For instance, Wendy’s and Burger King both offer French toast sticks, but McDonald’s does not.
All three havebreakfast burritos, but they vary in size and stuffing.
Where the three chains share a common thread is with their biscuit breakfast sandwiches.
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All three brands sell biscuits made withbuttermilk, which adds flavor and helps the biscuits rise.
South Carolina chef Claude Booker explained that “buttermilk elevates the flavor of biscuits.
Across the three chains, there are many different sandwiches that can be made on the biscuits.
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I set out to try each one to find out which is the best.
What I tried:
Here are the winning biscuit sandwiches.
Some McDonald’s restaurants have designatedbiscuit makerswho made them from scratch each morning.
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The biscuits are brushed with butter before becoming part of your breakfast sandwich, and it tastes like it.
The look:McDonald’s sandwiches were all perfectly proportioned and had a nice golden color and good fluff.
In terms of looks, Wendy’s looked like a contender that could take on McDonald’s.
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Its biscuits were full and the sandwiches were all uniform.
Burger King, on the other hand, was the loser in the looks department.
They varied in size and texture and I worried they would not be consistent.
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McDonald’s biscuits had a fluffy, flaky texture that melted in my mouth.
These tasted the best of all the biscuits.
Burger King’s were a hot mess in looks and taste.
They were a bit greasy with a hefty dose of salt and bordered on the chewy side.
Plus, they were much flatter than the others.
Burger King’s is similar.
Wendy’s sandwich has a whole fried egg instead of the scrambled egg.
The taste:McDonald’s won this round because of the soft biscuit and perfectly spiced sausage.
McDonald’s also boasted the fluffiest egg with a nice buttery flavor.
Wendy’s real egg was a nice touch, but it detracted from the consistency of the sandwich.
The sausage was milder than McDonald’s and couldn’t stand up to the dry biscuit.
The taste:Again, the saltiness of Burger King’s biscuit just dominated the flavors of the sandwich.
I could see it, I just couldn’t taste it.
Wendy’s took the crown because I could taste all three ingredients through the biscuit.
Here the fresh egg didn’t overwhelm the subtle flavor of the smoky bacon.
Burger King went big by stacking ham, sausage, and bacon for its Fully-Loaded Buttermilk Biscuit.
Wendy’s opted for true uniqueness with its Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit.
McDonald’s steak biscuit looked identical to the one with sausage.
On the other side of the spectrum was Wendy’s Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit which was simply perfect.
While Burger King’s Fully Loaded sandwich was tasty it was insanely heavy.
I kept going back to the undeniably delicious combo of chicken, sweet maple, and buttermilk biscuit.
This sandwich is truly a handheld complete breakfast that is reminiscent of chicken and waffles with maple syrup.
