They’re always hot and fresh, and have a buttery potato-forward flavor with a crunchy exterior and a soft fluffy inner.įind your nearest Chick-fil-A here.
Chick-fil-A is known for frying its chicken in peanut oil, the fries are actually fried in canola. The brand has an entire website page dedicated to i dentifying which of its menu items are vegetarian and vegan. This gives them a cardboard-like or mushy texture, that’s not ideal, but more often than not these are pretty solid French fries that just need a bit of black pepper and salt to turn them from bland to delicious.Ĭhick-fil-A is one of the rare chicken places that use a completely separate fryer for its fries and hash browns. Yes, sometimes In-N-Out fries can be over or undercooked, especially when the restaurant is busy. Do you mean to tell me you have a problem with a potato that is peeled and cut daily and fried in 100% sunflower oil? Why? Who hurt you? In-N-Out’s French fries are some of the most polarizing in all of fast food and call me crazy but, I don’t get it. Unfortunately, they’re triple the price.įind your nearest Five Guys here. They might not be as eerily addictive as McDonald’s fries, but from a flavor, texture, and quantity standpoint, you get a whole lot more here. Five Guys twice fry these things and it makes all the difference. These fries are perfect - fresh and cut on sight, perfectly crispy on the outside, and soft and buttery on the inside. That’s it, as such the fries aren’t sharing oil with any other food products and are fried in 100% peanut oil.Īlthough McDonald’s won our fast food French fries blind taste test, Five Guys were absent from that tasting, and had they been included I’m sure they would’ve taken the number one spot. Here are some of our favorites!įive Guys’ has an incredibly simple menu that features hot dogs, bacon, burgers, and French fries. Luckily, there are a few fast food options that are safe for you to eat and just as delicious. This is unfortunate news if you’re a strict vegan or vegetarian. In their own fine print, the brand states “We do not promote any of our US menu items as vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free.” So while we can’t say for sure if McDonald’s “natural beef flavor” actually has meat in it, the fact that they aren’t willing to say otherwise makes it pretty safe to assume that the food isn’t handled in a fully vegetarian or vegan manner. If you’re a vegetarian or vegan who loves McDonald’s fries and now you’re jumping for joy, sit down, because according to McDonald’s ingredient list, the brand’s “natural beef flavor” contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk. When Eater spoke to a food chemist Gary Reineccius, they learned that: “Natural beef flavoring isn’t necessarily from beef at all… Food scientists identified the amino acids found in beef, added some very common sugars - starch hydrolysate - put it in a pot, added some citric acid to drop the PH, controlled moisture content and heated it to the same temperature as meat.” And that gives you “natural beef flavor.” The rule is, as long as it’s recognized as safe by the FDA and doesn’t contain a common allergen, it’s all good. It is an umbrella term designed to shorten ingredient lists and can generally contain a bunch of different ingredients or chemical additives that might otherwise confuse consumers. “Natural Beef Flavor” is a lot like the “natural flavors” you find on other food labels. I made reference to my “sugar theory” in our original blind taste test and received a lot of emails from McDonald’s fans who were happy to tell me that the fries are still fried in some sort of beefy flavoring - so shout out to the readers for putting this on my radar: McDonald’s French fries are fried in vegetable oil and something called “Natural Beef Flavor.”
Originally, I was convinced they added just a hint of sugar to make them so addictive (I still sort of believe this) and I know in the past McDonald’s fried their French fries in beef tallow, but that’s something they gave up in the ‘90s ( for a recipe to try tallow fries yourself, see here). There is just something special about McDonald’s fries that sets them apart. But we pitted McDonald’s fries against five other fast food favorites in a blind taste test and the winner was undeniable. A year ago, I would’ve told you that this was just hype - McDonald’s taking the top spot because no one dares to doubt them. McDonald’s French fries are so good that just a few are enough to convince you that you’re eating the best fries in fast food.
0 kommentar(er)
