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July 13, 2020

Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Copycat Recipes

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Looking for the best Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Copycat Recipes on the web? I’ve got 23 copycat recipes that you can make at home in your own kitchen.

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Do you love eating out but don't love what it does to your budget? You can eat well at home! And it doesn't have to be hard or expensive. These copycat recipes can be made in your Instant Pot or slow cooker and taste pretty close to the real thing.

Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Copycat Recipes

Do you love eating out but don’t love what it does to your budget? You can eat well at home! And it doesn’t have to be hard or expensive. These copycat recipes can be made in your Instant Pot or slow cooker and taste pretty close to the real thing.

Cafe Rio Instant Pot Recipes

Cafรฉ Rio Chicken–this shredded chicken is perfect to serve with your Mexican dinners on salads, in burritos, in enchiladas or over rice.

Instant Pot Cafe Rio Chicken
Slow Cooker Cafe Rio Chicken
Cafรฉ Rio Chicken--this shredded chicken is perfect to serve with your Mexican dinners on salads, in burritos, in enchiladas or over rice.

Cafe Rio Cilantro Lime Rice–this quickly cooked seasoned rice made in you pressure cooker is just like Cafe Rioโ€™s and it makes the perfect addition to any Mexican dish for dinner.

Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice

Creamy Tomatillo Ranch Dressing–This Cafe Rio-style dressing is so addictive and tastes awesome for up to a week!

Creamy Tomatillo Ranch Dressing
cafe rio copycat salad dressing

Smothered Green Sauce Enchiladasโ€“homemade Cafe Rio style mild tomatillo sauce is simmered in your electric pressure cooker along with chicken breasts to create the base of your enchiladas. 

Smothered Enchiladas

Cafe Rio Sweet Porkโ€”make your favorite restaurantโ€™s sweet pork at home with just a handful of ingredients. This pulled pork is perfect over salad, rice, tacos, burritos, quesadillas or on a toasted bun.

Instant Pot Cafe Rio Sweet Pork
Slow Cooker Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

Cafe Rio Black Beansโ€“These black beans will be a hit at your next Mexican dinner.

Instant Pot Cafe Rio Black Beans
Slow Cooker Cafe Rio Black Beans

Olive Garden Instant Pot Recipes

Zuppa Toscana–It tastes better than the restaurant and is really fast and easy to make.

Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana
Slow Cooker Zuppa Toscana
Instant Pot Parmesan Sausage Kale Soup--A creamy and comforting soup that is full of flavor thanks to loads of Parmesan cheese and Italian sausage.ย  Good thing this recipe makes a lot because everyone will be asking for seconds!

Pasta E Fagioli Soup–your favorite soup from Olive Garden made quickly at home in your pressure cooker or slow cooker. White and red beans, ground beef, tomatoes and pasta in a savory broth.

Instant Pot Pasta E Fagioli Soup
Slow Cooker Pasta E Fagioli Soup

Chicken Gnocchi Soup–A cream based soup with tender, moist bites of chicken, bacon crumbles, bright green leafy kale and dumpling-like gnocchi. This soup is a 10 out of 10 at my house.

Instant Pot Chicken Gnocchi Soup
Slow Cooker Chicken Gnocchi Soup

More Copycat Recipes…

Instant Pot Dakota Smashed Pea and Barley Soupโ€”A hearty split pea soup with barley, carrots, onions, savory herbs and green onions. This is a copycat recipe of the popular vegan soup sold at California Pizza Kitchen.

Instant Pot Dakota Smashed Pea and Barley Soup
Slow Cooker Dakota Smashed Pea and Barley Soup

Instant Pot Skyline Chili Cheese Coneys–a hot dog in a steamed bun with mustard, covered with copy cat Skyline chili, diced onions and a mound of shredded cheddar cheese.

Instant Pot Skyline Chili Cheese Coneys

Instant Pot Runzasโ€”a Nebraska favorite, Runzas are a cross between a hot pocket and a burger. Ground beef, onions and cabbage are wrapped in a yeast dough and baked, resulting in a savory pastry.

