From kitchen to clone: 23 copycat recipes

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From famous fast food favorites to beloved restaurant classics, we’ve compiled a list of 23 mouthwatering dishes that will make you question whether you’re dining out or enjoying a homemade feast.

Olive garden chicken pasta on a fork.
Olive Garden Chicken Pasta. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Bowl of copycat Olive Garden chicken gnocchi soup in a bowl with breadsticks in the background.
Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup – Upstate Ramblings.

This Slow Cooker Olive Garden Gnocchi Soup is a fabulous copycat recipe! This creamy soup is the perfect easy-to-make comfort food, full of flavor and a rich broth. Serve this with delicious soup with soft breadsticks, and you won’t even miss the restaurant!
Get the Recipe: Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Taco Bell Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes

Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

This is one of Taco Bell’s most popular menu items, and these addicting potatoes offer everything people love about the original – crispy, spicy potatoes covered with cheesy goodness.
Get the Recipe: Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes

Popeye’s Strawberry Biscuits

Stack of strawberry biscuits on a plate with berries in the background.
Popeye’s Strawberry Biscuits. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

Get the taste of Popeye’s famous strawberry biscuits right in your own kitchen! These copycat biscuits are fluffy, buttery, and loaded with juicy strawberries. They make a perfect sweet treat for breakfast or brunch.
Get the Recipe: Popeye’s Strawberry Biscuits

Cracker Barrel Meatloaf

two slices of meatloaf on a plate with mashed potatoes and carrots.
Cracker Barrel Meatloaf. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

This Cracker Barrel Meatloaf recipe is the ultimate comfort food! Juicy meatloaf is topped with a mouth-watering glaze that will have you coming back for seconds.
Get the Recipe: Cracker Barrel Meatloaf

Cracker Barrel Cinnamon Roll Pie

Cinnamon Roll Pie. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Cinnamon Roll Pie. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

Cinnamon roll pie is an amazing breakfast or dessert treat with warm and gooey cinnamon rolls baked inside a flakey pie crust and then covered with a sweet cream cheese frosting!
Get the Recipe: Cinnamon Roll Pie

Outback Bloomin’ Onion

Blooming onion on a plate with sauce in the background.
Blooming Onion. Photo Credit: Upstate Ramblings.

This copycat recipe will guide you through creating the crispy, golden-brown, and deliciously seasoned Outback Bloomin’ Onion right at home. Impress your family and friends with this iconic appetizer that captures the essence of the Outback Steakhouse experience.
Get the Recipe: Outback Bloomin’ Onion

P.F. Chang’s Mongolian Beef

Mongolian Beef. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Mongolian Beef. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

Crispy beef is coated in a sweet sauce, just like you’d get at a P.F. Chang’s, and it is ready in only 20 minutes!
Get the Recipe: Mongolian Beef

Olive Garden Chicken Pasta

Olive Garden Chicken Pasta. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Olive Garden Chicken Pasta. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

This delicious slow cooker Olive Garden chicken pasta features tender, fall apart chicken that simmers all day in creamy and cheesy sauce!
Get the Recipe: Olive Garden Chicken Pasta

Copycat Chick-fil-A Sandwich

Copycat Chick-fil-A Sandwich. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Copycat Chick-fil-A Sandwich. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

Prepare a juicy air fryer chicken sandwich at home anytime, with the help of this copycat Chick-Fil-A recipe! When you are craving a crispy chicken sandwich, this recipe is easy to make with simple ingredients.
Get the Recipe: Copycat Chick-fil-A Sandwich

Olive Garden Minestrone Soup

Olive Garden Minestrone Soup. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Olive Garden Minestrone Soup. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

This easy Instant Pot Minestrone soup is perfect comfort food! It is a quick, easy and nutritious one pot meal the entire family will love.
Get the Recipe: Olive Garden Minestrone Soup

Chilis Southwest Egg Rolls

Southwest Egg Rolls. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Southwest Egg Rolls. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

Chicken combines with corn, beans, onions, cheese and spicy Tex Mex seasoning for an easy to make homemade egg roll in this Chilis copycat recipe.
Get the Recipe: Southwest Egg Rolls

Bonefish Grill Bang Bang Shrimp

Bang Bang Shrimp. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Bang Bang Shrimp. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

This is a copycat recipe for Bonefish Grill’s Bang Bang Shrimp! Using the air fryer makes it a healthier alternative to the famous shrimp appetizer.
Get the Recipe: Bang Bang Shrimp

