Copycat Recipes: Making PF Chang’s, Panda Express & Pei Wei Most Popular Chinese Recipes at Home (Famous Restaurant Copycat Cookbooks)

Excellently written easy to follow with ingredients easily available. A must for anyone venturing to be a chef at home.

Great idea. A few more pictures and some colour would aid complete novices like me, but overall, a solid effort.

Okay, I admit it. I'm a thief and closet Chinese recipe thief. I love all Asian food and am all Asian thumbs and desperate to show my family I know what that wok is good for. Okay, the food doesn't taste identical to PF Changs, but that's 40 miles away in Roseville, so no sweat. However Panda just moved to town...The food I produce is close, but you can tell the difference. THEY can tell the difference. I am not going to blame the author or the recipes, bcs they smell right. I think I'm doing something wrong, so I am still giving five stars. Also bcs this cookbook is FUN! I feel exotic and dangerous and a chef and mostly bcs the food really is delicious even when I make it, plus the recipes are clear and even (dare I say it?) easy.

This is a nice little cookbook, its smaller than expected. It has a few recipes that work, but many of them seem to repeat just using a different protein in different sections. There could have been more recipes if it suggested to switch the protein or leave it out. I also wish the pictures were in color. Restaurant inspired recipes. Update: The recipes lack what to do with many of the ingredients so you just have to guess, and when do I cook the onions? Is that part of the batter? It didn't mention to combine that?Update: Some of the recipes in this book are downright nasty (ex. Pepper Chicken) or sickeningly sweet (ex. Mongolian Beef). If I hadn't paid for it, I'd probably throw it away.

Copycat Recipes: Making PF Chang’s, Panda Express & Pei Wei Most Popular Chinese Recipes at Home (Famous Restaurant Copycat Cookbooks) by Lina ChangTOC where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.Offer of free ebook when you sign up for newsletter.Intro discusses Chinese food .Each recipe starts with a title, summary of the dish and medium size color photo, servings, prep and cok times.List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, low sugar and fresh vs canned items.Some use prepackaged mixes and have a LOT of ingredients, be sure to have them all.Directions are given and there is NO nutritional information.Have never eaten at these places but the pictures sound appealing.Other works by the author are listed at the end.Conversion charts are included.