Making the McDonald's Egg McMuffin At Home | But Better

i know i give it a bad rap but this is mcdonald's breakfast this is serious and we will not be missing [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay so today we're making the mcdonald's egg mcmuffin this has to be one of the most simplified breakfast sandwiches on the market physically possible yet it has an enormous amount of clout as usual it's always the menu items that have so much unnecessary clout you know if you don't know the mcmuffin which i would be shocked if you didn't but it's basically english muffins toasted usually poorly american cheese ham and then this like egg cylinder that's horrifically overcooked it's a hockey puck basically so we're gonna recreate it the best way possible while maintaining that original look and we're gonna win so with all that said let's make this shall we we're back at it again i said this before the other day i heard somebody say macdonald's again stop can i just get one egg mcmuffin i noted this last time but they're really good about speed here i mean obviously that's what they're known for thank you jesus you see that just like him right out he's like muffin okay we have the bag there's a little bit of nostalgia oh my god what is that smell oh you know what's funny is i haven't eaten at all today yet and so just like the idea of food being around me my mouth was starting to water and i was getting hungry when i smelled that all the saliva retracted back into my body was like you need this for something else somebody come sniff this yeah that stinks that is the most accurate thing i've ever heard in my life so we got canadian bacon looks fine american cheese this egg has been here for so long you can see this like little greenish brownish dark color that's because the egg has been sitting cooked for way too long and then it was microwaved it's just boring i mean what do you want me to say it's just it has to be the most boring choice physically possible for breakfast it's easy i get it a lot of people go on the drive through and they're like i'm so hungry i just get a quick one but you never think about it again i wanna make something that you think about forever okay if we're gonna one up a mcmuffin we're probably gonna want to make our own muffin or well english muffin in this case which are not actually called english muffins in england anyway start off with two cups or 480 milliliters of whole milk around 90 to 95 fahrenheit and to that you're going to whisk in two and a half teaspoons or eight grams of instant yeast three and a half tablespoons or 45 grams of granulated sugar whisk it all together until dissolved and let it sit for about five minutes or until frothy now wrassle yourself a stand mixer and to the bowl of that you're gonna add four and a third cup or 675 grams of bread flour and two teaspoons or eight grams of fine sea salt begin mixing that with the dough hook attachment then once incorporated go ahead and add your sugary yeasty milk followed by a quarter cup or 56 grams of very lightly melted butter seriously make sure this butter is just barely melted if it's beyond 100 degrees it'll kill your yeast and papa never forgive you oh and also one whole egg now continue to mix that until it forms a nice smooth dough then lightly grease a bowl if needed you can give your dough a couple slap and fold to help give it some extra strength then shape it into a light bulb pop it into your grease bowl cover with plastic wrap give him a true gentleman's name and let that rise at room temperature for about one hour or until doubled and chunky now take your chunky man and punch all the air out of him then divide the dough into about 15 pieces you can get more precise by weighing the whole dough in grams and dividing that by 15. voila you have your gramage per piece now once you have all your pieces shape each and every one of those into balls place your nice round balls in either a dough proof box or in baking sheet either of which need to be dusted with cornmeal cover with lid and let those rest for 10 minutes now all you got to do is take a ball dust the top and the bottom with cornmeal flatten them so you get a disc about three and a half inches wide and half an inch thick then place them in a griddle or cast iron skillet over medium low heat and let them cook for three to five minutes then flip and let them cook for another three to five minutes or until golden brown and now likely those won't be baked through yet so once that's done place them on a small tray and then into an oven that's been preheated to 350 fahrenheit for about seven to ten more minutes or until baked through then just repeat with all of your english muffins i mean look at these absolute gentlemen wait they actually look like english muffins yes because we gave them our love and [Music] now let those cool in a wire rack completely and that's it now next up let's talk pam sure you could go buy canadian bacon it's already prepped for you instead i've acquired an entire smoked ham i do this so i can slice it to the thickness of my desires i ended up going a half inch thick per slice but wait a minute josh what about the circular shape you're gonna use the circular biscuit cutter the exact same size as your english muffins to then punch out the perfectly sized round of thick cut ham now all you're