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Popeye's Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
Popeye's Buttermilk Biscuits
By Todd Wilbur

Recipe Type: Bread
Calories: 240
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Recipe Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
 
In 2007 America's number one Cajun-style restaurant celebrated its 35th birthday with 1,583 stores worldwide. But Popeyes didn't start out with the name that most people associate with a certain spinach-eating cartoon character. When Al Copeland opened his first Southern-fried chicken stand in New Orleans in 1972, it was called Chicken On The Run. The name was later changed to Popeyes after Gene Hackman's character in the movie The French Connection. In addition to great spicy fried chicken, Popeyes serves up wonderful Southern-style buttermilk biscuits that we can now easily duplicate to serve with a variety of home cooked meals. The secret is to cut cold butter into the mix with a pastry knife so that the biscuits turn out flaky and tender just like the originals.
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
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John miller  
Submitted on 03/04/13
Awesome,buttery, flaky goodness!
Doug Walker  
Submitted on 05/15/11
I never thought I'd ever be able to duplicate those awesome bisquits from Popeyes, but by golly after using this recipe I DID IT !! Now I've got all of my Harley ridin Brothers and Sisters nominating me to make breakfast on the weekends when we all get together!