How do you make your McRib® sandwich? (2024)

FAQs

What kind of meat is the McRib made of? ›

The McRib starts with seasoned boneless pork dipped in a tangy BBQ sauce, topped with slivered onions and tangy pickles, all served on a toasted homestyle bun. When everything combines you have BBQ pork sandwich perfection.

While the meat has been shaped to look like a rack of ribs, it's just a block of pressed meat. It's then thrown onto a griddle, where a heating block is set on top of it. A timer is then set to "McRib." While the meat cooks, the bread is toasted and onions and pickles are added.

Cook the rib patties for 5-10 minutes. Flip patties on the grill when the grill side is sizzling and caramelizing. Grill the other side of the patty until that side is sizzling and caramelizing and internal temperature is 145F. Generously slather barbecue sauce on all sides of the rib patty.

The truth is less sensational. According to McDonald's, McRibs are primarily made of ground boneless pork shoulder emulsified with water, spices, dextrose sugar, and preservatives to refine its flavor and texture.

“The McRib, however tasty and in demand, would not be considered a health food,” says Gina Keatley, a certified dietitian-nutritionist practicing in New York City. “This sandwich has about half the maximum daily amount of total fat, is high in calories for a sandwich, and has a ton of sodium and carbs.”

THE SANDWICH CONTAINS 70 INGREDIENTS.

The sandwich contains a staggering 70 different ingredients, the least innocuous of which are “pig bits like tripe, heart, and scalded stomach.” Add in some azodicarbonamide, ammonium sulfate, ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides and … well, you get the idea.

After a long wait, and the pleading of McRib fans for years, McDonalds Canada has announced that the McRib will be coming back nationwide starting January 30th, 2024!

5. The entire McRib sandwich contains about 70 ingredients — including a flour-bleaching agent used in yoga mats. As it appears out of the box, the McRib sandwich consists of just five basic components: a pork patty, barbecue sauce, pickle slices, onions, and a sesame bun.

The McRib is a pork patty made of primarily pork shoulder meat (not rib meat) and it is fashioned roughly into the shape of a slab of pork rib. It is typically grilled as their other meat patties on a clamshell grill and then held in a warming station pending a sandwich order.

My main issue with its appearance is the pork patty, which is pressed into a shape that vaguely resembles ribs but in the most off-putting way.

Does the McRib use ribs? ›

McRibs are not real rib sandwiches. They are chopped-and-formed-pork sandwiches with barbecue flavors. The flavor in my sandwich was right, but it was completely missing that ground-pork texture.

After a visual inspection, the meat goes through the grinder before being formed into the shape of a rack of ribs. The patty, which contains pork, water, salt, dextrose and preservatives, is then misted with water to keep it from dehydrating during the freezing process.

The secret to incredibly tender ribs is baking them low and slow. Baking ribs in the oven is so easy. 95% of the cooking time is spent relaxing while your ribs transform into fall-off-the-bone perfection.

We like to change up our menu throughout the year by offering some limited time only items, like our Shamrock Shake® in the spring. The timing of the McRib return can vary from year-to-year, but most recently, it debuts in the fall.