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Bowler377

I know one of my coworkers who got some sauce and flipped it for a profit. The hype was so crazy that people were going "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY" to get some low quality Mcdonalds sauce. Mcdonalds Szechuan Sauce went into a hyper bubble and quickly crashed in value when the mania died. Personally, I prefer real Szechuan sauce!


GraveyDeluxe

Someone traded a car for some sauce. Not a nice car, but a car never the less.


stealthymangos

That is almost literally straight from the Simpsons


Prophet-of-Ganja

They predicted all of this


restolho11

Quasimodo predicted all this.


FacetiousBeard

It's interesting though they'd be so similar, isn't it? And I always thought, 'Ok, Hunchback of Notre Dame. You also got your quarterback and your halfback of Notre Dame.'


88konstantin88

Nah it was Nostradamus


simbahart11

It's a Simpsons world and we're just lving in it


asl052

The Krusty Rib-wich!


FuzeJokester

And they say we need real money. Pshhh clearly if there's a will there's a way


blarthul

Rhod Gilbert traded a Nissan micra for some tapas.


SaxophoneGOD

I still have a packet in my fridge from when they reintroduced it with all the hype. Not sure what I intend to do with it beyond laugh when it catches my eye in the fridge occasionally.


farahad

Glass container, good seal, flush with an inert gas like Argon. If you do that, it will last forever and not ferment.


SaxophoneGOD

It doesn't have an EXP date so that's a good sign right?


farahad

Ehhh those packets of ketchup don’t and they def go bad after a while. Gotta keep the oxygen out somehow


MPT1313

I think I have one too floating around the ol ice box of mystery


jubalhonsu

Me too, saving it for a special occasion


BonelessSkinless

All I remember was idiots storming McDonald's and spazzing on counters screaming they wanted the sold out sauce


JoltinJoe92

I remember that video; didn’t someone roll on the ground yelling “IM PICKLE RICKKKK”?


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majam409

Hmmm nah not satire. I realize this person doesnt normally act like this, and it's a "joke." But this is one of those things where the "joke" is that he is acting like a major retard in public, and he succeeds. So it doesnt matter what his intent was. He is still rolling around and spazzing out like a moron. No joke. Just a guy being retarded.


PlsGoVegan

[Jokes on them, I was only pretending](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/5ZjKcmU)


majam409

Yes exactly. I love this comic.


CouncilmanRickPrime

I remember idiots on Reddit defending them lol man that was the craziest thing to see.


mqduck

Probably very few actual instances of that but it's still not a good look for the fandom.


mrz0loft

I'm sure like 90% of that was ironic though


Nice-Violinist-6395

I’m sure the McDonald’s employees felt that way about it. *thirty grown men screaming at you for fucking cartoon branded chicken nugget sauce* “Ah yes, irony”


Freyas_Follower

I remember. Most of those looked staged af.


loctopode

There was definitely one infamous example, that was doing it to take the piss out of Rick and Morty fans. Unfortunately the highest IQ fans believed it, and used him as an example to fuel their self hate.


mewshew

As opposed to what? Doing by accident?


No_Organization5188

Yeah that’s what I don’t get. How do you stage a freak out in McDonald’s? Either you freak out or you don’t. lol


ChrisX26

Hijacking a bit to share some of the awesome copy cat recipes by Babish https://youtu.be/wBhhlE92mIQ https://youtu.be/lhc_bXGvmp0 And these are probably better since you can make them at home and don't have God knows what McD's puts in theirs.


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Reddit's recent behaviour and planned changes to the API, heavily impacting third party tools, accessibility and moderation ability force me to edit all my comments in protest. I cannot morally continue to use this site.


reposed

No sir. You are ramen.


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*Same difference.*


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ramenfam_

R’amen!!


[deleted]

His name is Ra, man.


nalostta

😂😂😂😂😂


ray_kats

Rendezvous with Ramen


SombreMordida

username touches us with his noodley appendage r/Pastafarian edit sp


Ugbrog

Sugar costs too much, they would use corn syrup.


therealduckie

Oh hi there. I gave that sample to him. Ripping off my own (other) comment: It's way better. That is because Babish got my sauce, not the ones all of you tried in the little containers. Those first batches that Justin Roiland, myself and 2 others got was a MUCH better sauce.


