Homemade In-N-Out Double-Double

Makes 8 burgers

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For the sauce:

1/2 cup mayonnaise

3 tablespoons plus 21/2 teaspoons ketchup

1 teaspoon yellow mustard

21/2 teaspoons each: dill pickle relish, sweet pickle relish

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon white wine vinegar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon sugar

For the Double-Doubles:

2 pounds ground beef chuck, 80/20 fat ratio

16 iceberg lettuce leaves

8 slices beefsteak tomato

1 small yellow onion, sliced into thin rings

16 slices American cheese

8 white hamburger buns

Salt

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1. To prepare the sauce, in a medium bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, sweet and dill pickle relishes, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, salt, and sugar. This makes about 3/4 cup sauce. The sauce will keep covered and refrigerated for up to two weeks.

2. Measure out 16 (2-ounce) patties of meat and flatten each to a thickness of about 1/4 inch. Season each side of the patty with a pinch of salt, and set aside while you heat the griddle.

3. Toast the buns, cut-side down, on the griddle just until the cut sides begin to toast, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat, and set aside.

4. Heat a griddle pan over medium heat until hot. Cook the burgers on one side until the patties start to brown, 45 seconds to 1 minute. Flip the burgers, adding a slice of cheese to the browned tops of each one. Continue to cook until the burgers are cooked and the cheese is beginning to melt, about 1 minute more. Remove from heat.

5. To assemble the burgers, slather about 1 tablespoon of sauce on the toasted top and bottom of each bun. On the bottom of each bun, layer two lettuce leaves, a slice of tomato, one cheeseburger patty, a few onion rings, another cheeseburger patty and the top burger bun. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to form eight burgers. Serve immediately.

Per Double-Double: 547 calories; 47 grams protein; 33 grams carbohydrates; 11 grams sugar; 25 grams fat; 139 milligrams cholesterol; 1,224 milligrams sodium; 1 gram dietary fiber.EndText