--- title: McDonald's Brings Back Szechuan Sauce For One Day description: Chef Mike Haracz, tweeted at "Rick and Morty" co-creator Justin Roiland on Sunday that their prayers had been answered. canonical: https://time.com/4965957/mcdonalds-rick-and-morty-szechuan-sauce/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-02T20:51:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:43.020Z og:title: Rick and Morty Fans: McDonald's to Bring Back Szechuan Sauce og:description: But it will only be available for one day og:url: https://time.com/4965957/mcdonalds-rick-and-morty-szechuan-sauce/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb307b80d5754f77c/6988e036e76ad27eb262f639/rick-and-morty.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Adult Swim's "Rick And Morty" Mobile Pop-Up Shop - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rick and Morty Fans: McDonald's to Bring Back Szechuan Sauce twitter:description: But it will only be available for one day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb307b80d5754f77c/6988e036e76ad27eb262f639/rick-and-morty.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # McDonald's Is Bringing Back Szechuan Sauce Thanks to _Rick and Morty_ for Just One Day by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Oct 2, 2017 8:51 PM UTC  : Atmosphere at Adult Swim's "Rick And Morty" Mobile Pop-Up Shop held at a Shop Called Quest in Los Angeles, Calif. : Atmosphere at Adult Swim's "Rick And Morty" Mobile Pop-Up Shop held at a Shop Called Quest in Los Angeles, Calif.Albert L. Ortega—WireImage by [Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly Oct 2, 2017 8:51 PM UTC Like most Dan Harmon productions, _Rick and Morty_ is replete with constant references to pop culture esoterica. Earlier this year, the Adult Swim cartoon’s season 3 premiere delivered a masterstroke example of this tendency with an extended digression about Szechuan sauce, a special chicken nugget dipping sauce that McDonald’s once issued for a limited time as promotion for the Disney animated film _Mulan_. The bit [inspired the show’s devoted fans](http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/02/rick-morty-mcdonalds-szechuan-sauce/) to pressure McDonald’s to bring back the sauce. Well, now you might be able to get some new Szechuan sauce even without a time machine. Chef Mike Haracz, who is listed as the “manager of culinary innovation” at McDonald’s, tweeted at _Rick and Morty_ co-creator Justin Roiland on Sunday that their prayers had been answered. “Your fans showed us what they got, now we got to bring it back. Super limited-run Szechuan Sauce, only on 10/7!” Haracz tweeted, including a low-key reference to [another _Rick and Morty_ episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1fZ7Ap6ebs) in which a giant floating alien head demands Earth’s inhabitants “show me what you got” in the form of a musical competition. Haracz included a link to a website announcing new “Buttermilk Crispy Tenders” from McDonald’s — but more importantly, the site announces that McDonald’s will indeed be bringing back Szechuan sauce to limited restaurants for one day only on Oct. 7, along with colorful posters representing each of the 10 sauces McDonald’s has used over the years, including Szechuan sauce. At the end of the season 3 premiere, [a drunk Rick declared](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXIWyYtq85E) that finding more Szechuan sauce was “my series arc, Morty! Even if it takes nine seasons!” As it turns out, fans won’t have to wait that long after all. > [](https://twitter.com/Mike%5FHaracz/status/914600334068211713) _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/10/02/mcdonalds-szeuchan-sauce-rick-morty/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://Ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4965957/mcdonalds-rick-and-morty-szechuan-sauce/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4965957/mcdonalds-rick-and-morty-szechuan-sauce/"},"headline":"McDonald's Is Bringing Back Szechuan Sauce Thanks to Rick and Morty for Just One Day","datePublished":"2017-10-02T20:51:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:43.020Z","description":"But it will only be available for one day","url":"https://time.com/4965957/mcdonalds-rick-and-morty-szechuan-sauce/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb307b80d5754f77c/6988e036e76ad27eb262f639/rick-and-morty.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christian Holub / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb307b80d5754f77c/6988e036e76ad27eb262f639/rick-and-morty.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Adult Swim's \"Rick And Morty\" Mobile Pop-Up Shop - Arrivals","caption":"Adult Swim's \"Rick And Morty\" Mobile Pop-Up Shop - Arrivals","creditText":"Albert L. 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