copycat Archives - Wife Of A Hunter https://wifeofahunter.com/tag/copycat/ Recipes for a Hunter's Wife Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:09:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://wifeofahunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Header-WOAH-150x150.png copycat Archives - Wife Of A Hunter https://wifeofahunter.com/tag/copycat/ 32 32 191194188 Krystal Elk Sliders https://wifeofahunter.com/krystal-elk-sliders/ https://wifeofahunter.com/krystal-elk-sliders/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:32:33 +0000 https://wifeofahunter.com/?p=3101 These Krystal Elk Sliders are my copycat recipe to one of my favorite fast-food burgers. I love sliders! My mom used to feed me those white castle sliders you could buy frozen from the grocery store, and I loved them. I tried Krystal’s for the first time in Florida with my husband’s family. I didn’t […]

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These Krystal Elk Sliders are my copycat recipe to one of my favorite fast-food burgers.

I love sliders! My mom used to feed me those white castle sliders you could buy frozen from the grocery store, and I loved them.

I tried Krystal’s for the first time in Florida with my husband’s family. I didn’t have the best of hopes for it because I pictured it as greasy college fast food. My husband had recounted trips in college where him and his buddies would have contests to see who would eat the most lol.

To my surprise it was delicious! I don’t know if the cooks in the back were just having a good day, but the buns were soft, the cheese was melted perfectly, and the pickles, onions, and mustard were at the perfect ratio. I may have eaten a weeks worth of calories that day, but I loved every second of it.

Now that I have adequately described my love of sliders, you understand why I made these copycat Krystal Elk Sliders.

Overall, this recipe is a normal burger recipe, but the way I make the meat thin is a little different. I put the elk burger meat in between two pieces of parchment paper and use a rolling pin to flatten the meat out. I also cook the burgers in the oven, but you could cook it on a grill.

These went fast in my family, so doubling the recipe might be necessary to feed a big hungry family. Let me know in the comments how this recipe goes and ENJOY!

Krystal Elk Sliders
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Krystal Elk Sliders

Who doesn't love sliders and elk?? Match made in heaven!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword American, Burger, Copycat, Elk, Slider
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6 people
Author Sophie May

Ingredients

  • 1-1.25 lb ground elk
  • 1 small onion finely chopped (I used a food processor)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp beef bouillon
  • 1 stick salted butter

Toppings

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Melt 2T butter over medium high heat in a pan.
  • Add onions and cook until translucent.
  • Butter (~1T) a small cookie sheet.
  • Put your meat between two parchment sheets and roll until thin. Cut into squares the size of your sliders.
  • Put your meat on the cookie sheet and cook in oven for 10 minutes or until done.
  • Remove the patties from the cookie sheet.
  • Butter a casserole dish. Place the bottoms of the sliders in the casserole dish. Place meat, cheese, pickles, onions, and mustard on the sliders and top with the top half of the sliders.
  • In order to create the squashed look, melt your remaining butter and butter the tops of your sliders. Cover with a sheet of parchment and place another casserole dish on top or something heavy that is oven safe to squash the burgers down.
  • Bake for 5 minutes. ENJOY!

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I hope all of you have freezers full of deer meat and are looking for more ways to use it because I am also slowly working through my own! This Venison Hamburger Helper is done in one pot and is just as easy as the store bought!

I feel like hamburger helper has a bad rap as a cheap food, but I love it! I mean what’s bad about meat, cheese, and pasta thrown together? For my recipe though I wanted to use venison, obviously, and add some more flavor than what is in the regular box. This isn’t a hard recipe and is surprisingly good! It is extremely flavorful and because it isn’t coming from a mass-produced company you get less of a “refined processed” taste and more of a “oh my goodness, I am going to eat five pounds of this” taste 🤣. This is another family friendly meal that could become a staple in your household. Enjoy and let me know in the comments how it goes!!

