Copycat Restaurant Recipes

Cooking Video – Applebee\’s Chicken Quesidilla Grande

Ingredients:

1/2 ounce shortening
2 (12-inch) flour tortillas
2 tablespoons chipotle sauce (optional)
4 ounces grilledchicken (spicy seasoning optional)
1 cup shredded lettuce
Sour cream
Green onion
Salsa

***Quesa Filling (amounts as desired)***
Jack and Cheddar cheeses
Jalapeño pepper, diced
Tomato, diced
Onion, diced
Cilantro, minced
Bacon, fried and crumbled

Directions:

1. Brush one side of each tortilla with shortening and place it shortening side down on work surface.

2. Spread chipotle sauce evenly on one tortilla.

3. Distribute cooked chicken on top of sauce on tortilla.

4. Evenly distribute Quesa Filling on top of chicken.

5. Cover with other tortilla, shortening side up.

6. Brown on griddle or in non stick skillet evenly on both sides until internal Quesa Filling is thoroughly melted.Use shredded lettuce, sour cream, green onion and salsa as accompaniments.

This was something new that my husband tried when we went out to dinner the other night.  He said it is now one of his favorites.

Ingredients:

2 dozen blue mussels — rinsed, drained
1 cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons finely-chopped garlic
1 can diced tomatoes – (8 oz) — with juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground white pepper
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil – (loosely packed)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Directions:

In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients except mussels. Bring to a
boil and add mussels, cover and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes until all
mussels have opened. Remove cover and simmer 2 more minutes.

Serves 4

Here is another great recipe from Applebee’s.  How can you go wrong with ribs? 

                                                    Ingredients:

• 1 lb rack of baby-back pork ribs, cut in half
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Place ribs in a large pot and fill pot with enough water to cover ribs.
2. Bring water to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour, or until ribs are fork tender.
3. While ribs are boiling, combine remaining ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring often, for 30 minutes or until slightly thickened.
5. Place boiled ribs, meat side down, on a broiler pan.
6. Brush with half the sauce mixture and broil 4″ to 5″ from heat for 6-7 minutes.
7. Turn ribs over, brush with remaining sauce, and broil additional 6-7 minutes, or until edges are slightly charred.
8. If you like your ribs falling off the bone, add 1 cup of apple cider vinegar to water before placing ribs to boil.

Serves 3

For my husband’s birthday, I wanted to cook something we don’t usually have and that he really likes.  I found this recipe and it was perfect.  I did substitute shrimp for the chicken for my husband’s dish. (I used chicken for the kids)  I also made some of his other favorites: crab legs and homemade bread.

Ingredients:

10 ounces cooked fettuccine
1 cup Spicy Cajun Pasta Sauce (see following recipe)
1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
1 boneless chicken breast, cooked and sliced in strips
1 teaspoon chopped parsley

Place pasta and sauce in pan and heat until hot. Arrange in serving dish and top with chicken breast. Garnish with Parmesan cheese and parsley.

Spicy Cajun Pasta Sauce:

Ingredients:
2 ounces olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh chopped garlic
1/2 cup onion, cut in large chunks
1/2 cup green peppers, diced in large pieces
1/2 cup red peppers, diced in large pieces
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup V-8 juice
Cornstarch (mix about a tablespoon with a
    couple tablespoons cold water to form a slurry)
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Heat oil in saute pan. Add garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Add onions, saute one minute, then add peppers and continue to saute another minute. Deglaze with chicken stock, reducing by half. Add V-8 juice and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

Thicken with cornstarch to desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

Serves 3-4

We wanted to try somthing different for dinner so we picked this recipe to try at home.  It was delicious!  Everyone loved it, even our 8 year old who tends to be a little picky.

Ingredients:

2 pounds flounder fillets, fresh
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
 

Directions:

One of my favorite restaurants is Olive Garden.  I just love all of their pasta dishes.  Unfortunetly, I can’t go their all of the time.  So I found some of my favorite recipes from the Olive Garden that I can make at home.

Chicken Vino Bianco

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4-1/2 cup sliced onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup white wine (I like Bella Sera Pino Grigio)
• salt
• pepper
• 2 cups sliced mushrooms
• 4 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup roma tomato
• cooked linguine or fettuccine

Directions

1. Heat oil in skillet on med-high heat.
2. Lightly dredge chicken breats in flour, season with salt and pepper and brown sides in skillet and remove onto plate until later.
3. Stir in onions, garlic, and butter, cook until tender; then add mushrooms and cook until golden.
4. Stir in wine and bring to a simmer.
5. Return chicken to the pan, and cook over med-high heat until chicken is done; add tomatoes and cook until tender.
6. Serve over cooked fetticuine or liguine noodles.

Serves 2-4

I love to go out to  Applebee’s.  They have a wide selection to choose from and everyone in my family always finds something that sounds good to them. 

Unfortunetly, with a family of six, that is one bill that adds up quickly.  So as you can imagine, we do not go out often.  But that is okay because I found a way to make our favorite restaurant recipes at home with copycat restaurant recipe cookbooks. 

Here is one of my favorite recipes from Applebee’s.

Club House Grill  (makes 1 sandwich)

Ingredients

• 2 slices French bread (thick)
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons mayonnaise
• 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 slices deli turkey
• 2 slices deli ham
• 2 slices tomatoes
• 2 teaspoons barbecue sauce

Directions

1. Spread the butter evenly over one side of each slice of bread.
2. Put one slice of bread, butter side down, into a preheated frying pan over medium heat.
3. Spread the mayonnaise over the unbuttered side of the grilling bread.
4. Sprinkle half of the Cheddar cheese over the mayonnaise.
5. Let the turkey and ham in the pan next to the bread for about 30 seconds to heat it up.
6. When it’s warm, lay the turkey on the cheese.
7. Place the tomato slices on the turkey.
8. Spread the barbecue sauce over the tomato slices.
9. Lay the ham on the tomatoes.
10. Sprinkle the remainder of the cheese over the ham.
11. Top off the sandwich with the other slice of bread, being sure that the buttered side is facing up.
12. By now the first side of bread should be golden brown.
13. Flip the sandwich over and grill the other side for 2-3 minutes, or until golden brown as well.
14. Remove the sandwich from the pan and cut in half diagonally.
15. Serve with additional barbecue sauce on the side.

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