Shake Shack is adding the deeply savory taste of French onion soup to its new seasonal burger lineup and officially debuting a highly requested new side — onion rings — to the menu for the first time.
As the calendar flips closer to fall, Shake Shack’s executive chef and vice president of culinary innovation John Karangis and his team have developed a delicious new slate of burgers inspired by the classic comfort dish, along with new sauces, sides and the return of a beloved shake flavor.
Shake Shack adds new French Onion burgers, onion rings, coffee shakes
The new French onion soup burger at Shake Shack.
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“The star of the show for us would be the [French Onion Soup Burger] — it’s made with a potato bun, seared beef, delicious Gruyere cheese, and caramelized onions that have a lot of the beefy, brothy flavors that you’d get in a crock of French onion soup,” Karangis said. “To add a little more to the celebration of onion and textural contrast, we took our crispy onions, and top it with that. The sauce that holds it all together is a garlic aioli that has some parmesan cheese and a little bit of lemon.”
A pot of house made caramelized onions for the new French onion burgers at Shake Shack.
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In addition to the French Onion Soup Burger, the new French onion flare extends to two other new sandwiches: the French Onion ‘Shroom Burger, a crispy, fried portobello mushroom that’s filled with melted Muenster and cheddar cheeses, topped with caramelized onions and roasted garlic parmesan aioli on a toasted potato bun; and the French Onion Shack Stack, a quarter-pound 100% Angus beef patty topped with Gruyere cheese, a ‘Shroom Burger, caramelized onions and roasted garlic parmesan aioli on a toasted potato bun.
The company has also launched its first-ever Onion Rings. The new beer-battered onion rings “are made with Spanish onions, the same onions that we use in our caramelized onions for our burger,” Karangis said.
A tray of new onion rings at Shake Shack.
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Starting Tuesday, Shake Shack customers can get a first taste of the new French Onion Menu and the restaurant chain’s newly debuted onion rings, exclusively when ordering on the Shack App.
The new French onion soup burgers, onion rings and parmesan garlic fries.
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Additionally, in a return to the core menu, Shake Shack is bringing back the Coffee Shake ahead of National Coffee Day on Sept. 29.
The coffee shake now available on the menu at Shake Shack.
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The hand-spun shake is made with Shake Shack’s house-made vanilla frozen custard and cold-brewed dark roast coffee.
The full French Onion Menu, plus new onion rings and coffee shakes, will be available to order in-restaurant starting Friday.
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