!) baked but for the real thing, this was pretty darn close!
Barry Lewis Can’t stand McDonalds fry’s or other fast food fry’s except KFC as they at least make chunky chips otherwise the best place to go is our local chippy or if I can’t be bothered to go out I just pop some McCain chips in to an air fryer much nicer than anything you can get fast food wise
You should watch Shotgun reds recipe for home made mcdonalds fries for the us recipe
I just saw a video today about smooth bread, which is some sort of jelly bread-essence. Sounds like a pretty cool idea for Barry Tries :)
No dripping is used at all Barry. The fries are cooked in vegetable oil and have been approved by the Vegetarian Society
Cricket England Mcdonalds fries are made by McCain.
When Mrs. Barry said Barry's fries were better than McDonald's and he got so happy after all his hard work *chefs kiss*
In the UK; the fries are not cooked in beef dripping; that is US only... the UK fries are totally veggie/vegan
Omg I never knew they were cooked in beef drippings in the US! I wonder if it’s same for Canada too? My vegetarian friends goes to McDonald’s only for the fries 😬
Lonely Karaoke Canadian fries are vegan :-)
Wow, leave it to the US to cook fries in beef drippings 🤦!
They are not cooked in beef tallow in the US anymore either. However, US McDonald's fries are not vegan/vegetarian as the fries have beef flavoring added at the factory.
@@TheM750 They weren't anyway because they're cooked in the same oil as the chicken.
Barry can now literally say to his kids: "We have McDonald's at home!"
An alternate reality
"Please may we have some McBarry's fries please."
So polite! What great kids u have Barry
All three of his girls are dolls.
@@dvh3113 I'm pretty sure he only has 2 daughters
@@loginikandiah5380 2 daughters and one wife= 3 lovely dolls.
Penny Lover Pretty sure Barry’s wife is a grown woman and isn’t his property
@@Sandi_Carron Neither are his 2 daughters? Damn people, don't be so freaking literal! I was JUST saying that he has THREE lovely LADIES in his life. GTF over yourselves.
finally the video I've been waiting for 👀
IWR I’m really want to make mc fries 🍟
Chipflake hi i love your content
Yeah I'm hungry too
Barry: They use different potatoes depending on the season and availability.
Also Barry: I could swear these are shorter than they used to be. 😄 💙
“All potatoes are the same size”
Was anyone else waiting for him to turn around and see the mask cut of the back of his shirt?
That would have been amazing
7:36 , being an ex-employee of Mc D's a customer who asks for fries with no salt actually causes a lot of problems because an employee not has to completely cear the area of fries but they also have to do a complete clean down because 9/10 customers that ask for no salt are those who usually has allergies/reactions to salt
Yep, I remember having to do that. It was a pain in the butt.
Just ask for freshly cooked!
You cant be allergic to salt as far as i know
@@dananderson6708 but you can be required to have a low /no sodium diet (for heart problems for instance). Although you should steer clear of McDs if you have heart problems anyway...
@@dananderson6708 Typical salt, referred to as table salt, is sodium chloride. Salt, in the form of sodium, is necessary for the body's survival. If people are having allergic symptoms such as a swollen tongue or lips when eating something salty, it is most likely a reaction to the chloride.
When I did my mcds manager training I remember having to learn the 5 characteristics of a good fry... but I can only remember 4 of them now 🤣 1. Golden brown in colour 2. Slight separation of the interior from the exterior 3. Non greasy 4. Mealy interior !
Hot crispy greasy salty happy. Doesn't happen often though
When I worked for McDs they stopped using beef dripping for them to be vegetarian and used shortening in the friers for veggie patties and fries.
What year were you working there when they switched?
McDonalds's website still lists beef flavoring and milk and many other ingredients. I would take Barry's anyday over McD's: Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [wheat And Milk Derivatives]*), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (maintain Color), Salt. *natural Beef Flavor Contains Hydrolyzed Wheat And Hydrolyzed Milk As Starting Ingredients.
@@lily-kp1ll absolutely I would take Barry's any day as well, but McDonald's UKs fries are vegan approved so I don't imagine they use beef dripping in the friers. In fact I'd take any food over McDs hahaha
@@kishens1 started working for them in 1989 in the UK and they used what was called Formula 47 back then which was shortening with beef dripping in it for the fries alone, Everything else was fried in vegetable oil/shortening or Formula 189. it was in the early 90's they changed to using vegetable oil/shortening for fries as well.
@@garry4012 Wow, thank you!
