40+ BEST Restaurant Copycat Recipes (2024)

August 18, 2023July 15, 2023 by Erin

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Do you love the taste of your favorite restaurant dishes, but don’t want to spend the money to eat out all the time? If so, you’re in luck! There are plenty of copycat recipes out there that will help you recreate your favorite dishes at home.

In this blog post, we’ll share 40+ of our favorite copycat recipes. From fast food favorites like McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets and In-N-Out Sauce, to more upscale dishes like PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps and Din Tai Fung Green Beans, there’s something for everyone on this list.

The BEST Restaurant Copycat Recipes

This recipe for Easy Mongolian Beef makes it simple to make your favorite take out dish at home. It’s a recipe that tastes just like PF Chang’s!

Copycat PF Chang’s Easy Mongolian Beef

These copycat Din Tai Fung Green Beans are deliciously crispy and coated with lots of savory garlic and a spicy chili crisp. It’s the best umami-forward side dish to pair with all of your takeout-inspired favorites!

Copycat Din Tai Fung Green Beans

These PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps are a copycat recipe of their popular dish. Ground chicken is wrapped in cooling lettuce cups and topped with a special customizable dipping sauce.

Copycat PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps

This famous In-N-Out Sauce is easy to make at home! 6 simple ingredients are transformed into a sweet, briny, and tangy sauce that’s perfect for burgers, finger foods, and homemade Animal Fries.

Famous In-N-Out Sauce

This copycat Din Tai Fung Cucumber Salad is bursting with flavor. Beautifully marinated cucumbers drizzled in chili oil is an outstanding vegetarian appetizer you can enjoy for any special occasion!

Copycat Din Tai Fung Cucumber Salad

These Instant Pot Egg Bites are just like the ones you’d find at Starbucks. By making them at home in your electric pressure cooker, you’ll save lots of money and you can totally customize them with your favorite flavors.

Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites

This Restaurant Ranch Dressing is hands down the best, most crave-worthy ranch you've ever had. This recipe can rival any restaurant ranch dressing!

Homemade Ranch Dressing To Rival Any Restaurant

This jalapeno sesame salsa recipe is totally unique and so addictive! It's the perfect topping for Yumm bowls, hummus, scrambled eggs, pizza and more! Or just use it as a dip.

Jalapeno Sesame Salsa

Learn how to make Yumm Sauce – inspired by Cafe Yumm. These vegetarian Yumm Bowls are loaded up with all the toppings and drizzled with a creamy curry & cumin spiced chickpea sauce.

Yumm Sauce

This clementine smoothie recipe tastes just like the an Orange Julius (but it's healthier). It's frosty and frothy with that orange and vanilla flavor that we all love!

Healthier Orange Julius

Add a tangy, sweet and spicy kick to your fried shrimp, seafood, fries, burgers, and more with Bang Bang Sauce! It’s an easy, creamy chili and mayo dipping sauce made from ingredients you likely already have in your kitchen. Plus, it's a dead ringer for the Bonefish Grill namesake appetizer Bang Bang Shrimp!

Bang Bang Sauce

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40+ Restaurant Copycat Recipes

Love the taste of your favorite restaurant dishes, but don't want to spend the money to eat out? Try these restaurant copycat recipes! These PF Chang's Lettuce Wraps are a copycat recipe of their popular dish. Ground chicken is wrapped in cooling lettuce cups and topped with a special customizable dipping sauce.

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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Created by Platings and Pairings

Ingredients

Marinade

3 Tablespoons soy sauce
2 Tablespoons mirin
1 Tablespoon oyster sauce
1 Tablespoon rice vinegar

Lettuce Wraps

1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound ground chicken breast
1 8-ounce can water chestnuts (drained and minced (about 1 cup))
10 fresh or dried sh*take mushrooms (stems removed and chopped (about 2/3 cups). If dried, soak in warm water until soft, before chopping)
4 cloves garlic (minced or grated)

For Serving

1 green onion (thinly sliced, for garnish)
Lettuce cups (for serving)

Special Sauce

3 Tablespoons soy sauce
1 Tablespoon rice vinegar
1 – 3 teaspoons chili garlic sauce
1/2 – 1 teaspoon Chinese hot mustard paste
1/8 teaspoon chili oil
1 green onion (thinly sliced)

Instructions

Prepare the marinade by mixing all of the ingredients together in a small bowl.
Mix the ground chicken meat, water chestnuts, chopped mushrooms and garlic with all the Marinade ingredients. Set aside for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the sauce. Combine soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili oil and green onions. For a mild sauce add 1 teaspoon of chili garlic sauce. For a medium sauce add 1/2 teaspoon of hot mustard plus 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce. For a hot sauce and 1 teaspoon of hot mustard plus 3 teaspoons of chili garlic sauce. Stir well. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a wok or saute pan over high heat. Once hot, add the chicken. Stir-fry the chicken, breaking it up with a spoon until cooked through.
Spoon the chicken into lettuce cups and serve with the sauce on the side. Enjoy!

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