Collection of copycat recipes to get us through these tough times.
That way we can still bring some normalcy into our lives and at least make and eat food from our favorite food chains at home.
This will be especially useful, if delivery services in your area are not delivering your favorite take out food to your home or if the food chains had to temporarily close their restaurants.
Below you will find more than 20 restaurant-quality knock-off recipes from olive garden, panera, panda express to taco bell.
I included top secret dinner meals, sides, drinks, and baked goods.
Just click on each to get to the copycat recipe to make and cook the dishes at home.
Panda Express Fried Rice Recipe
Homemade copycat Panda express fried rice, prepared from scratch with just a few ingredients. Try to use leftover plain flavored cooked rice for the best fried rice ever. That way you will succeed frying your rice every time!
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P.F. Chang’s Mongolian Beef
Mongolian beef is a quick and easy dinner your family will love! No one can resist this P.F. Chang’s classic with tender pieces of flank steak with crispy edges, coated in a mouth-watering sweet and sticky sauce, but it’s so easy to make at home!
Get the Recipe Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup
All the flavors of Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana soup, easily made at home.
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Chipotle Corn Salsa
Easy and flavorful copycat Chipotle Corn Salsa recipe, made in just a few minutes with a handful of simple ingredients. You won’t believe how easy this recipe is with either frozen or canned corn, plus you can make it well ahead of time to serve at your next backyard bbq or get together!
Get the Recipe Sabarro’s Baked Ziti
Copycat Sabarro’s Baked Ziti is not just a food court favorite. Baked Ziti is a hearty meatless vegetarian classic meal. Filled with pasta, cheeses, tomato sauce, and fresh herbs makes this a delicious meal that is perfect for a weeknight family dinner.
Get the Recipe Panda Express Orange Chicken Recipe [Copycat]
Crispy fried boneless chicken tossed in a hot sweet n sour Asian orange sticky sauce and garnished with fresh spring onion stalk slices. This is the ultimate panda express orange chicken copycat recipe!
Get the Recipe Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme
These vegan crunchwrap supremes are even better than the ones at Taco Bell. This recipe will show you which ingredients to use to make your crunchwrap vegan and step by step instructions on how to make them.
Get the Recipe Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
This uber-easy copycat of the infamous Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits will bring all the deliciousness of these wildly addictive biscuits to your face without ever having to leave home!
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Big Mac Sauce Recipe [Copycat]
The Big Mac sauce recipe used to be a secret sauce made famous by Mc Donald’s signature burger, the Big Mac. Now it’s in public domain so that we get to enjoy the homemade big mac sauce version with other burgers as well.
Get the Recipe Hibachi Fried Rice Recipe
Easy hibachi style fried rice copycat recipe. Make this dish your own by choosing your favorite protein ingredients. I added chicken and eggs in mine.
Get the Recipe Orange Julius
Creamy, tangy, and so refreshing. Make your own Orange Julius at home for a fraction of the cost.
Get the Recipe Easy Peri Peri Chicken Recipe [Copycat]
Peri Peri Chicken is chicken marinated in a hot spicy peri peri sauce, which is a sauce based on bird’s eye chilis. Marinate the Chicken hours before you plan on roasting and grilling the chicken for dinner.
Get the Recipe Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo
Olive Garden’s famous Fettuccine Alfredo! Just fix your delicious meal in no time.
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Olive Garden Breadsticks
If you have ever had Olive Garden Breadsticks you know how amazing they are. Now you can have them any time you want with this fail-proof Copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks Recipe!
Get the Recipe Vanilla Iced Coffee Recipe
Easy Vanilla Iced coffee, the fastest way to make this at home any time with leftover cold filter coffee. Vanilla extract, which you usually use in your baking can be used, a few drops, to add the ultimate vanilla touch to your iced coffee. The measurements are per glass, I use regular sized mason jars.
Get the Recipe IHOP Harvest Grain & Nut Pancakes
This light and fluffy Weight Watchers copycat version of IHOP’s famous Harvest Grain and Nut pancakes is only 6 WW blue plan points!
Get the Recipe Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
Copycat Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner is better for your wallet and tastes like it came from the famous blue box, but without the taste of a cardboard box.
Get the Recipe Olive Garden Tuscan chicken
Delicious and juicy chicken breasts in a creamy garlic, sun-dried tomato, and spinach sauce. This dish comes together in no time and is full of flavor. It’s inspired by a pasta called Tuscan Chicken, served in the Olive Garden restaurant.
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Panda Express Black Pepper Chicken Recipe
Quick and Easy Panda Express Black Pepper Chicken Recipe. Make your own panda express copycat dinner meal at home! This is a low carb keto friendly recipe.
Get the Recipe Bonanza Monterey Chicken
This recipe is a copycat version of Bonanza/Ponderosa restaurant’s Monterey Chicken breast recipe.
Get the Recipe Panera Bread Baja Macaroni and Cheese
This creamy Copy Cat Panera Bread Baja Macaroni and Cheese is exploding with flavor. With garlic-lime seared chicken, fresh pico de gallo, and extra cheese macaroni, this dish is a hit.
Get the Recipe Maggiano’s Rigatoni di Gregorio
When you start craving a taste of Italy at home, whip up this easy and rich Rigatoni di Gregorio modeled on the same dish served at Maggiano’s. This filling recipe packs a punch of creamy flavor with chicken, onions, and mushrooms.
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