By All-new hotter, juicier, tastier burgers are officially rolling out at McDonald’s, and the company has brought back a familiar foodie accomplice to mark the occasion: Hamburglar.
In 2020, McDonald’s set out to innovate two of its bestselling burgers, the Big Mac and Double Cheeseburger, and the small but mighty changes are officially hitting Golden Arches locations nationwide on Monday.
What to expect from new McDonald’s burgers: Softer buns, more sauce, cooked onions
“We hit the big things early and then it was just tweaking,” chef Chad Schafer, senior director of culinary innovation at McDonald’s, told “Good Morning America.”
Schafer said the culinary team added more sauce to the Big Mac, swapped in fluffier buns that both toast and retain heat better, cooked less beef more often — six patties on the grill at once instead of eight — and added the minced white onions while the patties cooked to soak up the juices and lock in more flavor.
“It’s about getting those ingredients consistent every time, that’s where the adjustments came from,” Schafer said.
The training process to implement changes to the sandwiches throughout the U.S. took “a little over 12 months,” chef Wayne Kuhl, who works on menu innovation at McDonald’s, told “GMA.”
“We made small changes that have a bigger impact on adding flavor,” Kuhl added.
