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Restaurant Inspired Recipes

What's better than your favorite restaurant meal? Being able to make those same delicious dishes for a fraction of the price at home! Save money and impress your family with these restaurant-inspired recipes.

Southern Style Blackened Shrimp & Grits with a poached egg.

Southern Style Blackened Shrimp & Grits

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By Debbie Elliott Vair
This is an amazing recipe made with local wild-caught North Carolina shrimp & farm-fresh organic ...
(1 rating)
Betty's Thai Basil Stir-Fry Chicken in a bowl.

Betty's Thai Basil Stir-fry Chicken

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By Betty Bramanis
I love Thai basil, it has an amazing flavour. This dish comes with a fragrant ...
(1 rating)
Inside of the Americanized Egg Rolls.

Americanized Egg Rolls

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By Elin Criswell
My dear friend Nancy helped me formulate this recipe right before my husband and I ...
(2 ratings)
Two glasses of Hot Chocolate Peppermint Mocha.

Hot Chocolate Peppermint Mocha

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By Cathy Nunn
This is sort of a "copy-cat" recipe... Have you ever tried McDonald's Hot Chocolate Peppermint ...
(3 ratings)
Garden Chicken Stir-Fry on noodles.

Garden Chicken Stir-fry

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By Glenda Purvis
I had some eggplant and zucchini fresh-picked from the garden and just had to cook ...
(2 ratings)
Garnished with shredded cheddar cheese, bacon pieces, and green onion.

Potato Bacon Soup

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By Amber Franks
I was in search of a potato soup recipe similar to Rafferty's famous potato soup ...
(134 ratings)
Beef and Snow Peas over rice ready to serve.

Beef And Snow Peas

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By Laurie Roberts
We wanted a yummy, hot comfort meal with all the snow and colder weather here. ...
(4 ratings)
A bowl of Zuppa Toscana with a spoon.

Zuppa Toscana (thick)

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By Elizabeth Lancaster
My kids love Olive Garden for their soups and breadsticks. But for a family of ...
(3 ratings)
A platter of Twisty Sista Breadsticks.

Twisty Sista' Breadsticks

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By Gina Davis
I have never really been happy with breadstick recipes for some reason. Either they were ...
(1 rating)

Cubano International Sandwich

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By Julia Ferguson
This is my take on Panera's Cuban Sandwich. It's easy, quick and delicious. International, you ...
(3 ratings)
These are great as a dinner or appetizer.

Coconut Shrimp

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By Maria Connors
This reminds me of the coconut shrimp that you get at a popular chain seafood ...
Panera egg souffle

Copycat Panera Breakfast Baked Egg Souffle

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By Pamela Rappaport
We love the breakfast egg souffles at Panera Bread so I decided to try and ...

Cracker Barrel Dumplings

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By Barbara Lentz
These are just like cracker barrel dumplings. Just add cooked chicken to make it chicken ...
Restaurant Style Chicken Nachos

Restaurant Style Chicken Nachos

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By Vickie Parks
My son loves chicken nachos, and I've been looking for a good recipe so we ...
(2 ratings)

Pioneer Woman Restaurant Style Salsa

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By Patricia J.
I found this recipe of Ree Drummonds when she first came out with it (I ...

Cracker Barrel Dumplings ~ Copy Cat

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By Amy H.
Cracker Barrel Restaurants serve a side dish called dumplings. This is not their chicken & ...
(4 ratings)

Bacon Cheddar Hashbrowns Casserole Supreme

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By Teresa G.
I created this recipe after tasting a very popular, similar dish at a famous chain ...
(1 rating)

Steak & Shake Chili (copycat)

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By Daily Inspiration S
I grew up eating at this Restaurant and this copycat recipe is pretty close to ...
(3 ratings)

Ikea Swedish Meatballs - Copycat Recipe

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By Carol Perricone
There is a furniture store named Ikea in New York. They have a food ...

Cracker Barrel Special Scrambled Eggs

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By Vicki Butts (lazyme)
I don't think that any explanation or intro is needed for a Cracker Barrel recipe. ...
(8 ratings)

Cracker Barrel Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole

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By Kristin D
This is the closest to the real deal as it gets, folks! After many years ...
(2 ratings)

Favorite Olive Garden Dressing

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By Cassie *
With a little tweaking of my own...love this dressing! This dressing is wonderful on Italian ...
(1 rating)

Red Lobster's Chesse Biscuit In A Loaf Pan

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By Paris & Mike M. :)
I absolutely love Red Lobster and found a great recipe for their cheddar biscuits! Enjoy!
(3 ratings)

"cinnabon" Cinnamon Rolls (using Bread Machine)

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By Diane Atherton
Heart be still! Wish I could claim all rights to this wonderful recipe! ...
(6 ratings)
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