Instant Pot Runzas

Kentucky Hot Brown Sandwich from the Brown Hotel in Louisville is an open faced turkey sandwich on Texas toast drizzled with a Romano cheese sauce and topped with crispy bacon. Your Instant Pot cooks a frozen turkey breast in an expedited manner to use for this addicting sandwich.

Instant Pot Hot Brown

Homemade Rice-A-Roni–Do you love โ€œthe San Francisco treatโ€ but want to make it from scratch? Make this super easy version of Rice-A-Roni in your slow cooker or pressure cooker!

Instant Pot Rice-A-Roni
Slow Cooker Rice-A-Roni

Homemade Hamburger Helper–with just a little more effort than making a boxed meal you can have a homemade creamy tomato basil beef pasta meal. And with the help of your Instant Pot it takes just a few minutes.

Instant Pot Homemade Hamburger Helper

Panera Bread’s Broccoli Cheddar Soupโ€“reminiscent of Panera Breadโ€™s broccoli cheddar soup this pressure cooker or slow cooker version has chopped broccoli, shredded carrots and celery simmered in a velvety smooth cheese sauce. I believe this version is just as good or better than you could order at any restaurant! Try it for dinner this week.

Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Slow Cooker Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Instant Pot Maid-Rite Sandwiches from Maid Rite restaurants in Iowa are seasoned, simmered flavorful loose ground beef sandwiches served with mustard and a pickle.

Instant Pot Maid Rites

Zupa’s Cafe Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup–A creamy, cheesy, crockpot cauliflower soup that is similar to the version served at Cafe Zupas.
This soup is best when served with crumbled bacon on top!

Slow Cooker Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup

PF Changโ€™s Lettuce Wraps–Ground chicken, mushrooms, green onion, water chestnuts and crispy rice sticks all rolled up into crisp leaves of lettuce.

Slow Cooker Lettuce Wraps

Starbucks Instant Pot Egg Bitesโ€”crust-less quiche-like bites of eggs, cheese and whatever mix-ins you want. Theyโ€™re protein packed and a perfect portable breakfast.

Instant Pot Egg Bites

Panda Express Instant Pot Fried Rice–easy recipe for fried rice made quickly in your Instant Pot. Just like what youโ€™d order at Panda Express!

Instant Pot Fried Rice

Panda Express Orange Chicken–tender bites of chicken in a flavorful orange sauce.

Instant Pot Orange Chicken
Slow Cooker Orange Chicken

Instant Pot Chicago Italian Beef Sandwichโ€”thinly sliced seasoned roast beef piled onto a bun with flavorful juices and some pickled vegetables. An amazing sandwich with tons of flavor!

Instant Pot Chicago Italian Beef

And here are some copycat recipes from other bloggers that you may like…

Instant Pot Copycat Taco Bell Beef from The Salty Pot

Instant Pot Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings from A Little Moore

Instant Pot Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa Beef from 12 Tomatoes

Instant Pot Artichoke and Spinach Dip Applebees Copycat from Adventures of a Nurse

Slow Cooker Copycat Chiliโ€™s Queso Dip from The Food Charlatan

Slow Cooker Wendy’s Chili from Runs for Cookies

What’s missing? Tell me! Is there a dish from a restaurant that you’d love to make at home? Maybe I could create it in my slow cooker or Instant Pot. Good fits are soups, braised dishes, some desserts, pasta dishes, etc. 

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24 Comments Filed Under: All Recipes, Collections, Instant Pot, Slow Cooker Tagged With: copy cat recipe

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  1. Elaine Smith says

    November 18, 2020 at 4:31 pm

    Do you have a copy cat recipe for Wendy’s chili….I pullled up the link that you had but I can not get it to load. Plus it is for the crock pot. Love your recipes and can’t wait to order your cookbook….
    Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family…

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    • Karen says

      November 19, 2020 at 11:56 am

      I don’t but this one looks great: https://copykat.com/instant-pot-wendys-chili/

      Reply
  2. Betty says

    November 1, 2020 at 6:29 am

    Thanks Karen. I gotta tell you, making chile in the instant pot is so easy and so quick… and added bonus, the flavor is amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      November 2, 2020 at 5:20 pm

      You’re welcome Betty!!