Panda Express Orange Chicken

Copycat Panda Express Orange Chicken. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Copycat Panda Express Orange Chicken. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

Everyone will love this tender chicken coated in orange flavor, just like Panda Express Orange Chicken. Each bite is bursting with flavor!
Get the Recipe: Copycat Panda Express Orange Chicken

Taco Bell Nacho Fries Supreme

Nacho Fries Supreme. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Nacho Fries Supreme. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

These are nachos with spicy fries as a base and topped with taco meat, refried beans, nacho cheese, and more for a fun twist on classic nachos that is ready in 25 minutes.
Get the Recipe: Nacho Fries Supreme

Taco Bell Mexican Pizza

Taco Bell Mexican Pizza. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.
Taco Bell Mexican Pizza. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

Crunchy tortillas are filled with taco meat and beans and smothered with gooey cheese and all your favorite taco toppings.
Get the Recipe: Taco Bell Mexican Pizza

Olive Garden Chicken Piccata

Olive Garden Chicken Piccata. Photo credit: little house big alaska.
Olive Garden Chicken Piccata. Photo credit: Little House Big Alaska.

Make this simple chicken piccata and listen to the rave reviews that come from family and friends. It feels upscale like you’re eating from a fancy restaurant yet you’re making dinner at home in about 35 minutes!
Get the Recipe: Olive Garden Chicken Piccata

Firehouse NY Steamer

Firehouse NY Steamer. Photo credit: Cook What You Love.
Firehouse NY Steamer. Photo credit: Cook What You Love.

Loaded with pastrami AND corned beef, this meaty sandwich gets VIP treatment when you make it at home.
Get the Recipe: Firehouse NY Steamer

Cracker Barrel Cinnamon Apples

Cinnamon Apples. Photo credit: Honest & Truly.
Cracker Barrel Cinnamon Apples. Photo credit: Honest & Truly.

Who doesn’t love the cinnamon apples from Cracker Barrel? They aer a perfect complement to any breakfast or brunch, or enjoy them for dinner. They’re delicious and have the perfect sweet cinnamon glaze that will have you going back for seconds.
Get the Recipe: Cinnamon Apples

Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Soup (Panera Copycat). Photo credit: MOON and spoon and yum.
Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Soup (Panera Copycat). Photo credit: MOON and spoon and yum.

This Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup copycat recipe is easy to make in the Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker. It’s made with simple ingredients and is quick, budget-friendly and delightfully cheesy. Stovetop instructions included.
Get the Recipe: Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Copycat Ruth Chris Stuffed Chicken Recipe

Copycat Ruth Chris Stuffed Chicken Recipe. Photo credit: Easy Homemade Life.
Copycat Ruth Chris Stuffed Chicken Recipe. Photo credit: Easy Homemade Life.

Make this quick and easy Ruth Chris Stuffed Chicken for dinner tonight. Sit down to dine on a restaurant-style comfort food copycat recipe at home. 
Get the Recipe: Copycat Ruth Chris Stuffed Chicken Recipe

Grilled Chick-Fil-A Nuggets

Grilled Chick-Fil-A Nuggets. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.
Grilled Chick-Fil-A Nuggets. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

I am addicted to Chick-Fil-A nuggets, but I love to grill, so I’ve made a copycat version of grilled Chick-Fil-A nuggets using two (no longer) secret ingredients to make them extra juicy and well seasoned.
Get the Recipe: Grilled Chick-Fil-A Nuggets

Olive Garden Chicken & Gnocchi Soup

Chicken & Gnocchi Soup. Photo credit: Cook What You Love.
Chicken & Gnocchi Soup. Photo credit: Cook What You Love.

If you only make one soup, make it this one!!! Better than the Olive Garden original, this Creamy Chicken & Gnocchi soup has a few twists that makes it even MORE flavorful and delicious! 
Get the Recipe: Chicken & Gnocchi Soup

Copycat Popeye’s Coleslaw Recipe

Copycat Popeye’s Coleslaw Recipe. Photo credit: Easy Homemade Life.
Copycat Popeye’s Coleslaw Recipe. Photo credit: Easy Homemade Life.

This creamy, tangy Popeye’s coleslaw recipe tastes just like what you would order at the popular American fast food restaurant.
Get the Recipe: Copycat Popeye’s Coleslaw Recipe

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