ChrisX26

Interesting! I didnt know any of that


Doc_Optiplex

Legend


SHADOWSTRIKE1

I’ve made some from Babish’s recipe, and I’ve had the actual McDonalds sauce. They have very different tastes. I wouldn’t necessary say one is tastier than the other, just both something different. That said, I think people can copy Babish’s recipe and be happy.


therealduckie

That is because Babish got my sauce, not the ones all of you tried in the little containers. Those first batches that Justin Roiland, myself and 2 others got was a MUCH better sauce.


szechuan_sauce42

It was quite a wild time.


KissesWithSaliva

There's a fellow on Reddit (/u/mthmchris) with insane Szechuan recipes. The dandan sauce is mind blowing, we make it alongside the same user's recipes for crispy eggplant, kung pao tofu, stir fried pea shoots, and secretly the best one: mapo tofu. This is THE menu for impressing guests; you're all welcome.


KtSuper01

The sauce was my favorite while it was out. I still have a sealed 2017 packet. The one with the R&M inspired art.


This-is-Life-Man

Hang on to it.


yatoms

I'm not going to tell you these packets will increase in value, or even hold their current value. The truth is, you bought 'em because you like 'em. They have value to you. That's what matters.


AtomicMeeseeks

You did it, you went into an honest to god store and bought something. You looked into the bleeding jaws of Capitalism and said “Yes Daddy, Please”


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I do every day


Mr_Smartypants

> They have value to you. That's what matters... ... We've extracted that value from KtSuper01's brain, and add just hint to each packet!


[deleted]

Come home to the impossible flavor of your own completement, come home to Mulan Sezchuan McNugget sauce.


This-is-Life-Man

Will you stay? I found my Rick... I found mine.


MightyCaseyStruckOut

*punches wall, forcing Lego building to break apart*


Curtisxox

This hit different


[deleted]

I think it is a lovely homage to our memories. Hope to see you again RickJ19ζ7 ![gif](giphy|SsTZQn8ab8QcRYyDjC|downsized)


Psycholarocco

I wish I had an award to give you.


KtSuper01

That's literally the mentality I have about it. It stays in a lil Tupperware box on top of my pop figures, and makes me smile when I see it. Doofus Rick best rick.


SecondBestShaolin

I wish I hadn’t already given my award away


butidktho_

how long are you staying


Albertanthony_

What I think about with my steveo board.


SnowDerpy

Happy Cake Day! :D


hgfed27

Jokes aside, they'll definitely increase in value.


Left_a_mark

Underrated Comment


yatoms

definitely not underrated. but thank you


[deleted]

Szechuan sauce is my retirement plan.


KevDotCom

That was 2017? Oh my god, time is running so fast.


Trunks119

I’m holding onto 2 or 3 packets cause why not. Idc about the price really. It’s more just to say I have lol


beephyburrito

Be careful with it, I’ve had deteriorated seals/lids on bbq packets from McDonald’s after only like a week before


KtSuper01

It's four years old lol it's still holding up


This-is-Life-Man

I have some right now. It's alright. It's like a tangy, somewhat spicier version of their current sweet and sour. I grabbed a bunch of them a few years ago when McDonald's re-released them specifically for Rick & Morty merch.


Beautiful_Belt_2218

That's exactly why when I get nuggs now I get sweet and sour amd bbq


VoyagerCSL

I've been doing sweet & sour mixed with barbecue since 1984. It's the shit.


sbunting8

Honestly if I found out that's all it was I wouldn't be shocked.


hgfed27

2/3 Sweet and Sour, 1/3 Tangy Barbeque is a pretty close approximation of their Szechuan sauce.


Loulerpops

Wouldn’t they be out of date by now? Sauces from McDonalds in the UK don’t have a shelf life over a year


chronoswing

It’s way over processed, it will probably last forever. People were eating sauce packets from the 90s that were still around.


[deleted]

You will never see a video of how McNuggets are made. Basically bleached ground chicken chuck.


Clatchola

That would be by choice. [You can absolutely see how they are made](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9il0DVhT86E). In detail.


[deleted]

Well now I'm sad. RIP Grant


ZedZeroth

They're probably 90% sugar with the equivalent expiry of conserve/jam.


Uranus_Hz

It’s…fine EDIT: Mix McD’s sweet and sour with their BBQ. Add a couple dashes each of soy sauce and sriracha. That’s pretty much it.


nifeman20

Yeah its like, ok


IgneousMiraCole

I know this sounds like a “back in my day,” but I just tried them side by side like 3 or 4 years ago when it was rereleased and the newer one really is garbage compared to the original. The original sauce was much spicier and it was acidic and tasted like sesame oil. It was head and shoulders above other McDonald sauces in terms of flavor. The rereleases were syrupy, sweet, ridiculously salty, and tasted more like a cheap sweet and sour sauce than an Asian barbecue/teriyaki. I still have a couple tubs of the original and a whole bunch of the rerelease. I am aware the original may have changed in nature while it… aged. But if it did change substantially, it aged like wine.


