Restaurant Copy Cat Recipe Book

With a big family, eating out can be a major expense. These recipes can make your favorite meals affordable. We work to recreate the tastes that you love from your favorite spots. Whether it's fast food, a specialty drink or a delightful dessert from that certain coffee shop, we try to bring a variety of recipes to help conquer your craving without breaking the bank. This cookbook is designed for "culinary challenged" as well as the typical cook. When we began creating recipes for CincyShopper, we found that people like the recipes and love the pictures. We got lots of feedback about how the pictures let them know what it should look like. I didn't realize exactly what they were telling me until I had one reader point to an example from another site, which had gone poorly for her. Upon looking at the recipe and the picture, the problem was obvious. The beautiful picture was not made from the ingredients they had listed. It was probably a stock picture they had bought because they lacked photography skills, but this poor reader had spent a lot of time and frustration trying to achieve this unattainable image of the dish. After a while, we began selling versions of the recipes to other websites to share with their readers. We looked at it as a way to make a little extra income while helping readers of other blogs avoid having their cooking adventures go horribly wrong. We make and tweak each recipe to get the taste just right. Then, we photograph it to show you how it should look. No surprises. No stock photos. If you want to see more of our recipes please visit us at cincyshopper.com. Included in this book are: Copycat Applebee’s Clubhouse Grille Sandwich Copycat Applebee’s Lemonade with Kiwi Copycat Bonefish Grill Bang Bang Shrimp Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Salad Sandwich Copycat Chick-Fil-A Lemonade Copycat Chipotle Lime Rice Copycat Cracker Barrel Coke Cake Copycat Long John Silver’s Chicken Copycat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing Copycat Orange Julius Copycat Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup Copycat Panera Tuna Salad Sandwich Copycat Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino Copycat Starbucks Egg Salad Sandwich Copycat Starbucks Iced Cinnamon Dolce Latte Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Copycat Starbucks Passion Tea Lemonade Copycat Starbucks Raspberry Swirl Pound Cake Copycat Starbucks Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls with Cinnamon Honey Butter Copycat Wendy’s Frosty

Big Mac Recipe

1-1/4 lbs. lean ground beef
Shredded lettuce
Minced onion
Hamburger Dill Pickle Chips
Special Sauce
Hamburger Buns - with or without sesame seeds

SPECIAL SAUCE

1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 Tbsp. French Dressing
2 Tbsp. dill pickle relish (use about 1/2 cup of dill pickle chips, chopped finely)
1 tsp. yellow mustard
1 tsp. ketchup
1 tsp. white vinegar
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. onion powder

Mix all sauce ingredients and refrigerate for at least one hour for flavors to blend.

Divide ground beef into 8 equal portions.  Form into VERY thin patties, about 1/4" thick.  Season with salt and pepper.

Heat up a griddle or cast iron pan.  Lightly butter hamburger buns.  You will be using two bottoms and one top of the buns.

Grill until nicely toasted.

Fry hamburger patties until nicely browned on each side.

While the burgers are frying, top each bun portion with about 1 Tbsp. of Special Sauce.  Top two portions with shredded lettuce, minced onion and pickle slices.

Top each "bottom" bun portion with hamburger pattie and top with a slice of American cheese.  Add remaining top bun portion.

Makes 4 BIG MACS to enjoy at home!