Main recipes

38 recipes tagged “main”.

• New England Lobster Roll

  Cold lobster bound in just enough mayo, tucked into a butter-toasted bun — the whole point is staying out of its own way.

  Serves 420 min prep15 min cook

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• Fresh Pappardelle with Mushroom Ragù

  Egg dough rolled thin by hand and cut into ribbons, tossed with a mushroom ragù built to taste like it simmered all day.

  Serves 445 min prep30 min cook

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• Braised Rabbit with Mustard and Tarragon

  A whole rabbit browned and braised in wine and cream until the meat gives up the bone on its own, mustard and tarragon keeping it from tasting like plain chicken.

  Serves 420 min prep1 hr 30 min cook

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• Spatchcocked Roast Chicken with Garlic and Lemon

  Cutting out the backbone flattens the bird so it roasts in under an hour, skin gone crisp everywhere instead of just on top.

  Serves 415 min prep50 min cook

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• Spanakopita

  Spinach and feta packed between layers of butter-brushed phyllo, baked until the top shatters like glass.

  Serves 830 min prep45 min cook

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• Seared Scallops with White Bean Purée and Salsa Verde

  Scallops seared hard in a ripping pan over a garlicky bean purée, finished with a sharp herb sauce — fifteen minutes that looks like more.

  Serves 415 min prep15 min cook

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• Pan-Seared Pork Chops with Mustard Cream Sauce

  Thick-cut chops seared hard in a screaming pan, then rested while a mustard and cream sauce comes together in the same fat.

  Serves 410 min prep20 min cook

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• Eggplant Parmesan Sandwiches

  Breaded and fried eggplant stacked with marinara and melted mozzarella, built for a bite instead of a fork.

  Serves 420 min prep20 min cook

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• Duck Leg Confit

  Duck legs cured a day ahead, then cooked low and slow under their own fat until the meat falls off the bone.

  Serves 415 min (plus 24 hr cure) prep3 hr cook

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• Beer-Battered Fish Tacos with Chipotle Crema

  Cod fried in a beer batter until it crackles, folded into warm tortillas with slaw and a smoky crema.

  Serves 420 min prep15 min cook

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• Beef Pho with Charred Onion and Star Anise

  A bone broth simmered most of an afternoon, then poured boiling over raw-sliced beef so the broth itself finishes the meat at the table.

  Serves 430 min prep3 hr 30 min cook

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• Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini and Date Syrup

  A whole head roasted until the outside is nearly burnt, carved at the table like a small, strange cake.

  Serves 415 min prep1 hr cook

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• Whole Roasted Branzino with Lemon and Fennel

  A whole fish roasted hot and fast on a screaming pan, stuffed with lemon and fennel, brought to the table bones and all.

  Serves 415 min prep25 min cook

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• Seared Duck Breast with Balsamic Figs

  Skin rendered slow in a cold pan until it shatters, then a fig and balsamic sauce built in the same fat.

  Serves 210 min prep20 min cook

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• Red Wine-Braised Beef Short Ribs

  Bone-in ribs seared hard, then given three hours in the oven until the meat pulls off the bone on its own.

  Serves 420 min prep3 hr cook

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• Red Curry Chicken with Bell Peppers

  A jar of curry paste toasted hard in oil, then simmered with coconut milk and chicken thighs until the sauce clings — faster than delivery and better.

  Serves 415 min prep20 min cook

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• Linguine with Clams, White Wine, and Garlic

  Clams steamed open in wine and garlic, their own liquor doing the work of a sauce, tossed through pasta before it's fully drained.

  Serves 415 min prep20 min cook

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• Grilled Turkey Burgers with Caramelized Onion and Cheddar

  Ground turkey punched up with garlic and Worcestershire, grilled hot and pulled the second it hits temp, under onions given the full twenty minutes they need.

  Serves 415 min prep30 min cook

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• Grilled Lamb Kofta with Tahini Yogurt

  Ground lamb packed hard onto skewers and charred over direct heat, done before the coals even need tending.

  Serves 420 min prep10 min cook

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• Grilled Corn and Tomato Pizza

  Dough charred straight on the grill grates, topped in a rush while the first side is still hot enough to melt the cheese.

  Serves 420 min prep15 min cook

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• Cioppino

  A tomato-and-wine seafood stew built to hold whatever's freshest at the fish counter, mopped up with torn bread.

  Serves 425 min prep45 min cook

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• Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwiches

  Thighs brined in buttermilk, pressed hard into seasoned flour, and fried until the crust cracks louder than the pickle on top.

  Serves 415 min prep20 min cook

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• Butter-Poached Salmon with Peas and Mint

  Fish gone glossy and barely cooked in a low, buttery poach — the opposite of a hard sear, and better for it.

  Serves 410 min prep15 min cook

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• Braised Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

  Beef and pork meatballs browned hard, then finished low in a garlicky tomato sauce until a spoon is all you need to cut them.

  Serves 420 min prep1 hr 15 min cook

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• Black Bean and Poblano Enchiladas

  Corn tortillas rolled around charred poblano and black beans, drowned in red chile sauce until the edges go crisp under the broiler.

  Serves 420 min prep30 min cook

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• Tomato and Corn Galette

  A free-form cornmeal crust folded around ripe tomatoes and corn, no pan or tart ring required.

  Serves 645 min prep40 min cook

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• Shrimp and Snap Pea Stir-Fry

  A hot pan, five minutes of tossing, and dinner is on the table before the rice cooker beeps.

  Serves 415 min prep10 min cook

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• Mussels in White Wine with Garlic and Fennel

  A pot of shells and broth in twenty minutes flat, best eaten with bread instead of a spoon.

  Serves 210 min prep10 min cook

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• Grilled Skirt Steak with Chimichurri

  A hot grill, five minutes of restraint, and a sharp green sauce that cuts through the fat.

  Serves 415 min prep8 min cook

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• Crispy Pan-Fried Tofu with Chili Crisp

  Tofu fried hard in a cast-iron pan until the crust shatters, then tossed in chili crisp — a fifteen-minute main that doesn't miss the meat.

  Serves 220 min prep10 min cook

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• Coconut Red Lentil Dal with Curry Leaves

  Lentils that cook down to nothing on their own, saved by a hot pan of popped spices poured over at the last second.

  Serves 410 min prep35 min cook

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• Cider-Braised Pork Shoulder with Apples and Mustard

  Pork shoulder browned hard, then left alone for three hours until a fork goes through it without resistance.

  Serves 620 min prep3 hr 30 min cook

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• Baked Rigatoni with Sausage and Fennel

  A one-pot pasta bake that finishes under the broiler, built for a table that needs feeding twice.

  Serves 620 min prep45 min cook

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• Asparagus and Lemon Risotto

  A pot that asks for your attention for twenty minutes straight and pays it back in starch.

  Serves 410 min prep35 min cook

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• Slow Lamb Shoulder with Anchovy

  Five hours of doing nothing, and the meat comes apart with a spoon.

  Serves 615 min prep5 hr cook

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• Sheet-Pan Chicken with Lemon and Olives

  Bone-in thighs roasted hard until the skin shatters, with olives and lemon doing the sauce's job.

  Serves 415 min prep45 min cook

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• Seared Trout with Brown Butter and Capers

  Ten minutes from pan to plate, and the browned butter does all the work of a sauce.

  Serves 25 min prep8 min cook

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• Braised Chickpeas with Harissa and Yogurt

  A vegetarian main that eats like a stew, with none of the standing over the pot.

  Serves 415 min prep40 min cook

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