Introduction
McDonald’s is bringing back one of its most beloved sauces next week! The Big Mac Special Sauce, which has been a staple of the iconic Big Mac sandwich since its inception in 1968, is making a comeback. The sauce has been a fan favorite for decades, and now it’s available for purchase in the US for the first time ever. Whether you’re a fan of the Big Mac or just a fan of McDonald’s sauces in general, you won’t want to miss out on this limited-time offer. Get ready to enjoy the classic flavor of the Big Mac Special Sauce with your favorite McDonald’s menu items.
The Most Famous Sauce in McDonald’s History Is Coming Back Next Week
McDonald’s fans, rejoice! The fast-food chain is bringing back its most famous sauce, Szechuan Sauce, for one day only. The sauce, which was originally released in 1998 to promote the Disney movie Mulan, will be available at select McDonald’s locations on February 26.
The sauce was originally released as a limited-time offering, but it quickly gained a cult following. Fans of the sauce have been clamoring for its return for years, and McDonald’s is finally delivering. The sauce will be available at select locations across the United States, so be sure to check your local McDonald’s to see if it’s available.
If you’re lucky enough to get your hands on a packet of Szechuan Sauce, you’ll be in for a treat. The sauce is a sweet and tangy blend of garlic, ginger, and soy sauce, and it’s sure to be a hit with McDonald’s fans. So don’t miss out on your chance to try this legendary sauce — head to your local McDonald’s on February 26 and get your hands on a packet of Szechuan Sauce.
McDonald’s is tapping into the vault of all-star limited-time menu items, but it isn’t to bring back the McRib as customers speculated. Instead, the chain has announced the return of its most popular and rare dipping sauce.
The Szechuan Sauce, which has only been available a handful of times during the last 24 years, will make a short appearance on the menu starting on March 31. Customers will be able to enjoy it while supplies last. And if history teaches us anything, that won’t be very long.
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The sauce was first created by McDonald’s in 1998, as a tie-in product for Disney’s cartoon Mulan. However, the launch of the sweet and spicy sauce caused some controversy, thanks to the racial stereotyping used in its promo ads. A protest campaign, started by a Chinese-American student at Cornell University, said of the whole thing: “You don’t even have to be Chinese to be offended.”
However, the sauce managed to garner a cult following all the same, thanks to its addictive flavor achieved with a combo of soy, garlic, ginger, and mild vinegar.
“Szechuan sauce tastes like if you took a classic suburban American Chinese restaurant’s sweet-and-sour chicken and mixed it with some soy sauce and maybe a hint of sesame,” Business Insider reporter Kate Taylor wrote of the legendary sauce in 2018. “It’s goopy, sweet, and very salty—and, in its own right, it’s a pretty tasty option . . . You’ll want to keep on dipping.”
The Szechuan sauce had its first comeback in 2017, prompted by an entirely different cartoon. An April 2017 episode of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty mentioned the long-gone item, which spawned a renewed interest in it, with fans even starting petitions for its return. McDonald’s obliged but gave fans a very limited taste in October of that year—the Szechuan sauce was only available for one day. Then again in 2018, the chain released some 20 million packets of the sauce nationwide, some of which can still be purchased on the internet today.
So you might say this fourth reappearance is a rather big deal. This time around, the sauce will be available exclusively on the McDonald’s App, as a free dipping sauce option accompanying Chicken McNuggets or for purchase of up to five packets a la carte. Happy dipping!
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