The Newly Refurbished Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant

Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant underwent a complete refurbishment earlier this year.

The beautiful new entrance takes you to the Hostess stand. No longer do you have to wait in their old switch back queue. You simply check in and if there is a wait they will ask for a cell phone number and they will text you when your table is ready. So your wait is exploring the California Marketplace.

If you do want to wait inside the restaurant there is a spacious lobby area.

There is now a full service bar. They have some wonderful boysenberry-infused cocktails.

Two of your boysenberry options are a draft boysenberry beer and a boysenberry lemon drop. They also offer a boysenberry mojito.

The biscuits are still served fresh and warm.

You get your own butter and boysenberry jelly.

The chicken noodle soup is still one of the best ever. And one can never go wrong with some salad as well.

The Mrs. Knott's Famous Friend Chicken Dinner with mashed potatoes and corn. Now I used to think that Mrs. Knott's chicken was one of the best on the planet but I don't know if it has been years of eating the flavorful and juicy chicken at the Plaza Inn at Disneyland but there is a lack of flavor on Mrs. Knott's chicken. The chicken here is still moist and juicy but the lack of flavor made me sad.

And what else would you finish dinner off with than a slice of boysenberry pie?

A wonderful refurbishment of the Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant is sadly held back by the flavorless chicken. Other than that, the service, the ambiance and the rest of the food is authentically homemade. Maybe I will try something other than the fried chicken on my next visit.


Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant

Address: 8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620

Phone: (714) 220-5055

Cookies N Cream Ice Cream Shop Pie Recipe!

Makes 1 pie

 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups cold milk or 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
3 1/2 ounces jell-o vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling mix (4 serving size)
3 1/2 cups thawed Cool Whip Topping
1 cup chopped Oreo cookies
1 prepared graham cracker crumb crust (6 ounces)

Directions:

1 Pour milk into a large bowl; Add pudding mix and beat with wire whisk until well blended, 1 to 2 minutes; Let stand until slightly thickened; Fold whipped topping and chopped cookies into pudding mixture; Spoon into crumb crust.
 

2 Freeze pie until firm, about 6 hours or overnight; Remove from freezer and let stand at room temperature about 10 minutes before serving to soften; Store leftover pie in the freezer.

Source: http://www.food.com/recipe/cookies-n-cream-ice-cream-shop-pie-206242

Mayan Banana "Ice Cream" Pie Recipe!

 

Makes 8 servings

 

Ingredients:

1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup walnuts, crushed
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, melted

Filling

2 bananas (ripe)
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 liter Cool Whip, thawed
1 teaspoon cinnamon or 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
3/4 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
chocolate syrup
walnuts, crushed

Directions:

1 - line a pie plate with wax paper, hanging over the edges for “handles”.
 

2 - mix together crust ingredients and press into the bottom and sides of the pie plate.
 

3 - slice bananas and layer over top of the crust and up the sides.
 

4 - mix together cream cheese, Cool Whip and cinnamon, then fold in the chocolate chips.
 

5 - Put it in the freezer overnight to freeze.
 

6 - When ready to serve, take out of freezer and grab the wax paper “handles” to remove pie to a cutting board.
 

7 - Use a hot knife to slice into 8 and serve drizzle with chocolate syrup and crushed walnuts!

Source: http://www.food.com/recipe/mayan-banana-quot-ice-cream-quot-pie-413688