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Exclusive signed copy. The book that started the copycat food craze! This irresistible collection of cloned recipes is the product of years of obsessive research by self-confessed convenience-food addict Todd Wilbur.

Big food manufacturers guard their recipes like the gold in Fort Knox, but Wilbur's dogged pursuit of taste-alike versions of his—and our—all-time favorites has paid off in this unique cookbook of scrumptious treats.

Whether you're a kid or just a kid at heart, you'll have a great time making the incredible clones of a McDonald's Big Mac, a Burger King Whopper, a Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpet, Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Drink, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, Hostess Twinkie, Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookie, and many other famous American foods. Helpful illustrations let you recreate them to perfection. And both taste and guilty pleasures are just like the real thing.

Other books you may like: More Top Secret Recipes; Even More Top Secret Recipes.

Contents
Aunt Jemima Maple Syrup
Ben & Jerry's Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream
Borden Cracker Jack
Brown & Haley Almond Roca
Burger King Whopper
Carl's Jr. Famous Star
Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich
Dairy Queen Blizzard
Hardee's French Fries
Hardee's 1/4-pound Hamburger
Hostess Twinkie
IHOP Pancakes
In-N-Out Double Double
Jack in the Box Jumbo Jack
Jack in the Box Taco
Kahlua Coffee Liqueur
Keebler Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
KFC Buttermilk Biscuits
KFC Cole Slaw
KFC Original Recipe Fried Chicken
Long John Silver's Batter-Dipped Fish
M&M/Mars Caramel Twix Bars
M&M/Mars Snickers Bar
McDonald's Big Mac
McDonald's Egg McMuffin
McDonald's McD.L.T.
Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies
Mrs. Fields Peanut Butter Dream Bars
Orange Julius
Peter Paul Mounds and Almond Joy
Pogen's Gingersnaps
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Sara Lee Original Cream Cheesecake
See's Butterscotch Lollipop
Taco Bell Enchirito
TastyKake Butterscotch Krimpets
TastyKake Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes
Twin Dragon Almond Cookies
Wendy's Chili
Wendy's Frosty
Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Drink

Exclusive signed copy. Ever wonder what makes McDonald's Special Sauce so special, or puts the supreme in a Taco Bell Burrito Supreme, or makes Newman's Own Creamy Caesar Dressing so darn good? 

This cookbook includes all the step-by-step instructions for making your own professional quality clones. With a dash of spicy humor, a spoonful of food facts, and a hearty serving of culinary curiosity, Todd Wilbur serves up another batch of America's favorite recipes. Todd puts his sleuthing taste buds to work to bring us over 85 amazing new clones in Even More Top Secret Recipes.

Armed with his recipes and blueprints, you can now duplicate your favorite brand-name food, from famous hamburgers to candy bars and snack cakes, right in your own kitchen without spending a lot of dough. Discover how to make your own versions of KFC Extra Crispy Chicken, Girl Scout Cookies Thin Mints, Kraft Stove Top Stuffing, McDonald's French Fries, Panda Express Mandarin Chicken, Wendy's Spicy Chicken Fillet Sandwich, Cadbury Creme Egg, Boston Market Meatloaf, Cinnabon CinnabonStix, Hot Dog On A Stick Hot Dog, Drake's Devil Dogs, Nestle Baby Ruth, and many, many more!

Other books you may like: Top Secret Recipes Unlocked, Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3

Contents
Arby's Bronco Berry Sauce
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Cake
Boston Market Meatloaf
Bull's-Eye Original BBQ Sauce
Burger King Big King
Burger King BK Broiler
Burger King Breakfast Sandwich--Biscuit Sandwich
Burger King Breakfast Sandwich--Croissan'wich
Cadbury's Creme Egg
Carl's Jr. Bacon Swiss Crispy Chicken Sandwich
Carl's Jr. Ranch Crispy Chicken Sandwich
Chef Paul Prudhomme's Poultry Magic
Cinnabon Cinnabonstix
Dolly Madison Zingers (Devil's Food)
Doubletree Chocolate Chip Cookies
Drake's Devil Dogs
Emeril's Original Essence
Fatburger Original Burger
French's Classic Yellow Mustard
Girl  Scout Cookies Shortbread
Girl Scout Cookies Thin Mints
Good Seasons Italian Salad Dressing Mix
Grandma's Cookies Oatmeal Raisin Big Cookie
Grandma's Cookies Peanut Butter Big Cookie
Great American Cookies Snickerdoodles
Great American Cookies White Chunk Macadamia
Heinz 57 Sauce
Heinz Ketchup
Hershey's Payday Candy Bar
Honeybaked Ham Glaze
Hot Dog On A Stick
K.C. Masterpiece Original BBQ Sauce
Kellogg's Cocoa Rice Krispies treats
Kellogg's Peanut Butter Chocolate Rice Krispies Treats
Kenny Rogers Roasters Corn Muffins
KFC BBQ Baked Beans
KFC Extra Crispy Chicken
KFC Honey BBQ Wings
KFC Macaroni & Cheese
KFC Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
KFC Potato Salad
Kraft Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese
Kraft Shake  'N Bake
Kraft Stove Top Stuffing
Kraft Thousand Island Dressing
Lawry's Seasoned Salt
Lawry's Taco Spices & Seasoning
Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies
McDonald's Arch Deluxe
McDonald's BigXtra
McDonald's Biscuits
McDonald's Breakfast Bagel Sandwich--Ham & Egg
McDonald's Breakfast Bagel Sandwich--Steak & Egg
McDonald's Breakfast Bagel Sandwich--Spanish Omelet
McDonald's Breakfast Burrito
McDonald's French Fries
McDonald's Hot Mustard Sauce
McDonald's Special Sauce
McDonald's Sweet & Sour Dipping Sauce
McDonald's Yogurt Parfait
Mrs. Dash Salt-Free Seasoning Blend
Nabisco Cheese Nips
Nabisco Nilla Wafers
Nestle Baby Ruth Candy Bar
Newman's Own Creamy Caesar Dressing
Pace Picante Sauce
Panda Express Mandarin Chicken
Panda Express Orange Flavored Chicken
Papa John's Dipping Sauces--Special Garlic Sauce
Papa John's Dipping Sauces--Cheese Sauce
Papa John's Dipping Sauces--Pizza Sauce
Pepperidge Farm Ginger Man Cookies
Progresso Italian-Style Bread Crumbs
Sabrett Onions In Sauce
Schilling Salad Supreme
Sunshine Lemon Coolers
Taco Bell Burrito Supreme
Taco Bell Chicken Fajita Seasoning Mix
Taco Bell Fire Border Sauce
Taco Bell Mexican Pizza
Taco Bell Soft Taco
Taco Bell Taco Seasoning Mix
Tommy's Original World-Famous Hamburgers
Wendy's Chicken Caesar Fresh Stuffed Pita
Wendy's Classic Greek Fresh Stuffed Pita
Wendy's Spicy Chicken Fillet Sandwich
Wienerschnitzel Chili Sauce

Exclusive signed copy. America's best copycat recipes! Save money and amaze your friends with all-new culinary carbon copies from the Clone Recipe King!

For more than 30 years, Todd Wilbur has been obsessed with reverse-engineering famous foods. Using every day ingredients to replicate signature restaurant dishes at home, Todd shares his delectable discoveries with readers everywhere.

Now, his super-sleuthing taste buds are back to work in the third installment of his mega-bestselling Top Secret Restaurant Recipes series, with 150 sensational new recipes that unlock the delicious formulas for re-creating your favorite dishes from America's most popular restaurant chains. Todd's top secret blueprints and simple step-by-step instructions guarantee great success for even novice cooks. And when preparing these amazing taste-alike dishes at home, you'll be paying up to 75 percent less than eating out!

Find out how to make your own home versions of: Pizza Hut Pan Pizza, T.G.I. Friday's Crispy Green Bean Fries, Buca di Beppo Chicken Limone, Serendipity 3 Frrrozen Hot Chocolate, P.F. Chang's Kung Pao Chicken, Max & Erma's Tortilla Soup, Cracker Barrel Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake, Olive Garden Breadsticks, Cheesecake Factory Fresh Banana Cream Cheesecake, Carrabba's Chicken Bryan, Famous Dave's Corn Muffins, Outback Steakhouse Chocolate Thunder from Down Under, T.G.I. Friday's Jack Daniel's Glazed Ribs, and much, much more...

Simple. Foolproof. Easy to Prepare. And so delicious you'll swear it's the real thing!

You may also like Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2, and Top Secret Recipes Step-by-Step

Contents
Applebee's Apple Walnut Chicken Salad
Applebee's Chocolate Mousse Dessert Shooter
Applebee's Grilled Shrimp 'N Spinach Salad
Applebee's Key Lime Pie Dessert Shooter
Applebee's Red Apple Sangria
Applebee's Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert Shooter
Applebee's Tomato Basil Soup
Applebee's White  Peach Sangria
Bahama Breeze Island Onion Rings
Bahama Breese West Indian Patties
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse Chili
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse Famous Pizookie
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse White Cheddar Mashed Potatoes
Bonefish Grill Bang Bang Shrimp
Bonefish Grill Citrus Herb Vinaigrette
Bonefish Grill Saucy Shrimp
Buca di Beppo Garlic Bread and Garlic Bread with Mozzarella
Buca di Beppo Chicken Limone
Buffalo Wild Wings Asian Zing Sauce
Buffalo Wild Wings Parmesan Garlic Sauce
California Pizza Kitchen The Original BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad
California Pizza Kitchen Original Chopped Salad
Carrabba's Spicy Sausage Lentil Soup
Carrabba's Chicken Bryan
Cheeseburger in Paradise BBQ Jerk Ribs
Cheeseburger in Paradise Sweet Potato Chips
Cheeseburger in Paradise El Cubano Sandwich
Cheesecake Factory Famous Factory Meatloaf
Cheesecake Factory Miso Salmon
Cheesecake Factory Pineapple Pisco Sour
Cheesecake Factory Thai Lettuce Wraps
Cheesecake Factory Banana Cream Cheesecake
Cheesecake Factory Stefanie's Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake
Chili's Honey-Chipotle Chicken Crispers
Chili's Cajun Ribeye
Chili's Firecracker Tilapia
Chili's Quesadilla Explosion Salad
Chili's Nacho Burger
Chili's White Chocolate Molten Cake
Cracker Barrel Cole Slaw
Cracker Barrel Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake
Cracker Barrel Macaroni n' Cheese
Denny's Cherry Cherry Limeade
Denny's Pancake Puppies
Denny's Broccoli Cheese Soup
Famous Dave's Corn Muffins
Famous Dave's Smoked Salmon Spread
Famous Dave's Wilbur Beans
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse Wicked Cajun Barbecue Shrimp
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse Chipotle Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse Fleming's Potatoes
Fuddruckers Hamburger Seasoning
Gordon Biersch Cran Blueberi Lemonade Cocktail
Gordon Biersch Garlic Fries
Gordon Biersch Raspberry Iced Tea Cocktail
Gordon Biersch Warm Apple Bread Pudding
Hard Rock Cafe Tupelo Style Chicken
Hard Rock Cafe Twisted Mac & Cheese
Hooter's Fried Pickles
Houston's House Vinaigrette
Houston's Couscous
IHOP Banana Macadamia Nut Pancakes
IHOP Corn Cake Pancakes
IHOP Funnel Cakes
IHOP Shortcake Pancakes
Joe's Crab Shack Crab Nachos
Joe's Crab Shack Great Balls of Fire
Joes Crab Shack Spicy Boil
Joe's Crab Shack BBQ Crab
Joe's Stone  Crab Garlic Creamed Spinach
Joe's Stone  Crab Grilled Tomatoes
Joe's Stone  Crab Jennie's Potatoes
Joe's Stone  Crab Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
Margaritaville Havanas and Bananas Cocktail
Margaritaville Incommunicado Cocktail
Margaritaville Volcano Nachos
Margaritaville Jerk Salmon
Mastro's Steakhouse Gorgonzola Macaroni & Cheese
Mastro's Steakhouse Steak Seasoning
Mastro's Steakhouse Warm Butter Cake
Max & Erma's Tortilla Soup
Mimi's Cafe Buttermilk Spice Muffins
Mimi's Cafe Carrot Raisin Nut Muffins
Mimi's Cafe Five-Way Grilled Cheese
Olive Garden Breadsticks
Olive Garden Dipping Sauces for Breadsticks
Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
Olive Garden Black Tie Mouse Cake
Olive Garden Mango Martini
Olive Garden Pomegranate Margarita Martini
Olive Garden Smoked Mozzarella Fonduta
Olive Garden Steak Gorgonzola Alfredo
On the Border Guacamole Live!
On the Border Mexican Mojito
On the Border Smoke Jalapeno Vinaigrette
Outback Steakhouse Bleu Cheese Chopped Salad
Outback Steakhouse Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Outback Steakhouse Outback Rack
Outback Steakhouse Three Cheese Au Gratin Potatoes
Outback Steakhouse Victoria "Crowned" Filet w/Horseradish Crumb Crust
Outback Steakhouse Chocolate Thunder from Down Under
P.F. Chang's Asian Pear Mojito
P.F. Chang's Chang's Key Lime Martini
P.F. Chang's Spicy Green Beans
P.F. Chang's Kung Pao  Chicken
P.F. Chang's Chicken in Soothing Lettuce Wraps--Improved
P.F. Chang's Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps
Pizza Hut WingStreet Traditional Chicken Wings--Hot, Med, Mild
Pizza Hut Tuscani Creamy Chicken Alfredo Pasta
Pizza Hut Pan Pizza
Red Lobster Peach-Bourbon BBQ Scallops
Red Lobster Maple-Glazed Salmon & Shrimp
Red Robin Campfire Sauce
Red Robin Creamy Artichoke & Spinach Dip
Red Robin Red's Homemade Chili Chili
Red Robin The Royal Red Robin Hamburger
Romano's Lemon Passion
Roy's Hawaiian Martini
Roy's Classic Roasted Macadamia Nut Crusted Mahi Mahi
Roy's Melting Hot Chocolate Soufflé
Ruby Tuesday Apple Salad
Ruby Tuesday Queso Dip & Beef Queso Dip
Ruby Tuesday Thai Phoon Shrimp
Serendipity 3 Frrrozen Hot Chocolate
Simon Kitchen & Bar Wok-Seared Edamame
Spago Butternut Squash Soup
Spago Pumpkin Cheesecake
T.G.I. Friday's Candy Apple Martini
T.G.I. Friday's Crispy Green Bean Fries
T.G.I. Friday's Parmesan-Crusted Sicilian Quesadilla
T.G.I. Friday's Jack Daniel's Glaze
T.G.I. Friday's Sesame Jack Strips
T.G.I. Friday's Bruschetta Chicken Pasta
T.G.I. Friday's Dragonfire Chicken
T.G.I. Friday's Fried Mac & Cheese
T.G.I. Friday's Pomegranate Martini w/Candy Apple
T.G.I. Friday's Tuscan Portobello Melt
T.G.I. Friday's Tuscan Spinach Dip
Trader Vic's World-Famous Mai Tai
Traders Vic's Tom Ka Gai Soup

