Californian Copycat Recipes

"A long time lover of In-N-Out's animal style fries, I decided to give them a shot in my own kitchen."

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Ingredients: French dressing, mayonnaise...

"El Torito Restaurant's Caesar salad has been a popular favorite for decades; I obtained the recipe in 1994 when it was published in the Los Angeles Times and have made it many times since. The recipe contains some Mexican ingredients such as pepitas, which are roasted pumpkin seeds, avilable at Trader Joes, as well as at Mexican markets. The..."

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Ingredients: cilantro, anaheim chilies...

"I've been making this dressing for about 20 years now; it's especially good on tostada salads or just a simple green dinner salad. The recipe is from the El Torito Restaurant in Los Angeles and was published in the LA Times reader request column."

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Ingredients: sherry wine vinegar, Dijon mustard...

"This recipe is an old time favorite at El Torito; and a delicious soup that we have really enjoyed. The restaurant, when submitting this recipe to the LA Times for their reader request column, also suggested that this can be made into a whole meal soup by adding hominy, corn or other grains. They also serve this at their weekend brunch."

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Ingredients: cilantro, pepper...

"These sweet corn cakes are a bit of buttery heaven, but they're more of a thick pudding than a cake. El Torito Restaurant in LA serves a scoop of the corn cake to garnish their entree dishes. This recipe was provided by the restaurant to the Los Angeles Times for publication in their reader request column. The recipe was also published in the..."

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Ingredients: corn kernels, masa harina flour...

"This is a fabulous "orange dressing" commonly found in Japanese restaurants. The recipe is from Ichiban, a San Diego sushi restaurant & it was written up in an old Gourmet Magazine (November 1994). Recipe makes about 4 1/4 cups dressing."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, seasoned rice vinegar...

"My DH bought me a new cookbook, so of course I have to share this recipe with all of my Zaar friends! I haven't tried this yet, pregnant lady and raw eggs are a no-no, but I'm still posting! I hope it is as good as it claims to be!! From "Top Secret Recipes Book""

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Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar, ice...

"After visiting the Pinkberry in LA, I fell in love with their frozen yogurt! after searching for the recipe on the internet, i combined 3 of them and felt that it came pretty close to the real thing! Let me know what u think! Not really sure on the servings or time... sorry!"

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Ingredients: nonfat milk, granulated sugar...

"No way are we affiliated with the Starbucks company, This is an immitation of the original product."

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Ingredients: arrowroot, espresso...

"A Daily News copycat version from a coleslaw sampled at Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill"

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Ingredients: cabbage and carrot coleslaw mix, garlic powder...

"This recipe is a healthful version of the battered, deep-fried and crispy fish at Rossy's Tacos in Baja California. I have never had their fish tacos, but this recipe sound great as a main dish or in a taco. From eatingwell.com ."

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, dried oregano...