So you have leftovers from McDonald’s

Or, I am super helpful what to do with stale McNuggets, cheeseburger and fries lady

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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