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Smokehouse Style BBQ at Home

Post author:Loulies
Post published:July 28, 2021
Post category:Techniques

Making BBQ at home is easy but you might find that you aren't getting the right flavors that you get at the real BBQ houses. Is it something that you're…

Restaurant and Steakhouse Steaks at Home

Post author:Loulies
Post published:March 31, 2021
Post category:Recipes / Techniques

Why are their steaks so good? Part of the reason steakhouse meat is so good is due to their access to specific qualities of meat. Your butcher will best emulate…

How to Make Shrimp for Turf Style Restaurant Dishes

Post author:Loulies
Post published:March 20, 2021
Post category:Recipes / Techniques

Surf and Turf is a popular steakhouse shrimp and steak dish. This will take you through everything you need to know to make shrimp for the surf portion of the…

Restaurant Style Secret Sauces for Sandwiches

Post author:Loulies
Post published:March 13, 2021
Post category:Recipes

Intro to Restaurant Secret Sauces Back in the day Mom would make up a sauce jar for picnics or camping; some mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard with pickle relish all stirred…

Commercial Restaurant Grilled Chicken

Post author:Loulies
Post published:March 13, 2021
Post category:Recipes

This recipe gets us dipping our toe into the idea of prepping in the commercial restaurant. A well designed menu can have 15 items that work off a core product…

Restaurant Secrets to the Best Meatloaf

Post author:Loulies
Post published:January 13, 2021
Post category:Recipes / Techniques

Choosing Your Meats Meatloaf has got to be the epitome of comfort food. Versatile, flavorful, easy to build, and it makes the best leftovers in the world for sandwiches. The…

Pasta Like Your Favorite Italian Restaurant

Post author:Loulies
Post published:January 13, 2021
Post category:Techniques

Spaghetti finds it way onto many restaurant menus however, most of the time its role remains to satisfy the kiddos. This isn't the type of pasta we're discussing here. Instead,…

Restaurant Style Breakfast Tatters

Post author:Loulies
Post published:October 4, 2020
Post category:Recipes / Techniques

Beloved Restaurant Style Potatoes for Breakfast @ Home Ah, the humble potato. The French call them "pomme de terre" or apple of the earth. Baked, fried, boiled or mashed, they…

Restaurant Cooking: Chicken Fried Steak

Post author:Loulies
Post published:September 30, 2020
Post category:Recipes / Techniques

Chicken Fried Steak Like the Pros Do It The name comes from a steak fried like chicken, which is not exactly accurate but not wrong either. The meat starts as…

Restaurant Cooking: Gravy

Post author:Loulies
Post published:September 25, 2020
Post category:Recipes / Techniques

Restaurant Style Gravy Goodness at Home Good gravy can be based on pan drippings to coordinate all the flavors or built on the side to compliment the items it is…