McDonalds in the UK is one of the only places that actually don't use lard or dripping to cook their fries. They just use vegetable oil. Crazy how I've had them in other places that do and they taste so similar.
I had dripping fries in a gourmet fried chicken restaurant and they were so much tastier
Legend has it that Barry's house doesn't have multiple bedrooms or bathrooms, he has a 6 kitchen house. I have watched for a while Barry but it seems either you've moved a few times or you have 6 kitchens in your house lmao
Yeah he says he has moved but it's all a lie, he just has a house full of kitchens.
I flipping love Barry's videos. I have been watching for well over a year now and every time I glance at the subscriber count when watching a video im shocked that he's still not at a million
Legend has it the oven fries are still cooking in the oven to this day, we will never know if they were any good
At the end of the video hè shows them.
Spoiler alert: they weren't.
Barry McDonald’s Fries are Vegan approved by the vegetarian society fact , so the cooking oil used in stores most definitely does not have beef dripping in like you say it does
It was a while ago when he learned about the fries so i think since then they were made to stop using beef tallow since they wanted them to be vegan, they did used to use tallow
Barry’s video was filmed awhile ago, so this could easily be based off of old information. It wasn’t too long ago that the US converted to using all vegetable oils for their fries, for example (although it doesn’t quite work out perfectly since the chicken products are also fried in that oil).
@@SuperBakuman123 McDonalds was aiming for official vegetarian approval specifically and have, from the info I could find, been using only vegetable oil for at least a decade. Must have just been wrong info or a misunderstanding.
Calm down. He probably read an old recipe. It’s not that deep!
Barry Lewis: Homemade McDonald's Fries Recipe
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Is it McDonald's Day or something? :D
it's a conspiracy, they're in cahoots :O
I know lol
@@wanderinwolf3804 lol
Now I'm craving some fresh, hot McDonald's fries with plenty of salt.
yess.
Same
actually seeing the time (11:40am here) and Barry cooking the fries has got me wanting to go get chicken nuggets 😅
Then my mind turned to the pizza shop a few doors down as well as the cans of lager in my fridge 😆
Try a in n out burger with a lot of salt trust me you won’t hate it ;)
@@4urgical561 I've had In N Out Burger before and I love it. Unfortunately, there aren't any locations where I live.
The length of the fries depends on the time of year as potatoes vary depending on the seasons in which they are planted and harvested. Starch content in potatoes varies through the year too, so fries in summer are subtly different to those in winter.
Hello Barry, I’m a fairly new subscriber... discovering you during UK lockdown. I’ve had many a Barrothon since 🙂. I’ve been a chef for 17 years now and on my days off I love nothing more than a good old gadget/recipe play. Upon finding your channel, you essentially do what I love to do on my days off. Just want to thank you for entertaining me throughout these hard times and wish you all the best for the future. You have an an amazing family, and along with my Wife and four boys, I look forward to many more Barrathons. Take care and stay safe 👍🏼
Lmao imagine being named Damon
Barry, Just a heads up to remind you, it's your Wedding Anniversary on the 7th of August.
Don't forget.
Thats on my friends bday
nice.
Haha good one
@@loginikandiah5380 why do u seem Tamil
How come when you say "in the fridge" it cuts off early both times? Is this an inside joke that I don't know about?
You aint cool enough to get it, chill man
MC Intricacy lmao
@@EmceeIntricacy omg yes 🤣 (is there actually a joke)...
He had to censor the F word. The F word is fridge.
So lovely to see this one Barry! I had my first McDonalds of the year last week! 😋 🍟 🥤
In fact as a professional cook from canada i can tell you that russet potato is only good for mashed potatoes but the best potato for fries is the red potato
FYI, McDonald's fries are suitable for vegetarians in the UK don't use beef dripping, McDonald's US still use beef dripping.
Suitable for vegetarians maybe, but what about the oil used to fry em? I know they have a different fryer for chips but I heard its mixed at the end of the day anyway 🤷♀️
But not for vegans. They have added whey.
''Brine'' is Salt NOT sugar. Naughty Barry!
Love your PSA for the mask too 👌👌 hope you're all safe over there.
The kettle with the plugs looks like a waving robot.
Thanks. Now I can't unsee that. :)
I was thinking the same. It took me a moment to see that it was a kettle. It so much like a robot that I had th stop the video so I could focus on it properly.
@@cggc9510 news channel mascot maybe
Should have whacked the old fries back through the deep fryer to bring them back to life a bit, then you could have compared and contrasted!
I can't believe I'm actually this early wow I was binge watching your episodes so I'm excited there's another one to watch!
