Burger King, you’re slacking… It’s been months now and still no Pretzel Bun. I guess I have to do this on my own. Make your own pretzel bun with this awesome recipe along with how to faux flame broil your burger especially if you don’t have a grill.
Combine 1 Cup Warm Water, 1 Tbsp Yeast, 3 Tbsp Brown Sugar & ¼ Cup Vegetable Oil into a big mixing bowl
Slowly add in Bread Flour until the consistency of the dough is not sticky. If you do not have a mixer, then I'm sorry.
Once the dough has been mixed throughly, now it's time to kneed the dough, but simply folding it over and pressing your knuckles into the dough, repeating this step several times.
Grease up the bowl and cover your dough and let it rise until it's double in size. This takes a few hours, unless it's in a really warm area and it will speed up the process.
Heat up and simmer the 5 Cups of Water & 3 Tbsp Baking Soda. This is called a leavening agent, which will lighten and soften the rolls.
Place the rolls into this mixture while simmer for 1 minute per side, then drain and set aside on a greased baking pan
Brush the dough with your Egg White and lightly sprinkle the Kosher Salt on top.
Using a fine knife blade, slice your pattern into the top of the bun about a ¼" down. This will create that nice fancy bread thing you see.
Preheat your oven to 425°F and bake in a greased up glass dish for 22 minutes.
Set your oven to Broil, and place in a grill pan with grill marks on it. Allow that pan to heat up with the oven.
Once you oven is ready, simply place your raw burger onto the grill pan for 2 minutes, and flip for an additional 2 minutes.
For medium rare, only grill for 1 minute per side depending on the thickness of your burger patty.
Bottom Pretzel Bun
Mayonnaise (optional)
Iceberg Leaf
Giant Tomato Slice
Flame Broiled Burger Patty
Red Onion Slices
Top Pretzel Bun
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