Why Did We Copycat Restaurant Recipes For The Instant Pot?

Published: May 17, 2021, 2 p.m.

We have a new cookbook coming out this November--and every recipe is a restaurant copycat for the Instant Pot.

True, no restaurant uses an Instant Pot. At least, that we know of. So we can't get exact copycats in the book for many things. Some, sure, like queso dips and classic chilis or baked beans. But others are our adaptations of the dishes we love at popular restaurants, all recreated for North America's favorite appliance.

Here are the segments of this episode:

[01:12] Why do people want restaurant copycat recipes?

[03:26] Our challenges for adapting these sorts of recipes

[07:08] Passing our "surety" test

[08:12] How we went about recreating Taco Bell's Taco Meat

[11:53] A bit about the legal issues