      Reply
  3. P. Clifford says

    July 13, 2020 at 12:40 pm

    I love cornstarch pudding. If you do it in the microwave, it takes about 10-12 minutes but you have a lot of stirring to do. If you make it on the stove, it takes just that much longer along with the stirring thing. It is a really good pudding.
    I also really like Olive Garden’s Quesa dip, but they have taken it off the menu. Served along with tortilla chips and it is really good. Do miss it though.
    Any chance a pressure cooker could make either one of those. I have a Living Well Pressure Cooker that I have had since 2011, so all the preset buttons are not really available on mine.

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    • Karen says

      July 13, 2020 at 12:59 pm

      I made a vanilla pudding in the Instant Pot for banana pudding. You could use that method: https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/instant-pot-banana-pudding/
      and this queso dip is fantastic: https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/arkansas-cheese-dip/

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      • P. Clifford says

        July 14, 2020 at 10:20 am

        Thanks Karen. I did realize that the dip was from Apple Bees, not Olive Garden, but it was good and I will most certainly try this recipe above. The vanilla pudding sounds good so can’t wait to try that. Thank you.

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        • Karen says

          July 14, 2020 at 7:38 pm

          You’re welcome!

          Reply
  4. Jan says

    May 11, 2020 at 6:37 pm

    I wonder if you can copy the Mushroom Bisque Soup at Zupas and the Mangoberry Salad and dressing on the Menue. I love following your recipes. You are an amazing cook!

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    • Karen says

      May 11, 2020 at 8:30 pm

      Both of those sound so good! I need to try them ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
  5. Donna Warner says

    March 1, 2020 at 1:27 pm

    My IP has saved me from having to slave in the kitchen all day and your recipe are to die for. Thank you so much for your e-mails and your U-Tube page. I don’t know what I do without my IP. You have maded me a very happy woman.

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    • Karen says

      March 2, 2020 at 1:38 pm

      Thanks Donna! This is so nice to hear ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  6. Clarisa Amoa says

    February 29, 2020 at 12:21 pm

    Your recipes save my sanity, I check in to see what you have going on and if its in my cupboard, ITS dinner, and I usually have 1to 11/2 hr to have dinner ready, I’m a nurse and I get home @ 730pm my husband gets in at 9pm dinner is at 930pm. So thank you for your hard work. To make my life easier.
    Keep up the good work.

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    • Karen says

      February 29, 2020 at 1:46 pm

      Oh how nice to hear! That is a late dinner! Glad you are making it happen ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  7. Sarahya says

    January 31, 2020 at 12:55 pm

    A copy cat recipe for KFC chicken

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  8. Deborah says

    October 1, 2019 at 1:49 pm

    Can you convert the chili recipe into an IP recipe please. Thanks

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    • Karen says

      October 2, 2019 at 12:46 pm

      On my list of things to do!

      Reply
  9. Carolyn says

    September 21, 2019 at 9:55 am

    I’d love to have a recipe for McAllister’s chili. It’s amazing!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      September 21, 2019 at 12:24 pm

      I’m not familiar with McAllister’s chili but I want to be!

      Reply
  10. Dorris Jones says

    September 18, 2019 at 3:59 pm

    I have fallen in love with California Pizza Kitchenโ€™s split pea and barley soup. It would make me so happy to be able to replicate it at home. I have been having it frequently at the CPK restaurant at the Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas in case their other restaurants donโ€™t serve the same recipe. Thanks, Doris

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    • Mary says

      September 18, 2019 at 9:02 pm

      Wow, I so relate!! My favorite soup! CPK had a cookbook for sale once, but omitted this amazing soup! Our CPK here in Southern California serves it. Would love to make it!

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      • Karen says

        September 19, 2019 at 9:05 am

        Okay I’m totally on it!

        Reply
    • Rachel says

      September 19, 2019 at 4:49 am

      This looks similar? Iโ€™m sure it could be adapted to make in slow cooker or IP, or at least most of it https://archive.jsonline.com/features/recipes/57648067.html

      Reply
    • Karen says

      September 19, 2019 at 9:03 am

      Wow that sounds really tasty and something that would be fairly easy to make in the slow cooker or instant pot! Thanks for the suggestion.

      Reply

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