Homemade Egg McMuffin Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the McMuffin patty made of? ›

What kind of sausage patty does McDonald's use? It is a blend of pork, water, salt, spices, dextrose, sugar, rosemary extract and natural flavors.

McDonald's Egg McMuffin® recipe features a freshly cracked Grade A egg placed on a toasted English Muffin topped with real butter, lean Canadian bacon, and melty American cheese. There are 310 calories in an Egg McMuffin® from McDonald's.

When they're cooking round eggs at McDonald's they add a little bit of water to the griddle and cover it so the eggs steam to perfection. That's why they're soft and tender and not as crispy as regular fried eggs. They also break their yolks so they cook evenly.

McDonald's egg patties are prepared fresh in large batches thanks to the egg ring, and can then be stored warm for a while without losing that fresh taste and satisfying texture. The egg ring is why so many McD's breakfast sandwiches are great, and it is also why you probably can't ever quite replicate them at home.

How do I can make a cooked egg at home just like they do at McDonalds? McDonald's uses a ring to crack the eggs in. If you found a round cookie cutter of the right size, sprayed it with oil, set it in the frying pan, and cracked the egg into It, your egg would come out that way.

The first bite of every breakfast sandwich always takes me back to the iconic McDonald's Egg McMuffin — a fast-food classic made with toasted English muffins, Canadian bacon, eggs, and American cheese.

The Bottom Line

The Sausage or Egg McMuffin, a Sausage Burrito, or the Maple Fruit & Oatmeal are among the healthier options available on the McDonald's breakfast menu. Avoid sugary drinks like orange juice, and opt for black coffee, hot tea, or water.

Many scrambled egg recipes tell you to add a pour of heavy cream, half-and-half, or whole milk. The idea is that these ingredients improve the flavor (dairy tastes good), tenderness (the fat in the dairy interrupts the proteins in the eggs), and fluffiness (the water in the dairy puffs into steam).

Adding water to eggs essentially steams them, as the water evaporates during cooking, and this yields a fluffier scramble. If you add too much water you can dilute the eggs, and that will result in a bland mess, so stick to a tablespoon per egg and no more.

Adding milk or plain water to scrambled eggs is an optional step that affects the texture of your finished dish. For creamy scrambled eggs, you'll add up to 1 tablespoon of milk for every egg. For fluffy scrambled eggs, you'll add up to 1 tablespoon of water for every egg.

Do silicone egg rings work? ›

If you've ever wanted to fry a perfectly round egg, you need an egg ring. Made either of stainless steel or silicone, egg rings are designed to make uniform, round eggs with ease. Because of the material, they don't typically require the use of heavy oils to work.

Folded eggs. These eggs are pre-cooked made from real scrambled chicken eggs pre-cooked off site and flash frozen to be thawed out overnight at your local McDonald's and warmed up by your McDonald's staff on the grill.

Any round circular piece of metal that's clean and can withstand the heat of a pan should work, like a biscuit cutter or, yep, a Mason jar ring.