CopyCat Recipes Restaurants Have Nightmares About

This recession is killing. When is it ever going to stop? Will we ever be able to eat in a restaurant again? This is how I feel, I’m sure you feel the same. Of, course until then we will simply have to cook all those CopyCat Recipes Restaurants have nightmares about at how! Fortunately they are very easy to make.

Here is an example of one of the really good copycat recipes restaurants hate that I found. It is really quick and easy, and very tasty. I hope your family will enjoy it as much as mine!

Copycat Cheesecake Factory Chicken Madeira Recipe

This dish consists of sautéed chicken breasts covered with fresh asparagus, melted mozzarella cheese and a fresh mushroom Madeira sauce. It is best served with mashed potatoes.

Ingredients for the chicken:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 boneless, skinless chicken
• breast fillets
• 8 asparagus spears
• 4 mozzarella cheese slice

Ingredients for the Madeira sauce:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
• 3 cups Madeira wine
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Method chicken:

1. Place chicken breasts between plastic wrap and pound to 1/4-inch
2. thickness; season with salt and pepper.
3. Heat oil in sauté pan; add chicken and sauté 4 to 6 minutes per
4. side, until lightly browned; remove from pan and wrap in foil to
5. keep warm.

Method Madeira sauce:

1. Using the same pan, over medium heat, add
   2 tablespoons oil and heat; add mushrooms and sauté for 2 minutes.
2. Add Madeira wine, stock, butter and pepper; bring to boil, reduce
   heat; simmer about 20 minutes or until sauce has reduced to 1/4 of
   its original volume and is a dark brown color.
3. Meanwhile, bring a half saucepan of water to a boil; add salt;
   return to boil; add asparagus and boil 3 to 5 minutes.
4. Immediately transfer to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process.
5. The asparagus should be cooked crisp-tender.
6. Transfer cooked chicken to baking pan; top with mozzarella
7. cheese and broil 3 to 4 minutes or until light brown spots begin to
   appear on the cheese.
8. To serve, arrange 2 breasts on each plate, top each with 4
9. asparagus spears and spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons of Madeira sauce over each.

This recipe serves 4

Well, this is one of my CopyCat recipes that restaurants have nightmares about. Enjoy!