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McDonald's fries, cheeseburger and McNuggets
The McNuggetini has captured my imagination. As the mother of five boys, I often have leftover bits and pieces from McDonald’s which I dutifully bring home because it’s a sin to waste food then toss, because let’s face it, leftover fast food is not so appealing. Why did I never think of transforming old, leftover fast food into new and exciting homecooking?
After my pickle soup adventure and kimbap experiments, I had plenty of panko and nori sheets, so it seemed I should make use of them. Frying the kimbap in egg was a huge success, so why not a cheeseburger? I slightly squished down the burger, cut it into wedges, dipped in beaten egg and coated with panko and fried it.
Panko fried McDonald's cheeseburger
And you know what? It was pretty tasty. Crunchy on the outside, vaguely beefy and cheesy with a bit of pickle and ketchup on the inside. A success!
If Spam was good in kimbap, then McNuggets should be good, right? I don’t actually like McNuggets, but I do very much like rice and nori. I decided to throw the fries in, too.
The building of a McNugget sushi roll
McNugget sushi roll
To be honest, it was bland. I should have added carrots and spinach and pickled daikon radish and other ingredients that would have added some flavor. But never fear, I still had plenty of panko and hot oil.
Panko crusted McNugget maki and panko fries
That was much better, especially dunked in some Sriracha. I went ahead and threw some fries in, too and they were absolutely delicious. It would have been much better with all the normal kimbap fixings but this was decent. Probably a bit more work than a McNugget deserves but at least I’m not just throwing it away. My mother, aka she who puts leftover hot dogs in all kinds of places they don’t belong, will be very proud.
BTW – should I put a disclaimer here that I don’t hardly ever take my kids to McDonald’s or any fast food for that matter or is that implied? You can totally tell from my logo that I am a good parent, right? Am somewhat paranoid about these things after my poor boy and his chocolate covered face upstaged the chicken in the can.
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“My mother, aka she who puts leftover hot dogs in all kinds of places they don’t belong…”
I can’t believe you just said that.
Oh mah gawd you are wrong for that. You are so wrong for that. I am speechless at the wrongness that is you.
Now I’m going to have to go to McDonalds just to try this out. You’re to blame when I pop a coronary.
Umm, you might want to rethink that hotdog phrase. Just sayin’
I will not, I am not the one with a filthy mind. Pthhhh.
Holy crap, I want that breaded and fried cheeseburger! (I can’t tell you how many times I had to retype that sentence — my fingers (or, “gingers”) are quivering with excitement. Even the McNugget sushi looks good, but yeah, sounds like you need something spicy or crunchy in there.
God, I’m so hungry.
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Yeah, I was thinking how good the McNugget sushi would be if I added this and that and then realized, well the McNugget would be just calories there for nothing.
I am a bit sheepish over how much I did enjoy the breaded and fried cheeseburger. You could even put it on a stick, if you were so inclined.
Holy Crap. You may be on to something here. The Panko-burger looks NUMMY!
Nice work, Tracy.
Now I’m all hungry…
George
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Maybe I should start selling them at state fairs?
I am in love.
It’s good to have a sister who can cook, no? All fancy and gourmet, no less!
I can’t wait to buy your “Fried stuff as sushi” cookbook. Must come up with a catchier name of this new trend, though. Just Sushifried? Not sure. Anyway, I can’t wait to FB this.
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You know, I think people have been doing this for quite some time, frying the sushi, I mean, but I think I might be the first to make sushi out of leftover McDonald’s.
So, when do the book publishers start knocking?
I think this is actually very creative and lovely looking, even if it is totally unhealthy.
It is, I’m going to have to do some sort of detox soon. But if you’re going to eat fast food, might as well gussy it up a bit.
Haha! This is great!
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I’ve tried chicken teriyaki maki before. Using leftovers is a good thing in my book. Even if I hardly even go there.
Endlessly adaptable!
The burgers remind me a bit of the “Reuben Balls” I saw on the “this is why you’re fat” website: corned beef, sauerkraut, mustard, deep fried in ball form.