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.

A sandwich spread is a spreadable condiment used in a sandwich, in addition to more solid ingredients. Butter, mayonnaise, prepared mustard, and ketchup are typical sandwich spreads, along with their variants such as Thousand Island dressing, tartar sauce, and Russian dressing.

The sauce is creamy, tangy, salty, and slightly sweet, bringing to mind Thousand Island dressing. But it's not quite that simple. We wanted to find out what's really in the spread, and how you can make it at home.

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

Monkey/Gorilla Style: any burger with animal fries in the middle – most stores will not make this combination. Onion Bun: whole grilled onions on either side of your burger instead of a bun.

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".

In fact, we don't even own a microwave or freezer. Our iceberg lettuce is hand-leafed. Our American cheese is the real thing. And we use the best available onions and the plumpest, juiciest tomatoes we can find.

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.

There are three main types of options spread strategy: vertical, horizontal and diagonal.

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.

Why does in and out taste so good? ›

So the beef is a big reason the burgers taste so good. But the rest of the burger is not lacking in quality or freshness either. Just as they get deliveries of beef, the locations also receive fresh vegetables for toppings near-daily, and the only items that come pre-packaged are its condiments.

Quad Quad

The options on this menu include the Triple Triple, Quad Quad, Grilled Cheese, Protein Style, and Animal Style. Out of all of the "not so secret" items, the Quad Quad is one of the unhealthiest menu choices. The Quad Quad is basically like a double Double-Double.

In an analysis conducted by Gambling.com, In-N-Out ranked the second in the nation for healthiest cheeseburger, with Whataburger coming in at #1. They claim that through the levels of sugar, fat, salt, and calorie content provided, In-N-Out cheeseburgers are one of the healthiest you can find in the fast food line.

Hamburger patties are made from 100% American beef and whole chucks are boned and ground by In-N-Out's own butchers. All patties are produced and delivered fresh throughout the week to the stores and are never frozen.

“Animal-Style,” Snyder explains, was inspired by a group of rowdy teens who used to hang out in parking lots and order their burgers with signature sauce, grilled onions, and extra pickles, and had the patty itself grilled with mustard. You can also have “Sport Peppers” smashed into the patty.

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!

The hamburger patties themselves are safe too. But, when you order, tell them you have allergies. They will clean a dedicated grill for you as well as the spatula to avoid cross-contamination. Beware that the spread is mayo-based, so it contains soy, and it contains a dairy ingredient.

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.