Thanks
You did a Barathon 😂
So for the past 4 weeks since this video has come out, my 3 yr old daughter literally falls asleep to this video she calls you Barry French Fries. Anyways hello from Kitchener, Ontario Canada
Now this is a reason why I believe Barry is better than Mac Donald’s! Who needs school when you can watch Barry Lewis!
Could they be done in the air fryer ?? I need to use mine more lol
Won't taste the same frying it in lard gives it it's flavour
mickobee thank you
Have you tried making breaded chicken nuggets in the air fryer there yummy. You can also make brownies 👌🏻
Tom Lock brownies sound like a good idea 🙂
@@shazzac4281 I make fries in the air frier all the time. They're great :)
Well, most of the stuffs in restaurants are ofc made way before a customer makes the order. That's just how restaurants work. Everything is made in big amounts. Steaks and such things are ofc cooked when an order comes in, but most of the stuff is already made and then things get heated up in certain ways to make the portion that the customer ordered.
3:31 The potato peeler you use seems to lack a knife to cut out the eyes (or sprouts). Get one with such knife (sharp little triangle-ich thing). It lets you peel and remove the nasty bits without changing tools.
Fiskur Tjorn it’s his peeler lol like his brand. He’s not gonna switch lol
@@ivyrose5153 ;-)
Those pugs are so well behaved, only going for the fries when you give them permission, too adorable!
I just love listening to you all eat it really is music to my ears!🤢 I also love listening to you talk when you’re eating it’s also great!
When I worked for McDonald’s a few years back, they used vegetable shortening for frying, not beef
Thanks for the info
As someone who worked at a McDonald's im just gonna say that "no salt" hack doesnt really do you any favours. At my store we had to tip fries from a fry basket directly into the fry container which is not exactly the safest thing with fries that were in boiling oil seconds prior. Just ask for fresh fries, you'll get the same hot af fries without a worker internally suffering when they go through the no salt process just to be asked for salt packets afterward.
Though as you mentioned we don't let fries go stale or cold, we're constantly frying more and some workers snack on the "older" fries or nuggets inbetween rushes
Aussie here. I worked at Mac Donald’s for 7 years. Started off frying in Lard they were these big disgusting blocks that would take about an hour to melt and heat. It changed , still the same these days, to liquid veg oil with no lard. It made it so much easier to clean the Vats when the oil was changed.
the satisfying sound of the oil😍12:00
just warm the cold ones in a airfryer, should work perfectly, at least it did for me
I do this regularly. Air fryer to reheat fries/chips and nuggets.
@@auntlynnie nice
Same till i set mine on fire, gotta love its effectiveness
You can add vinagar to the water as well and it will prevent the breaking and mushing of the potatoes
Tried the recipe and the fries were great! No reason to ever sit through another drive-thru again.
As a McEmployee - Yes if you ask for them with no salt we cook them just for that order and put them into a separate area in the fry station, though they shouldn't be more than 5 minutes old anyway (we have a timer for 5 minutes and after 5 minutes they're meant to be discarded).
edit: Also the fry oil we use doesn't have beef whatever-it-was in it, we use vegetable oil for fries and veggie dippers so they're vegan (though the apple pies/promotional finger food get cooked in the same row of vats as the chicken and fish, so they are NOT vegetarian/vegan).
That’s cap there’s definitely Whey(milk) and beef tallow in them fries I’ve worked there too here in the U.S
@@tygeworldwide348 It's almost like the US and the UK are different, and they're made differently here.
Julia Child was a fan of McDonalds fries.
In the US, they no longer put lard in the oil because they got sued by a vegan. I remember when they did, and really I can't tell the difference.
After the first frying you put them in the fridge. They have to be frozen. The freezing process alters the texture of the potato, without it the potato won't be quite perfect. Try the freezer next time. They should go into the pan for their second frying directly from the freezer.
If you have cold fast food fries, put them in a convection oven (one with fan) at 200 Celsius for about 7-8 minutes, and they'll be like new. A tiny bit browner, but taste like new and very crisp.
I actually don't boil my fries. I learned a way to make fries that works great. After you wash the out. Put then in a pan with cold oil and then turn it on. The process will boil them as it crisp up. It take a couple try it get it down but it works great. I usually use a cast iron pan. (big enough to fit all the fries I would make) make sure that the a even spread out. U have to stirred even few minutes. (carefully cuz they will turn to mush). But it works great. It the best way I've ever made fries
Now you have to do homemade mcdonalds strawberry milkshake so you have something to dip your chips in 😁🍟🥤
Actually made some, (minus the vasoline plastic beef stick) and it’s good, but the salt makes it REALLY good!