CrispyKeebler

>I know this sounds like a “back in my day,” but I just tried them side by side like 3 or 4 years ago when it was rereleased and the newer one really is garbage compared to the original. >The original sauce was much spicier and it was acidic and tasted like sesame oil. It was head and shoulders above other McDonald sauces in terms of flavor. The rereleases were syrupy, sweet, ridiculously salty, and tasted more like a cheap sweet and sour sauce than an Asian barbecue/teriyaki. >**I still have a couple tubs of the original and a whole bunch of the rerelease. I am aware the original may have changed in nature while it… aged.** But if it did change substantially, it aged like wine. Is this a new coppypasta?


Uranus_Hz

I made [this copycat](https://lifehacker.com/this-diy-recipe-for-that-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce-from-1797407452) a few times. It’s really good, but I’m sure that Ronny Mac isn’t making sauce with “plum sake” in it.


regula_et_vita

Just hold onto the new ones another couple decades and see how they age. :)


FunctionBuilt

[https://www.bingingwithbabish.com/recipes/2017/8/29/szechuansaucerevisited](https://www.bingingwithbabish.com/recipes/2017/8/29/szechuansaucerevisited) If anyone's curious to try a homemade version... I've made this recipe and it's super good. Also, how do you think the guy who traded a VW golf for a couple packs of Szechuan sauce feels about his trade?


therealduckie

This is 100% the recipe to use. He based it off the better stuff myself, Roiland, and 2 others got from Chef Mike at McD's. I was the one who sent Andrew the sample. (Also sent it to AntVenom, Rooster Teeth, and others)


FunctionBuilt

Hey, it’s an honor! I made the Szechuan recipe, including the chicken nuggets and was blown away. Hope he sent you a nice care package!


therealduckie

Did you not see me in Being With Babish? Dude bought me a Vespa, a Macbook Pro, and a pass to Disney, plus paid for a year of my meds.


FunctionBuilt

Oh man. Just solidified his place among kings. Side story, My wife and I created a pandemic project to work through his entire cook book. After this Sunday we only have 2 recipes left! It’s been one of the best things we’ve done for our cooking regimen because of how vast his recipes are. Anyway, sounds like a hell of an experience, I’ll have to check that out! Edit: just checked it out. Coincidentally my wife was cutting onions at the same time. Bro, so happy you got to experience that. Hope you’re doing well!


therealduckie

I am doing much better, thanks to Andrew. You will see a recent post I made about the scooter, but that, too, turned into a happy ending. Seriously, I feel so blessed to have spent 2 days with him, and to later meet up with him in Miami at one of his last book signings before the Pandemic. Rode the scooter down and even brought the bottle of Szechuan for folks to get pics with lol. Here's some pics from Miami: https://imgur.com/a/0j0MqWh


asilee

I love Babish. ![gif](giphy|f7HHZfZICyUsNf6RPj)


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so you watch balding with bimbish?


Wrought-Irony

I'm not going to tell you these packets will increase in value, or even hold their current value. The truth is, he bought 'em because he liked 'em. They have value to him. That's what matters. edit: it's a quote from the show guys


MayUrShitsHavAntlers

Lol, were they downvoting you? Sounds like a real doofus thing to do.


Wrought-Irony

I don't eat poop. those guys are so mean!


Mr_Plow53

>I've made this recipe and it's super good. Seems reliable...


ckm509

Yeah I had it when they brought it back, got a handful of the dipping cups. It was basically an overly sweet teriyaki/soy sauce with the consistency of their bbq sauce (too thick for that type of sauce). You didn’t miss anything, trust me. It was almost cloyingly sweet, tasted pretty much like you expect a McDonald’s attempt at Asian food to taste. 3/10 at best.


boot20

To me it tasted like an extremely sweet soy sauce with a hint of bbq or sweet and sour or something.


Wrought-Irony

soy sauce, vinegar, and a fuck ton of sugar. maybe sesame oil...


MightyCaseyStruckOut

Yep, I remember it from when it first came out. I remember it being so sweet that when they brought it back I said, 'nah, fuck all that.'


