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Is McDonald's, Burger King and KFC open today? Yes, here's the full list of UK branches that are open

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If you're asking whether McDonald's, Burger King or KFC is open in the UK today then you're in the right place. Spoiler: the answer is "yes, they are open (but not every branch)".

Burger King has opened around 50 UK branches for home delivery and drive-through orders; McDonald's has reopened 39 UK branches for food delivery and/or drive-through; and KFC has reopened 100 branches across the UK for home delivery and 55 for drive-through. Yes, the Colonel is cooking (a limited menu).

Below we have the latest UK restaurant opening locations, menus, drive-through collection and home delivery details for McDonald's, Burger King and KFC – and for Pizza Hut, Domino's, Greggs, Pret, Nando's, Costa Coffee and Wagamama as well.

We also have recipes so you can make Big Macs, Sausage and Egg McMuffins, Greggs Steak Bakes, Pret soups and many more takeaway favourites at home. "Eet smakelijk", as they would say in Holland!

First, a quick summary. Scroll down further for the full details.

Is McDonald's open today? Which McDonald's are open?

McDonald's has reopened drive-through lanes at 39 of its restaurants. In the UK, 23 are open for drive-through only, 10 are open for drive-through and delivery orders, and 5 branches are operating delivery only. McDonald's says the restaurants were all chosen as they are close to one of its distribution centres (so there are no open branches in the north at the moment).

Opening hours for all  branches are 11am to 10pm and orders are capped at a maximum value of £25.

The following branches of McDonald's are now open:

In Dublin, the following six drive-through branches of McDonald's are open.

Click here to see whether your chosen branch is open for drive-through or delivery.

Click here to order from McDonald's now with Uber Eats.

The Sun reports that McDonald's will be re-opening ALL of its drive-throughs by early June. The newspaper says that McDonald's is confirming dates with branches next week (so from Monday May 25). Apparently more branches will open for home delivery, too. The same report quotes a McDonald's spokesperson as saying "we will open some more delivery restaurants up soon (including in the north!)."

The branches that are open are offering a reduced menu from 11am to 10pm. That reduced McDonald's menu is below and – terrible news! – for now it does NOT include breakfast.

Why? McDonald's say it has temporarily dropped breakfast from its menu to "reduce the complexities" in its kitchens at menu changeover and that as it reopens "we will explore the ways in which to help our employees safely change over menus and we will reintroduce our breakfast menu as soon as we can." In the meantime, McDonald's has shared its Sausage and Egg McMuffin recipe on Twitter so you can make it for yourself.

When McDonald's does eventually allow people inside its restaurants to order and collect food, there will be perspex screens at checkouts and social distancing rules in place which will include floor markings.

Here's what McDonald's could look like when it reopens for eating in. The video below shows a prototype McDonald's in Arnhem, Netherlands, with distance markers, customer hand washing stations, perspex screens, table service and lots of uses of disinfectant.

What is the reduced McDonald's menu?

How to make a Big Mac at home

If you're craving that Big Mac taste in the meantime, WE CAN HELP! First off, you could press your own burgers. McDonald's burgers are 100% beef so that's the only ingredient you need.

Browse burger presses at Amazon so you can get that McDonald's burger texture.

Many of the burger presses above come with discs of waxed paper so you can make your burgers in bulk and store them in the freezer, making future fast food burgers at home even faster.

Next, you don't need us to tell you where to buy minced beef, burger rolls, iceberg lettuce, cheese, onions or gherkins from.

Up your burger game by ordering (uncooked) burgers from Farmison delivered to your home.

Or order minced steak and burgers for delivery from The Great British Meat Co.

But what about the final and most important ingredient, the Big Mac sauce? Aldi is stocking a burger sauce called Chunky Burger Sauce which buyers say tastes almost exactly like Big Mac sauce. Happy days! The sauce contains ingredients including mustard, gherkins, onion, sugar, paprika and chilli and costs 75p for a 250ml bottle. It's not available to buy online so you'll need to get a bottle (while stocks last) when you pop into a store to buy essentials.

