Five Guys Burger Copycat Recipe
Two smashed patties by default, no seasoning in the meat, and a free-for-all of toppings. Fifteen minutes.
Cooking Five Guys at home, and what its menu costs
Peanut oil, a double patty by default, and a Cajun seasoning worth keeping a jar of.
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The Five Guys recipes on this site
Not every menu item has a recipe here, and that is deliberate - We write a page when there is something genuinely worth saying about how to make the thing.
Five Guys Cajun Fries Copycat Recipe
Skin-on potatoes, fried twice at two temperatures, tossed hot in Cajun seasoning. The oil is doing more of the flavou…
Five Guys Cajun Seasoning Copycat Recipe
Paprika-heavy, salty, with celery salt underneath. Ninety seconds and a jar that lasts six months.
Five Guys Milkshake Copycat Recipe
A thick vanilla base and eight mix-ins you combine yourself. Three minutes a shake.
What Five Guys food actually tastes of
Peanut oil is not interchangeable here. It is what the fries taste of. Groundnut oil is the same thing under a British name. If nut allergy rules it out, refined rapeseed with a spoonful of sesame oil is the closest honest substitute and the recipe says so.
The chips are fresh potatoes, twice fried, skin on. Once at 150 C to cook through, rest, then once at 190 C to colour.
The Cajun seasoning is paprika-heavy and salty, with celery salt behind it. It is closer to a Louisiana shrimp boil blend than to a barbecue rub.
About Five Guys
Five Guys has the shortest menu of any chain here and the highest price per item, which makes it the one where cooking at home saves the most in absolute money. A little bacon cheeseburger and a regular fries in London is a substantial sum for what is, structurally, two thin patties and some chips.
The food is genuinely good and genuinely simple. Two smashed patties, a squishy bun, as many free toppings as you like. The two things worth learning are the double fry for the chips - cooked in peanut oil, which matters for flavour - and the Cajun seasoning, which is the best thing the company sells and takes ninety seconds to blend.
What Five Guys charges, from the menu we hold
62 priced options across 66 menu sections, as last recorded in United States. Prices move and vary by outlet, so treat these as a reference point rather than a quote.
Half the menu sits between $4.07 and $7.55. Here is the whole spread:
| Position | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest priced item | $0.99 | |
| Middle of the menu | $5.59 | |
| Dearest priced item | $13.67 |
Five Guys changes its prices without telling you. We read this menu once a month and keep the reading – have the changes emailed to you, free, one click to stop.
Every reading we hold is on the Five Guys price history. The full list is on the Five Guys menu page, and the 4 items we have rebuilt at home are listed here.
What Five Guys charges in 10 countries
The same item, priced from each country’s own menu and converted to one currency so the columns can be read against each other. Five Guys sets prices per market, so a gap here is the chain’s pricing rather than an exchange rate artefact – and the widest gap on this list is Bacon Cheeseburger, which costs $17.10 in the dearest market and $3.48 in the cheapest.
| Item | 🇺🇸 USD | 🇬🇧 GBP | 🇦🇺 AUD | 🇨🇦 CAD | 🇮🇪 EUR | 🇳🇿 NZD | 🇸🇬 SGD | 🇵🇭 PHP | 🇭🇰 HKD | 🇲🇾 MYR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5.19 | $11.71 | $11.51 | $4.91 | $11.71 | $7.01 | $12.10 | $1.99 | $10.19 | $6.85 | |
| $7.19 | $15.54 | $15.00 | $7.99 | $15.80 | $9.26 | $13.27 | $3.18 | $13.38 | $9.30 | |
| $6.39 | $13.56 | $13.61 | $7.01 | $14.45 | $8.42 | $11.71 | $2.69 | $12.10 | $8.07 | |
| $5.29 | $12.50 | $12.91 | $6.66 | $12.61 | $7.01 | $11.71 | $2.19 | $10.83 | $6.85 | |
| $4.59 | $10.52 | $11.51 | $5.61 | $11.26 | $6.17 | $10.15 | $1.89 | $9.56 | $5.63 | |
| $4.49 | $7.47 | $8.37 | $2.80 | $6.04 | $5.33 | $8.59 | $1.50 | $8.28 | $4.40 | |
| $7.19 | $16.07 | $15.70 | $7.71 | $13.73 | $9.82 | $13.27 | $3.18 | $14.02 | — | |
| $5.99 | $12.70 | $13.61 | $5.61 | $11.37 | $8.42 | $15.23 | $2.19 | $12.10 | — | |
| $7.79 | $16.47 | $17.10 | $8.84 | $17.03 | $10.66 | $14.84 | $3.48 | $15.29 | — | |
| $5.39 | $11.77 | $12.21 | $4.91 | $10.59 | $7.57 | $13.66 | $2.08 | $10.83 | — | |
| $4.49 | $7.47 | — | $3.50 | $6.56 | $4.49 | $7.81 | $1.50 | $8.28 | $4.40 | |
| $5.59 | $13.43 | $13.61 | $6.31 | $11.37 | $7.57 | $11.71 | $2.39 | $11.47 | — |
Only items Five Guys prices in at least 5 of the markets we hold are listed, because a row with three figures in it is a gap rather than a comparison.
What Five Guys sells nearly everywhere
Ranked by how many of the markets in our price data carry the item with a published price. This is computed from the menu tables, so it reflects what the chain actually sells rather than what it advertises.
| Menu item | Markets priced | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Veggie Sandwich | 10 | - |
| Cheese Dog | 10 | - |
| Cheeseburger | 10 | Five Guys Burger Copycat Recipe |
| Little Cheeseburger | 10 | - |
| Little Hamburger | 10 | - |
| Hamburger | 10 | Five Guys Burger Copycat Recipe |
| Little Bacon Burger | 9 | - |
| Little Bacon Cheeseburger | 9 | - |
| Bacon Burger | 9 | - |
| Bacon Cheese Dog | 9 | - |
| Bacon Cheeseburger | 9 | Five Guys Burger Copycat Recipe |
| Grilled Cheese | 9 | - |
Build your Five Guys order, see what it costs
Tick what you would actually order. The total runs as you go, and where we have built the item at home you will see both figures side by side - 7 of the items below have a fully documented copycat recipe on this site.
Other burger chains
What else people compare Five Guys against, and what we hold for each.
McDonald's
8 copycat recipes
Wendy's
4 copycat recipes
Burger King
3 copycat recipes
Shake Shack
2 copycat recipes
Hardee's
2 copycat recipes
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