Chicken breasts are a go-to protein for us when deciding what to make for dinner. Some of our other favorites using the humble chicken breast are a BBQ Chicken Cobb Salad, Chicken Stroganoff, and Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo! It’s touted as one of the most popular menu items at the Cheesecake Factory. Once you’ve tasted a bite it’s easy to see why! When I heard National Cheese Lover’s Day was coming up, I decided it was a holiday I most definitely needed to celebrate. Some of my food blogging friends decided to join me as well so if you keep scrolling past the recipe, you will find 15 cheesy new recipes to inspire you to eat something ooey, gooey today! What’s your favorite kind of cheese? There’s no way I could pick just one, but my top favorites are brie, mozzarella, sharp cheddar, pepperjack, and monterey jack. So whether you choose to eat something melty and gooey today like lasagna, macaroni & cheese, cheesy taco soup, or baked brie, or go with a gorgeous fruit and cheese platter, share it on IG and tag me so I can see!
Chicken Madeira [Cheesecake Factory Copycat]
We like to eat out as a family a couple times a month and one of our favorite places to go is often Cheesecake Factory. My favorite menu item is their Mexican tortilla salad, and we all like the banana cream cheesecake and white chocolate raspberry truffle cheesecake for dessert. Paul loves the Chicken Madeira and is always torn between ordering his favorite or trying something new and I find that I’m always sneaking bites of his dish. But it’s so much less expensive to make this dish at home! You can feed your entire family for less than the cost of 1 serving at the restaurant. And honestly, it tastes even better too. Just like at Cheesecake Factory, we like to serve the Chicken Madeira with creamy mashed potatoes on the side. And for the full eat-at-home restaurant experience, you could make a black forest cheesecake for dessert!
How to Make Cheesecake Factory Chicken Madeira at Home
Tips for Making the best Chicken Madeira
If asparagus isn’t in season or is crazy expensive, you could easily sub in fresh green beans instead. Our family doesn’t drink alcohol so I had a really hard time finding Madeira wine the first time I went looking for it. Not to be deterred from recreating a restaurant favorite at home, I eventually enlisted of another shopper in the wine section at Whole Foods who walked me right to it in the “dessert wines” section next to the Marsala wine and Sherry. But if you have a hard time finding the Madeira wine to make this recipe, you might need to go to an actual liquor store since apparently many regular grocery stores don’t stock it. It’s absolutely worth it (and necessary for this dish) to hunt down the Madeira wine. It makes a sauce that is both savory and sweet, with unique, complex flavors that you just can’t get with any other combination of ingredients and we absolutely love it. For anyone else in my boat who has basically zero experience with wine, the bottle I bought cost about $7 and I used about half of it to make this recipe. We actually googled how long wine lasts in the fridge once it has been opened and it sounds like for Madeira wine maybe about 5 days-ish according to this Bon Appetit article. So this would be a great opportunity to have friends over to use the entire bottle by doubling the recipe.
More Restaurant Favorites Made at Home
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