"So THAT'S how they're made?!" A home cook's perfect recreation of McDonald's chicken nuggets goes viral
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A talented home cook has gone viral on TikTok for his almost perfect recreation of McDonald's chicken nuggets, with his video racking up over 4.6 million views and counting. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Online sensation and cookbook author Joshua Weissman has accumulated a following of 5.7 million TikTok users with his recreations of fast food favourites, as he takes on the McDonald's staple in his latest video which he also shared to Instagram.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Weissman's viral video, he claims it was "not my first nugget rodeo", as he creates the mixture from scratch before adding a selection of flavour enhancers that he believes are preferred by the international fast food brand. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Among the ingredients he uses are chicken skin, celery powder, white pepper, sugar, salt and even the popularly divisive MSG, to which he states "McDonald's does it. We're doing it."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After individually shaping and frying each piece, Weissman puts his creations up against the original nuggets in a blind taste test, where his delicacy came out on top.</span></p>
<p><span>The recipe has left many TikTokers surprised at the quality, and astonished at the level of effort required in his recreation.</span></p>
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<p><span><span>One critic even named the cook "The new Gordon Ramsey," while another cheekily tagged the official McDonald's account and brutally informed them, "he's better".</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Joshua Weissman made a name for himself with his YouTube cooking tutorials, that boasted his talent in the kitchen along with his not-so-serious attitude. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span>He has since burst onto the TikTok scene with his signature witty commentary, making him a culinary staple in the online </span></span>community.</p>