Alternatively, a Big Mac obsessed work colleague informs me that you can make a fakeaway Big Mac sauce with: 1/3 tomato ketchup, 1/3 mayo and 1/3 old school burger relish.

Now you need something to fry your burgers in. These are the best non-stick frying pans. Alternatively, browse George Foreman grills on Amazon. They're not just for burgers! Prefer to grill outdoors? These are the best barbecues and smokers.

Want more stuff to grill? Order a £25 Morrisons BBQ food box here –  it includes burgers, sausages, chicken drumsticks and much more.

And why not get a cheap inflatable hot tub for the garden while you're at it?

OK, now let's make that Big Mac. Check out the video below by an ex-McDonald's Executive Chef for a step-by-step guide to making a copycat Big Mac at home, including his reveal on how to make home made Big Mac sauce.

Is Burger King open today? Which Burger Kings are open?

Around 50 Burger King restaurants are now open with more opening in May. Burger King says that it will open one of its restaurants in every UK city by May 31, which will total around 350 restaurants.

The branches are serving a scaled back menu which includes the Whopper, the Chicken Royale, and the Bacon Double Cheeseburger.

According to The Sun the following Burger King restaurants are now open, or in the process of reopening, for either drive-through or delivery or both:

Visit Burger King's website to see your options for your local BK restaurant or check Just-Eat or Deliveroo to see whether you're in range for delivery.

Additionally, The Telegraph says that Burger King will reopen high street branches for takeaway as early as the week commencing May 11. The paper says that Alasdair Murdoch, Chief Executive of Burger King UK, confirmed that the chain will open "a handful of stores on high streets in town and city centres" to trial social distancing measures. That hasn't yet happened, but we'll bring you that list of BK high street branches when we have it.

Burger King is also giving away FREE Burger King Whoppers. To be in with a chance to win one, simply tweet a picture of your worst home cooking attempts @BurgerKingUK with the hashtag #WishItWasAWhopper and Burger King says "we’ll send the worst some vouchers as a treat for when this is all over". Of course, all T3 readers are fantastic in the kitchen, so you'll have to fake a cooking fail, but these are desperate times.

Is KFC open today? Which KFCs are open?

Over 100 KFC restaurants are now open for home delivery (via Uber Eats, Just-Eat and Deliveroo) and more branches of KFC have opened their drive-through lanes. The full list is on the KFC website and reproduced below.

At these restaurants, KFC is serving a limited menu to help the smaller kitchen teams maintain social distancing. View the current KFC menu here.

Search for a KFC that's open for delivery with Deliveroo, Just-Eat, or Uber Eats. If you're not near one of the 100 branches KFC says "never fear – we're working hard to reopen more over the coming weeks".

On May 5, KFC tweeted to say that it has also opened drive-through lanes at 55 of its UK restaurants. However, it stresses that "KFC delivery remains the best way to get your fried chicken fix and – we just want to offer a little more choice to those who are already on the road for essential journeys or on their way home from difficult shifts".

The quickest way to see your KFC options is to search for your location at www.kfc.co.uk/kfc-near-me.

How to make fakeaway KFC at home

If you don't have a local KFC that delivers, then fear not because Jordan Moore, senior recipe developer at recipe box company Gousto has created these GFC (Gousto Fried Chicken) recipes for you to make at home.

Gousto Fried Chicken

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Jordan Moore, senior recipe developer at recipe box company Gousto says: "Stick them in a bucket or serve them on a plate, these drumsticks use six herbs and spices that we bet you’ve already got knocking around in your spice rack, and are the perfect bank holiday weekend treat. We’ve used cornflour in this recipe to give the drumsticks an extra crunchy coating – serve with our ultimate Gousto Fried Chicken gravy for a lockdown alternative to your favourite takeaway"

Ingredients: Serves two

1 egg

3 tbsp milk

1kg chicken drumsticks

1.5 tbsp smoked paprika

1 tsp cayenne pepper

2 tsp ground coriander

1tbsp dried oregano

1 tsp black pepper

2 tsp salt

150g plain flour

45g cornflour

Method

Add the dry ingredients to a tray and stir to combine. In a separate bowl whisk together the egg and milk.

