Copycat Cookbook: Revealing Recipe Secrets of the Best Restaurant Chains in America (Vol. 3)
Cookbook Description
Copycat Cookbook, Volume 3 is a collection of 50 restaurant-inspired recipes based on recognizable dishes from American restaurant chains. The recipes cover alcoholic beverages, breakfast dishes, chicken entrées, burgers, sandwiches, pasta, seafood, and desserts.
The beverage chapter features mixed drinks inspired by Red Robin, Outback Steakhouse, Dave & Buster’s, Red Lobster, and other casual-dining establishments. Recipes include mojitos, beer shakes, sangrias, fruit-based cocktails, and tropical rum drinks. Preparation methods include blending, shaking, muddling, and mixing ingredients over ice.
Breakfast selections include Disneyland-inspired Cornflake-Crusted French Toast, Puffed French Toast, and Pumpkin Spice Waffles. These recipes use techniques such as batter preparation, frying, and waffle baking.
Chicken dishes include Cheesecake Factory Chicken Bellagio, Chili’s Monterey Chicken, and BJ’s Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich. Other meat-based recipes include braised short ribs, pork chops, bacon burgers, and barbecue riblets.
Pasta recipes feature ingredients such as Parmesan cheese, garlic, cream, smoked sausage, chicken, shrimp, and lobster. Maggiano’s-inspired dishes include Lobster Carbonara, Linguine di Mare, and Tuscan Shrimp.
The seafood selections extend to grilled salmon, seafood paella, and lobster macaroni and cheese. Meanwhile, the True Food Kitchen-inspired recipes include quinoa burgers, a tempeh sandwich, and a chicken avocado wrap.
The dessert chapter contains Buca di Beppo-inspired Celebration Cake, Italian Creme Cake, and Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce.
Across the collection, recipes use home-kitchen methods including frying, grilling, sautéing, braising, baking, sauce preparation, and assembling layered desserts. The book focuses on recreating familiar restaurant-style combinations using ingredients and techniques available to home cooks.
Bottom Line: Copycat Recipes
Ever wish you could make your favorite restaurant dishes at home? This third volume of Copycat Cookbook includes 50 recipes inspired by popular restaurant chains, from Cheesecake Factory Chicken Bellagio and Applebee’s Whiskey Bacon Burger to Red Lobster’s Triple Berry Sangria. There are also crispy chicken sandwiches, creamy pasta dishes, seafood specialties, and rich desserts. It’s a fun way to revisit familiar menu favorites without heading out to a restaurant.
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