I worked in McDonald's years ago and even back then they were strict about the oil they used so as to be suitable for vegetarians. There's no way they are using beef dripping! Xx
I was thinking the same thing. I'm in the US and I worked at McD's in high school (1992-1993) and I'm pretty sure they used just vegetable oil back then.
@@Nails_By_Kimberlee Years ago the fry oil included beef tallow. Now, instead, when they cook it at the factory, they include "natural beef flavoring," which, while not necessarily beef, does contain animal product, and thus in the US, McDonalds fries are not vegetarian.
Barry, Mcdonalds fry their fries in vegetable shortening not dripping and oil. Just thought I would correct you on this for the sake of all the vegetarians and vegans who watch you. I have been watching you for years now and this is the first comment. Still loving the show. X
Osmosis allows the sugar to penetrate the surface of the potatoes and then when you deep dry them it caramelizes the surface giving you the nice even coloring!
No beef dripping or lard is used in the fry vats in the U.K. stores. I am sure a few people will have mentioned this but it is a couple of years since this video landed and I thought it would be helpful to add up to date info.
Stonkin' video xxx
never had good luck making chips at home tried blanching in lower temp oil than tried in microwave got to try boiling in water thx for tht tip(by the way im from the states love how you all still use freedom units over metric lol)
I'm from the North and can confirm we have beef dripping on toast :-)
Get sturdy egg slicer. Get plastic square tube. Get piston. Push potato through tube into egg slicer. Perfect straight fries.
If you put a little white vinegar in the water it’s less likely to break the pectins in the potato down which will prevent breakage.
After working at good old Maccies throughout sixth form and uni, they don’t add any lard or anything to the oil but interesting! Not sure if the fries at coated in them though. Great as always Baz
You need to try Formula 47, the oil McDonald's used from 1966 to 1990. The beef dripping in the current recipe is an attempt at replicating the flavor of that old recipe of 93% beef tallow, 7% vegetable oil.
One extra ingredient u may be forgetting, the addition of corn flour before putting it in the fridge,
And
For Asian spice loving people u can add chaat masala along with corn flour .
Try it , you will love it.
So how many minutes to fry them to freeze them. I want to make a big batch to put in the freezer for the teens to bake later.
My goodness, Barry! You've nearly got a million subs now.
Watching Barry make fries is the best most positive thing to watch while I’m laying in bed from a shoulder injury. Can’t move so might as well have a Barrathon. 😅👍
during the boiling process if you add a tiny tip of vinegar it makes the chips or any potato product much more flexible without snapping as easy.
If you mix a little vinegar into the boiling water it will stop the fries turning to mash. Fluffy centre, crispy outer
Why get rid of the "nasty bits"? 😂 I've had plenty of maccas chips with nasty bits haha
I figured out from a different video is that if you put vinegar when the potatoes are boiling then the patato doesn’t snap even though u put it in the water for x amount of mins
Mcdonalds UK stopped using beef shortening around the early '90s. At this stage, there was beef shortening for the fry's and vegetable shortening for everything else. These days it's just the vegetable shortening, hence the tasty fry's we have now. The same "oil" is used on all products now (tho they are all cooked at different "stations") with fry vats very separate for the different products as they cook at different temperatures and this helps with reducing cross-contamination.
Barry *fries.
Nice Barry, im following You for a little while. This is my first comment. The only difference: McDonalds fries are cooked from frozen...
Mrs B's one word review, omg! XD Reminds me of a funny lil' thing: When me and my brother still lived with our parents, our mom would ask if the food tasted good, and we'd all (me, bro and dad) be chewing when she asked that, so we'd just answer "Mhm!", but this happened so often that it ended up where she didn't ask, we'd just take a bite of the food, look at her and say "Mhm!" to tell her it was good! XD
I've started putting a splash of vinegar in the par boiling process to make the potatoes less prone to snapping. would highly recommend to save on those casualties!
Dear Barry.
I BET YOU CAN’T DO A McDonalds Fillet o’Fish 😉
Love starting my week off with a Barry video!! 👋 Hello from GA🍑, USA 🇺🇸
As a Belgian, I am highly triggered by boiling French fries and not just double frying them :-O.
This is treason of the highest order
Canadian here and I agree 100%! Also, sugar water?! No thanks.
I pre-fry in canola with lard at 150°c/300°f, refrigerate, and then fry at
190°c/375°f.