Exclusive signed copy. It's no longer necessary to stand in line for a table at T.G.I. Friday's or Red Lobster, Olive Garden or Outback. You can make the menu items you love right at home—with ingredients from your local supermarket. Included in this book are some of the best-kept restaurant secrets that let you eat in with the great taste of eating out!

In this unique cookbook, Todd Wilbur re-creates more than 100 signature dishes from America's most popular chain restaurants—including such hot theme eateries as the Hard Rock Cafe and Planet Hollywood.

Wilbur's easy-to-make knock-offs, the product of years of research, are indiscernible from the originals—and the most ingenious way we know of to cut down on the cost of eating out. But watch out, once you start cooking, people may start calling for reservations at your dinner table!

Find out how to make home versions of Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad, Benihana Hibachi Chicken & Steak, California Pizza Kitchen BBQ Chicken Pizza, The Cheesecake Factory Cajun Jambalaya Pasta, Chi-Chi's Sweet Corn Cake, Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole, Hard Rock Cafe Famous Baby Rock Watermelon Ribs, Hooters Buffalo Wings, Marie Callender's Famous Golden Cornbread, Olive Garden Hot Artichoke-Spinach Dip, Outback Steakhouse Alice Springs Chicken, Pizza Hut Original Stuffed Crust Pizza, Planet Hollywood Chicken Crunch, Ruth's Chris Creamed Spinach, T.G.I. Friday's Potato Skins, and many more.

Other books you may like: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2 and Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3.

Contents
Applebee's Club House Grill
Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad
Applebee's Pizza Sticks
Applebee's Quesadillas
Applebee's Tijuana "Philly" Steak Sandwich
Benihana Hibachi Chicken
Benihana Hibachi Steak
Benihana Mustard Dipping Sauce
Benihana Ginger Dipping Sauce
Benihana Japanese Fried rice
Bennigan's Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
Bennigan's California Turkey Sandwich
Bennigan's Cookie Mountain Sundae
Big Boy Cream of Broccoli Soup
Big Boy Original Double-Decker Hamburger Classic
Big Boy Club Sandwich
California Pizza Kitchen Original BBQ Chicken Pizza
California Pizza Kitchen Thai Chicken Pizza
California Pizza Kitchen Southwestern Burrito Pizza
Cheesecake Factory Bruschetta
Cheesecake Factory Avocado Eggrolls
Cheesecake Factory Cajun Jambalaya Pasta
Cheesecake Factory Pumpkin Cheesecake
Cheesecake Factory Key Lime Cheesecake
Chi-Chi's Beef Nachos Grande
Chi-Chi's Chicken Nachos Grande
Chi-Chi's Sweet Corn Cake
Chi-Chi's Twice Grilled Barbecue Burrito
Chi-Chi's "Fried" Ice Cream
Chili's Grilled Caribbean Salad
Chili's Fajitas for Two
Chili's Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole
Cracker Barrel Eggs-in-the-Basket
Cracker Barrel Chicken & Dumplins
Denny's Scram Slam
Denny's Moons Over My Hammy
Denny's The Super Bird
Dive! Carrot Chips
Dive! Sicilian Sub Rosa
Dive! Brick Oven Mushroom & Turkey Cheese Sub
Dive! S'mores
Hard Rock Cafe Filet Steak Sandwich
Hard Rock Cafe Grilled Vegetable Sandwich
Hard Rock Cafe Famous Baby Rock Watermelon Ribs
Hard Rock Cafe Orange Freeze
Hooters Buffalo Chicken Wings
Hooters Buffalo Shrimp
Hooters Pasta Salad
Houlihan's Houli Fruit Fizz
Houlihan's 'Shrooms
Houlihan's Smashed Potatoes
IHOP Banana Nut Pancakes
IHOP Cheese Blintz
IHOP Fajita Omelette
IHOP French Toast
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Amarillo Cheese Fries
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Black Bean Soup
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Texas Rice
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Sweet Bourbon Salmon
Marie Callender's Famous Golden Cornbread
Marie Callender's Chicken Pot Pie
Marie Callender's Banana Cream Pie
Olive Garden Italian Salad Dressing
Olive Garden Hot Artichoke-Spinach Dip
Olive Garden Toscana Soup
Olive Garden Alfredo Pasta
Outback Steakhouse Bloomin' Onion
Outback Steakhouse Gold Coast Coconut Shrimp
Outback Steakhouse Walkabout Soup
Outback Steakhouse Alice Springs Chicken
Perkins Family Restaurants Potato Pancakes
Perkins Family Restaurants Granny's Country Omelette
Perkins Family Restaurants Country Club Omelette
Pizza Hut Original Stuffed Crust Pizza
Pizza Hut Pepperoni & Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza
Pizza Hut TripleDecker Pizza
Planet Hollywood Pizza Bread
Planet Hollywood Chicken Crunch
Planet Hollywood Pot Stickers
Red Lobster Broiled Lobster
Red Lobster Broiled Bacon-Wrapped Scallops
Red Lobster Grilled Scallop & Bacon Skewers
Red Lobster Stuffed Shrimp
Red Lobster Stuffed Mushrooms
Red Robin No-Fire Peppers
Red Robin BBQ Chicken Salad Red Robin Mountain High Mudd Pie
Ruby Tuesday Potato Cheese Soup
Ruby Tuesday Smokey Mountain Chicken
Ruby Tuesday Sonora Chicken Pasta
Ruby Tuesday Strawberry Tallcake for Two
Ruth's Chris Steak House Barbecued Shrimp
Ruth's Chris Steak House Petite Filet
Ruth's Chris Steak House Creamed Spinach
Ruth's Chris Steak House Potatoes Au Gratin
Shoney's Country Fried Steak
Shoney's Slow-Cooked Pot Roast
Shoney's Hot Fudge Cake
Sizzler Cheese Toast
Sizzler Chicken Club Sandwich
Sizzler Southern Fried Shrimp
Stuart Anderson's Black Angus Cheese Garlic Bread
Stuart Anderson's Black Angus Western T-bone
Stuart Anderson's Black Angus Whiskey Pepper Steak
T.G.I. Friday's Potato Skins
T.G.I. Friday's Nine-Layer Dip
T.G.I. Friday's California Chargrilled Turkey Sandwich
T.G.I. Friday's Spicy Cajun Chicken Pasta
T.G.I. Friday's Friday's Smoothies--Gold Medalist
T.G.I. Friday's Friday's Smoothies--Tropical Runner
Tony Roma's World Famous Ribs
Tony Roma's Original Baby Backs
Tony Roma's Carolina Honeys
Tony Roma's Red Hots
Western Sizzlin' "Teriyaki" Chicken Breast

Exclusive signed copy. After 10 years of research in the Top Secret Lab, America's Clone Ranger emerges with his highly anticipated follow-up to the best-selling Top Secret Restaurant Recipes cookbook.

Author Todd Wilbur reveals 150 new secret formulas for duplicating the taste of your favorite dishes from America's biggest restaurant chains including Applebee's, Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse and many others.

Todd's simple recipes and detailed blueprints will have you creating culinary copycats that will fool even the most critical connoisseurs at a fraction of the cost of eating out. But beware, everyone will be so amazed, you may have to start taking reservations!

Discover the secrets to making your own versions of Original Pancake House Apple Pancake, Olive Garden Sicilian Scampi, The Cheesecake Factory White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake, Chili's Grilled Baby Back Ribs, Romano's Macaroni Grill Penne Rustica, Applebee's White Chocolate & Walnut Blondie, Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits, Tony Roma's Baked Potato Soup, Houston's Chicago-Style Spinach Dip, Benihana Ginger Salad Dressing, IHOP Country Griddle Cakes, Carrabba's Chicken Marsala, T.G.I. Friday's Pecan-Crusted Chicken Salad, Chili's Southwestern Eggrolls, Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake, Bennigan's The Monte Cristo, P.F. Chang's Orange Peel Chicken, Outback Steakhouse Kookaburra Wings and many more.

Other books you may like:Top Secret Restaurant Recipes and Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3.