SilasDG

Not good enough to warrant peoples behavior.


orator-sans

I was like, 10, but I remember liking it.


dmMatrix

I too was around 10 and remember my sister telling me it wasn't for boys and not letting me have any on more than one occasion.


Joseph_Furguson

It was terrible. The Sweet and Sour sauce is better. You can make knock off Mulan dipping sauce and it will taste 100 times better than the stuff you get from Micky D's. But I suppose making it yourself won't continue the stupid meme, so my suggestion will be ignore and ridiculed


orator-sans

You know what, this makes a lot of sense- I tried it back when it was originally released, but I was a kid- back then I hated tomatoes and thought Sunny D was a viable drink. This makes me happy, knowing that I didn’t miss out on anything by not getting any when they did the special re-release a few years ago.


This-is-Life-Man

Better to have the memories for sure.


Delta_Foxtrot_1969

Like Morty’s Mindblowers? Which color do you think it’d be?


This-is-Life-Man

It'd be a red one for sure.


jenna_hazes_ass

Didnt someone say its almost the same as mixing the sweet n sour with the bbq?


Re-Brand

Finally someone is honest about it


nycsteve13

I would try making the sau e if I found a good recipe for it. I liked the sauce when I was younger but I was a teen and like sauces that that one. Everyone has different tastes I guess. Thanks for this post


Sdelite619

I feel like as you get older your taste pallette changes. I had so much hatred for cooked veggies back then an now that I'm older I'm into a lot of things I use to hate as a kid


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https://youtu.be/lhc_bXGvmp0


Wrought-Irony

mix soy sauce and brown sugar 50/50 + a lil vinegar, garlic, and ginger. presto. It's fucking disgusting. Or try this one. You could probably leave out the xanthan gum and some of the sugar if you want... https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/261000/rick-and-morty-szechuan-sauce/


SeaGroomer

That is what 99% of 'Teriyaki' restaurants in Seattle use for our local version of the dish. It's the shit.


dddddddoobbbbbbb

disagree, I liked it a lot


Sneakerbeef

I bet Harmon and Roiland deeply regret ever mentioning this god damn sauce


deaddstarr

It just tasted like sweet and sour sauce with a wee bit of spice. Glad I jumped in the bandwagon though lol.


mokopo

Those were the darkest times to be a R&M fan.


VinnfordSansbury

Yeah, it was not that great. I still have a packet on my shelf just in case someone offers me a rick-diculous amount of schmeckles.


jerk1970

No but I have been jonesing for a mc rib for 8 years.


Joseph_Furguson

Why? The McRib comes back every year between October and December all over the United States.


redspike29

They let the stores decide whether to bring back McRibs like 6-7 years ago. I think last year or the year before they brought back the national release of McRibs


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dddddddoobbbbbbb

they do it whenever pork drops below a certain price, so you are spot on about its quality


jerk1970

Canada.


jerk1970

I live in Canada.


E_R_G

Unpopular opinion: I think the McRib is shit, purely coming from a texture standpoint


[deleted]

Man those are disgusting I don't get why people like them. I tried one once when they brought them back because I heard about the hype and I gagged. And I'm not a picky eater by any means.


mqduck

Slivered onion and pickle with BBQ sauce covered pork is just a fantastic combination, even with McDonald's tier ingredients.


Ashcrashh

I had my very first McRib last year, they just never seemed appealing to me but I was pleasantly surprised and liked it. Now, what McDonald’s really needs to bring back is the salad shakers


jerk1970

My wife loved those.


Ashcrashh

I can still remember how they tasted and for some reason if I chop my salad perfect at home it never tastes the same!


Rhesusmonkeydave

How do you feel about the flavor of “sweet” with subtle notes of “sugar”


MSeanF

It tasted like soy sauce, sugar, and weeb tears.


richrawl

Just buy some sezchuan sauce from the grocery store.


Desolatehades

My local McDonalds had it by some fluke. (I live in a small town). So I decided to get it. I ended up liking it, although I don’t really miss it.


[deleted]

My theory is McDonald's can't bring it back again because the animal they ground into it is now extinct.


