Copycats
Restaurant copycat recipes
When a favorite restaurant dish disappears, I rebuild it at home until it tastes like the memory. My most requested one so far is Carino’s Spicy Romano Chicken.
Carino’s Spicy Romano Chicken copycat
Carino’s closed and my heart was broken. So I wrote a full copycat: blackened chicken, farfalle, a cream-and-Romano sauce, and the vegetables that made the plate.
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Other “make it at home” favorites
Not every recipe started as a restaurant copycat, but these are the ones people cook when they want a restaurant-feeling plate from a Colorado kitchen:
- Roasted Chicken Caesar with a warm pan sauce and garlicky sourdough crumbs
- Homemade Caesar Dressing
- Beer-Battered Fish and Chips you can make at home
- Tiramisu Chia Pudding when you want dessert that still feels a little smart
I’m Kara Jones of Kara Jones Cooks in Northern Colorado. Handle: @karajonescooks.