Contents
Applebee's Mud Slide
Applebee's Perfect Apple Margarita
Applebee's Perfect Sunrise
Applebee's Onion Peels
Applebee's Baked French Onion Soup
Applebee's Santa Fe Chicken Salad
Applebee's Almond Rice Pilaf
Applebee's Bourbon Street Steak
Applebee's Chicken Fajita Rollup
Applebee's Crispy Orange Chicken Bowl
Applebee's Honey Grilled Salmon
Applebee's Tequila Lime Chicken
Applebee's White Chocolate & Walnut Blondie
Benihana Ginger Salad Dressing
Benihana Japanese Onion Soup
Benihana Mandarin Orange Cheesecake
Bennigan's The Monte Cristo
Buffalo Wild Wings and Sauces
--Spicy Garlic Sauce
--Medium Wing Sauce
--Hot Wing Sauce
--Caribbean Jerk Sauce
California Pizza Kitchen California Cosmo
California Pizza Kitchen Thai Crunch Salad
California Pizza Kitchen California Club Pizza
California Pizza Kitchen Jamaican Jerk Chicken Pizza
Carrabba's Bread Dipping Blend
Carrabba's House Salad Dressing (Creamy Parmesan)
Carrabba's Chicken Marsala
The Cheesecake Factory Mini Crabcakes
The Cheesecake Factory Sweet Corn Tamale Cakes
The Cheesecake Factory Chicken Madeira
The Cheesecake Factory Bang-Bang Chicken & Shrimp
The Cheesecake Factory Original Cheesecake
The Cheesecake Factory White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake
Chevys Fresh Salsa
Chevys Mango Salsa
Chevys Chile Con Queso
Chevys Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Chevys Sweet Corn Tomalito
Chevys Flan
Chili's Salsa
Chili's Boneless Buffalo Wings
Chili's Boneless Shanghai Wings
Chili's Chicken Crispers
Chili's Chili Queso
Chili's Lettuce Wraps
Chili's Southwestern Eggrolls
Chili's Chicken Enchilada Soup
Chili's Southwestern Vegetable Soup
Chili's Honey Mustard Dressing
Chili's Grilled Baby Back Ribs
Chili's Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie
Chili's Molten Chocolate Cake
Claim Jumper Garlic Cheese Bread
Claim Jumper Fire-Roasted Artichoke
Claim Jumper Cheese Potatocakes
Claim Jumper Spicy Thai Slaw
Claim Jumper Meatloaf
Denny's Fabulous French Toast
Denny's BBQ Chicken Sandwich
Denny's Club Sandwich
Hard Rock Cafe Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Hard Rock Cafe Bar-B-Que Beans
Hard Rock Cafe Pig Sandwich
Houston's Chicago-Style Spinach Dip
Houston's Honey Lime Vinaigrette
Houston's Cole Slaw
IHOP Cinn-A Stacks
IHOP Country Griddle Cakes
IHOP Country Omelette
IHOP Harvest Grain 'N Nut Pancakes
IHOP Pumpkin Pancakes
Islands China Coast Salad Dressing
Islands Island Fries
Islands Tortilla Soup
Islands Yaki Soft Tacos
Joe's Crab Shack Blue Crap Dip
Joe's Crab Shack Garlic King Crab Legs
Lone Star Steakhouse Lettuce Wedge Salad
Lone Star Steakhouse Baked Sweet Potato
Lone Star Steakhouse Lone Star Chili
Margaritaville Crab, Shrimp and Mushroom Dip
Margaritaville Jamaica Mistaica Wings
Margaritaville Key Lime Pie
Marie Callender's Lemon Cream Cheese Pie
Marie Callender's Pumpkin Pie
Mimi's Cafe Carrot Raisin Bread
Mimi's Cafe Corn Chowder
Mimi's Cafe French Market Onion Soup
Olive Garden Limoncello Lemonade
Olive Garden Bruschetta
Olive Garden Sicilian Scampi
Olive Garden Stuffed Mushrooms
Olive Garden Toasted Ravioli
Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli
Olive Garden Minestrone Soup
Olive Garden Chicken Scampi
Olive Garden Chocolate Lasagna
Olive Garden Frozen Tiramisu
Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake
Olive Garden Tiramisu
Original Pancake House Apple Pancake
Original Pancake House German Pancake
Outback Steakhouse Honey Wheat Bushman Bread
Outback Steakhouse Grilled Shrimp On The Barbie
Outback Steakhouse Kookaburra Wings
Outback Steakhouse Bleu Cheese Dressing
Outback Steakhouse Caesar Salad Dressing
Outback Steakhouse Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
Outback Steakhouse Ranch Salad Dressing
Outback Steakhouse Tangy Tomato Dressing
Outback Steakhouse Cinnamon Apple Oblivion
Outback Steakhouse Sydney's Sinful Sundae
P.F. Chang's Mai Tai
P.F. Chang's Chang's Spare Ribs
P.F. Chang's Chicken in Soothing Lettuce Wraps
P.F. Chang's Shrimp Dumplings
P.F. Chang's Garlic Snap Peas
P.F. Chang's Chang's Spicy Chicken
P.F. Chang's Dan-Dan Noodles
P.F. Chang's Lemon Pepper Shrimp
P.F. Chang's Mongolian Beef
P.F. Chang's Oolong Marinated Sea Bass
P.F. Chang's Orange Peel Chicken
P.F. Chang's Chocolate Torte
Red Lobster Tartar Sauce
Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Red Lobster Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp
Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Crab Bake
Red Lobster Parrot Bay Coconut Shrimp
Red Lobster Red Lobster New England Clam Chowder
Red Lobster Teriyaki Glazed Fresh Fish
Red Robin Seasoning
Red Robin 5 Alarm Burger
Red Robin Banzai Burger
Red Robin Teriyaki Chicken Burger
Roadhouse Grill Roadhouse Rita
Roadhouse Grill Roadhouse Cheese Wraps
Roadhouse Grill Baby Back Ribs
Romano's Macaroni Grill Chicken Portobello
Romano's Macaroni Grill Chicken Scaloppine
Romano's Macaroni Grill Penne Rustica
Ruby Tuesday Creamy Mashed Cauliflower
T.G.I. Friday's Black Bean Soup
T.G.I. Friday's Broccoli Cheese Soup
T.G.I. Friday's Pecan-Crusted Chicken Salad
T.G.I. Friday's Sizzling Shrimp
Tony Roma's Blue Ridge Smokies Sauce
Tony Roma's Baked Potato Soup
Tony Roma's Maple Sweet Potatoes
Tony Roma's Carolina Honeys BBQ Salmon
Waffle House Waffles

Exclusive signed copy. Todd Wilbur shares his best kept secrets for making knockoffs of your favorite drinks—right in your own kitchen and without spending a lot of money.

You can re-create the delicious taste of America's most popular brand-name soft drinks, beverages, dessert drinks, mixers, and liqueurs by following Todd's easy, step-by-step instructions. If it comes in a glass, cup, bottle, or mug, it's here for you to clone at home.

Discover how to make your own versions of: Nestea, Cinnabon Icescape, Jamba Juice Smoothies, Orange Julius, Red Robin Jamaican Shake, Bailey's Irish Cream, Sonic Drive In Cream Pie Shakes, Dairy Queen Blizzard. Plus dozens of specialty drinks from T.G.I Friday's, Chili's, Hard Rock Cafe, Outback Steakhouse, Applebee's, House of Blues, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Claim Jumper, and many more from your favorite restaurant chains. Over 200 popular recipes in all!

Other books you may like: Even More Top Secret Recipes and Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3.

Sodas
A&W Cream Soda
A&W Root Beer
Coca-Cola
Orange Slice
7UP
Sonic Drive-In Cherry Limeade
Sonic Drive-In Strawberry Limeade
Sonic Drive-In Ocean Water
Squirt
T.G.I. Friday's November Sea Breeze Fling
T.G.I. Friday's Strawberry Surprise Fling

Smoothies
Applebee's Bananaberry Freeze
Baskin-Robbins Peach Smoothie
Baskin-Robbins Strawberry Smoothie
Baskin-Robbins Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Baskin-Robbins Wild Berry Banana Smoothie
Jamba Juice Banana Berry
Jamba Juice Citrus Squeeze
Jamba Juice Cranberry Craze
Jamba Juice Orange-A-Peel
Jamba Juice Peach Pleasure
Jamba Juice Strawberries  Wild
Orange Julius Pineapple Julius
Orange Julius Strawberry Julius
Red Robin Chillin Mango Smoothie
Red Robin Groovy Smoothies
Starbucks Tazoberry Tea
Starbucks Tazoberry Tea & Cream
T.G.I. Friday's Tropical Oasis Smoothie

Shakes
Arby's Jamocha Shake
Baskin-Robbins B.R. Blast--Cappuccino
Baskin-Robbins B.R. Blast--Mocha
Cinnabon Icescapes--Strawberry
Cinnabon Icescapes--Orange
Cinnabon Icescapes--Mochalatta Chill
Dairy Queen Blizzard--Baby Ruth
Dairy Queen Blizzard--Banana Pudding
Dairy Queen Blizzard--Banana Split
Dairy Queen Blizzard--Berry Banana
Dairy Queen Blizzard--Chocolate Chip
Dairy Queen Blizzard--Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Dairy Queen Blizzard--Hawaiian
Dairy Queen Blizzard--Whopp'n' Wild
Dairy Queen Blizzard--Yukon Cruncher
Jack in the Box Oreo Cookie Shake
McDonald's McFlurry--Butterfinger
McDonald's McFlurry--M&M's
McDonald's McFlurry--Oreo Cookie
McDonald's McFlurry--Reese's
McDonald's Shakes--Chocolate
McDonald's Shakes--Strawberry
McDonald's Shakes--Vanilla
McDonald's Shamrock Shake
Sonic Drive-In Cream Pie Shakes--Banana
Sonic Drive-In Cream Pie Shakes--Chocolate
Sonic Drive-In Cream Pie Shakes--Coconut
Sonic Drive-In Cream Pie Shakes--Strawberry
Starbucks Frozen Frappuccino--Coffee
Starbucks Frozen Frappuccino--Caramel
Starbucks Frozen Frappuccino--Mocha Coconut
Wendy's Frosty

Other Sips
Arizona Green Tea w/Ginseng and Honey
Arizona Iced Tea w/Ginseng
Cinnabon Strawberry Lemonade
General Foods International Coffees--Cafe Vienna
General Foods International Coffees--French Vanilla Cafe
General Foods International Coffees--Hazelnut Belgian Cafe
General Foods International Coffees--Suisse Mocha
General Foods International Coffees--Viennese Chocolate Cafe
Hawaiian Punch Fruit Juicy Red
Hot Dog On A Stick Muscle Beach Lemonade
Minute Maid All Natural Lemonade
Nestea Natural Lemon Flavored Iced Tea
Red Robin Freckled lemonade
Red Robin Strawberry Ecstasy
7-Eleven Cherry Slurpee
Snapple Iced Tea--Cranberry Iced Tea
Snapple Iced Tea--Diet Lemon Iced Tea
Snapple Iced Tea--Lemon Iced Tea
Snapple Iced Tea--Orange Iced Tea
Snapple Iced Tea--Peach Iced Tea
Snapple Iced Tea--Raspberry Iced Tea
Sunny Delight
Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Drink
Yoo-Hoo Mix-ups--Chocolate-Banana
Yoo-Hoo Mix-ups--Chocolate-Mint
Yoo-Hoo Mix-ups--Chocolate-Strawberry

Spirits: Schnapps & Liqueurs
Bailey's Original Irish Cream
Dekuyper Thrilla Vanilla French Vanilla Liqueur
Disaronno Amaretto
Grand Marnier Liqueur
Hiram Walker Annisette Liqueur
Hiram Walker Creme De Banana Liqueur
Hiram Walker Creme De Cacao Liqueur
Hiram Walker Creme De Menthe Liqueur
Hiram Walker Creme De Strawberry Liqueur
Hiram Walker Razz Attack Raspberry Schnapps
Hiram Walker Root Beer Schnapps
Kahlua Coffee Liqueur
Marie Brizard Watermelon Liqueur
Midori Melon Liqueur

Spirits: Cocktails
Applebee's Bananaberry Split
Applebee's Blue Skies
Applebee's Perfect Margarita
Applebee's Summer Squeeze
Bahama Breeze Bahama Mama
Bahama Breeze Caribbean Magic
Bahama Breeze Malimbo Breeze
Bahama Breeze Verry Berry Good
Bennigan's Emerald Isle Iced Tea
Bennigan's Irish Coffee
Bennigan's O'Malley's Orange Cooler
Bennigan's Raspberry Road Iced Tea
Cheesecake Factory Caribbean Cooler
Cheesecake Factory Key Lime Martini
Cheesecake Factory J.W. Pink Lemonade
Cheesecake Factory Twilight Zone
Cheesecake Factory Tropical Martini
Chevys 100% Blue Agave Margarita
Chevys House Rocks Margarita
Chevys Lava Lamp Margarita
Chevys The Sunburn Margarita
Chevys Ultimate Orange Margarita
Chevys Watermelon Fresh Fruit Margarita (On the Rocks)
Chili's Calypso Cooler
Chili's Chambord 1800 Margarita
Chili's Jamaican Paradise
Chili's Mandrin Blush
Chili's Margarita Presidente
Chili's Tropical Sunburn
Chili's Twisted Lemonade
Claim Jumper Absolutely Electric Lemonade
Claim Jumper Bermuda Sunset
Claim Jumper Hawaiian Punch
Claim Jumper Mai Tai
Claim Jumper Otter Pop
Claim Jumper Root Beer Float
Claim Jumper Shark On The Beach
Claim Jumper Tropical Storm
Hard Rock Cafe The Hard Rock Hurricane
Hard Rock Cafe Lynchburg Lo--Rider
Hard Rock Cafe Shooters--Lemon Drop
Hard Rock Cafe Shooters--Purple Shooter
House of Blues Eve's Revenge Martini
House of Blues HOB Blue Martini
House of Blues HOB Cruiser
House of Blues Mo' Betta Blues
Joe's Crab Shack Joe Makin' Me Java
Joe's Crab Shack Joe's Ya Ya
Joe's Crab Shack Red Snapper
Joe's Crab Shack Secret Passion Punch
Joe's Crab Shack Shark Tooth
Joe's Crab Shack Swamp Moss
Olive Garden Chocolate Almond Amore
Olive Garden Italian Margarita
Olive Garden Strawberry Siciliano
Olive Garden Venetian Sunset
Outback Steakhouse Coral Reef  'Rita
Outback Steakhouse Don't Koala Me, I'll Koala You Cooler
Outback Steakhouse Great Barrier Punch
Outback Steakhouse Melbourne Cooler
Outback Steakhouse Wallaby Darned
P.F. Chang's Buddha's Dream
P.F. Chang's Heat Wave
P.F. Chang's Nutty Uncle Chang's Favorite
P.F. Chang's The Poolside
Planet Hollywood The Comet
Planet Hollywood Cool Running
Planet Hollywood Meet Jack Black
Planet Hollywood Shooters--Blue Hawaii
Planet Hollywood Shooters--Bubble Gum
Planet Hollywood Shooters--Grape Crush
Planet Hollywood Shooters--Peanut Butter & Jelly
Planet Hollywood Sweet Death Becomes Her
Planet Hollywoo0d Terminator
Red Lobster Bahama Mama
Red Lobster Butter-Tini Funtini
Red Lobster The Hawaiian Funtini
Red Lobster Red Passion Colada
Red Robin Absolut Lemonade
Red Robin Jamaican Shake
Red Robin Sand In Your Shorts
Red Robin T.N.T
T.G.I. Friday's Banana Split Blender Blaster
T.G.I. Friday's Electric Lemonade
T.G.I. Friday's Hawaiian Volcano
T.G.I. Friday's June Bug
T.G.I. Friday's Lights of Havana
T.G.I. Friday's Strawberry Shortcake Blender Blaster
Z'Tejas Z' Big Stick Margarita
Z'Tejas Famous Chambord Raspberry Margarita

Spirits: Mixers
Beau Rivage Bloody Mary Mix
Mara Simple Syrup
Mr. & Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix
Mr. & Mrs. T Sweet & Sour Mix
Restaurant-Style Mai Tai Mix
Restaurant-Style Pina Colada Mix
Restaurant-Style Sweet & Sour Mix

Exclusive signed copy. In this follow-up to Top Secret Recipes Lite!, bestselling author Todd Wilbur shows you how to re-create your favorite brand-name foods and restaurant recipes at a fraction of the calories, and how to create popular  and tasty low-fat dishes and treats—in the privacy of your very own kitchen.

