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These copycat recipes will blow your mind! Killer taste and money in your pocket. Plus it's fun eating "better than a restaurant" at home!

The top 10 recipes published on The Food Charlatan in 2019!

Twelve recipes & exact menu plans for when you want to take a meal in to a friend, including side dishes, AND how to package for delivery! 💕

A classic homemade Cuban sandwich recipe (Cubano) with mojo-marinated pork, swiss, pickles, and lots of mustard. And also lots of butter, but let's try to focus on the calorie-free mustard.

This Slow Cooker Coconut Curry Chicken is one of the best curries I've ever had! It's not too spicy, but has tons of flavor!

Flavorful, juicy, NOT DRY chicken tacos, can it be true?? Yes, and you can easily make them in 30 minutes on the stovetop, or in the crockpot in about 3 hours. These shredded chicken tacos are made with just a few ingredients but taste like they're from a taqueria, no lie. And we are NOT throwing chicken in a crock pot with some salsa. Please.

This Eggs Benedict Casserole recipe is an overnight wonder. English muffins are layered with Canadian bacon, then topped with an egg mixture before you bake. It has all the flavor of classic Eggs Benedict, but you can make it the night before. It's easy, delicious, and the perfect make-ahead meal for holidays! Overnight breakfast casseroles forever!

These are the recipes you loved (and visited!) the most this year, judging by traffic. All of them were published in 2015.

Learn how to make ULTRA crispy chicken parmesan! We've all been to a chain restaurant that served us a soggy excuse for this classic dish. Now you can make this easy recipe at home! Fried chicken cutlets are breaded with panko and topped with marinara and cheese, then broiled to perfection.

Make your favorite American-style Greek gyros at home! This gyro meat recipe combines ground beef and lamb to get that distinctive flavor you find at Greek restaurants. The texture is meatloaf-style rather than restaurant-style, but the flavors are on point. Doing it this way saves tons of time. Top with Tzatziki Sauce, tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers!