“If you want real eggs on your breakfast sandwiches instead of the liquid stuff, you can put a round egg onto any breakfast sandwich,” former McDonald's employee Chuck Chan reveals on Quora. “Just ask for a 'round egg' on it.” Check out these other 17 things McDonald's employees won't tell you.
How are McDonald's Eggs Prepared? Good question. Our breakfast menu items are all made with real eggs—they're just prepared a little differently for each sandwich.
These preservatives are added to retain the egg taste, color, and texture, but if you want a fresh egg on any your breakfast sandwiches, don't hesitate to hack your order and tell them you want the "round egg" instead.
In its FAQ section on the company's website, they say that the "breakfast menu items are all made with real eggs—they're just prepared a little differently for each sandwich." That perfect ring egg patty that is the right size and shape for the Egg McMuffin, for example, is made with a USDA Grade A "egg ring," ...
All you've got to do is tell the cashier that you'd like your sandwich made with a "round egg" and they'll replace your folded egg patty with a real egg, free of charge.
History of Herbruck's Poultry Ranch
For decades, Herbruck's Poultry Ranch in Saranac has been supplying McDonald's with all of the eggs used in its restaurants in the eastern United States. Herburck's Poultry Ranch has about the same number of hens as the entire state of Michigan has people.
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.
Making the egg “the McDonald's way” involves two simultaneous cooking techniques: frying and steaming. That is what gives the egg its soft, fluffy texture. Immediately cover the pan so the steam can build and help cook the egg.
Currently, McDonald's has committed to stop sourcing eggs from battery cages in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America, but not in Asia.
What if I don't want to buy an egg ring? If you don't want to buy an egg ring, you can use the lid of a mason jar, just make sure that you butter/oil it really well so the egg doesn't stick. You can also use a round cookie cutter or biscuit cutter.
Folded eggs are pre-cooked outside of your local McDonald's and arrive at the restaurant in bags. They get heated up on a grill with a little bit of water and are stored in a tray until needed for a dish. In comparison, round eggs are made on site every day.
Neither, our round eggs used in the tasty McMuffin products are actually steamed.
Round Egg: We use a USDA Grade A cracked into an 'egg ring' to get that iconic round shape for our Egg McMuffin®. Scrambled Eggs: Our scrambled eggs are made with liquid eggs that are cooked fresh on our grill with real butter.
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.
Anyone who keeps chickens, or spends up to $15 a dozen on free-range organic eggs at the farmers market, will swear that fresh eggs are better all round. Not only do they taste better and last longer they are also better for you than store-bought eggs.
Absorption of foreign odours from the storage environment can produce off odours and tastes in the egg. Among materials implicated are: fish oils and meals. sour milk.
Our eggs are not organic, nor are they free-range; they are from caged hens, McDonald's Australia writes on its website. Caged hens produce the cheapest eggs, which helps keeps McDonald's prices low, the company says. Our goal is to provide customers with great quality food at great value, the company's answer reads.
McDonald's source their (real!) eggs from poultry ranches, where the eggs are so fresh they are usually laid on the same day they are shipped off to the restaurants. The egg shells are cleaned at the ranch with a warmy soapy water solution.
McDonald's currently sources 13 million cage-free eggs each year. By 2025, they have made a commitment to transition to entirely cage-free eggs in all of their US and Canadian restaurants. They use roughly 2 billion eggs per year in these stores so that is no small feat!
McDonald's is known for being open late and serving breakfast all day, but When Does McDonald's Stop Serving Breakfast? Breakfast items are served until 10:30 am, so if you're looking to get an Egg McMuffin after that time you'll be out of luck.
The McDonald's Egg White Delight is the lighter version of the McDonald's Egg McMuffin. Made with egg whites, a lite cheese, and a hearty English muffin.
Folded eggs are sturdier than scrambled eggs (since it's all in one piece), but not as much as a classic American omelet. The essential part about making folded eggs is to move quickly and keep the pan super hot. Many recipes mix eggs and heavy cream to preserve the soft consistency of the egg during cooking.