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Burger King Whopper Recipe
Burger King Whopper
By Todd Wilbur

Recipe Type: Sandwich
Calories: 438
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Recipe Rating: 3.8 (4 reviews)
 

In 1954, in Miami, Florida, James McLamore and David Edgerton built the first Burger King Restaurant. By 1991 more than 6,400 Burger King outlets could be found in forty countries and all fifty states. That gives this burger giant more that $6 billion is sales each year, making it the countrys second -largest fast-food chain. McDonalds is the largest

For many, the favorite item on the menu is a flame-broiled hamburger conceived by the partners on a business trip from Orlando to Miami in 1957. Dubbed the "Whopper," this sandwich is overwhelmingly popular; figures show that Burger King sells more that 540 million annually, or nearly 2 million each day. And with more than 1,023 different combinations of the eight-or-so ingredients, including a vegetarian version, you really can "have it your way."
 
1 sesame-seed hamburger bun
1/4 pound ground beef
Dash salt
3 dill pickle slices
1 teaspoon catsup
3 to 4 onion rings
2 tomato slices
1/4 cup chopped lettuce
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1. Preheat a barbecue grill on high.

2. Toast both halves of the bun, face down, in a hot skillet. Set aside.

3. Form the beef into a thin patty slightly larger than the bun.

4. Lightly salt the hamburger patty and cook on the barbecue grill for 2 to 3 minutes per side.

5. Build the burger in the following stacking order from the bottom up:

bottom bun
hamburger patty
pickles
catsup
onion rings
tomatoes
lettuce
mayonnaise
top bun
Makes 1 Hamburger
        
Alexandra  
Submitted on 03/17/13
Very very tasty! Got raving reviews from everyone who had one! However, a few people said it tastes more like a Wendy's burger than a Whopper.
Courtney K  
Submitted on 06/07/12
I made these then served them to my husband. I didn't tell him what it was supposed to be just "what does this taste like?" And he said "it reminds me of a whipper." So I guess you could say it passed the blind taste test.
Lorraine Brown-DeCormier  
Submitted on 03/15/12
The layering is part of the magic of the Whopper. As for taste, the only way to get it right is to flame broil the burger. A simple recipe but the best of the burgers in my book. I worked as a kitchen manager for BK for longer then I care to remember and I think it tastes like you got it right Todd!
John  
Submitted on 11/02/11
There is something, a sauce perhaps, that makes BK burgers taste different, liquid smoke or something. This recipe is just basically "make a hamburger". Considering the fantastic recipes everywhere, this is a bit disappointing.