going to do is heat a medium-sized skillet over medium-high heat hit that with about three tablespoons of vegetable oil and once the oil is hot add in your ham in batches to avoid overcrowding and let it sear for about two minutes you can also use something to weigh it down like the chef press which i love then flip and sear for another two to three minutes now toss in a small bundle of fresh thyme three tablespoons or 42 grams of unsalted butter and baste your ham for about 25 seconds now place your hot ham on a small tray cover it with the time butter and repeat with the rest now before we make the coveted egg let's make a quick spicy mayo which i know is untraditional stop complaining the sandwich needs one okay now get a small bowl and add half a cup or 112 grams of mayonnaise a quarter cup or 60 grams of creme fraiche one tablespoon or eight grams of smoked paprika one tablespoon or nine grams of garlic powder two and a half tablespoons or 37 grams of sriracha and two teaspoons or seven grams of worcestershire sauce awesome now whisk together and that's your spicy mayo wow so easy josh yes i know you're welcome now last but not least we gotta fix this downright depressing so-called egg in the method snack a small non-stick skillet heat it up over medium heat and add just enough unsalted butter to coat the bottom of the pan about one and a half tablespoons or 20 grams as soon as that's melted and bubbling place a ring mold that's been lightly greased and is the same diameter as your english muffins in the center of your pan carefully crack one egg into that mold season the top with salt and let that cook for about 30 seconds or till the white at the bottom begins to set nicely then add three tablespoons or 45 milliliters of water around the mold so it comes to a boil then immediately cover with foil or lid and let that steam for about 45 seconds or until the egg is just cooked through but the yolk is still running now immediately remove that egg from the pan and repeat with however many eggs you need i made five sandwiches so i did five eggs that's the best math i've done this year okay it's time to assemble first get an english muffin fork split it or slice it accordingly give it a nice toast in a toaster i like mine pretty deeply toasted so before anyone's like oh my gosh look i think it's better with a white chart that's just my taste anyway add a nice dollop of your optional spicy mayo spread it around a coat followed by a slice of aged cheddar cheese i like to brush the cheese with my kitchen torch to get it a little melty then add your beautifully runny egg circlette i guess circle sauce the other half of your bread spread it around a coat add your time butter basted thicky cut ham and finally crown your breakfast king now the first gaze upon the sandwich says lord have mercy i'm about to bust more importantly i think we should see the inside of this i mean come on look at this thing don't play with me now let's go ahead and taste test to decide on a winner even though i think we got this one in the bag i hope well well well first off we already won because it's got a juicy yolk all right that's the only way and if you don't like runny yolks that's okay it's okay to be wrong mommy i have two things to say we won and second we won what do i say like the texture of the english muffin is obviously better fresh made flavor is nice it doesn't have that weird like refrigerator flavor there's real cheese on this and you can change what kind of cheese you could do smoked gouda that would be pretty gouda it's actually pronounced cauda and all the dutch people who are watching this are probably like did he just say let's get a taste tester in here so today we have vikram hey we got the stinkiest boy in the game i've cut the other one in half so you can't tell although i think you will right away number one sorry sorry oh my god vikram you missed the whole thing don't eat the whole thing jesus and number two mama is that mama yours is uh this one it's the i think it's the yolk that gives it away well the sauce is like great this is really just you say grape just now i wish i said great okay normally i'm not a fan of uh runny egg but this is like just horrible like this is garbage smoked ham sauce the cheese a very nice all we gotta say is mcdonald's bud better [Music] you want to know what else is full of runny drippy goodness and things that make you open your mouth [Music] b-roll all right guys and that is it so we made our egg mcmuffin i keep wanting to say english muffin i don't know why i mean there's an english muffin in there josh so the point is this was a really easy one to do it really wasn't that difficult to make it better obviously making your own english muffins is a big deal you can make these and use them for anything maybe make eggs benedict which would be a better option in my opinion but that's literally what this is this is like a lazy benedict just without the hollandaise which by the way you can make it in a blender the point is you should absolutely make this as i always say but with all that said if you enjoyed this video or you learned something leave a like subscribe and i will see you next time [Music]

Channel: Joshua Weissman

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Length: 9min 33sec (573 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 25 2021