Discover the secrets behind Todd Wilbur's delicious lower-fat versions of: McDonald's Egg McMuffin, Olive Garden Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich, T.G.I. Friday's Potato Skins, Wendy's Classic Greek Fresh Stuffed Pita, Carl's Jr. Bacon Swiss Crispy Chicken Sandwich, Taco Bell Beef Burrito Supreme, Nabisco Reduced-Fat Oreo Cookies, Entenmann's Light Low-Fat Gourmet Cinnamon Rolls, Little Debbie Oatmeal Lights, Otis Spunkmeyer Chocolate Chip Muffins, Keebler Reduced-Fat Pecan Sandies, Planter's Fat-Free Fiddle Faddle and many more.

Other books you may like:  Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3.

Low-Fat Clones
Applebee's Low-Fat Asian Chicken Salad
Applebee's Low-Fat & Fabulous Brownie Sundae
California Pizza Kitchen Tuscan Hummus
California Pizza Kitchen Dakota Smashed Pea & Barley Soup
California Pizza Kitchen Grilled Eggplant Cheeseless Pizza
California Pizza Kitchen Vegetarian Pizza
Chevy's Fresh Salsa
Entenmann's Light Low-Fat Cinnamon Raisin Sweet Rolls
Entenmann's Light Low-Fat Gourmet Cinnamon Rolls
Gardenburger Classic Greek Veggie Patty
Gardenburger Fire-Roasted Vegetable Veggie Patty
Gardenburger Savory Mushroom Veggie Patty
Girl Scout Cookies Reduced-Fat Lemon Pastry Crèmes
Healthy Choice Traditional Pasta Sauce
Healthy Choice Chunky Tomato, Mushroom & Garlic Pasta Sauce
Keebler Reduced-Fat Pecan Sandies
Koo Koo Roo Original Skinless Flame-Broiled Chicken
Koo Koo Roo Santa Fe Pasta
Little Debbie Oatmeal Lights
Nabisco Honey Maid Grahams--Honey (Original)
Nabisco Honey Maid Grahams--Cinnamon
Nabisco Honey Maid Grahams--Chocolate
Nabisco Old Fashion Ginger Snaps
Nabisco Reduced-Fat Oreo Cookies
Nabisco SnackWell's Apple Raisin Snack Bars
Nabisco SnackWell's Banana Snack Bars
Planters Fat-Free Fiddle Faddle
Rainforest Cafe Reggae Beat Seasoning
Rainforest Cafe The Plant Sandwich
Rainforest Cafe Rumble In The Jungle Turkey Pita
Seven Seas Free Red Wine Vinegar Fat-Free Dressing
Seven Seas Free Viva Italian Fat-Free Dressing
Tootsie Roll Midgees

Low-Fat Conversions
Applebee's Tequila Lime Chicken (RF)
Bennigan's Buffalo Chicken Sandwich (RF)
California Pizza Kitchen Sedona White Corn Tortilla Soup (LF)
Carl's Jr. Ranch Crispy Chicken Sandwich (RF)
Carl's Jr. Charbroiled Chicken Club Sandwich (RF)
Carl's Jr. Charbroiled Santa Fe Chicken Sandwich (RF)
Carl's Jr. Bacon Swiss Crispy Chicken Sandwich (RF)
Chevys Garlic Mashed Potatoes (FF)
Chevys Texas BBQ Wrap (RF)
Chevys Mesquite-Grilled BBQ Chicken Quesadilla (RF)
Chili's Boneless Buffalo Wings (RF)
Chili's Fajita Salad (RF)
Chili's Margarita Grilled Tuna (RF)
Chili's Southwestern Eggrolls (RF)
KFC Macaroni & Cheese (RF)
KFC Potato Salad (FF)
McDonald's Arch Deluxe (RF)
McDonald's Egg McMuffin (LF)
Olive Garden Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich (RF)
Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo (RF)
Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana (RF)
Otis Spunkmeyer Chocolate Chip Muffins (RF)
Otis Spunkmeyer Wild Blueberry Muffins (RF)
Outback Steakhouse Walkabout Soup (RF)
Outback Steakhouse Caesar Salad Dressing (LF)
Outback Steakhouse Alice Springs Chicken (RF)
Panda Express Orange-Flavored Chicken (RF)
Rainforest Cafe Tropical Chicken Quartet (RF)
Screaming Yellow Zonkers (LF)
Sonic Drive-In No.1 Burger (RF)
Sonic Drive-In Hickory Burger (RF)
Sonic Drive-In Jalapeno Burger (RF)
Taco Bell Beef Burrito Supreme (RF)
Taco Bell Chicken Soft Taco (LF)
T.G.I. Friday's BBQ Chicken Wings (RF)
T.G.I. Friday's Dijon Chicken Pasta (RF)
T.G.I. Friday's Potato Skins (RF)
Wendy's Chicken Caesar Fresh Stuffed Pita (RF)
Wendy's Classic Greek Fresh Stuffed Pita (LF)
Wendy's Junior Bacon Cheeseburger (RF)
Wendy's Spicy Chicken Fillet Sandwich (RF)

Exclusive signed copy. Here's the skinny on the bestselling recipes and best-kept secrets from across the country...with less fat! Twinkies...Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls...Wendy's Frosty...Big Macs. Sound delicious? Of course. Sound fattening? You'd better believe it! Until now.

Todd Wilbur, author of the bestselling books, Top Secret Recipes, More Top Secret Recipes, and Top Secret Restaurant Recipes, has skimmed the fat off your favorite brand-name foods and recipes without skimping on the taste.

In Top Secret Recipes Lite, he reveals how you can make your own scrumptious versions of: Olive Garden Tiramisu, Gardenburger Veggie Patty, Entenmann's Fat-Free Oatmeal Cookies, Taco Bell Beef Soft Taco, KFC Tender Roast Chicken, and Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits. Plus, how to make Kraft Thousand Island Dressing, TGI Friday's Fat Free Cheesecake, KFC Cole Slaw, and Swiss Miss Chocolate Fudge Pudding—all with no fat!

Books you may also like: Low-Fat Top Secret Recipes and Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2

Lite Clones
Applebee's Low-Fat Blackened Chicken Salad
Applebee's Low-Fat Veggie Quesadilla
Arby's Light Menu Roast Chicken Deluxe
Arby's Light Menu Roast Turkey Deluxe
Chili's Guiltless Grill Chicken Salad
Chili's Guiltless Grill Guiltless Chicken Sandwich
Chili's Guiltless Grill Guiltless Pasta Primavera
Einstein Bros. Plain Bagel
Einstein Bros. Cinnamon Sugar Bagel
Einstein Bros. Jalapeno Bagel
Einstein Bros. Chopped Garlic Bagel
Einstein Bros. Chopped Onion Bagel
Einstein Bros. Everything Bagel
Entenmann's Light Fat-Free Cheese-Filled Crumb Coffee Cake
Entenmann's Light Fat -Free Golden Loaf
Entenmann's Light Fat=-Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
El Pollo Loco Salsa
Gardenburger Original Veggie Patty
Hostess Lights Low-Fat Cupcakes
Hostess Lights Low-Fat Twinkies
Kellogg's Low-Fat Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts
Kraft Free Catalina Dressing
Kraft Free Classic Caesar Dressing
Kraft Free Thousand Island Dressing
Kraft Light Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
Nabisco Reduced-Fat Cheese Nips
Nabisco SnackWell's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Nabisco SnackWell's Fudge Brownie Bars
Nabisco SnackWell's Golden Snack Bars
Red Lobster Lemon -Pepper Grilled Mahi-Mahi
Red Lobster Nantucket Baked Cod
Swiss Miss Fat-Free Chocolate Fudge Pudding
Swiss Miss Fat-Free Tapioca Pudding
T.G.I. Friday's Fat-Free Cheesecake
T.G.I. Friday's Jack Daniel's Grill Salmon
Weight Watchers Smart Ones Chocolate Éclair

Lite Conversions
Applebee's Baja Potato Boats (RF)
Boston Market Butternut Squash (FF)
Boston Market Cinnamon Apples(FF)
Boston Market Creamed Spinach (RF)
Burger King BK Broiler (RF)
Burger King Big King (RF)
Burger King Whopper (RF)
Chi-Chi's Mexican "Fried" Ice Cream (RF)
Chi-Chi's Sweet Corn Cake (RF)
Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls (RF) 
Denny's Moons Over My Hammy (LF)
Denny's The Super Bird (RF)
Dolly Madison Buttercrumb Cinnamon (LF)
Dolly Madison Carrot Cake (RF)
Einstein Bros. Roasted Garlic Cream Cheese Shmear (FF)
Einstein Bros. Strawberry Cream Cheese Shmear (FF)
Einstein Bros. Jalapeno Salsa Cream Cheese Shmear (FF)
Einstein Bros. Maple Walnut Raisin Cream Cheese Shmear (FF)
El Pollo Loco Flame-Broiled Chicken (RF)
El Pollo Loco Pinto Beans (FF)
El Pollo Loco Spanish Rice (FF)
El Pollo Loco B.R.C. Burrito (LF)
El Pollo Loco Classic Chicken Burrito (LF)
El Pollo Loco Spicy Hot Chicken Burrito (LF)
El Pollo Loco Loco Grande Burrito (LF)
Hooters Buffalo Chicken Wings (RF)
Hooters Buffalo Shrimp (LF)
Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats (FF)
KFC Buttermilk Biscuits (LF)
KFC Cole Slaw (FF)
KFC Mashed Potatoes & Gravy (LF)
KFC Tender Roast Chicken (RF)
McDonald's Big Mac (RF)
McDonald's Breakfast Burrito (LF)
Olive Garden Chicken Caesar Sandwich (RF)
Olive Garden Italian Salad Dressing (FF)
Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli (RF)
Olive Garden Tiramisu (LF)
Otis Spunkmeyer Apple Cinnamon Muffins (RF)
Otis Spunkmeyer Banana Nut Muffins (RF)
Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits (LF)
Red Lobster Tartar Sauce (FF)
Shoney's Hot Fudge Cake (RF)
Shoney's Country Fried Steak (RF)
Taco Bell Beef Soft Taco (LF)
Taco Bell Grilled Chicken Burrito (RF)
Taco Bell Mexican Pizza (RF)
Wendy's Single with Cheese (RF)
Wendy's Frosty (LF)
White Castle Cheeseburgers (RF)

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For more than thirty years, Todd Wilbur has been obsessed with recreating America's most iconic brand-name foods at home. In his first cookbook with color photos, the New York Times bestselling author brings you 125 new clone recipes: 75 first-time hacks and 50 overhauled all-time favorites. These recipes are not found individually on the website with the exception of just a few.

Each recipe comes with easy-to-follow step-by-step photos so that even novice cooks can perfectly recreate their favorite famous foods with everyday ingredients. And your homemade versions cost just a fraction of what the restaurants charge! The result of years of careful research, trial-and-error, and a little creative reverse-engineering.

