Insider Food's video: McDonald s Original Fries vs Modern Recipe Food Wars Fast Food Chemistry

The Food Wars Team, Harry Kersh and Joe Avella, make McDonald’s original recipe fries. We’ve spent weeks tracking down the original McDonald’s fries recipe, recreating everything from the famous Formula 47 to the correct variety of potato, and we wanted to test this recipe against the modern McDonald’s fries you’re used to. McDonalds’s fries original 1955 recipe: 2 large Idaho russet potatoes 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons corn syrup formula 47 (6 cups beef tallow, ½ cup canola oil) salt Peel the potatoes. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, corn syrup, and hot water. Make sure the sugar is dissolved. Cut the peeled potatoes into shoestrings. The potatoes should be 1/4" x 1/4" in thickness, and about 4" to 6" long. Place the shoe-stringed potatoes into the bowl of sugar-water, and refrigerate. Let them soak for 30 minutes. While they're soaking, pack the shortening into the deep fryer. After it has liquefied and is at least 375°, drain the potatoes and place into the fryer. After 1 1/2 minutes, remove the potatoes and place them on a paper towel lined plate. Let them cool for 8 to 10 minutes in the refrigerator. After the deep fryer is reheated to 375°-400°, add the potatoes and deep fry again for 5-7 minutes until golden brown. Remove and place in a large bowl. Sprinkle generously with salt, then "toss" the fries to mix the salt evenly. Depending upon the size of the potatoes, this recipe makes about 2 medium sized fries. 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - The original 1955 recipe 01:34 - Prep and cooking 07:24 - Tasting original recipe 08:57 - The new recipe 10:46 - Beef flavoring taste test 12:55 - Cooking new recipe 14:20 - Tasting new recipe 15:03 - Conclusion MORE FOOD INSIDER VIDEOS: Making US Popcorn Chicken Using All 42 KFC Ingredients | Fast Food Chemistry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRJkEw8ndQI US vs Japan McDonald's | Food Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLeYCwv0j9Q What McDonald’s Menu Items Look Like Around The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJPmoHR7DlU ------------------------------------------------------ Insider is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports and all the rest. It’s smart. It’s fearless. It’s fun. We push the boundaries of digital storytelling. Our mission is to inform and inspire. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: https://www.insider.com Food Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foodinsider/ Food Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisinsiderfood/ Food Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InsiderFood Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Insider/2708030621 Food Wars on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Food_Wars/9045577297 Insider on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insider McDonald's Original Fries vs Modern Recipe | Fast Food Chemistry