--- description: McDonald's has lived up to its promise to Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland, sending a jug of its discontinued Szechuan dipping sauce. title: McDonald's Used a 'Time Portal' to Bring Back Szechuan Sauce image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac26670c29c1caef/69885efdf887dc83c2e91d84/rick-and-morty.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # McDonald's Opened a 'Time Portal' to 1998 to Bring Back Szechuan Sauce by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 30, 2017 2:50 PM CUT  Rick and Morty Rick and MortyAdult Swim by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 30, 2017 2:50 PM CUT McDonald’s has lived up to its promise to _Rick and Morty_ creator Justin Roiland, sending him a jug of the fast food giant’s discontinued Szechuan dipping sauce that has [featured prominently throughout the show.](http://time.com/4722503/rick-morty-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/ "undefined") Roiland [told reporters](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rick-morty-justin-roiland-mcdonalds-szechuan-mcnuggets%5Fus%5F5971019ee4b062ea5f90b670 "undefined") at San Diego Comic Con earlier this month that McDonald’s had agreed to send him the condiment, which hasn’t been available in stores since a promotional run in 1998 for the Disney movie _Mulan_. Late Sunday morning, Roiland tweeted photos of a 64 ounce bottle of the Szechuan sauce, which came with a special message. “We wish we could have brought more sauce through, but we couldn’t risk keeping a portal like that open,” a McDonald’s chef by the name of “Mike” said in the note. “Think about it, if you knew in 1998 that McDonald’s would have All Day Breakfast in 2017, would you want to stay in 1998? Of course not. If we left the portal open, we’d have puka shells, bucket hats, and boy bands as far as the eye could see. It’s too risky, even for a sauce as delicious as this.” > [](https://twitter.com/JustinRoiland/status/891521911460470784) Chef Mike added that “a few lucky fans will get to experience the glory,” suggesting that McDonald’s could be planning on offering the sauce once again. The sauce’s frequent appearance in the Adult Swim series inspired a petition to get McDonald’s to bring back the condiment. More than 38,000 people have signed it so far. _Rick and Morty_ [returns for its third season](http://time.com/4863012/rick-morty-season-3/ "undefined") on Sunday, July 30. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4879868/mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce-rick-morty/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4879868/mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce-rick-morty/"},"headline":"McDonald's Opened a 'Time Portal' to 1998 to Bring Back Szechuan Sauce","datePublished":"2017-07-30T14:50:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:01.355Z","description":"Good news, Rick and Morty fans","url":"https://time.com/4879868/mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce-rick-morty/","keywords":["Newsfeed","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac26670c29c1caef/69885efdf887dc83c2e91d84/rick-and-morty.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac26670c29c1caef/69885efdf887dc83c2e91d84/rick-and-morty.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rick and morty","caption":"rick and morty","creditText":"Adult Swim","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4879868/mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce-rick-morty/","name":"McDonald's Opened a 'Time Portal' to 1998 to Bring Back Szechuan Sauce"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"McDonald's Szechuan Sauce From 1998 Just Sold for $14K on Ebay","description":"A really old McDonald’s dipping sauce just sold for nearly $15,000 on Ebay.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/aGJUfdex/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-19T16:44:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/aGJUfdex.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4879868/mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce-rick-morty/","duration":"PT44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4879868/mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce-rick-morty/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```