ORIGINAL MCDONALD’S FRIES RECIPE | BEST FRENCH FRIES EVER

Learn how to make the original McDonald's French Fries recipe. Since 1955, McDonald's had long been known for the most delicious French fries ever. The original recipe contains an oil blend McDonald's referred to as Formula 47, which the potatoes are fried in. In 1990, they changed the recipe and stopped frying the potatoes in beef tallow, supposedly to make them more healthy. Since then, they have never been the same as we all remember and love. In this video, I show you how to make the best fries ever and take a walk down memory lane.

Shopping List:
2 large Russet Burbank potatoes
Large bowl of hot water
1/4 cup white sugar
2 tbsp. white corn syrup
6 cups beef tallow and 1/2 cup vegetable oil, known as Formula 47. The tallow is the *KEY INGREDIENT FOR THIS RECIPE! Available on line or at select local stores. I purchased mine from Academy Sports and Outdoors. It can get rather pricey.
Kosher salt to taste

Directions:
Cut the potatoes into French fry shapes about 1/4 inch thick and 4-6 inches long. Immediately place the cut potatoes in a bowl of clear cool water to preserve their color until you prepare the sugar-water bath then rinse and drain.
In a bowl of hot water, add the sugar and corn syrup. Stir to dissolve. Add the cut potatoes then refrigerate 30 minutes.
Place the beef tallow in a fryer or pot and allow it to liquify to 375F. Add the Canola oil.
Drain and dry the refrigerated potatoes then place them in the oil and fry 1 1/2 minutes. Remove to a paper towel lined plate or sheet pan and cool 8-10 minutes in the refrigerator (this is called par frying).
Bring the oil back up to 375F to 400F and add the par fried potatoes. Fry 5-7 more minutes until golden and crispy.
Place in a bowl and toss with salt.

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[wadessirenvideos]

Great video. Those were the days, from 1990 and before, when McDonald's fries were cooked in the Interstate Formula 47 beef tallow / vegetable oil blend. You are right about the percentage of tallow and vegetable oil that the Formula 47 shortening was made of. I worked at McDonald's in 1988, and remember the beef tallow came to us in a big solid cube wrapped in plastic and put in a box. To use it, we would use a spatula, cut it up into 3 or 4 inch cubes, and place them into a fry basket, and put into the fryer until the cubes melted. This way, I would not get burned.

[archdukeofsynth]

I thought I was going to be disappointed by the short video length, but wow...the real secrets in a concise manner!

[latashajackson]

Thank you for all you do for us enjoy have an awesome and wonderful weekend

[greenQT]

Oh wow. First of all, cudos to you chef for making this recipe. 3 jars of beef tallow? Heck no.lol.. Love those fries. Thanks, Karla in Cali.

[kyleingram]

in my opinion, Beef Tallow is the BEST thing to fry and cook everything in ☺ vegetable oil is just a profitable unhealthy fake imitation

[jamesjackson]

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[daveaurand]

Not quite right. We never added anything to the water. I made tons of fries in the 4.5 years I made the fries. I pealed, cut, and washed them. I would fill the sink 1/2 full of cold water, wash the potatoes, then blanch. I don't remember the temp, but the cooled them. The second fry was when we needed fresh ones. I filled the fry basket half full, pre cook then cooled. I made enough to last the whole day, and what was left over, they were put in the refrigerator. Those were pulled at 7 in the morning, and place first on the rack for a 10 o'clock opening.

[Nauru_Man]

Nice, but is it possible to substitute Vegetable shortening with olive oil or lard?

[simonmilligan]

I want to try this recipe? So what do I do with all that beef talo afterwards?

[RichDXtreme]

Is my taste buds cursed with being familiar with modern McDonald’s fries? Cause I was born in the late 90’s so…I wanna know what these old school fries are like.

[funpants]

Nobody believes me! Kids hate hearing how things used to be so they won’t listen!! You used to be able to smell those fries for 6 blocks in any direction!!,

[sism]

I'm sorry richard, that seems like an awful lot of trouble.

[yprice]

McDonald's no longer has the best fries due to them changing the formula. They are average, at best.

A lot of these fast food places have changed their recipes, like KFC
Their chicken doesn't taste like it did 20 years ago. Their extra crispy and original both use to be so good back in the day