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14 Takeout Favorites You Can Make at Home

14 Takeout Favorites You Can Make at Home
Author image - Rebecca A
by Rebecca A. on February 24, 2017 Updated on July 24, 2019

From Chinese to Mexican, Indian to Italian, when someone says “takeout” it probably brings to mind some of your favorite ethnic specialty dishes.

It seems like just about everyone has a couple of favorite grab-and-go dishes that they just can’t live without.

Luckily, many of your favorite takeout dishes are easy to recreate at home. Not only is home-cooking easier on your wallet, you’ll have more control over the ingredients that go into each dish.

So the next time a craving hits, reach for these recipes instead of the takeout menus.

1. Better-Than-Takeout Vegetable Lo Mein

Easy Better Than Takeout Veggie Lo Mein Recipe The Shabby Creek Cottage
via Shabby Creek Cottage

2. Easy Creamy Crab Rangoon

Crab Rangoon

via Simply Healthyish Recipes

3. Better-Than-Takeout Mongolian Beef

Mongolian Beef
via Homemaker's Habitat

4. Slow Cooker General Tso's Chicken

Slow Cooker General Tsos Chicken 3
via Center Cut Cook

5. Chicken Fried Rice

Chicken Fried Rice
via Flav City

6. Crock Pot Sesame Honey Chicken

Sesame Honey Chicken Lettuce Wraps 550X428
via Skinnytaste

7. DIY Chipotle Burrito Bowl

Burrito 2
via Fab Lunch

8. Easy Molé Chicken Enchilada Bowl

8 Mole Enchilada Bowl 550X366
via Table & Hearth

9. Crockpot Chicago Style Italian Beef

Chicago Style Italian Beef 4
via Bright Green Door

10. Restaurant Style Chicken Parmesan

Chicken Parmesan 3
via Bright Green Door

11. Matzo Ball Soup

Passover Soup Spoon Wine
via West of the Loop // The Inspired Home

12. Lightning Fast Thai Curry Coconut Noodles

Thai Coconut Curry Noodles 5 1 E1473862022910 1
via Oat and Sesame

13. Quick and Easy Pad Thai

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via Swiss Eats

14. Indian Lentils with Mango Salsa

Indian Lentils 5 1
via Half Baked Harvest // The Inspired Home
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