Contents
Applebee's Mozzarella Sticks
Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad
Applebee's Mexican Rice
Applebee's Fiesta Lime Chicken
Applebee's Maple Butter Blondie
Arby's Curly Fries
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
Boston Market Meatloaf
Buba Gumps Seafood Hush Pups
Bubba Gump's Shrimp New Orleans
Burger King Stuffed Steakhouse Burger
Cafe Rio Creamy Tomatillo Dressing
Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Barbacoa
Cafe Rio Tres Leches Cake
Capital Grille Creamed Corn with Smoked Bacon
Capital Grille Lobster Mac 'N' Cheese
Capital Grille Classic Creme Brulee
Carrabba's Cozze in Bianco (Steamed Mussels)
Carrabba's Pollo Rosa Maria
Cheesecake Factory Fried Macaroni and Cheese
Cheesecake Factory Stuffed Mushrooms
Cheesecake Factory Mashed Red Potatoes
Cheesecake Factory Chicken Madeira
Cheesecake Factory Louisiana Chicken Pasta
Cheesecake Factory Fresh Strawberry Cheesecake
Cheesecake Factory Vanilla Bean Cheesecake
Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich
Chili's California Grilled Chicken Flatbread
Chili's Chipotle Chicken Flatbread
Chili Grilled Baby Back Ribs
Chili's® Molten Chocolate Cake
Chipotle Mexican Grill Black Beans
Chipotle Mexican Grill Cilantro Lime Brown Rice
Chipotle Mexican Grill Adobo-Marinated Grilled Chicken & Steak
Fudgsicle Original Fudge Bars
Girl Scout Cookies Trefoils/Shortbread Cookies
Hostess CupCakes
Hostess Twinkie
Houston's Chicago-Style Spinach Dip
IHOP New York Cheesecake Pancakes
IHOP Original Buttermilk Pancakes
IKEA Swedish Meatballs
Jack-in-the-Box Beef Taco
KFC Cole Slaw
KFC Grilled Chicken
KFC Original Recipe Fried Chicken
Legal Sea Foods New England Clam Chowder
Legal Sea Foods Legal's Signature Crab Cakes
Lofthouse Frosted Cookies
Long John Silver's Tartar Sauce
Long John Silver's Battered Fish
Marie Callender's Famous Golden Cornbread
Marie Callender's Banana Cream Pie
Mauna Loa Kona Coffee Glazed Macadamias
McDonald's McCafe Blueberry Pomegranate Smoothie
McDonald's Sweet Chili Chicken McWrap
McDonald's Big Mac
McDonald's McRib Sandwich
McDonald's Apple Pie (Baked & Fried)
The Melting Pot Cheddar Cheese Fondue
The Melting Pot Traditional Swiss Cheese Fondue
Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies
Nordstrom Roma Tomato Basil Soup
Nuts 4 Nuts Honey Roasted Nuts
Olive Garden Garden Fresh Salad & Salad Dressing
Orange Julius Original Orange Julius
The Original Pancake House Apple Pancake
The Original Pancake House Dutch Baby
The Original Pancake House Sourdough Pancakes
Outback Steakhouse Honey Wheat Bushman Bread
Outback Steakhouse Bloomin' Onion
Outback Steakhouse Kookaburra Wings
Panera Bread Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Panera Bread Asian Sesame Chicken Salad
Panera Bread Fuji Apple Chicken Salad
Panera Bread Spinach & Bacon Baked Egg Soufflé
Pepperidge Farm Milano Cookies
P.F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps
P.F. Chang's Oolong Chilean Sea Bass
Pinkberry Original Frozen Yogurt
Pinkberry Pomegranate Frozen Yogurt
Raising Cane's Cane's Sauce
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Red Lobster Pumpkin Pie in a Jar
Roy's Braised Short Ribs of Beef
Roy's Misoyaki "Butterfish"
Roy's Melting Hot Chocolate Soufflé
Rubio's Mild Salsa
Rubio's Red Tomatillo Salsa
Rubio's Grilled Gourmet Taco with Shrimp
Rubio's Original Fish Taco
Ruth's Chris Steak House Barbecued Shrimp
Ruth's Chris Steak House Ruth's Chop Salad
Ruth's Chris Steak House Sweet Potato Casserole
Ruth's Chris Steak House Chris Filet
Sabra Classic Hummus
St. Elmo Steak House Shrimp Cocktail
Starbucks Birthday Cake Cake Pops
Starbucks Holiday Gingerbread
Steak 'n Shake Classic Milk Shakes
Steak 'n Shake Genuine Chili
Steak 'n Shake The Original Double 'n Cheese Steakburger
Taco Bell CrunchWrap Supreme
Taco Bell Mexican Pizza
TGI Friday's Loaded Potato Skins
TGI Friday's Jack Daniel's Sauce
TGI Friday's Dragonfire Salmon
Tony Roma's Baby Back Ribs
Tony Roma's Original Barbecue Sauce
Tony Roma's Carolina Honeys Barbecue Sauce
Waffle House Waffles
Wendy's Chili
Wendy's Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger

Craving more of Todd's recipes? There are 12 cookbooks in all! 

I never thought dinner rolls were something I could get excited about until I got my hand into the breadbasket at Texas Roadhouse. The rolls are fresh out of the oven and they hit the table when you do, so there’s no waiting to tear into a magnificently gooey sweet roll topped with soft cinnamon butter. The first bite you take will make you think of a fresh cinnamon roll, and then you can’t stop eating it. And when the first roll’s gone, you are powerless to resist grabbing for just one more. But it’s never just one more. It’s two or three more, plus a few extra to take home for tomorrow.

Discovering the secret to making rolls at home that taste as good as Texas Roadhouse Rolls involved making numerous batches of dough, each one sweeter than the last (sweetened with sugar, not honey—I checked), until a very sticky batch, proofed for 2 hours, produced exactly what I was looking for. You can make the dough with a stand mixer or a handheld one, the only difference being that you must knead the dough by hand without a stand mixer. When working with the dough add a little bit of flour at a time to keep it from sticking, and just know that the dough will be less sticky and more workable after the first rise.

Roll the dough out and measure it as specified here, and after a final proofing and a quick bake—plus a generous brushing of butter on the tops—you will produce dinner rolls that look and taste just like the best rolls I’ve had at any famous American dinner chain.

This recipe was our #1 most popular in 2019. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: KFC Extra Crispy Fried Chicken (#2), Olive Garden Braised Beef Bolognese (#3), Pizzeria Uno Chicago Deep Dish Pizza (#4), Bush's Country Style Baked Beans (#5).

Check out this list of our most popular recipes of all-time.

Getting a table at the 123-year-old original Rao’s restaurant in New York City is next to impossible. The tables are “owned” by regulars who schedule their meals months in advance, so every table is full every night, and that’s the way it’s been for the last 38 years. The only way an outsider would get to taste the restaurant’s fresh marinara sauce is to be invited by a regular.

If that isn’t in the stars for you, you could buy a bottle of the sauce at your local market (if they even have it). It won't be fresh, and it's likely to be the most expensive sauce in the store, but it still has that great Rao's taste. An even better solution is to copy the sauce for yourself using my easy Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce copycat recipe.

The current co-owner of Rao’s, Frank Pellegrino Jr., told Bon Appetit in 2015 that the famous marinara sauce was created by his grandmother many years ago, and the sauce you buy in stores is the same recipe served in his restaurants. The ingredients are common, but correctly choosing the main ingredient—tomatoes—is important. Try to find San Marzano-style whole canned tomatoes, preferably from Italy. They are a little more expensive than typical canned tomatoes, but they will give you some great sauce.

After 30 minutes of cooking, you’ll end up with about the same amount of sauce as in a large jar of the real thing. Your version will likely be just a little bit brighter and better than the bottled stuff, thanks to the fresh ingredients. But now you can eat it anytime you want, with no reservations, at a table you own.

This recipe was our #1 most popular in 2020. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: Olive Garden Lasagna Classico (#2), King's Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (#3), Pei Wei Better Orange Chicken (#4), Chipotle Mexican Grill Carnitas (#5).

Check out this list of our most popular recipes of all-time.

You might also like my recipes for Rao's Bolognese sauce and Rao's Meatballs here.

I’m not sure when it happened, but it appears Taco Bell recently changed its seasoned beef recipe. I hacked the recipe several years ago for the book TSR Step-by-Step, and I recall the recipe had much more oat filler, so that’s how I cloned it. Taco Bell came under fire in 2011 for the significant amount of oats in the recipe that the chain was listing as “spices,” and after that, Taco Bell was more transparent about ingredients. But somewhere along the way it appears the company tweaked the recipe to include less filler and more flavor, so I decided I had to create a new Taco Bell seasoned beef copycat recipe. 

You can use my recipe below to make the famous Chalupa—which the restaurant makes by deep-frying the flatbread used for Gorditas. You can also use this new, improved Taco Bell seasoned beef recipe for anything you’re copying, whether it's tacos, burritos, Enchiritos, Mexican Pizzas, or a big pile of nachos.

The secret ingredient in our hack is Knorr tomato bouillon. This flavor powder adds many ingredients found in the original recipe and provides the umami savoriness that’s required for a spot-on clone of the famous seasoned ground beef. To get the right flavor, you need to find "Knorr Tomato Bouillon with Chicken Flavor" powder, in a jar. Not the bouillon cubes.

Try my Taco Bell Chalupa Supreme recipe below, and find copycat recipes for Taco Bell mild, hot or diablo sauce here.

A popular staple of any Chinese chain is fried rice, so it better be good, and the version served at Panda Express most certainly is. Here's my easy Panda Express Fried Rice recipe for when you need a stress-free, low-cost side for your entrées. But I do suggest that you cook the white rice several hours or even a day or two before you plan to make the finished dish. I found that the cooked rice called for in this recipe works best when it's cold. 

As for a shortcut, bagged frozen peas and carrots will save you from the hassle of petite-dicing carrots since the carrots in those bags are the perfect size to produce an identical clone. And they're already cooked. 

This recipe was our #3 most popular in 2021. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: Panda Express Chow Mein (#1), Qdoba 3-Cheese Queso (#2), Outback Baked Potato Soup (#4), Chipotle Carne Asada (#5).

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I made several discoveries on episode 2 of my CMT Show "Top Secret Recipe" that helped me improve significantly on the recipe for my first clone of Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls that I first hacked many years ago in my book "More Top Secret Recipes". After interviewing the creator of the Cinnabon roll, Jerilyn Brusseau (aka "Cinnamom"), at her home in Seattle and visiting Cinnabon headquarters in Atlanta, I was able to sleuth out some important clues that make this the closest Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll copycat recipe you'll find. I learned about the unique gooey properties of a specific cinnamon found in Indonesia called Korintje cinnamon, which Cinnabon calls "Makara") and how to give the rolls their signature golden color (buttermilk and baking soda). I also discovered that the dough must rise in your refrigerator for at least 5 hours, and that adding some xanthan gum to the filling will keep the filling from leaking down into the pan as the rolls bake.

Cinnabon master chefs allowed me to step into the development kitchen at Cinnabon headquarters for an up-close demonstration of the rolling and slicing techniques, so the instructions I have laid out for here come straight from the inside, and will give you beautiful rolls that look and taste just like those you get at the mall. In fact, if you follow these instructions carefully, being sure to weigh the ingredients rather than measuring by volume, everyone will be shocked that the delicious finished product came out of your very own kitchen. 

Try my recipe for Cinnabon CinnaStix here. 

Source: "Top Secret Recipes Step-by-Step" by Todd Wilbur.

This Southern-themed chain is famous for its gift shops filled with made-in-America products and delicious homestyle food, including a particularly good meatloaf. This dish ranks high in popularity, right up there with the Chicken ‘n Dumplins and the Hash Brown Casserole which I had already hacked, so a good Cracker Barrel Meatloaf clone recipe was obvious next mission choice.

Making meatloaf is easy. What’s hard is making it taste like the meatloaf at Cracker Barrel, which is tender, juicy, and flavored with onion, green pepper, and tomato. I sought to turn out a moist loaf of meat, and one that’s not dry and tough, but my first attempts were much too dense.

After playing around with the eggs-to-breadcrumbs-to-milk ratios and using gentle hands when combining everything and pressing it into the loaf pan, my final batch was a winner, and now I get to pass the formula along to you.    

Just so you know, it's best to use a meatloaf pan with an insert that lets the fat drip to the bottom, away from the meat. A regular loaf pan will still work, but you’ll want to pour off the fat in the pan before slicing the meatloaf. 

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There are many acceptable ways to formulate good queso, but to make this specific queso the Qdoba way, you must start with the correct ingredients—and most copycat recipes seem to miss the mark. A few recipes get one of the peppers and two of the cheeses right, but nearly every recipe out there is a big mess that I will now save you from.

Quesos can be made with various cheeses, including queso fresco, asadero, and Muenster, but this particular queso includes a cheese you probably didn’t expect: Swiss. That cheese is slow to melt, so we’ll shred it, along with the Jack. And you won't need to gum up the queso with flour or cornstarch by making a roux because the white American cheese in the mix contains either sodium citrate or sodium phosphate—additives that help the cheese melt smoothly and stay that way. 

