Burger King
Burger King Chicken Royale Copycat Recipe
A breadcrumbed chicken fillet, shredded lettuce and mayonnaise in a long sesame bun. Deliberately plain, and the crum…
Copycat mains from the fast food chains
Burgers, sandwiches, chicken, pizza and the big plates.
The centre of the plate: burgers, fried chicken, sandwiches, wraps and the handful of big assemblies that a chain builds its name on. These are the longest recipes here and the ones where technique matters more than the shopping list.
They are also where a home kitchen is most honest about its limits. Pressure frying, industrial par-frying and a 300 °C conveyor broiler are three things you cannot reproduce domestically, and every page that runs into one of them says so before you have bought ingredients rather than after.
All 18 mains recipes
Burger King
Burger King Whopper Copycat Recipe
A flame-grilled quarter-pound patty, a serious quantity of mayonnaise, and more raw vegetable than any other chain bu…
Five Guys
Five Guys Burger Copycat Recipe
Two smashed patties by default, no seasoning in the meat, and a free-for-all of toppings. Fifteen minutes.
Jollibee
Jollibee Jolly Spaghetti Copycat Recipe
Sweet tomato sauce with banana ketchup, hot dog slices and grated cheese. Thirty minutes, and it feeds four for under…
KFC
KFC Original Recipe Fried Chicken Copycat
Buttermilk brine, a double dredge with a rest, and controlled shallow frying. Honest about the one thing a home kitch…
KFC
KFC Zinger Burger Copycat Recipe
A boneless thigh, a cayenne-loaded dredge and plain mayonnaise. The heat is built into the crust, which is the whole trick.
McDonald's
McDonald's Big Mac Copycat Recipe
Two thin patties, a three-piece bun and the assembly order that stops the whole thing sliding apart on the second bit…
McDonald's
McDonald's Chicken McNuggets Copycat Recipe
Minced and re-formed chicken in a thin tempura-style batter. The smooth interior is the whole point and it needs a fo…
Nando's
Nando's Peri-Peri Chicken Copycat Recipe
A whole chicken opened flat, a day in the marinade, and a baste that only goes on in the last five minutes because it…
Pret A Manger
Pret A Manger Classic Super Club Copycat Recipe
Chicken, bacon, egg mayonnaise and tomato on soft malted bread. Fifteen minutes if the chicken is already cooked, and…
Shake Shack
Shake Shack ShackBurger Copycat Recipe
A crust taken further than feels comfortable, on a soft sweet roll, with ShackSauce underneath. Twelve minutes.
Taco Bell
Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme Copycat Recipe
The fold is the recipe. A tostada in the centre keeps the crunch and stops the whole thing going soft. Fifteen minute…
Taco Bell
Taco Bell Mexican Pizza Copycat Recipe
Seasoned beef and refried beans between two crisp tortillas, sauced and cheesed on top. Twenty minutes if the beef is made.
Taco Bell
Taco Bell Seasoned Beef Copycat Recipe
The component that unlocks the whole menu. Oats cooked into the mince and enough water to make a paste - which is the…
Wendy's
Wendy's Baconator Copycat Recipe
Two square patties, six rashers of properly crisp bacon, cheese and mayonnaise. No lettuce, no tomato, no apology.
Wendy's
Wendy's Chili Copycat Recipe
Beef browned hard and broken into chunks rather than crumbled, a sweet tomato-juice base, and two kinds of bean. Nine…
Wendy's
Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich Copycat Recipe
A whole breast fillet marinated in a hot sauce brine, then dredged. The heat comes from two directions rather than one.
Wingstop
Wingstop Lemon Pepper Wings Copycat Recipe
The chain's most ordered flavour, and the reason home versions taste dusty is that they skip the butter. Forty minutes.
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