Toss the chicken with the spiced flour mixture, then coat them in the egg and milk mixture and then return them to the flour tray.  

Once all your chicken has been coated with the egg, drizzle around 1 tbsp leftover egg mixture into the flour to create little clusters that will stick to the chicken and get extra crispy when frying. Then, using clean hands make sure that all the drumsticks are covered with the spiced flour.

Heat a large, deep pan with about 7-10cm of oil, over a medium-high heat until it registers between 175-190C or until a small scrap of bread dropped in bubbles and rises to the surface.

Gently add the drumsticks to the hot oil, being careful to place them away from you so the oil doesn’t splash you. You want them in a single layer, so cook them in batches. 

Fry for 10 minutes, cooking until golden brown and crispy, and cooked all the way through – no pink meat!

Ultimate GFC Gravy

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Jordan says: "This gravy is perfectly paired with succulent fried chicken, or ideal for upping your Sunday roast game. We heard that a certain colonel says the secret to your favourite takeaway gravy is to use the drippings at the bottom of the chicken frying pan as your gravy base. But don’t worry – olive oil works just as well."

Ingredients

1 Kallo chicken stock cube

2 tsp Marmite

2 tbsp fried chicken drippings or olive oil

2 tbsp flour 

Method

Dissolve the stock cube and Marmite in 450ml boiled water.

Add fried chicken drippings to a pot over a medium heat. Once hot, add 1 tbsp [2 tbsp] flour and cook for 30 secs until a sandy paste has formed.

Add stock to the pan and simmer for 4-5 min, stirring occasionally, until thickened to a gravy-like consistency.

Is Pizza Hut and Domino's open today?

Yes. If pizza is your thing, you'll be pleased to know that both Pizza Hut and Domino's are doing home delivery. Just don't order pineapple on your pizza, because that is WRONG. Deliveries are contactless and you will need to pay for your order online.

Order from Pizza Hut for home delivery.

Order from Domino's for home delivery.

Note that collection is NOT available.

Is Greggs open today?

According to The Guardian, Greggs has reopened "a handful of shops in the north-east which could welcome walk-in customers." So if you're in Newcastle or Sunderland, keep an eye out and there may be a branch open near you.

Greggs has not provided further information, simply stating "We are now undertaking some initial trials. To begin with, these trials will take place behind closed doors in order to test a number of new operational safety measures that will enable social distancing, and for us to operate in line with the latest Government guidelines. These trials are being conducted across a number of channels, including delivery through Just Eat, Click + Collect and walk-in customers."

Can you make Greggs at home in the meantime? Yes! Greggs has shared recipes for its Sausage, Cheese & Bean Melt, its Chicken Bake and its Steak Bake on its Facebook page in its GIY (Greggs It Yourself) series of videos so you can make them at home.

How to make the Greggs Sausage, Cheese & Bean Melt at home.

How to make the Greggs Chicken Bake at home.

How to make the Greggs Steak Bake at home.

What about Greggs sausage rolls? There's no officially sanctioned recipe for making Greggs sausage rolls at home but The Big Bakes has recreated the famous recipe for you. Read on, sausage roll fans...

For the pastry:

Strong flour – 200g

Salt – ½ tsp

Chilled butter – 200g cubed

Chilled water – 40g

For the filling:

Pork sausages – 450g

Green apple – 1 (peeled and grated)

Fennel – 2 tsp

Salt & Pepper to taste

1 beaten egg for brushing and finishing 

Method:

Preheat your oven to 190c. Mix the flour and salt together in a mixing bowl.

Add the butter and rub in using your finger tips, stop when the butter is pea sized. It will not be completely mixed in.

Add enough chilled water to make a shaggy dough - you may not need all of it.

Turn the dough out onto your work surface and work the dough with your hands into a ball, flatten slightly and wrap your disc of dough in cling film. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Once chilled, remove the pastry dough from the fridge and dust your work surface with flour.

