Containing only one vegetable, this delectable and high calorie treat makes up for it with with butter soaked sourdough bread and lots of bacon. It was my burger of choice as a young drinker, post-pescetarian days. With a little help from Whole Foods my sister and I, Dakota, will create a vegetarian remix of this sandwich here today.
Original ingredients include (from the Jack-in-the-Box site).: "Beef patty topped with bacon, tomato, Swiss-style cheese, Mayo-Onion sauce, and ketchup on toasted sourdough bread."
First things first, we had to head down to the local Whole Foods because I figured that Whole Foods would have the most variety in terms alternative meat and dairy products. The biggest challenge I foresaw was the swiss cheese, as I have never seen or heard of a soy "swiss" cheese before.
Speaking of Whole Foods:
Here's an example of what keeping it real in the Whole Foods parking lot looks like:
And it appears that in my state, the shopping carts are of moderate size.
Our ingredient list:
Follow Your Heart Reduced Fat Vegenaise (Not pictured)
(WARNING: Taste different than mayonaise, but oh so delicisioso, in it's own way)
Earth Balance Margarine (not pictured)
The preparation:
Once I got home I realized that the Rice cheese was not vegan as it has casein in it, which is somewhat infuriating whenever that happens. If you are going to make a cheese alternative, why not remove all the dairy elements completely? If they were marketing this product to consumers who wish to reduce their consumption of animal products they have failed, and if they are marketing this product to those with dairy intolerance, they have failed here as well. So considering I have not taken the plunge into a vegan lifestyle, I went ahead and ate the rice cheese, but it was begrudgingly so! If anyone knows where I can aquire vegan swiss cheese comment below. I know it's possible for me to make my own, but anyone who honestly thinks I am going to do that will get this face from me:
As a second aside, let me please note that despite years of debilitating laziness in which all food was microwaved, I went through the trouble cooking everything (burger patty, bacon, and even the toasting of the sourdough bread) on the skillet, and holy shit, I see what everyone's talking about now. That is much, much better. I personally always use a drizzle (for schizzle, my nizzle) of olive oil on my pans to keep things from sticking.
The most important part of re-creating fast food is trying to work with integrity. If they have a slice of cheese on the patty, AND melted on the bottom slice of bread (as does the Sourdough Jack), then YOU SHOULD AS WELL. No cheating. Along those same lines, at least TRY to make it look like the beautiful burgers you see in the commercials. Don't create a fucking Burger Fail like I did:
The results:
I thought it was delicious. It tasted just as it did in my old omnivore memory banks, and it even gave me the illusion of clogging my arteries. I call this mission a success. Even my vegan boyfriend, whom I made a version sans the cursed rice cheese, thought it was delicious.
Dakota's review is as followed: "I like bacon." *said with mouth full, while chewing*
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