Copycat In-n-Out Sauce (Easy Recipe) (2024)

FAQs

What is the In-N-Out sauce made of? ›

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.

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.

A closer look at the ingredient list shows one significant difference between the two: while McDonald's, like In-N-Out, includes sweet pickle relish and mayonnaise in their secret sauce, McDonald's doesn't include ketchup or any tomato products at all.

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. French Fries Prepared fresh in 100% sunflower oil using only fresh potatoes.

Since they don't sell their special sauce like other popular fast food chains, if you want to enjoy it without the long line, you need a copycat sauce recipe like this one.

Five Guys only uses peanut oil.

If you have a nut allergy, you're out of luck. The chain only uses peanut oil for cooking.

Bechamel – a milk based sauce that is thickened with a roux (clarified butter and flour). This sauce is named after its creator Louis XIV's steward, Louis de Béchamel. Considered the king of all sauces, and often called a cream sauce because of its consistency, this sauce is most often used in all types of dishes.

The answer is no… but they are similar. Both of the condiments have a creamy consistency and include pickle relish. But, McDonald's Big Mac Sauce includes vinegar and has a bit more pickle relish in it than Thousand Island dressing.

To start, "thousand island dressing" is also reffered to as "secret sauce" by many fast food locations (notably, usually without tomatoes), though this would be most accurate to Ed's sauce, as it's contents are literally a secret.

Big Mac sauce and Great Value Secret Sauce are nearly identical in terms of ingredients.

Which burger sauce is closest to the Big Mac? ›

“The [sauce] that best replicated Big Mac sauce from McDonald's that you should go buy if you want it is Great Value's 'Secret Sauce,'” he said. “Look at the ingredients statement, it's almost identical.”

Customers will only be able to get their hands on the 0.78oz packets of Big Mac Sauce if they order through the McDonald's mobile app. The sauce will come free with any Chicken McNuggets purchase, and can also be purchased a la carte at checkout.

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.

Worst: 4×4 ('Quad Quad') Animal-Style

(Nutritional information is estimated from online sources.) Also called the Quad Quad, this not-so-secret menu option is as its name suggests: four all-beef patties, four slices of American cheese, and all the standard condiments on a fresh-baked bun.

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.

From their burgers to their Animal-Style fries, the fast food chain's famed burger spread is what gives these items their signature taste, and it got us wondering — what's In-N-Out's secret sauce really made of? The sauce is creamy, tangy, salty, and slightly sweet, bringing to mind Thousand Island dressing.

Thousand Island Ingredients: It's mixture of mayonnaise, sour cream, ketchup, sweet pickle relish, red onion vinegar, sugar, garlic, and salt and pepper. All ingredients are combined by hand to make a perfect, thick, and creamy dressing, dip, or sauce.

Animal Style Fries With Homemade Sauce

The creamy special sauce in question has a mouthwatering tangy and sweet flavor. To recreate that, I used a combination of mayonnaise, ketchup, rice vinegar, sweet relish and sugar.

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. So, the ingredients can't be exactly the same.