Hungry Cooks Kitchen
From the readers
What do you mean it was that easy to make takeout-style fried rice!! I'm half convinced I can open my own restaurant at this point. Great recipes!
★★★★★
Alicia Horton
Got this because I wanted the recipe for crab rangoons. I used low fat cream cheese and it was delicious.
★★★★★
Della Hatfield
You're right - making this at home lets me add more vegetables. Crisper, fresher ones too. Changes the whole game for "takeout food" and tastes so much better.
★★★★
Charlotte
AS FEATURED IN
KFC Zinger - page 11
Rattlesnake Bites - page 19
Sheet Pan Pizza - page 32
Chicken Tacos - page 43
Cilantro Lime Rice - page 53
Beijing Beef - page 62
Egg Rolls - page 70
Sushi Bake - page 88
COPYCAT TAKEOUT RECIPES
A craving hits for orange chicken or a loaded burger, the delivery app is open, and the total keeps creeping up with every fee before you've even checked out. This book brings 47 of the restaurant and takeout favorites you love into your own kitchen, no delivery driver required.
Here's what surprised me once I started making these at home: they're genuinely better. The ingredients are fresher, nothing arrives soggy from the drive across town, and it all costs a fraction of the bill. Every recipe keeps things simple too, with steps that make sense and ingredients you can actually find at your regular grocery store.
Fresher, cheaper, and better
Once I started recreating these dishes myself, I stopped ordering a lot of them out. My Panda Express Beijing Beef comes out crispier and far less greasy than the one I used to pay for, and the Orange Chicken rivals the food court for a few dollars a plate. You decide the salt, the sweetness, the heat, how much sauce.
Best of all, dinner lands on the table while it's hot, instead of forty minutes later with a cold bag and a tip you resent.
Food made for a crowd
So much of what makes takeout fun is passing it around, and this book leans all the way into that. There's a whole lineup for game day and gatherings: pull-apart Big Mac, Buffalo Chicken, and Pizza Sliders, a bubbling skillet of Cowboy Queso Dip, a loaded Mexican 7 Layer Dip, and crispy Rattlesnake Bites with a jalapeño kick.
Put a few of these out before the main event and don't be surprised when they disappear first!
Save room for dessert
No proper takeout night ends without something sweet, so there's a dessert add-on waiting at the back. Roll warm Churros in cinnamon sugar and dunk them straight into chocolate sauce, or whip up a batch of Oreo Balls that never survive a full day in my kitchen. And when you want a showstopper without turning on the oven, the no-bake Million Dollar Pie does all the work in the freezer.
Download it now, and have your first takeout night at home tonight.
Hi, I'm Mandy.
I'd like to believe every meal has a story. And cooking is one of the simplest ways to bring people together. A weeknight dinner, a Sunday roast, a simple gathering.
I'm here to make your time in the kitchen feel inspired and rewarding.
I'm so glad you're here. Can't wait to cook together!