McDonald's McRib Sandwich

By BlueSchmoo

Have you been fondly missing the guilty pleasure that is the famous boneless pork creation offered only for a limited time at your local McDonald's? If youve got a food processor you'll never have to go without the unmistakably unique taste and texture of the sauced-up sparerib sandwich that's dressed with pickles and onions and served on a soft, warm sandwich roll. The food processor is essential for grinding up the meat that's been cut away from the bones of a large rack of uncooked pork spareribs. The pork in McDonald's sandwich is combined with salt, a little dextrose sugar, plus water and a few preservatives, and then it is pressed into the shape of a small rack of ribs. Your version wont have the same fake bones stamped into the patty, but after shaping the meat and freezing it, you will be able to make cloned McRibs any time you want in your own kitchen in less than 10 minutes. If you follow these steps exactly, you will be shocked at how similar your home version tastes to the real McRib McCoy. I'm a huge McRib fan, and I was blown away by this one.

Ingredients

• 16 ounces uncooked pork spareribs meat (cut off the bones from 1 rack)
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 6-inch center split white sandwich rolls (Sara Lee makes the perfect size)
• 1 cup Hunt's Original Barbecue Sauce
• 8 dill pickle slices
• 1/2 cup sliced yellow onion

Details

Servings 4
Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from topsecretrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Combine pork, water, sugar, and salt in a food processor and puree on high speed for 30 to 60 seconds or until completely smooth.

3. When you are ready to make your sandwiches preheat a large skillet or griddle over medium heat. Slice the sandwich rolls to separate the top and bottom half, then brown the faces of the top and bottom roll halves (crown and heel).

5. As pork cools pour 1 cup of barbecue sauce into a large shallow bowl. When the pork has cooled some, use tongs to dip each patty into the barbecue sauce until the pork is completely covered with sauce. Place the pork onto the heel of a sandwich roll, then arrange two pickle slices on the pork. Drop about 2 tablespoons of chopped onion on the pork, and then top off each sandwich with the crown.

If you want a smokier flavor, add 1/4 teaspoon hickory liquid smoke to the food processor when you puree the meat.

These are let me say OUTSTANDING, All I needed was a McDonalds wrapper !! I did'nt use spareribs... the store was out, they had pork stew meat, already cut. Can't get easier than that, just took it from package and put it and the other ingredients in the food processer and done! I also could'nt find Hunts BBQ so I used Bulls eye original and also heated in the micro til hot. Tasted Identical to the original!! Thanks so much!!!

Quick tip: During the six minute cooking process heat the BBQ sauce in a pot on the stove on low. This will evaporate the slight vinigary taste and bring the sauce to an exact match to their's

These were awesome. Now the McRib will never fade away. Needed to add a bit more sauce and dice the onions a bit smaller but taste wise these were right on the money.
Doubled the recipe to have a few in the freezer for later.