Golden Corral Recipes (2024)

FAQs

Does Golden Corral use instant mashed potatoes? ›

While some restaurants may take the easy route and make their mashed potatoes from instant potato flakes, Golden Corral isn't one of them. Instead, this company does the hard work of peeling, cooking, and mashing its potatoes in-house. The chain even claims to peel over a million potatoes a week.

The cheapest time to eat at Golden Corral is during their lunch hours on weekdays. The lunch buffet is usually cheaper than the dinner buffet which may cost you around $10-$15 per adult.

Who knows who has touched it, coughed or sneezed on it, etc. Golden Corral does not require a percentage tip. You are getting your own food and seating yourself. If they are good at bringing drink refills and hot rolls, a tip of one or two dollars per adult diner is sufficient.

Most restaurants don't buy pre packaged ranch. They buy hidden valley seasoning and mix it themselves with ingredients they already have.

Quick, easy, and fresh weeknight recipes. Good brands of instant mashed potatoes, like Bob's Red Mill, contain one ingredient: dehydrated potatoes. And when you rehydrate them with a bit of butter and milk and—please use a heavy hand—salt and pepper, they taste surprisingly clean and good.

Buffet Restaurants

Plates. Think about it: You've got to grab a new plate for every visit back to the buffet, so you're making a lot of work for that person. Tip them! A good rule of thumb here is to tip at least 10%.

The Emily Post Institute, at emilypost.com, has a helpful tipping guide that suggests leaving 10 percent of the total bill for buffet-style restaurants. That seems to be a good starting point, but there is no harm in tipping more.

DEAR WONDERING: The employees you describe are also “working hard.” If you're eating in the restaurant, leave a couple of dollars for the bussers who are clearing the dishes. If you receive service IN ADDITION to that, leave 10%.

Ranch Dressing

The ranch is hands down America's most beloved salad dressings. It is made from a number of ingredients such as buttermilk, mayonnaise, mustard, garlic, onion, chives, salt, and pepper.

Even when a restaurant does start with premade ranch, they will often fold in extra fresh herbs, and maybe even more buttermilk, to lighten and bring in some brighter flavors that can be lost in shelf-stable bottling.

What is the runny ranch that restaurants use? ›

Because while some restaurants do use a bottled shelf stable dressing, what you are referring to is a powdered ranch mix (typically the Hidden Valley brand) that the restaurant cooks add milk/ buttermilk and sour cream to make their dressing.

Instant mashed potatoes are convenient for busy food establishments like KFC — the only thing employees need to do is add water and mix. The peeling, cooking, and mashing, has already been done. The downside to instant mashed potatoes is that they aren't as fluffy and tend to be bland.

Most restaurants use fresh potatoes for their mashed potatoes. Sure, there are budget buffets and fast food joints that use dehydrated potato flakes but that's why they are the bottom feeders of the culinary world. Mashed potatoes are easy to make, cost little money and are only delicious if made from fresh spuds.

"The mashed potatoes are served and made by mix. It comes in a bag just add water and butter. Many people just come to KFC to get these potatoes and gravy."