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

FAQs

What's the In-N-Out sauce called? ›

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.

This spread is a delicious blend of mayonnaise, ketchup, and relish, giving it a tangy and slightly sweet flavor that pairs perfectly with their famous burgers and fries.

Other special requests:

You can ask for buns not toasted at all or extra toasted. You can add chopped chilies to your burger or fries and you can ask for extra of pretty much anything: tomatoes, lettuce, onions, or spread. You can also ask to have your burger cut in half or in quarters (popular with kids!)

Hold the sauce and condiments—these fries will just be covered in melty American cheese. Roadkill Fries: When you can't choose between fries or a burger, get both. This combo will give you a basket of animal fries topped with a flying Dutchman (two burger patties and two cheese slices).

Most Nutritious Option

The healthiest choice on the primary menu at In-N-Out is the "Protein-Style" hamburger, which does not include a bun, and is lower in calories, fat, carbohydrates, and sodium.

2 100% beef patties, lettuce, tomato, spread, 2 slices of American cheese, with or without onions, bun. Prepared fresh in 100% sunflower oil using only fresh potatoes. Made from real ice cream. “Coca-Cola,” “Diet co*ke,” “Barq's” and “Minute Maid” are registered trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company.

At In-N-Out, french fries come from the finest, freshest potatoes. They're shipped right from the farm, individually cut in our stores, and then cooked in 100% sunflower oil. Our shakes are just as genuine — made with real ice cream.

Lynsi Lavelle Snyder-Ellingson (previously Seawell, Martinez, and Torres; born May 5, 1982) is an American billionaire businesswoman, the owner and heiress of the In-N-Out Burger company. She is the only child of Lynda and H. Guy Snyder and the only grandchild of Harry and Esther Snyder, who founded In-N-Out in 1948.

Worst: Double-Double with Spread

This burger is a mainstay on the regular In-N-Out menu and it's one to avoid. It packs in excessive saturated fat and sodium. The saturated fat is the same as you'd get from eating 3 tablespoons of butter and the sodium would be equal to what you'd get from two servings of canned soup!

There's no expiration date on them. How long can you keep those little ketchups, dressings, dips and mayonnaise packets from fast food places? There's no expiration date on them. The case they came from probably use a “best by” date, and they aren't designed to last forever.

What is the yellow pepper at In and Out? ›

The yellow chile peppers carried by IN-IN-OUT burger are in fact cascabella peppers. Cascabella peppers are cone shaped and produce a chile pepper that is approximately 1 ¾” long by ¾” wide. Cascabellas turn from yellow, to orange, to red when mature. The plant has green stems, green leaves and white flowers.

What is Gorilla Style at In-N-Out? Also frequently called "Monkey Style" at In-N-Out, Gorilla Style refers to any burger with animal fries shoved in the middle. However, if you're planning on ordering this during your next In-N-Out Burger visit, be sure to tell the In-N-Out employee exactly what it is.

In-N-Out's roadkill fries start with an order of fries topped with sauce, cheese, and caramelized onions. Then a bit of crumbled beef patty is added on top. But don't worry; it's roadkill-free.

In-N-Out Burger Spread is a creamy and tangy sauce that brings a signature flavor to In-N-Out's burgers. It's a blend of mayonnaise, ketchup, and sweet pickle relish, with a hint of sugar to balance the flavors. This secret sauce is what sets In-N-Out burgers apart and keeps fans coming back for more.

If you are starving, and have food allergies, COME HERE! There is NO MSG in the food. Its just as good as advertised. Staff is great, and you can be served fast.

The truth about In-N-Out's secret sauce

Lopez-Alt broke down the formula for making the spread, first tasting it alone, straight from the packet, and then recreating it. According to him, the spread is indeed a Thousand Island-style sauce made from ketchup, mayonnaise, and sweet pickle relish.

Is In-N-Out spread gluten-free? Yes, In-N-Out's spread recipe is gluten-free. However, the spread they use on burgers can be cross-contaminated. People who are gluten-free should add "gluten-allergy" to their order, so that the staff knows to use fresh spread.