THE EVERYTHING ® RESTAURANT RECIPES COOKBOOK Copycat recipes for: • Outback Steakhouse Bloomin' Onion • Long John Silver's Fish Tacos • T.G.I. Friday's Dragonfly Chicken • Applebee's Baby Back Ribs • Chili's Grill & Bar Molten Chocolate Cake … and hundreds more! Becky Bopp Copyright © 2011 by F+W Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews. An Everything® Series Book. Everything® and everything.com® are registered trademarks of F+W Media, Inc. Published by Adams Media, a division of F+W Media, Inc. 57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322 U.S.A. www.adamsmedia.com ISBN 10: 1-4405-1125-X ISBN 13: 978-1-4405-1125-7 eISBN 10: 1-4405-2509-9 eISBN 13: 978-1-4405-2509-4 Printed in the United States of America. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the publisher. 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For information, please call 1-800-289-0963. THE EVERYTHING RESTAURANT RECIPES COOKBOOK ® Dear Reader, Trying to create your favorite restaurant foods at home can be fun and save you a lot of money in these tough economic times. Most of us cannot afford to eat out as much as we used to, so I've been searching for ways to make foods that I enjoy the most at home and share them with you. I live in a town with no stoplights or drive-thru windows, so fast food is not readily available to me. When I get hungry for a particular type of food, my only option is to go to the grocery store and figure out what I need to make it at home. That has been the inspiration for this book; the recipes are arranged according to food cravings. If you are in the mood for Italian, you can find popular dishes on the menu at Olive Garden, Romano's Macaroni Grill, and Buca di Beppo. Want something from your favorite bar and grill? There is a nice selection of recipes from Applebee's, Chili's, and T.G.I. Friday's. Don't forget dessert. We often skip it when dining out, but now you can have your cake and eat it, too! Hope you enjoy exploring these recipes and make some great restaurant meals at home for your family and friends. Welcome to the EVERYTHING Series! ® These handy, accessible books give you all you need to tackle a difficult project, gain a new hobby, comprehend a fascinating topic, prepare for an exam, or even brush up on something you learned back in school but have since forgotten. You can choose to read an Everything® book from cover to cover or just pick out the information you want from our four useful boxes: e-questions, e-facts, e-alerts, and e-ssentials. We give you everything you need to know on the subject, but throw in a lot of fun stuff along the way, too. We now have more than 400 Everything® books in print, spanning such wide-ranging categories as weddings, pregnancy, cooking, music instruction, foreign language, crafts, pets, New Age, and so much more. 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Contents Introduction 1 Creating the Restaurant Feeling at Home Become a Restaurant Detective Appliances and Cookware Stocking the Pantry Choosing Ingredients Cooking Terms and Techniques Food Presentation 2 Breakfast and Brunch 3 Appetizers 4 Soups, Stews, and Chilis 5 Salads and Sandwiches 6 Fast Food and Treats 7 Steakhouse Favorites 8 Bar Food 9 Mexican 10 Asian 11 Italian 12 Family Style 13 Southern Style 14 Desserts 15 Signature Cocktails and Drinks Appendix A: Recipe List by Restaurant Name Appendix B: Restaurant and Copycat Recipe Websites Appendix C: Healthier Substitutions and Conversions