Roll the pastry out to a 30 x 15cm rectangle, then take the short ends of the rectangle and fold towards the middle of the dough. Repeat again to form a book.

Repeat step 6 and rest the dough in the fridge for a further 30 minutes. While the dough is resting make your filling.

To make your filling:

Remove the sausages from their casings and place in a large mixing bowl.

Peel and grate the apple and add to the pork along with the fennel, salt and pepper.

Mix to combine and shape into 2 logs 30cm long and wrap in clingfilm. Rest in the freezer.

Now split the dough into 2 portions, roll each portion into a rectangle 15 x 30cm.

Lay half your sausage mixture down each piece of dough, lengthways in a cylinder shape leaving a 1-2cm edge.

Brush the long edge with beaten egg and tightly fold the pastry over the sausage mixture until the edges meet each other.

Turn the sausage logs over and cut into 8cm lengths, brush with egg and top with fennel seeds.

Rest in the freezer for 20 minutes.

Bake on a greased baking tray for  20 minutes.

Is Pret open today?

Yes. Pret has reopened 101 branches across the UK for takeaway and delivery. It has also extended its 50% discount for NHS workers until May 15.

Click here to view the full list of Pret branches that are now open.

If you don't want to go to Pret, you can make Pret food at home. The chain has shared recipes including Ham Hock & Sprout Macaroni Cheese, Coconut Chicken Curry Soup, Pret’s Beetroot Humous and more.

Visit the Pret recipe page to discover how to make Pret food at home.

Is Nando's open today?

As of Wednesday May 27, Nando's has reopened 94 of its restaurants across the UK. You can order food for collection or delivery on Nando's website. There is a new collection procedure in place.

The following Nando's restaurants are open for delivery:

The following Nando's restaurants are open for collection:

Is Costa Coffee open today? Which Costa is open?

Some branches of Costa are now open – 17 branches are open for drive-through if you fancy sitting in your car in a massive queue for a cup of coffee, while 14 branches are open for delivery only via Uber Eats.

Note that Costa says of the drive-through branches that it has reopened: "Whilst open to all customers, they are intended to offer critical and key workers the chance to enjoy a Costa on essential journeys."

The following branches of Costa are open for drive-through:

The following branches of Costa are open for delivery:

Alternatively, just make coffee at home. These are the best Nespresso machines, the best pod coffee machines and the best bean to cup coffee machines.

And to go with your homemade coffee, why not bake your own Costa stem ginger biscuits? Here's the recipe.

Is Wagamama open today?

On April 30 Wagamama began a phased reopening for delivery in the UK. The first branches to open will be Peckham, Hackney, Bow and Leeds.

Order Wagamama for delivery from Deliveroo.

Wagamama says: "We hope to be serving katsu nationwide in the coming months but rollout depends on team and customer feedback and health and safety remains our number one priority."

But what if you are craving katsu curry and you're not in range of a branch that delivers? Good news: Wagamama has released the recipe for its famous katsu curry so you can cook it at home! It's part of an online video series called Wok From Home, where Wagamama executive chef Steve Mangleshot shows you how to make some of the restaurant's most popular dishes. Learn how to make your own Wagamama katsu curry by watching the video below. The ingredients list is below the video.

Wagamama katsu curry ingredients – serves two

The katsu curry sauce

2–3 tablespoons vegetable oil 

1 onion, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

2.5cm piece of ginger, peeled + grated

1 teaspoon turmeric

2 heaped tablespoons mild

curry powder

1 tablespoon plain flour 

300ml chicken or veg stock

100ml coconut milk

1 teaspoon light soy sauce 

1 teaspoon sugar, to taste

The dish

120g rice (any rice will do!)

1 quantity katsu curry sauce 

2 skinless chicken breasts

50g plain flour

2 eggs, lightly beaten

100g panko breadcrumbs

75ml vegetable oil, for deep-frying

40g mixed salad leaves

If that recipe has whetted your appetite for cooking at home, then check out our guides to the best stuff to cook with...