The authors of recipes that include tomatoes in this dish haven’t looked closely. Those are actually red bell peppers, which are roasted, peeled, and seeded along with the poblano and jalapeños before being diced and added to the cheese sauce. The sauce cooks on low heat, without bubbling, ensuring it remains smooth and creamy.

When it’s done, your queso may appear thin in the pan, but it will thicken as it cools to a perfect consistency for dipping tortilla chips or as a topping for tacos and burrito bowls.

My Qdoba 3-Cheese Queso copycat recipe was our #2 most popular in 2021. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: Panda Express Chow Mein (#1), Panda Express Fried Rice (#3), Outback Baked Potato Soup (#4), Chipotle Carne Asada (#5).

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A recipe for Portuguese sweet bread inspired the soft rolls that became a big hit at Robert Tiara's Bakery & Restaurant in Honolulu, Hawaii in the 1950s. It wasn’t long before Robert changed the name of his thriving business to King’s Hawaiian, and in 1977 the company opened its first bakery on the mainland, in Torrance, California, to make the now-famous island sweet rolls sold in stores across the U.S.

King’s Hawaiian Rolls are similar to Texas Roadhouse Rolls in that they are both pillowy, sweet white rolls, so it made sense to dig out my Texas Roadhouse Rolls clone recipe and use it as a starting point. These new rolls had to be slightly softer and sweeter, so I made some adjustments and added a little egg for color. And by baking the dough in a high-rimmed baking pan with 24 dough balls placed snugly together, I ended up with beautiful rolls that rose nicely to the occasion, forming a tear-apart loaf just like the original King's Hawaiian Rolls, but with clean ingredients, and without the dough conditioners found in the packaged rolls.

Use my King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls copycat recipe for sandwiches, sliders, or simply warmed up and slathered with soft European butter.

This recipe was our #3 most popular in 2020. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce (#1), Olive Garden Lasagna Classico (#2), Pei Wei Better Orange Chicken (#4), Chipotle Mexican Grill Carnitas (#5).

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Over a century ago, Detroit, Michigan became the Coney Island chili dog capital of the world, even though Coney Island is nowhere near there. Greek immigrants who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island adapted a recipe for the hot dogs they ate while visiting Coney Island, New York, on their way to the Midwest. When they settled in southern Michigan, many opened restaurants to sell their clones of the food they ate when they first got to America, turning New York-style Coney Dogs into a Midwest phenomenon.

Two of the most famous Coney Island restaurants in Detroit are Lafayette Coney Island and its next-door neighbor, American Coney Island. The two buildings were originally one building with a single restaurant inside, built by brothers Gus and Bill Keros in 1915. But somewhere along the way the brothers had a falling out and split the restaurant in half, right down the middle, and it stayed that way. Today, the two Coney Island restaurants are under different ownership, but they still remain next-door rivals.

I decided the best Coney dog to hack is from American Coney Island, not only because of the restaurant’s deep history, but also because I was able to order the chili dogs shipped to my house in a kit. That’s always good news, since shipped foods must list ingredients, and I get to see exactly what’s in the chili. Built the traditional way, a typical Detroit Coney Island chili dog features a natural-casing hot dog in a soft white bun, smothered in chili sauce, drizzled with mustard, and topped with a pile of diced sweet onion. The kit came with everything I needed, including the tub of chili with clearly-labeled ingredients that I was counting on.

With the help of that information, I was able to create my American Coney Island Chili sauce copycat recipe. A thick, flavorful chili sauce that you can use on your favorite hot dogs to build a clone of the famous Detroit chili dogs. Crushed soda crackers thicken the chili, and extra beef fat adds a smooth quality that mimics the famous 100-year-old American Coney Island chili recipe.

The chili must simmer for four hours to properly tenderize the meat, so plan your Coney dog cloning adventure accordingly.

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This 220-unit downscaled version of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro targets the lunch crowd with a smaller menu that features bento boxes, bowls, and small plates. Obviously, a clone is needed for this one, stat.

The name “Wei Better Orange Chicken” is a competitive callout to Panda Express's signature orange chicken, which is made with pre-breaded and frozen chicken. Pei Wei claims its orange chicken is prepared each day from scratch with chicken that is never frozen, so we’ll craft our Pei Wei Better Orange Chicken recipe the same way. But rather than assemble the dish in a wok over a high-flame fast stove like they do at the restaurant, we’ll prepare the sauce and chicken separately, then toss them with fresh orange wedges just before serving.

By the way, Pei Wei Better Orange Chicken goes very well with white or brown rice, so don’t forget to make some.

This recipe was our #4 most popular in 2020. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce (#1), Olive Garden Lasagna Classico (#2), King's Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (#3), Chipotle Mexican Grill Carnitas (#5).

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In the Bush’s Beans commercials, Duke, the family golden retriever, wants to sell the secret family recipe, but the Bush family always stops him. The dog is based on the Bush family’s real-life golden retriever, and the campaign, which began in 1995, made Bush’s the big dog of the canned baked beans market practically overnight. Their confidential baked beans formula is considered one of the top 10 biggest recipe secrets in the U.S.

Bush Brothers & Company had been canning a variety of fruits and vegetables for over 60 years when, in 1969, the company created canned baked beans using a cherished recipe from a family matriarch. Sales jumped from 10 thousand cases in the first year to over 100 thousand cases in 1970. And just one year later sales hit a million cases. Today Bush’s makes over 80 percent of the canned baked beans sold in the U.S., and the secret family recipe remains a top food secret, despite Duke’s attempts. A replica of the original recipe book—without the original recipe in it (drat!)—is on display at the company's visitor center in Chestnut Hill, Tennessee.

I chose to hack the “Country Style” version of Bush’s Beans because I don’t think the Original flavor has enough, uh, flavor. Country Style is similar to Original, but richer, with more brown sugar. My Bush's Country Style baked beans copycat recipe starts by soaking dry small white beans in a brine overnight. The salt in the water helps to soften the skins, but don’t soak them for more than 14 hours or the skins may begin to fall off. You can skip this step if you've got a fancy Instant Pot using my directions below. 

My first versions tasted great but lacked the deep brown color of the real Bush’s beans, which include caramel coloring—an ingredient that can be hard to find on its own. I eventually discovered that the “browning” sauce, Kitchen Bouquet, will add the dark caramel color needed to our home version of the beans so that they’ll look just like the real thing.

This recipe was our #5 most popular in 2019. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes of the year: Texas Roadhouse Rolls (#1) KFC Extra Crispy Fried Chicken (#2), Olive Garden Braised Beef Bolognese (#3), Pizzeria Uno Chicago Deep Dish Pizza (#4).

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Before he became America's sausage king, Jimmy Dean was known for crooning the country hit "Big Bad John." That song came out in 1962 and sold more than 8 million copies. His singing success launched a television career on ABC with The Jimmy Dean Show, where Roy Clark, Patsy Cline, and Roger Miller got their big breaks. The TV exposure led to acting roles for Jimmy, as a regular on Daniel Boone, and in feature films, including his debut in the James Bond flick Diamonds are Forever. Realizing that steady income from an acting and singing career can be undependable, Jimmy invested his show-biz money in a hog farm. In 1968 the Jimmy Dean Meat Company developed the special recipe for sausage that has now become a household name. Today the company is part of the Sara Lee Corporation, and Jimmy retired as company spokesman in 2004.

My Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage copycat recipe re-creates three varieties of the famous roll sausage that you form into patties and cook in a skillet. Use ground pork found at the supermarket—make it lean pork if you like—or grind some up yourself if you have a meat grinder.

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Source: Top Secret Recipes Unlocked by Todd Wilbur.

Crafting Olive Garden’s signature Lasagna Classico recipe presented the perfect opportunity to create a beautiful multi-layered lasagna hack recipe that uses an entire box of lasagna noodles and fills the baking pan all the way to the top. This Top Secret Recipe produces a lasagna that tips the scales at nearly 10 pounds and can feed hungry mouths for days, with every delicious layer directly copied from the carefully dissected Olive Garden original.

I found a few credible bits of intel in a video featuring an Olive Garden chef demonstrating what he claims is the real formula for this lasagna on a midday news show. However, the recipe was abbreviated for TV, and the chef omitted numerous crucial details. One ingredient he notably left out of the recipe is the secret layer of Cheddar cheese near the middle of the stack. I wasn’t expecting to find Cheddar in lasagna, but when I carefully separated the layers from several servings of the original dish, there was the golden melted cheesy goodness in every slice.

This clone recipe will yield enough for eight generous portions, but if you cut slightly smaller slices, it can satisfy twelve lasagna-craving appetites. If you like lasagna, you're going to love this version.

This recipe was our #2 most popular in 2020. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce (#1), King's Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (#3), Pei Wei Better Orange Chicken (#4), Chipotle Mexican Grill Carnitas (#5).

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Menu Description: “Creamy marsala wine sauce with mushrooms over grilled chicken breasts, stuffed with Italian cheeses and sundried tomatoes. Served with garlic mashed potatoes.”

My Olive Garden Stuffed Chicken Marsala copycat recipe includes a marsala sauce that even marsala sauce haters will like. My wife is one of those haters, but when she tried this sauce, her eyes lit up, and she begged for more. That’s great, now I won’t have to eat alone.

Not only is Olive Garden's delicious marsala sauce hacked here (and it’s easy to make), you’ll also get the copycat recipe for the chain's awesome Italian cheese stuffing that goes between the two pan-cooked chicken fillets. Build it, sauce it, serve it. The presentation is awesome, and the flavor will soothe your soul.

Try this dish paired with my recent clone of Olive Garden’s Garlic Mashed Potatoes for the complete Olive Garden Stuffed Chicken Marsala experience.

Menu Description: “Chicken breast sautéed with fresh mushrooms in a rich Marsala wine sauce. Served over bow tie pasta.”            

Unlike the creamy Marsala sauce served at many restaurant chains (as with Olive Garden’s Stuffed Chicken Marsala), the sauce served at The Cheesecake Factory is rich and dark with an unctuous concentration of flavor seemingly created by a thorough reduction.

For my Cheesecake Factory Chicken Marsala and Mushrooms copycat recipe, you'll reduce lightly seasoned marsala wine and chicken broth to less than one-quarter of its original volume. Once reduced, your cloned sauce is strained to remove the herbs, then butter and lemon are added, along with a browning sauce such as Kitchen Bouquet to match the deep color of the original.

Browned mushrooms are added to the sauce, then it's all spooned over sautéed chicken cutlets arranged on a huge bed of farfalle pasta. Hope you're hungry, because this recipe makes two huge Cheesecake Factory-size servings. If it's too much for two of you, the dish can easily be portioned into three or four more modest servings.

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Korean chicken is famous for its extra crispy coating, and Bonchon’s recipe—especially the wings—is one of the best in the world. The chain's famous formula is why there are now over 473 Bonchon outlets in multiple countries, including over 150 in the US and more planned to open here in the near future. 

The biggest challenge when creating my Bonchon chicken wings copycat hack recipe was finding the perfect magical mixture for the batter that fries to a golden brown and with a light crispiness that stays crunchy long after the wings have been brushed with the flavorful glaze.

I knew that a traditional double-frying technique would help create the crunchy coating we needed, but it would take some trial and error to determine the best time splits. The wings are par-fried, rested, and then fried again until done, but just how long to give each stage was yet to be determined since every recipe I found for Korean chicken used different times and temps. Some recipes even changed the temperature between frying steps, but that extra step made the recipe much too tricky to manage when frying multiple batches.

I eventually settled on 350 degrees F with most of the frying done up front in the par-fry stage. A three-ingredient batter is all that’s needed for crispy golden-brown wings, and the soy garlic sauce is an easy hack using your microwave oven. If you like your wings spicy like I do, it’s very easy to kick them up by adding Korean red chili paste (gochujang) and Korean red pepper powder (gochugaru) to the soy garlic recipe in the measurements listed below.

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Braised Beef Pasta Menu Description: “Slow-simmered meat sauce with tender braised beef and Italian sausage, tossed with ruffled pappardelle pasta and a touch of alfredo sauce—just like Nonna’s recipe.”

It’s a mistake to assume that a recipe posted to a restaurant chain’s website is the real recipe for the food served there. I’ve found this to be the case with many Olive Garden recipes, and this one is no exception. A widely circulated recipe that claims to duplicate the chain’s classic Bolognese actually originated on Olive Garden’s own website, and if you make that recipe you’ll be disappointed when the final product doesn’t even come close to the real deal. I won’t get into all the specifics of the things wrong with that recipe (too much wine, save some of that for drinking!), but at first glance it’s easy to see that a few important ingredients found in traditional Bolognese sauces are conspicuously missing, including milk, basil, lemon, and nutmeg.

