Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits: The secret is out.

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I was at a Red Lobster for the first time in forever with someone who had never been there before. Of course I talked up the Cheddar Bay Biscuits. And true to form they did not disappoint (they are very greasy but delicious). As it happens we had a particularly friendly and chatty waiter and we were discussing the biscuits and he told us something that may or may not be a secret but I know I didn’t know it: The biscuits are simply cheese biscuits coated with their Scampi sauce. He pointed to my shrimp scampi and said that’s all they are. So home chefs, that may make it easier for you to replicate if you want.

Maybe everyone knew this but I figured I would share.

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Good to know. You knew it had to be something simple. It’s not something that requires a lot of training to make, otherwise they wouldn’t be done at Red Lobster.

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And for those extra lazy, they sell the mix at Walmart and Target. I don’t know anything about coating it with sauce, though. I’ve only once been in Red Lobster, about 30 years ago. Do these biscuits come wet or something?

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The box contains what essentially is powdered scampi sauce, which one is supposed to mix with water and pour over the biscuits.

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Spread on the biscuits, rather. Edit timed out.

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I’ve made a copy-cat recipe before. The scampi sauce is basically just melted butter, garlic powder, dried parsley, and (I think) Parmesan cheese.

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And mix the powder with butter, not water. That’s what I get for trying to finish editing before the timer expires.

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Would seem to me that going to Red Lobster is far lazier that making biscuits at home. Just thinkin’ out loud, and typing…

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Bisquick has a cheese garlic biscuit recipe that tastes like my memory of Red Lobster biscuits. I think I added some parsley to the garlic butter.

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FTR, I have no eaten at a red lobster since I was around 8, so I have no idea what these biscuits are like, but I do have extensive food service experience.

Employees do not have access to anything really secret. If there is anything secret to their recipe, it is in the scampi sauce or in the biscuit mix produced at their commissaries.

Slight amount of research…

Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits. Not the official recipe, but one that commenters seem to come close.

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Which is precisely how it’s made in the restaurant.

I was the baker of these biscuits for about 8 months when I worked at Red Lobster in high school.

Powdered biscuit mix + warm water + shredded cheddar. Mix well. Scoop onto baking pan, put in oven.

Powdered sauce mix + warm water. Mix well. Biscuits come out, brush sauce on biscuits. Put on line for servers.

Repeat for 7 hours.

There, now you know the secret. :smiley:

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I buy the boxes at Sam’s Club. They are the rare example of a in-store licensed product that is actually the same(or extremely close) to the in-restaurant product.

Very good.

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It’s like hearing the Bible from the voice of God himself!

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Blech, they’re awful, tasteless things. But coming from Dead Lobster where they can screw up a shrimp cocktail, I’m not surprised

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Which Red Lobster do you go to? Go to a different one. Unlike some restaurant chains, Red Lobsters vary widely in quality.

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My Aunt calls them ‘‘Butter Bay Butters.’’

So yes, naturally they are delicious.

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Costco has them sometime.

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Parmesan? In Cheddar Bay Biscuits? Saints preserve us.

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The cheddar is in the biscuit dough. I was referring to the buttery sauce used to glaze them after they’re baked. I am probably misremembering the Parmesan.

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I’ve never eaten at one which failed to screw up seafood in one manner or another (the last time was half a dozen years ago when we were late getting into town and the only alternative was going hungry until the next morning).

The homemade biscuits might not be bad, but they are rather calorie-dense (700 calories worth if you chomp down five of them).