Copycat In-N-Out Burger Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What are the ingredients in an In-N-Out Burger? ›

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Flying Dutchman is a unique, albeit simple In-N-Out burger secret menu item. It consists of two beef patties and two slices of cheese. What makes it distinctive is that it's served without a bun or any other traditional burger fixin.

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".

And I have no idea why. I'll surely get filleted for saying this, but here goes: In-N-Out sucks. It's a chain with basic burgers, unsatisfying French fries, few menu items, and, honestly, some pretty gross sauce that makes the popular restaurant's name gastronomically appropriate.

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 At Home. Known for its juicy burgers, melty American Cheese, and grilled onions and fresh onions, lettuce, tomatoes and the most delicious burger sauce.

As with all locations, fresh ingredients will be supplied to the store from In-N-Out. Hamburger patties are made from 100% American beef and whole chucks are boned and ground by In-N-Out's own butchers.

Does In-N-Out use white or yellow onions? ›

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.

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.

Other not-so-secret orders include “Roadkill Fries” with hamburger meat crumbled on top, “Grilled Cheese, “Animal Fries” and a “Scooby Snack,” which is just a patty in a wrapper.

In-N-Out Secret Menu Fries

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).

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.

We do not use ammoniated procedures to treat our ground beef. This means that there is NO "pink slime" in our burgers.

In-N-Out has no policy on grass-fed beef, and a 2012 online petition was started to ask the company to make the switch. (The petition closed with only 388 signatures.) McDonald's isn't using 100% grass-fed beef in the United States, and the only mention of it has been an April Fool's joke on a food blog.