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14 Takeout Favorites You Can Make at Home

by Rebecca A. on February 24, 2017

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

via Brunch n Bites

3. Better-Than-Takeout Mongolian Beef

via Homemaker's Habitat

4. Slow Cooker General Tso's Chicken

via Center Cut Cook

5. 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

via Fab Lunch

8. Easy Molé Chicken Enchilada Bowl

via Table & Hearth

9. Crockpot Chicago Style Italian Beef

via Bright Green Door

10. Restaurant Style Chicken Parmesan

via Bright Green Door

11. Matzo Ball Soup

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

via Swiss Eats

14. Indian Lentils with Mango Salsa

via Half Baked Harvest // The Inspired Home

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