I incorporated all those missing ingredients into my Olive Garden Braised Beef Bolognese copycat recipe, tweaked a few other things, and then tested several methods of braising the beef so that it comes out perfectly tender: covered, uncovered, and a combo. The technique I settled on was cooking the sauce covered for 2 hours, then uncovered for 1 additional hour so that the sauce reduces and the beef transforms into a fork-flakeable flavor bomb. Yes, it comes from Olive Garden, but this Bolognese is better than any I’ve had at restaurants that charge twice as much, like Rao’s where the meat is ground, not braised, and they hit you up for $30.  

As a side note, Olive Garden’s menu says the dish comes with ruffled pappardelle pasta, but it’s actually mafaldine, a narrower noodle with curly edges (shown in the top right corner of the photo). Pappardelle, which is the traditional pasta to serve with Bolognese, is a very wide noodle with straight edges, and it’s more familiar than mafaldine, so perhaps that’s why the menu fudges this fact. In the end, it doesn’t really matter which pasta you choose. Just know that a wide noodle works best. Even fettuccine is good here.

For the little bit of Alfredo sauce spooned into the middle of the dish, I went with a premade bottled sauce to save time. You can also make this from scratch if you like (I’ve got a great hack for Olive Garden’s Alfredo Sauce), but it’s such a small amount that premade sauce in either a chilled tub from the deli section or in a bottle off the shelf works great here.

This recipe was our #3 most popular in 2019. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes of the year: Texas Roadhouse Rolls (#1) KFC Extra Crispy Fried Chicken (#2), Pizzeria Uno Chicago Deep Dish Pizza (#4), Bush's Country Style Baked Beans (#5).

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The problem with adding sauce to fried food is that the wet sauce makes the crunchy fried food not so crunchy. Panda Express manages to keep the crispy beef in Beijing Beef crispy even though it may be sitting for over 20 minutes in the sauce on its way to a hungry you. My early attempts at hacking my favorite dish at the massive Chinese food chain all resulted in gummy, soggy beef pieces that were more like flat dumplings than the delicious, crunchy strips of joy they were meant to be.

Then finally, on one batch, I decided to fry the coated beef for much longer than I intuitively felt it should be cooked, resulting in dark browning on the cornstarch coating and an even darker piece of meat beneath it. I anticipated a beef jerky experience, but when I took a bite, I found it to be delicious! It wasn’t tough and chewy as I expected it to be. And when this seemingly overcooked beef was stirred into the sauce, it stayed crispy until served, just like the real thing. Now, with the soggy beef problem solved, we’ve finally got a great Panda Express Beijing Beef copycat recipe.

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The talented chefs at Benihana cook food on hibachi grills with flair and charisma, treating the preparation like a tiny stage show. They juggle salt and pepper shakers, trim food with lightning speed, and flip the shrimp and mushrooms perfectly onto serving plates or into their tall chef's hat.

One of the side dishes that everyone seems to love is the fried rice. At Benihana this dish is prepared by chefs with precooked rice on open hibachi grills, and is ordered a la cart to complement any Benihana entrée, including Hibachi Steak and Chicken. I like when the rice is thrown onto the hot hibachi grill and seems to come alive as it sizzles and dances around like a bunch of little jumping beans. Okay, so I'm easily amused.

My Benihana Japanese fried rice copycat recipe will go well with just about any Japanese entrée, and can be partially prepared ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator until the rest of the meal is close to done.

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Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur.

Since 1969, The Portland, Oregon-based Old Spaghetti Factory has been filling bellies with a comfort food menu full of fabulous pasta choices, and this signature meat sauce has been the sauce of choice at the 43-unit chain for more than five decades.

To reverse-engineer the sauce for my Old Spaghetti Factory Rich Meat Sauce copycat recipe, I rinsed the original sauce in a wire mesh strainer to see what secrets could be revealed. Once the solids were visible, I noted the size and ratios of ground beef, onion, celery, and garlic, and I also noticed that there were no bits of tomato left behind. This meant the tomato was puréed, but rather than using canned tomato purée, I opted for richer tomato paste. Lemon juice helped match the zing of the original, and I rounded out the flavor with just a bit of sugar.

This recipe will make 3½ cups of meat sauce, which is enough for several huge plates of pasta. Use it on spaghetti as they do at the restaurant, or whatever pasta shape you prefer.

This was my #1 most popular recipe of 2024. Check out the other most popular recipes of the year:   Cracker Barrel Country Fried Steak (#2), Crumbl Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunk Cookie (#3), Cheesecake Factory Steak Diane (#4), Portillo's Chocolate Cake (#5).

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IHOP upped its French toast game in 2022 with the introduction of a new recipe that suggests your French toast is only as good as the bread you start with, and IHOP’s new Thick ‘N Fluffy French Toast starts with thick specialty artisan bread, rather than the more commonly used Texas toast white bread.

For my IHOP Thick 'N Fluffy French Toast recipe, you can use any thick-sliced bread from your bakery, but there are two national brands that work well: Nature’s Own Perfectly Crafted Thick-Sliced White Bread and Sara Lee Artisano. Either of those will do, but of the two, Nature’s Own is shaped more like IHOP’s version.

Adding vanilla and a little cinnamon to the easy batter will set these waffles apart from most others, and in no time, you’ll have 6 beautiful slices of French toast for a total of 3 servings. Dust them with a little powdered sugar, add some butter and maple syrup on the side, and it’s like you just opened a mini IHOP in your house.

This recipe was my #5 most popular of 2023. Check out the other most popular unlocked recipes of the year: Church's Chicken Original and Spicy Fried Chicken (#1), IKEA Swedish Meatballs (#2), Chipotle Guacamole (#3), Subway Cookies (#4).

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It finally happened. I created this new clone recipe for Cracker Barrel's Country Fried Steak only to realize, much later, that I had already cloned it eight years prior in my book, Top Secret Recipes Step-by-Step. However, I'm okay with this unplanned redo because this version is significantly improved, with several enhancements over my first hack from many moons ago.  

Most chicken-fried steak recipes, including my previous Cracker Barrel copycat recipe, call for cube steak—round steak that’s scored in a butcher’s tenderizer—which may not be as tender as you like it to be. Connective tissue that remains intact will make some bites chewy, yet if the steak is over-tenderized, it will fall apart when cooked.

To ensure that every bite of this clone is perfectly tender, I avoid cube steak altogether and start with lean ground beef, similar to recipes for Salisbury steak or Hamburg steak. Forming the ground beef into steaks and then freezing them ensures they hold together, making the breading and cooking process more manageable. And when served, every bite is guaranteed to be fork-tender. 

Of course, this iconic clone recipe wouldn’t be complete without a spot-on hack for the famous sawmill gravy that gets spooned over the top. I’m including a fresh hack for the gravy that improves on my original formula, and it's super easy to make with just six ingredients.

This was my #2 most popular recipe of 2024. Check out the other most popular recipes of the year: Old Spaghetti Factory Rich Meat Sauce (#1), Crumbl Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunk Cookie (#3), Cheesecake Factory Steak Diane (#4), Portillo's Chocolate Cake (#5).

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I’m sure it’s frustrating to be standing in line at Panda Express and they run out of chow mein when it’s your turn. For me, though, that scenario is a blessing, and it’s how this dish was hacked. From the line, I watched a cook whip up a new batch of chow mein in the giant wok in the clearly visible kitchen and took plenty of mental notes. The dish was done in just a few minutes, and before I knew it, I was out the door with a hot serving of fresh chow mein and great intel to help hack a perfect clone. 

Like the real Panda Express Chow Mein, the beauty of my re-creation lies in its simplicity. There are only seven ingredients, and the prep work is low-impact. I used dry chow mein noodles (also known as Chinese stir fry noodles), which are easy to find and inexpensive, along with dark soy sauce for its deep caramel color. If you don’t have a wok to prepare your faux Panda, a large skillet with sloped sides for tossing will work nicely.

This recipe was our #1 most popular in 2021. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: Qdoba 3-Cheese Queso (#2), Panda Express Fried Rice (#3), Outback Baked Potato Soup (#4), Chipotle Carne Asada (#5).

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The creator of Jif Peanut Butter, Smashburger, and Pizza Hut’s Stuffed Crust Pizza came up with the idea to cook bits of maple syrup into griddle cake buns for a new sweet-and-savory breakfast sandwich from the world’s #1 fast food chain. Tom Ryan, a food mad scientist with a doctorate in flavor and fragrance chemistry, invented McGriddles in 2003 for McDonald’s popular breakfast menu, and the sandwich is still selling like hotcakes today.

To make four knockoff McGriddles at home, you’ll first need to create eight perfectly round griddle cakes infused with sweet maple bits. Other recipes I found that instruct you to make hard candy from maple syrup for this hack fail to mention that the shattered shards of hard candy do not fully melt when the griddle cakes are cooked, resulting in a distinct crunch not found in the real McDonald’s product. Additionally, breaking the hard maple candy into small, uniform bits is both challenging and messy. My solution was to create a flavorful maple gummy puck that could be neatly diced into tiny cubes and sprinkled into the batter as it cooks. The soft gummy melts perfectly in the pancake buns, making them look like the real thing, and it’s easy.

Just be sure to use maple flavoring rather than maple extract for the maple gummy. Maple flavoring has a more intense flavor than the extract, and its dark brown caramel coloring will make your maple bits look like pancake syrup. You’ll also need one or two 3½-inch rings to make griddle cakes that are the perfect size for your clones.

My McDonald's McGriddles copycat recipe duplicates the bacon and egg version of the sandwich, but you can replace the bacon with a patty made from breakfast sausage for the sausage and egg version, or just go with egg and cheese.

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For many years this entrée has been a top menu choice at Maggiano's, the 54-unit Italian chain from Brinker, the same company that operates Chili’s Grill & Bar. The $30 restaurant dish consists of three 2½-ounce tenderloin steaks, swimming in a fantastic balsamic cream sauce with sliced portabello mushrooms—but a home version is only six easy steps away, and it won't hit you in the wallet as hard as the pricey original.

Cracking this dish required a perfect hack of the balsamic cream sauce, and that came quickly after obtaining some very reliable information from my incredibly helpful server/informant at a Las Vegas Maggiano’s. Let’s call him Skippy.

According to Skippy, the balsamic cream sauce is as simple as mixing a sweet balsamic glaze with the chain’s creamy Alfredo sauce. So, I first got a sample of Maggiano’s Alfredo sauce and figured out how to replicate it. Once that was done, I measured increments of balsamic glaze into the Alfredo sauce until the color and flavor matched the original. The rest of the recipe was easy.

My recipe will make two servings and includes preparation for the tenderloins and sauce. If you’d like to complete the dish the way it’s served at the restaurant (as in the photo), add some garlic mashed potatoes on the side, using my hack for Olive Garden Garlic Mashed Potatoes.   

Try my Maggiano's Beef Tenderloin Medallions copycat recipe below, find more of my Maggiano's copycat recipes here.

Garlic mashed potatoes are a great side for many entrées, especially when the mashed potatoes are as creamy and flavorful as those at Olive Garden. In our hack, the cloves of peeled garlic are boiled with the potatoes. When the potatoes get passed through a potato ricer (or mashed) the softened garlic cloves go along for the ride and get mashed up too. This way, you’re guaranteed to get the perfect amount of flavorful garlic in every bite.

I settled on cream as the dairy here in my Olive Garden Mashed Potatoes copycat recipe after my attempts using milk and half-and-half resulted in thin and runny potatoes. I found that cream adds the perfect thickness and smooth richness to the mashers, and it made the closest duplicate to the original potatoes.

This side goes great with our Olive Garden Stuffed Chicken Marsala copycat recipe.

Other recipes I’ve seen that claim to duplicate the fabulous flavor of this popular soup do not make good clones, yet the long grain and wild rice mix that many of these recipes call for is a great way to get the exact amount of rice you need in a perfect blend. Just be sure not to use the flavor packet that comes with those rice kits, or you won’t get a good clone of the Panera original. Toss out that blend (or you can use it elsewhere; see Tidbits) and use my recipe below to make a better flavoring for the soup.

Thanks to Panera Bread's policy of completely transparent ingredients, I discovered a surprising ingredient or two (wow, cabbage!), and was able to craft the best Panera Bread Cream of Chicken and Wild Rice Soup copycat recipe you’ll find.

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Menu Description: "Smoked ham, smoked turkey, two cheeses, battered and fried until golden with raspberry preserves and dusted with powdered sugar."

