The Secret to Cooking Restaurant Recipes at Home

There is no question about it, everyone loves to eat out. But eating in restaurants can be expensive. But enjoying your favorite restaurant recipes doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg. Why not whip up your favorite restaurant recipes right in your own kitchen?

The beauty of making restaurant recipes at home is that typically you can make them healthier, cheaper, and if you know what you're doing, even better than the real thing. Now the down side of course is that it will take a little more time and energy than simply sliding in to the booth at the local Olive Garden, but in the end both your pocket book and your family will thank you for it.

The secret to cooking copycat recipes at home and having them turn out right is two fold. It basically comes down to ingredients and equipment. To illustrate the point, one very famous restaurant recipe that people often try and cook at home is the secret KFC chicken recipe. If you've ever tried this than you probably found your self saying, "now this is good, but it sure doesn't taste like Kentucky Fried Chicken." This recipe is one of the most common requests I get from my restaurant recipe newsletter and it is one that people have the most problems with. But as mentioned above, the reason most people get this recipe wrong is because of improper ingredients and equipment.

For example, KFC chicken is cooked in a pressure cooker. This is a simple but huge difference. You could take an actual piece of battered KFC chicken and throw it in your fry pan or deep fryer and you would get something completely different.

The other secret to cooking restaurant recipes is ingredients. Let's just face it, many chain restaurants make food that is loaded with preservatives and ingredients that you don't often find in the grocery store. They may not be healthy but often they taste good. This is where you need to make a personal choice as to whether or not you want to modify the recipe and loose some of the traditional taste but improve its health, or seek out the guar gums, MSG, and poly-saturated fats and include them in your recipe.

The only other obstacle to making great restaurant recipes at home is actually finding a good copy of your favorite Top Secret Restaurant Recipe.

Feel free to browse my recipe database at Restaurant Recipes Exposed.