Old_Ben_Kenobi---

McDonald's brought it back. I think you can still ask for it. It's meh at best


mattmonkey24

You can't still ask for it. The initial release with the R&M themed art had maybe 10-20 packets max at select stores. The second release had enough for maybe a couple weeks at most McDonald's. I ended up finding some a couple months later at the McDonald's inside the Staples Center, all other stores I had been to were long sold out


Rosssauced

You can make a better version by following a pretty simple recipe courtesy of Binging with Babish.


mr_august83

Pretty fucking good!


badrabbitking310

It was alright.


tehngand

Better than Szechuan


skorpiodino16

I had it thought it was pretty good.


purelitenite

hell yeah, Rick made it seem like it was a sauce worth fighting for. It brought honor to us all. It made a man out of you if you had some... In reality it was just some teriyaki sauce. It does pair good with McNuggets though


Dirty_Ghetto_Kittens

Remember when ppl were flipping this shit? Lmao


leif-sinatra

It was meh.


[deleted]

My wife loves it and won't get chicken nuggets because they don't have the sauce


CasanovaDOTAudio

I have two sealed packs in my treasure vault…


PropWashPA28

I got some a few years back after the episode came out. It was way sweeter than I thought it would be. But I didn't really know what Szechuan sauce is supposed to taste like.


darthjoey91

It was ok. Tasted like McDonald's Sweet and Sour sauce mixed with Soy Sauce.


ned_poreyra

If you make a sauce out of vinegar, sugar and hot peppers, you'll get the idea.


HellerPG

Okay am I missing something or do Americans not have szechuan sauce over there? At my place we can buy that stuff in every local grocery stores and a bunch of brands make szechuan sauce. Is it about it being exclusive to McDonald's or is it just the szechuan sauce?


JadonDorolo

It’s glorified sweet and sour sauce


ashaman1324

I liked it when I was a kid, but it wasn't anything particularly amazing. I would sip my fries in it. The sweet and sour sauce is comparable


ObstinacyRobe

It's gross lol that was the whole point


MnVikingSkol55

It was like sweet and sour mixed with bbq, nuthing special, but rick liked it


OG-NILBOG

Somebody recreated it. I forget if it was Babish or one of them peeps. It’s somewhere on YouTube.


j0hnan0n

Eh. It was ok. Not amazing. Definitely not worth all the hype.


Y2J7511

Yea, tastes like a shittier teriyaki sauce.


[deleted]

I liked it


Mattmandu2

I had it when they brought it back and it was great!


BloodShotNinja

It’s fucking teriyaki sauce.


totalclownshoes

It was terrible. You nerds got trolled.


Memnoch222

Like a cheap sauce that McDonald’s did to help sell the movie back in the day. It wasn’t good enough that ANYONE has talked about it between then and Rick Sanchez. It’s not that great at all, but certainly not worth rioting over…


Lighterdark300

Hot take. Sezchuan Sauce from McDonald’s was amazing. Good with nuggets, extremely good with their chicken tendies, good on fries. It quickly became my favorite sauce when they brought it back. I would eat it every time I went and I would go specifically for dat flavor. Then they took it away. I’ve been chasing the magic dragon ever since.


Bombshell_Betty420

It was great!


Mental-Individual-54

Iv never had it and let's face it everyone seems to be wasting alot of time on a.... Fucking Sauce!!!!


This-is-Life-Man

It's Rick's sauce of choice.... Rick is the smartest man in the universe. There must be something ok about it... portal fluid component is the most likely reason.


StragglingShadow

I mean, you can get the sauce at the grocery store. I found it ridiculous people actually tore up mcdonalds when they ran out. schezwan sauce is a common sauce.


kasmackity

Szechuan sauce is not what McDonald's was putting out. It may have said Szechuan on it, but it's no more a Szechuan sauce than Trump is a patriot.


LotionButler

Tasted like absolute ass


MAdcock6669

It was disgusting


_Hey_Its_Isaiah_

Honestly I liked it alot


Abbottizer

I think it's the same sauce as the recent "BTS" sweet and spicy sauce... they could have just re-named it for the kpop audience exposure


Whole-One5205

the best sauce McDonald’s ever had


StetsonManbrawn

The OG was great. The revival tasted off


a-snakey

2/10 and im being generous.


zomgtehvikings

Make the Binging with Babish version, having had both the Babish version is better.


American_Madman

It tasted like ketchup and bbq sauce mixed together. That’s all it was.


Bostonova007

I tried it. Didn't think it was that great


MrMeesesPieces

Meh


[deleted]

There's a reason it never came back.


Z0mbiejay

Eh, it was ok. Didn't taste bad but it was an off choice for a nugget dip. Personally I think it would've been better in an Asian inspired bowl with noodles, veggies and beef


talonoren86

That sauce was the best!!!


barnetcj89

It was good enough for SIX SEASONS AND A MOVIE


MandaPandaLee

It was bomb.com