When pondering casual chains with the best Monte Cristo sandwiches, two come to mind: Bennigan's and Cheddar's recipes. At each chain the sandwich is built with turkey, ham, and cheese, then it’s battered and fried, dusted with powdered sugar, and served with raspberry preserves for dipping. It probably sounds strange if you've never had one, but Monte Cristo alums know it all tastes pretty darn great together. I hacked Bennigans' version years ago for my cookbook Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2, and recently, on a trip to Charlotte, North Carolina, I was able to get my hands on Cheddars' signature version of this famous sandwich.

I planned for the mission by bringing along a cooler of ice so that I could get a fresh sample safely back home. Once I was back in the lab in Vegas, I subjected the sandwich to a series of tasty tests, burned through several versions of batter, and eventually assembled this new Cheddar's Monte Cristo copycat recipe that I think is even better than my previous Bennigan's hack. The better batter is the big secret here—it's light and crispy and perfectly golden brown, and the sandwich features two kinds of cheese, both white and yellow American. Will this be the best Monte Cristo you've ever had? You’re about to find out.

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The real version of this chili sauce comes to each Wienerschnitzel unit as concentrated brown goo in big 6-pound, 12-ounce cans. After adding 64 ounces of water and 15 chopped hamburger patties the stuff is transformed into the familiar thick and spicy chili sauce dolloped over hot dogs and French fries at America's largest hot dog chain. The proper proportion of spices, tomato paste, and meat is crucial; but the real challenge in creating my Wienerschnitzel chili copycat recipe is finding a common grocery store equivalent for modified food starch that's used in the real chili sauce as a thickener. 

After a couple of days in the underground lab with Starbucks lattes on intravenous drip, I came out, squinting at the bright sunshine, with a solution to the chili conundrum. This secret combination of cornstarch and Wondra flour and plenty of salt and chili powder makes a chili sauce that says nothing but "Wienerschnitzel" all over it.

Now, what incredible side dish will you make?

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By sneaking around to the back of a HoneyBaked Ham store, I witnessed the glazing process through an open door. The hams are delivered to each of the 300 HoneyBaked outlets already smoked, but without the glaze. It is only when the ham gets to your local HoneyBaked store that a special machine thin-slices the tender meat in a spiral fashion around the bone. Then, one at a time, each ham is then coated with the glaze—a blend that is similar to what might be used to make pumpkin pie. This sweet coating is then caramelized with a blowtorch by hand until the glaze bubbles and melts, turning golden brown. If needed, more of the coating is added to the HoneyBaked Glazed Ham, and the blowtorch is fired up until the glaze is just right. It's this careful process that turns the same size ham that costs 20 dollars in a supermarket into one that customers gladly shell out 3 to 4 times as much to share during the holiday season.

For my HoneyBaked Ham glaze copycat recipe, we will re-create the glaze that you can apply to a smoked/cooked bone-in ham of your choice. Look for a ham that is pre-sliced. Otherwise, you'll have to slice it yourself with a sharp knife, then the glaze will be applied. To get the coating just right, you must use a blowtorch. Get the kind that is used for crème brûlée from almost any kitchen supply store. They're usually pretty cheap. And don't worry—I didn't leave out an ingredient. No honey is necessary to re-create this flavorful glaze.

Now, what's for dessert?

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In early 1985, restaurateur Rich Komen felt there was a specialty niche in convenience-food service just waiting to be filled. His idea was to create an efficient outlet that could serve freshly made cinnamon rolls in shopping malls throughout the country. It took nine months for Komen and his staff to develop a cinnamon roll recipe he knew customers would consider the "freshest, gooiest, and most mouthwatering cinnamon roll ever tasted." The concept was tested for the first time in Seattle's Sea-Tac mall later that year, with workers mixing, proofing, rolling, and baking the rolls in full view of customers. Now, more than 626 outlets later, Cinnabon has become the fastest-growing cinnamon roll bakery in the world.

Use my Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls copycat recipe below to make delicious homemade Cinnabon, or try my improved recipe here, which I perfected with the help of Cinnabon HQ.

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Menu Description: "Made from scratch in our kitchens using fresh Grade A Fancy Russet potatoes, fresh chopped onion, natural Colby cheese and spices. Baked fresh all day long."

In the late sixties, Dan Evins was a Shell Oil "jobber" looking for a new way to market gasoline. He wanted to create a special place that would arouse curiosity, and would pull travelers off the highways. In 1969 he opened the first Cracker Barrel just off Interstate 40 in Lebanon, Tennessee, offering gas, country-style food, and a selection of antiques for sale. Today there are over 529 stores in 41 states, with each restaurant still designed as a country rest stop and gift store. In fact, those stores which carry an average of 4,500 different items apiece have made Cracker Barrel the largest retailer of American-made finished crafts in the United States.

Those who know Cracker Barrel love the restaurant for its delicious home-style breakfasts and this casserole, made with hash brown-sliced potatoes, Colby cheese, milk, beef broth, and spices. My Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole copycat recipe is designed for a skillet that is also safe to put in the oven (so no plastic handles). If you don't have one of those, you can easily transfer the casserole to a baking dish after it is done cooking on the stove.

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The wafers were being created from scratch at home long before Nabisco introduced the lightweight, poker chip-like packaged cookies in 1945. Back then, they were called Vanilla Wafers. But in the 60s, Nabisco slapped the trade name Nilla Wafers on the box. Today, the real things come about 100 to a box and really fly when whipped into the air with a little flick of the wrist.

Now you can relive the days of old with homemade wafers fresh out of the oven. My Nilla Wafers recipe makes about half a box's worth, and they fly just as far.

What other famous cookies can you make at home? Check out my recipes here. 

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Fans of Cheesecake Factory’s Steak Diane don’t seem to mind that the dish isn’t a traditional interpretation of the classic recipe. The restaurant chain’s version includes mushrooms and medallions of beef tenderloin, similar to the old-school version, but you won’t find Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, cognac, or cream typically associated with a traditional Steak Diane. Instead, the chain tops the steak with the same Madeira sauce served on its Chicken Madeira entrée, and it's delicious.

I hacked the chain’s Chicken Madeira many years ago in Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2 but was happy for the chance to go back and improve the great sauce. After some fiddling, I developed an improved formula that uses less wine and incorporates a longer reduction to intensify the flavors. When shopping for ingredients, it's okay to pick the least expensive Madeira wine on the shelf. Just know Madeira wines have different characteristics, so your final flavor may vary slightly from the restaurant version.

For your tenderloins, begin with thick steaks, as you will be slicing the portions in half through the middle to make them thinner. You will need 7 to 8 small steak portions sliced in half to yield 14 to 16 medallions. 

This was my #4 most popular recipe of 2024. Check out the other most popular recipes of the year: Old Spaghetti Factory Rich Meat Sauce (#1), Cracker Barrel Country Fried Steak (#2), Crumbl Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunk Cookie (#3), Portillo's Chocolate Cake (#5).

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In late 2021, Popeyes debuted a new macaroni and cheese recipe made with cheddar, cream, and butter, and browned nicely on top like it was just pulled out of Mom’s home oven. After analyzing the real thing from Popeyes in my kitchen lab and experimenting with multiple batches, I was eventually able to reproduce the dish so the same great mac & cheese taste can now come out of your OWN home oven. And the best part: it's super easy to make. You'll like that.

I created my Popeyes Mac & Cheese copycat recipe using the same ingredients used by the chain: cheddar cheese, whole milk, heavy cream, unsalted butter—all wholesome foods without any weird stuff. We'll make a quick roux for the cheese sauce using a little flour, and I’m also adding easy-melting American cheese into the mix for its keen ability to keep the sauce from becoming grainy, as cheddar-based sauces tend to do.

Combine the sauce with the pasta, brown the top under a broiler, and you just home-styled your way to a delicious mac & cheese masterpiece.

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Tweaking a classic recipe with a few special prep tricks leaked to me by a server was the key to developing this spot-on hack for the famous meatballs from the iconic 125-year-old Italian dining room. With just two locations in the U.S. (Los Angeles and New York), sinking your fork into a fresh meatball at the restaurant requires quite a trip for most people, but my Rao's Traditional Meatballs recipe, refined through multiple batches, will make you a meatball master in your own kitchen, producing ten 5½-ounce meatballs that look and taste like the real thing.

Fortunately, I could squeeze in a reservation at the Las Vegas Rao’s location a few weeks before it closed its doors forever at Caesar’s Palace in late November 2021. While there, I made sure to ask my server for any information about the recipe, and was informed about the secret two-step process described in this hack to create giant meatballs that are cooked through, but so moist that they practically crumble when cut with a fork.

Rao’s has shared a meatball recipe in the past, but don’t be fooled. That recipe produces decent meatballs, but they are not the same as what’s served in the restaurant. If you want to make meatballs that taste like the classic original, use my Rao's meatballs recipe below.

And when they're done, top the meatballs with your favorite marinara or use my hack here to re-create Rao’s famous sauce.

This recipe was our #1 most popular in 2022. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: Chipotle Pollo Asado (#2), Wendy's Seasoned Potatoes (#3), Cheesecake Factory Spicy Cashew Chicken (#4), McDonald's Chicken McNuggets (#5).

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Sherwood Johnson survived a case of malaria while serving in World War II, which left him with some residual nerve damage and earned him a new nickname: Shakey. Despite his affliction, Shakey Johnson could still bang out toe-tapping Dixieland jazz on the piano night after night in the pizza parlor he opened in Sacramento in 1954, where live jazz accompanied the thin-crust pizza and cold pitchers of beer.

Shakey’s became the first franchised pizza restaurant in the U.S., and by 1974, the chain had 500 stores nationwide. The top dish is clearly the made-to-order pizza, but the chain’s trademarked crispy battered potato slices are a close runner-up and a perfect, tasty subject to hack.

Recipes claiming that pancake mix is the secret seasoning ingredient in Mojo Potatoes fail to recognize that pancake mix contains sugar, yet there is no noticeable sweetness in the breading. I also concluded that dry breading wouldn't work, as my tests showed that the paprika failed to bloom and contribute the same color as it does when the mixture is wet.

For my Shakey's Mojo Potatoes recipe, I eventually settled on a wet batter made with seasoned salt, flour, cornstarch, and paprika to match the flavor, crispiness, and red/orange tint of the real thing from America’s first pizza chain. Use this original technique and these handy step photos to make extra crispy potatoes the Shakey's way.

These potatoes make a great appetizer or side dish to any meal. Find some famous entrée recipes here.

This popular chain wrangles a wide variety of dishes and cooking styles day after day with consistently high quality. From pasta to burgers to tacos, from salads to pancakes to beautiful cheesecakes for dessert, there is something for everyone at the Cheesecake Factory.

The diverse menu's Asia-inspired plates include Thai, Korean, and Chinese dishes, but one that consistently stands out is this excellent Mandarin-style spicy chicken entrée, served over your choice of white or brown rice.

The secret of the great flavor is the sauce, which has now been hacked for you in my Cheesecake Factory Spicy Cashew copycat recipe below. Plus, I’ll walk you through the process of creating perfect crispy chicken from scratch using juicy chicken tenderloins.

Alternatively, if you’d like to save time, you can bake up some pre-cooked breaded chicken tenders and focus all your efforts on making the amazing sauce. Tips on that chicken shortcut can be found below in the Tidbits.

This recipe was our #4 most popular in 2022. Check out the other four most unlocked recipes for the year: Rao's Traditional Meatballs (#1), Chipotle Pollo Asado (#2), Wendy's Seasoned Potatoes (#3), McDonald's Chicken McNuggets (#5).

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On the list of inspirational American food success stories is the small fried chicken restaurant George W. Church opened across the street from the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, in 1952. In the years since, Church's Chicken exploded into a monster chicken chain with over 1000 restaurants in 35 countries.

No chain would grow that big without good food. George's special homestyle fried chicken formula was his secret recipe to success, and as far as I can tell, nobody has properly hacked it. Until now. 

The ingredient list for this crispy chicken is smaller than what you might find in “The Colonel’s” kitchen, which is good because you won’t have to go out and buy 11 herbs and spices. Much of the flavoring in this chicken recipe develops during the brining process, which also has the added benefit of keeping the chicken moist and juicy inside. I discovered that Church’s marinates their chicken for 12 hours, so I worked backward and designed a brine that would do its job in exactly half a day.

For my Church's Fried Chicken copycat recipe, you'll need to plan ahead to give your chicken time to marinate. But that's a good thing—your patience will be rewarded with the down-home taste of delicious Southern-style fried chicken.

And here's some more good news: this hack includes two recipes! I've created a Church's copycat recipe for the original fried chicken, as well as instructions for duplicating the spicy version if you feel like pumping up your jam.

This recipe was my #1 most popular of 2023. Check out the other most popular unlocked recipes of the year: IKEA Swedish Meatballs (#2), Chipotle Guacamole (#3), Subway Cookies (#4), IHOP Thick 'N Fluffy French Toast (#5).

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