With restaurants limited or closed in many areas, satisfying those cravings can be tough. Miss your favorite dishes? We've got you covered with 8 authentic copycat recipes from beloved spots. These are simple to prepare at home, delivering restaurant-quality flavors—or even better. Tested and perfected for home kitchens, they're sure to impress.
Contents
- 1. L'Entrecôte Restaurant Secret Sauce
- Ingredients for 1 person
- How to
- 2. Classic Restaurant Pepper Sauce
- Ingredients
- How to
- 3. McDonald's Big Mac Sauce Recipe
- Ingredients
- Preparing the secret sauce
- 4. IKEA-Style Swedish Meatballs
- Ingredients
- How to
- 5. KFC Fried Chicken Secret Recipe
- Ingredients for 4 people
- How to
- 6. Pizza Hut Pan Pizza
- Ingredients for 4 people
- Preparing the dough
- How to cook pizza
- 7. Japanese Restaurant Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl
- Ingredients for 4 people
- How to
- 8. Burger King Whopper Replica
- Ingredients
- How to
1. L'Entrecôte Restaurant Secret Sauce
Ingredients for 1 person
- 1 chicken liver
- 1 shallot
- 1 sprig of thyme
- 10 cl heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 20 g butter
- 3 cl water
How to
- Sweat the chopped shallots in 10 g of butter.
- Add thyme and chicken liver.
- Cook until lightly browned.
- In another pan, reduce the cream with mustard over low heat.
- Once thickened, add water and remaining butter.
- Blend in the shallot-liver mixture.
- Strain through a fine sieve.
- Finish with additional cream and mustard to taste.
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2. Classic Restaurant Pepper Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 beef or poultry stock cube
- 60 g butter
- 30 g flour
- 40 cl semi-skimmed milk at room temperature
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp heavy cream
- ½ tbsp crushed pepper
How to
Prep: 5 mins | Cook: 5 mins | Serves 4
- Crush the stock cube.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat.
- Add flour once melted; whisk for 1 min.
- Gradually whisk in milk.
- Add stock cube, vinegar, and pepper.
- Whisk until thickened.
- Remove from heat; stir in cream.
- Mix smooth with a wooden spoon.
- Serve hot with grilled meat.
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3. McDonald's Big Mac Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 bag finely chopped iceberg lettuce
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 gherkins (American pickles preferred), finely diced
- Mayonnaise
- Mustard (American-style if available)
- White vinegar
- Sugar
- Paprika
- Salt and pepper
Preparing the Secret Sauce
Bowl 1: Reserve 4 thin onion slices, chop them, and mix with chopped lettuce.
Bowl 2:
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 4 pinches sugar
- 1 pinch paprika
- 4 tbsp finely chopped onion
- 4 tsp finely chopped pickles
- Salt and pepper to taste
Mix well. Discover the recipe here.
4. IKEA-Style Swedish Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 kg ground beef
- 70 g breadcrumbs
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- ¼ tsp chili powder
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 70 g sliced onion
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- Pinch black pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 75 g butter
- 50 g flour
- 500 ml beef stock
- 230 ml heavy cream
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
How to
Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 20 mins | Serves 6
- Mix beef, breadcrumbs, parsley, spices, onion, garlic, salt, and egg.
- Form 12 large or 20 small meatballs.
- Heat oil and 15 g butter; brown meatballs on all sides.
- Rest covered.
- Melt 60 g butter, add flour, brown.
- Whisk in stock, cream, Worcestershire, mustard; thicken.
- Season; simmer meatballs 1-2 mins.
- Serve with noodles or rice.
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5. KFC Fried Chicken
Ingredients for 4
- 250 g flour
- ⅔ tbsp salt
- ½ tbsp dried thyme
- ½ tbsp dried basil
- ⅓ tbsp dried marjoram
- 1 tbsp celery salt
- 1 tbsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp mustard powder
- 4 tbsp sweet paprika
- 2 tbsp garlic salt
- 1 tbsp ground ginger
- 3 tbsp ground white pepper
- 125 g light cream
- 1 beaten egg
- 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces (breasts halved)
- Rapeseed oil for frying
How to
Marinate: 20-30 mins | Rest: 20 mins | Fry: 15-18 mins
- Mix flour and spices.
- Mix egg and cream.
- Marinate chicken in egg mixture 20-30 mins.
- Coat in flour mixture.
- Rest on rack 20 mins.
- Heat 7-8 cm oil to 175°C.
- Fry 3-4 pieces 15-18 mins, turning once.
- Drain on paper towels.
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6. Pizza Hut Pan Pizza
Ingredients for 4
Dough:
- 30 cl hot water (40°C)
- 30 g skim milk powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 480 g flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 packet yeast
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 9 cl olive oil (3 cl per 20 cm pan)
Sauce:
- 225 g tomato sauce
- 1 tsp oregano
- ½ tsp marjoram
- ½ tsp basil
- ½ tsp garlic salt
Preparing the Dough
- Mix yeast, sugar, salt, milk powder; add hot water, stir.
- Rest 2 mins; add oil.
- Add flour; knead 10 mins.
- Divide into 3 balls.
- Oil 3 x 20 cm pans.
- Roll dough to fit; brush edges with oil.
- Cover; rise 1-1.5 hours warm.
- Mix sauce; rest 1 hour.
How to Cook
Per 20 cm pizza | Prep: 1-2 hours
- Preheat oven to 250°C.
- Spread 75 g sauce, leaving 2-3 cm edge.
- Add 15 g mozzarella.
- Top with pepperoni/ham, veggies, meats, another 15 g cheese.
- Bake until crust golden and cheese melted.
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7. Japanese Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl
Ingredients for 4
- 3 chicken breasts
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 cm fresh ginger
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- Salt, pepper
- Sunflower oil
- 300 g Japanese rice
- 300 g broccoli
How to
- Cook rice.
- Steam broccoli.
- Mince garlic and ginger.
- Cube chicken.
- Mix sauce: sugar, soy, vinegar, ginger, garlic, cornstarch.
- Brown chicken in oil 5 mins; season.
- Add sauce; simmer 5 mins to thicken.
- Assemble bowls.
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8. Burger King Whopper Replica
Ingredients
- 1 burger bun
- 1 ground beef patty
- Ketchup
- Mayonnaise
- Pickle slices
- Onion slices
- Tomato slices
- Lettuce leaves
- Salt, pepper
How to
Prep: 5 mins | Cook: 5 mins | Serves 1
- Slice tomato, onion, pickles; prepare lettuce.
- Toast bun.
- Cook patty; season.
- Assemble: patty, pickles, ketchup, onion, tomato, lettuce, mayo.
- Top with bun.
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