| Continually coming up with family dinner ideas can be | | | | for 30 minutes before draining. |
| a challenging task for even the most chef-inclined | | | | 2. Combine all sauce ingredients to create sauce |
| household cook. So here is a new family dinner idea - | | | | 3. Mix together chicken, salt, pepper, water, sherry, |
| using real restaurant recipes. Everyone in your family | | | | soy sauce, corn starch until chicken is coated. |
| loves when you go out to eat, but that can a | | | | 4. Heat in large skillet over medium/high heat and add |
| time-consuming, expensive hassle. The next time you | | | | 3 tablespoons of oil and fry for three minutes. |
| need a family dinner idea, use real restaurant recipes | | | | Remove Chicken. |
| to impress your kids, your spouse, or whoever! | | | | 5. Add 2 more tablespoons of oil. Add ginger, garlic, |
| There are literally hundreds of real restaurant recipes | | | | green onions, and chilies and fry for 60 seconds. Do |
| and copycat restaurant recipes floating around the | | | | Not Overcook. Add the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, |
| Internet (though not all correct). | | | | and water chestnuts and fry for 2 minutes. |
| The following copycat restaurant recipe for PF | | | | 6. Return chicken to skillet and combine all ingredients. |
| Chang's Lettuce Wraps is similar to those you would | | | | Add rice noodles (broken into pieces) into mixture. |
| find in a real restaurant recipes cookbook and is | | | | 7. Add the chicken and sauce mixture to your lettuce |
| perfect for family dinner ideas. If this specific copycat | | | | wraps! (You may secure with a toothpick if |
| restaurant recipe does not suit your style, spend | | | | necessary) |
| time looking for more real restaurant recipes that will | | | | Hundreds of copycat restaurant recipes and real |
| save you time and impress your family and friends. | | | | restaurant recipes similar to this one can be found in |
| PF Chang's Lettuce Wraps | | | | a number of places and for all of your favorite |
| Ingredients: Iceberg lettuce leaves, 8 Shitake | | | | restaurants including PF Chang's, Chili's, Outback, |
| mushrooms, 2 teaspoons water, 1 teaspoon soy | | | | Applebee's, The Olive Garden, McDonald's, Wendy's, |
| sauce, 1 teaspoon corn starch, 2 teaspoons cooking | | | | and many more. These real restaurant recipes make |
| sherry, salt, pepper, 1 1/2 pound boneless chicken | | | | for fantastic family dinner ideas whether you use |
| breasts (chopped), 5 tablespoons vegetable oil, 1 | | | | them exactly as instructed or to create dinner ideas |
| teaspoon ginger, 2 cloves minced garlic, 2 chopped | | | | of your own. There are a few copycat restaurant |
| green onions, 8 oz can bamboo shoots, 8 oz can | | | | recipes floating around the Internet, but if you like |
| water chestnuts, 2 small dried chilies, 1 package | | | | the recipe above your best bet is to find a real |
| Chinese rice noodles | | | | restaurant recipe cook book. These books provide all |
| Ingredients for sauce: 2 tablespoons oyster sauce, 1 | | | | your favorite recipes and are conveniently gathered |
| 1/2 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon cooking sherry, | | | | and organized rather than searching all over the |
| 1 tablespoon hoi sin sauce, 2 teaspoons corn starch, 1 | | | | Internet for a single recipe. So what are you waiting |
| teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon sesame oil | | | | for? Make your next family dinner idea a great idea! |
| 1. Pour boiling water over dried mushrooms and soak | | | | |