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Small Plates Help You Win Big

It’s no big secret that many people are looking for extra ways to save money. Some are making big financial moves such as trading in SUVs for smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, while some focus on small everyday things such as the way they approach ordering from their favorite menus. Offer patrons more affordable menu choices and greater variety with small plates. These ideas will give customers a chance to experiment, socialize, and/or eat multiple small meals during the day, while you get chances to increase traffic, check averages, and profitability.

We help you take advantage of the small-plate trend with exciting recipes, menu descriptions, product information, pricing suggestions, and free downloadable merchandising materials—counter cards, menu clips, posters, static clings, and table tents.

11 Recipes found

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Bistro Steak and Fry Bites

This bistro-inspired small plate features a juicy 2-ounce skewer of marinated flat iron steak and golden crispy shoestring fries seasoned with garlic pepper. Serve with homemade steakhouse ketchup for dipping and garnish with crumbled gorgonzola....

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Buffalo Ranch Breaded Chicken

Offer chicken in an economical entrée with mainstream menu appeal when you serve a bold and spicy Buffalo breaded chicken breast over a small heap of home-style buttermilk ranch mashed potatoes. Finish with crispy batter-fried onion rings, crumbl...

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Chicken Milanese

Offer the pleasures of a simple rustic Italian entrée with a butterflied, thinly pounded chicken breast dusted in flour and covered in egg batter with light panko crumb breading. Pan sauté until golden and serve sizzling hot with fresh Italian sa...

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Fried Chicken & Green Beans

This mini home-style entrée is sure to be a big hit with two indulgent, crispy fried chicken tenderloin fritters accompanied by pepper cream gravy and crunchy deep-fried green beans.

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Fried Chicken Biscuit Slider

A small breakfast comes with a great deal of taste when you serve a hot-from-the-oven mini biscuit layered with a crunchy fried chicken breast filet and a drizzle of golden honey sauce.

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Greek Steak Salad with Grilled Flatbread

This small grazing salad piles big Greek flavor onto a trio of warm flatbread wedges—each topped with roasted red pepper hummus and a dollop of fresh salad greens tossed in Greek vinaigrette with grilled steak, feta cheese crumbles, cucumber, red...

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Grilled Meatloaf Mini and Onion Straws

This small plate features meatloaf served over a mini heap of homestyle mashed potatoes topped with rich ketchup demi-glace. Serve with onion straws and a glazed carrot.

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Little Italy Meatball Pomodoro

A little taste of Italy means big flavor when you top a small mound of al dente pasta with a succulent Italian meatball and fresh grated Parmesan cheese. Serve with two thin, crispy grissini and a fresh basil sprig.

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Petite Flat Iron Steak

Classic steakhouse taste comes at an easy-on-the-budget price when you offer a 5-ounce flat iron Montreal-seasoned steak char-grilled to perfection. Garnish with roasted cherry tomatoes and serve with a side of buttery garlic Texas toast topped w...

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Sausalito Grilled Chicken Flatbread

This Cal-Italia pizza bakes big flavor into something small when you layer spinach-artichoke dip, grilled chicken breast strips, seared peppers and onions, pepperoncini peppers, and fontina cheese on flatbread crust and bake until golden and bubb...