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Venison Hamburger Helper

If you like hamburger helper you'll LOVE this recipe.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword American, Copycat, Hamburger Helper, Pasta, Venison
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author Sophie May

Ingredients

  • 1 lb venison ground
  • 12 oz medium pasta shells or favorite macaroni noodle
  • 1.5 T beef bouillon
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp mustard powder
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp yellow mustard
  • 1 T ketchup
  • 32 oz beef broth
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 16 oz Velveeta cheese Cut into small cubes
  • 2 T sour cream
  • parsley fresh or dried for garnish if desired

Instructions

  • Heat a large pot over medium-high heat. Add venison and cook until done (no longer pink). Drain any excess liquid.
  • Add beef bouillon, garlic powder, onion powder, mustard powder, and pepper. Stir to combine.
  • Add yellow mustard, ketchup, beef broth, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir to combine. Add noodles. Stir in. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until noodles are cooked.
  • Add Velveeta and sour cream. Stir until melty and combined.
  • Remove from heat and Enjoy!

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If you liked my Venison Crunchwrap recipe you have to try this Venison Quesarito recipe!

I had SO much positive feedback from my Venison Crunchwrap recipe that I decided I wanted to expand into some other Taco Bell favorites of mine. Quesaritos might not be on the menu anymore unless you use their app (why???) but man do I love them!! I mean it’s a combination of a quesadilla and a burrito what’s not to love?!? Again, with deer seasons opening up all around the country, this is a great time to break into some ground meat and throw this creation together.

I used Taco Bell seasoning in the ground venison and a copycat of Taco Bell’s Chipotle sauce to make the recipe even more authentic to the fast-food version. This isn’t required and honestly you can put just about whatever you want into your own creations. Just don’t over stuff the quesaritos or they might make a mess when you try to wrap them up into burrito form.

Anyhoo, it turned out great! I’m amazed I haven’t made this before. The melted cheesy quesadilla wrapped around the burrito inside is on par with Einstein on genius inventions. Give this recipe a try with some of that grind you don’t know what to do with and let me know how it goes in the comments! If you guys and girls like it as much as the crunchwrap, I might continue to do a whole taco bell series with wild game flair! But until then I hope you ENJOY this recipe!

Venison Quesarito
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Venison Quesarito

Delicious wild game take on a classic fast food meal!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Tex-Mex
Keyword Axis Deer, Copycat, Mexican, Quesarito, Taco Bell, Tex-Mex, Venison
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 8 quesarito
Author Sophie May

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground venison I used axis deer
  • 1 packet Taco Bell seasoning
  • queso I used Rico's, but you can use your favorite type
  • shredded cheese
  • chipotle sauce
  • sour cream
  • burrito sized flour tortillas

Spanish Rice (according to directions on Bolner's Fiesta Brand® Spanish Rice Seasoning container)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • If using, make your chipotle sauce and refrigerate until needed.
  • Cook venison according to instructions on back of Taco Bell seasoning packet. Set Aside.
  • Cook your rice according to Bolner's Fiesta Brand® Spanish Rice Seasoning container's directions.
  • Place two tortillas on a baking sheet. If overlapping, on the top tortilla, spread ~2T of queso on a tortilla, or enough to cover thinly. Then, sprinkle ~2T of shredded cheese (shown in picture). Put into the oven for ~1-2 minutes or until the cheese is just melted. You do not want your tortilla to get crispy, so watch carefully. You just want the tortilla warmed and cheese melted. This will help with folding and holding your burrito together.
    Venison Quesarito
  • When the cheese has melted take it out of the oven and place the plain tortilla over the cheesy one. Let this rest for another 2-3 minutes. This will help the cheese set for folding later. Don't let it cool too much, or the tortilla will break when trying to fold.
  • Layer the quesadilla with 1/4 cup of your Spanish rice, 1 T chipotle sauce, 1 T sour cream, and 1/4 cup of meat, or any other toppings you would like. Fold like a burrito (fold two sides about 2 inches over and roll tucking in any pieces that stick out).
  • Heat a dry pan over medium-high heat and brown each side of your quesarito for ~30 seconds seam side down first.
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  • This makes around 8 quesaritos so bring a hungry family and enjoy! Or freeze them.

