BK Pretzel Bun Whopper Recipe

515 Calories

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.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hour

Author: HellthyJunkFood
Recipe Type: Entree
Cuisine: American
Serves: 1

Ingredients:

• 6 oz 96% Lean Ground Beef - 195 Calories
  
• ½ Tbsp Mayonnaise - 45 Calories or none, minus 45 Calories
  
• Tomato Slices - 5 Calories per slice
  
• Leafy Lettuce - 5 Calories per leaf
  
• Red Onion Slice - 10 Calories per slice
  
• Pretzel Burger Bun - 250 Calories
  
• Pickel Slices - 10 Calories
  
• Ketchup - 30 Calories
  

Pretzel Bun Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp Yeast
  
• 3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
  
• 1 Cup Warm Water
  
• ¼ Cup Vegetable Oil
  
• 2-1/2 Cups Bread Flour
  
• 5 Cups Water
  
• 3 Tbsp Baking Soda
  
• 1 Egg White
  
• Kosher Salt (to sprinkle on buns)
  

THINGS YOU'LL NEED:

• HJF Cutting Board: https://bit.ly/2Eyhr3R
  
• HJF Apron: https://bit.ly/2Ez9z0
  

Instructions:

Make Dough:

1. Combine 1 Cup Warm Water, 1 Tbsp Yeast, 3 Tbsp Brown Sugar & ¼ Cup Vegetable Oil into a big mixing bowl
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
   
4. 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.
   

Transform Your Dough:

1. 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.
   
2. Place the rolls into this mixture while simmer for 1 minute per side, then drain and set aside on a greased baking pan
   
3. Brush the dough with your Egg White and lightly sprinkle the Kosher Salt on top.
   
4. 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.
   
5. Preheat your oven to 425°F and bake in a greased up glass dish for 22 minutes.
   

Flame Broil Burger:

1. 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.
   
2. Once you oven is ready, simply place your raw burger onto the grill pan for 2 minutes, and flip for an additional 2 minutes.
   
3. For medium rare, only grill for 1 minute per side depending on the thickness of your burger patty.
   

Build:

1. Bottom Pretzel Bun
   
2. Mayonnaise (optional)
   
3. Iceberg Leaf
   
4. Giant Tomato Slice
   
5. Flame Broiled Burger Patty
   
6. Red Onion Slices
   
7. Top Pretzel Bun
   

Nutritional Information:

Serving Size: 1 Calories: 515 Fat: 17g Saturated Fat: 4g Trans Fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 51g Sugar: 6g Sodium: 404mg Fiber: 2g Protein: 41g Cholesterol: 93mg