McDonald's fries are garbage. They're pale & greasy when fresh and practically inedible after 5 mins.
but he is trying to replicate what McDonald's do.
"Today I'm going to be emulating the way McDonalds makes chips"
"BUUH THAT'S NOT HOW I MAKE CHIPS"
If I was a Belgian, I would be triggered by my fellow Belgian calling them FRENCH fries.
But I'm a Brit. So I'm triggered you called them French fries, and not chips, anyway :P
The exchange at 13:03 is hilarious!!
Can confirm as someone who gets put on fries often at a maccies, we don't do the dripping anymore because the veggie dippers are fried in the fry vats
Now that you know the secret of the fries all you need to open McBarrys is the secret of Big Mac sauce!
Huh. I knew McDonald's fries had sugar added, but I wasn't really sure how they did it. I think I figured they spritzed them with sugar water after the first cooking or something.
About asking for no salt to get fresh fries: Bad idea. One, like you said, the turnaround on McDonald's fries is already pretty fast, so your fries will be pretty fresh regardless. Two, you don't even have to ask for no salt to get a fresh batch: Just ask if you can get fresh fries, and they'll put a batch on for you; it's not like they're not gonna sell what's left, after all. Three, the salt doesn't really stick properly except when the fries are fresh from the fryer, with oil still on the surface, so if you order an unsalted batch then put salt on afterwards, they'll come out bland, so don't do that unless you actually don't want salted fries. Four, it's a huge pain for the staff, since they've got to clear any salted fries out of the fries warmer/serving station before putting your unsalted fries in, whereas if you just ask for a fresh batch they can dump it right on top of whatever fries are already there.
When he said pug I was thinking some sort of chemical then I saw the dogs lol Thx🤗
So want fries now...
One thing - at least according to McDonalds own FAQs; their fries are vegan friendly in the UK so I suspect dont contain lard / dripping. The US version though...
"I'm exited!" Barry said, surprising no one.
I've been cooking for a very long time. I started cooking at the age of 13 and the end of the week I'll be 60. But I have never heard of sugar. I've done salt
McDonalds don't use Beef Dripping, they use Vegetable Shortening. And have done so since at least the late 90's (when I did time there)
Goodness me, so many steps. Guess this is why most folk drive to McD's...Chopped tattie into hot lard (blurgh) when I was a bairn.
Can confirm that asking for no salt works 99% of the time (only time you get your fries sat ready in this case is if you order at the same time a batch comes out of the frier) I used to work at Maccies and use this trick ALL the time
When I was trying to get a job in 2018 I did a day's work in a burger shop. I love cooking. I got to do some fries and make milkshakes. I wasn't asked to return 😂 Just a memory that this made me think of.
Berry, when are your peelers going to be available again in the US?
I worked at McDonald’s when I was 17-18. We were supposed to trash old fries every 7 minutes but that often did not happen. It only happened regularly when the owner was present. I think that must happen everywhere in the states because it’s commonplace to get nasty old fries. Thus, the “ask for no salt” trick.
I used to work at mcdonalds a few years ago and the ask for fries with no salt is true, a lot of people ask for fries without salt and when they get their order they ask for a few bags of salt
0:37 I've never received a 'box' of large _'McFries'_ as full as that; coming like packets of crisps - is there a potato shortage or something?
Hey Barry, make a video on how to make the best oven chips! thx from Australia
I'm always doing well, when I watch a Barry video
So according to McDonald's they add sugar to the fries to make you want to eat more. It has to do with a chemical release or something in you brain that makes you want more. I know I did not explain that right but I saw it on some doc about them. Also they have their own proprietary recipe of coke. Their coke has more of a bite and makes it good to the last drop even with ice.
Fun fact about the golden arches is always a fun read/ rabbit hole to go down.
Wow, cool info cheers!
Shame they serve them cold to make you want them less.
Great video. Just one little thing though. McDonald's doesn't use corn oil, They use soy oil.
Great video Barry!! Whenever a video of yours pops into my subscription box without hesitation I’m watching it!!
Barry: That is...
Caption: Barry good!
RUclips makes sense for once.
You should do an episode dedicated to gadgets for deep frying.
Get a air fryer then you will love frying the safe way. In the USA the air fryer is one of the most used things in the kitchen. I love my air fryer.
Use the dripping to make roast potatoes, Barry. It's naughty, but the flavour of your spuds will be phenomenal.
Yes, we used to use only pork lard for fries and they were delicious. The same goes for pączki and angel wings, they are just not right in vegetable oil.
Hi Barry hope you and your family are doing well!
We are good thanks, hope you are well