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This Blueberry Hill Diner Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes Copycat recipe hits the jackpot!

If you have ever been to Las Vegas, you may have had the opportunity to go to Blueberry Hill Diner… that is… if you were able to step away from the slot machines. If you weren’t, or you haven’t been to Vegas, I am bringing this tasty dish home to you.

One of my favorite breakfast joints in Las Vegas is Blueberry Hill Diner. They serve some good food, but, by far, my favorite is the cinnamon swirl pancakes. They are so good that I dream about them when I am not there. Just kidding…. But it is in my top three favorite things about Vegas.

Since I don’t go to Vegas that often, my chance to have these pancakes is few and far between. I wanted to make a copycat version, so that I wasn’t dependent on a trip to Vegas to get these delicious pancakes.

It took a couple tries to get this recipe perfect, but it was so worth it. The caramelization of the cinnamon swirl is soooooo good. I hope y’all enjoy these pancakes as much as me!

Blueberry Hill Diner Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes Copycat
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Blueberry Hill Diner Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes Copycat

These buttermilk pancakes are the perfect breakfast!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword American, Breakfast, Copycat, Pancakes
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 12 pancakes
Author Sophie May

Equipment

Ingredients

Buttermilk Pancake Ingredients:

  • 2 C all purpose flour
  • 1/4 C white sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 C buttermilk
  • 1.5 tsp vanilla
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 T salted butter melted

Cinnamon Swirl Ingredients:

  • 1/2 C salted butter melted
  • 2/3 C light brown sugar
  • 1 T cinnamon

Icing Ingredients:

  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1.5 C powdered sugar
  • 3 T milk
  • 4 T salted butter extremely softened, but not melted

Grandma's Maple Syrup Ingredients:

  • 2 C sugar
  • 1 C water
  • 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp maple flavor plus more if desired

Instructions

Pancake and Cinnamon Swirl Instructions:

  • Combine pancake dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
  • Mix in buttermilk, vanilla, large eggs, and butter until fully combined.
  • Let pancake batter rest for 10 minutes.
  • While batter is resting, make the cinnamon swirl.
  • Mix together all cinnamon swirl ingredients.
  • Using a funnel, pour the cinnamon swirl into a squeeze bottle. This isn't necessary, but will make life so much easier. If the ingredients thicken, the squeeze bottle should be microwaveable (double check), so nuke the bottle for a few seconds on 50% power until liquidy. Shake. Set aside.
  • Heat skillet to medium-high heat (~375°F).
  • Spray skillet with Pam.
  • Pour ~1/3 C- 1/2 C of batter onto the skillet.
  • Squeeze the cinnamon swirl in a "swirl" shape in the center out to the edges of the pancake.
  • Repeat the pour and squeeze instructions until griddle is full.
  • Flip the pancakes when small bubbles appear on the surface of the batter.
  • Shake the cinnamon swirl bottle (to ensure the ingredients haven't separated) and squeeze a generous amount onto the "done/golden brown" top side that has finished cooking.
  • Brush the cinnamon mixture all over the topside. The heat will melt the cinnamon and create almost a buttery sugar crystallization on your pancake.
  • Remove from griddle once bottom is golden brown.
  • Repeat until all batter used.

Icing Instructions:

  • Combine all icing ingredients until smooth.

Maple Syrup Instructions:

  • Bring water, sugar, and cream of tartar to a boil.
  • Once sugar is dissolved remove from the heat and add maple flavoring.

Assembly Instructions:

  • Serve pancakes with icing and maple syrup over the top.
  • If you have leftover cinnamon swirl, top your pancakes with that as well. You won't regret it!
  • Another topping you might want is butter. Enjoy!

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