Homemade In-N-Out Spread - The Recipe Critic (2024)

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What are the ingredients of spread from In-N-Out? ›

Spread 'em: Mastering the Special Sauce

I never understood why In-N-Out refers to their sauce as "Spread." Maybe they're just a little too cool for school. In any case, all it is is a basic Thousand Island-style dressing: a mixture of ketchup, mayonnaise, and sweet pickle relish.

The combination of sweet and tangy is out of this world. It's similar to Thousand Island dressing but SO MUCH BETTER. This sauce is used on so many things like burgers, fries and pickles. In fact, when you go to In-N-Out, order the animal-style french fries from their secret menu.

Because of similarities in color and taste, many people assume that In-N-Out's burger sauce is simply Thousand Island dressing, i.e. a blend of mayonnaise and ketchup. However, Thousand Island has a thicker consistency and is slightly spicier than In-N-Out sauce.

If you want to lighten it even more, feel free to ditch the bun and eat the burger “protein-style”–an option at In N Out–and wrap the burger in crisp lettuce. Your bunless burger will clock in at 345 calories, sauce and all! Enjoy!

Also frequently called "Monkey Style" at In-N-Out, Gorilla Style refers to any burger with animal fries shoved in the middle.

In-N-Out uses the Kennebec variety of potato for its fries and prepares them on-site as opposed to purchasing them pre-made from other companies. According to In-N-Out the company's french fries are cooked in "100% pure, cholesterol-free sunflower oil".

You have to try in N out secret menu item, roadkill, which is fries. animal style, with a Flying Dutchman crushed on top. Start by cooking up your fries, then add in a whole bunch of cheese. Toss in the broiler for a couple minutes.

Although white onions are what In-N-Out uses, I think red or yellow onions would be just as delicious. Once my meat was cooked to a perfect medium-rare and the onions were golden brown, all that was left to do was neatly stack the ingredients and top with American cheese.

We have always made our hamburger patties ourselves using only fresh, 100% USDA ground chuck — free of additives, fillers and preservatives. We deliver them to our stores direct from our own patty-making facilities in Baldwin Park, California; Lathrop, California; and Dallas, Texas.

Cheeseburger 100% beef patty, lettuce, tomato, spread, 1 slice of American cheese, with or without onions, bun. 2 100% beef patties, lettuce, tomato, spread, 2 slices of American cheese, with or without onions, bun.

What is more popular In-N-Out or Chick-fil-A? ›

However, chicken restaurant Chick-fil-A took the leading spot for America's favorite fast casual restaurant overall, with a Customer Loyalty Index rating of 4.77 compared with In-N-Out's 4.75 (a measure of both customer satisfaction and likeliness of customers to recommend the brand).

What Is In Cane's Sauce? Cane's sauce is a take on Russian Dressing or Thousand Island Dressing, AKA many fast food chain's special sauce. It's a mayonnaise-based sauce with ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and seasonings like garlic powder and lots of freshly cracked black pepper.

Instead, the best choice would be to ask for a protein-style meatless burger that you fill with grilled onions, tomatoes, peppers (if available), pickles and cheese (if you eat dairy). French fries would also be compliant with a vegetarian or vegan diet since they are fried in 100% sunflower oil.

Considering all health factors, In-N-Out Burger scored an 8.2 on the 10-point scale. The closer these scores are to 10, the better. McDonald's, Wendy's Five Guys, and Carl's Jr. didn't perform well.

In-n-Out Spread contains dairy product, and does require refrigeration. There are small refrigeration containers that the individual packets are held in before being handed to a customer. Ezekiel Lopez has it right - because In-N-Out's spread is dairy-based, refrigeration is required.

Check out their allergy menu. And remember that the hamburgers are marked as containing egg because of the spread. Take out the spread and you take out the egg factor. Their burgers are amazing, so you are not even compromising for this meal!

Treehugger Tip. Beware anything animal-style at In-n-Out. For burgers, this means you get lettuce, tomato, pickles, cheese, grilled onions, and a "secret" spread that many liken to Thousand Island dressing. The dressing and cheese (and, of course, the meat) are not vegan.

In-N-Out's burger spread, on the other hand, simply contains mayo, ketchup, sweet pickle relish, and a splash of vinegar. It's similar, and if you need a copycat In-N-Out burger spread in a pinch Thousand Island dressing might do, but it's not quite the real thing.