3 Tips to Cooking Restaurant Recipes at Home

Whether it's Applebee's, Chili's, KFC or Wendy's, cooking your favorite restaurant recipe at home is easy, fun, and it can save you a lot of money. There are however a few things to be aware of. While cooking restaurant recipes at home may be easy, I get letters all the time from people wondering why their particular copycat recipe didn't turn out tasting quite right.

The following 3 tips to cooking restaurant recipes at home should be followed to achieve optimal results.

Recipe Source - Be sure that you have a good recipe source. The internet is full of both good and bad information and recipes are no different. At the very least find a site or, better yet, a cookbook that specializes in restaurant recipe clones. There are also a number of great digital cookbooks available that can be downloaded and get you ready to cook in a matter of minutes.

Ingredients - Often in restaurant chains the ingredients in your favorite restaurant recipe are not the typical ingredients found in the local grocery store. Preservatives, and flavor enhancers are things that you will have to take into consideration if you're looking for exact copycat recipes. However you might want to consider making slight modifications that get the flavor as close as possible but are also healthier than the restaurant recipes themselves.

Equipment - The proper equipment is very important. Using a copper pan instead of stainless steel, using a pressure cooker instead of a fry pan, using a steamer instead of blanching, are all examples of slight differences that can mean the world of difference when preparing restaurant recipes at home