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193 recipes tagged “main”.

• Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Thighs

  Bone-in thighs blasted hot and fast until the skin shatters, with none of the oven's preheat or a skillet's spatter.

  Serves 410 min prep25 min cook

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• 30-Minute Ground Beef Ragù with Rigatoni

  A weeknight ragù that skips the all-day simmer — browned beef, crushed tomatoes, and just enough wine to matter.

  Serves 410 min prep20 min cook

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• Roasted Leg of Lamb with Rosemary and Garlic

  A whole bone-in leg, studded with garlic and salted the night before, roasted hot then slow until the center just clears rare.

  Serves 620 min (plus overnight marinate) prep1 hr 45 min cook

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• Coq au Vin

  Chicken braised in red wine with bacon, mushrooms, and pearl onions until the sauce is dark enough to coat a spoon.

  Serves 425 min prep1 hr 45 min cook

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• Hainanese-Style Poached Chicken with Ginger-Scallion Rice

  A whole chicken barely simmered until just cooked, served warm over rice steamed in its own poaching stock — the ginger-scallion sauce is not optional.

  Serves 415 min prep1 hr cook

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• Classic Smash Burgers with American Cheese

  Lacy, charred edges on a thin patty, built entirely on a screaming-hot griddle in under ten minutes.

  Serves 410 min prep8 min cook

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• Goan-Style Fish Curry with Coconut and Tamarind

  A coconut curry sharp with tamarind and hot with green chilies, built around whatever firm white fish looks good that day.

  Serves 415 min prep25 min cook

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• Shoyu Ramen with Pork Chashu and Soft-Boiled Egg

  A slow-braised pork belly and soy broth built around fresh noodles — the kind of dinner that eats an afternoon and is worth every hour of it.

  Serves 420 min prep2 hr 30 min cook

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• Dan Dan Noodles with Pork and Chili Oil

  Wheat noodles buried under sesame broth and crumbled pork, tossed at the table so the noodles never sit long enough to bloat.

  Serves 415 min prep15 min cook

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• Potato Gnocchi with Gorgonzola Cream and Walnuts

  Riced baked potato and a little flour, rolled into pillows by hand and boiled in minutes flat.

  Serves 430 min prep1 hr 10 min cook

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• Baked Macaroni and Cheese with Aged Cheddar

  A real stovetop béchamel under a crust of buttered crumbs, not a bag of orange powder.

  Serves 615 min prep35 min cook

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• Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Fennel and Orange

  A lean roast that's done before it dries out — sliced fennel and orange caramelize underneath it in the same skillet.

  Serves 415 min prep25 min cook

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• Seafood and Chorizo Paella

  A wide pan of saffron rice left alone just long enough to catch a crust on the bottom.

  Serves 620 min prep45 min cook

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• Herb-Crusted Prime Rib with Horseradish Cream

  A whole rib roast salted two days ahead and reverse-seared, so the crust arrives in the last ten minutes instead of the first three hours.

  Serves 820 min (plus 2-day dry brine) prep3 hr cook

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• Halibut en Papillote with Cherry Tomatoes and Basil

  Fish and tomatoes sealed in parchment and baked into their own sauce, so the packet does the work a saucepan usually would.

  Serves 415 min prep15 min cook

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• Pan-Seared Lamb Chops with Mint and Red Wine Pan Sauce

  Loin chops seared hard for a crust in under ten minutes, then a red wine reduction finished with fresh mint in the same pan.

  Serves 410 min prep15 min cook

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• Niçoise Salad with Seared Tuna and Soft-Boiled Eggs

  A composed, not tossed, summer main — each component cooked on its own and arranged, never dressed until the plate is built.

  Serves 420 min prep15 min cook

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• Quinoa-Stuffed Acorn Squash with Cranberries and Pecans

  Acorn squash roasted until it collapses into its own bowl, then packed with maple quinoa, cranberries, and toasted pecans — a vegetarian main that needs no apology.

  Serves 415 min prep50 min cook

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• Pan-Roasted Quail with Grapes and Sherry Vinegar

  Whole quail seared until the skin crackles, then finished in a quick sherry-vinegar pan sauce with blistered grapes.

  Serves 415 min prep20 min cook

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• Shepherd's Pie

  Ground lamb and root vegetables in a dark gravy, capped with mashed potato and baked until the peaks catch color.

  Serves 625 min prep45 min cook

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• Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

  Flank steak sliced thin against the grain, velveted in cornstarch, and tossed in a wok hot enough to char the broccoli in under a minute.

  Serves 420 min prep10 min cook

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• Grilled Reuben Sandwich with Russian Dressing

  Corned beef, sauerkraut, and Swiss between griddled rye — a deli-counter sandwich that's actually better built at home over low, patient heat.

  Serves 210 min prep10 min cook

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• Shrimp and Grits with Bacon and Scallions

  Creamy cheddar grits under shrimp seared in bacon fat, finished with the fond and a squeeze of lemon.

  Serves 415 min prep25 min cook

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• Jamaican-Style Curried Goat

  Bone-in goat marinated in curry powder, seared hard, then given two and a half hours in a spiced braise until it falls from the bone.

  Serves 620 min (plus 1 hr marinate) prep2 hr 30 min cook

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• Gruyère Cheese Soufflé

  A béchamel base lightened with whipped egg whites, baked until it climbs well above the rim — and eaten before it has the chance to fall.

  Serves 420 min prep25 min cook

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• Braised Veal Osso Buco with Gremolata

  Veal shanks braised until the meat falls from the bone, brightened at the end with a sharp lemon-parsley gremolata.

  Serves 420 min prep2 hr 30 min cook

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• Whole Roasted Duck with Orange and Star Anise

  An overnight dry brine and a two-temperature roast render a whole duck down to shattering skin, no basting required.

  Serves 420 min (plus overnight dry brine) prep2 hr cook

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• Pan-Seared Venison with Juniper and Red Wine

  A hard sear, a short rest, and a juniper-spiked wine reduction — the fastest way to make game taste like a special occasion instead of a mistake.

  Serves 415 min prep15 min cook

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• Smoked Beef Brisket

  A whole packer brisket, dry-rubbed and smoked low over indirect heat until the bark sets and the point pulls apart like pot roast.

  Serves 1220 min (plus overnight dry brine) prep10 hr cook

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• Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter

  Hand-filled pasta squares of ricotta and spinach, finished in butter browned until it smells like hazelnuts.

  Serves 41 hr 30 min prep10 min cook

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• Sweet Corn and Bacon Chowder

  A cream-thickened pot built on corn cobs simmered into the stock, chunky with potato and finished with the bacon that started it.

  Serves 415 min prep35 min cook

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• Turkey and Black Bean Chili

  A weeknight stew built on ground turkey and two cans of beans, simmered until the sauce clings instead of pools.

  Serves 615 min prep1 hr 15 min cook

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• Steamed Whole Fish with Ginger and Scallion

  A whole fish steamed until just opaque, then hit with a hissing pour of hot oil over ginger and scallion — dinner in twenty minutes with no oven at all.

  Serves 210 min prep12 min cook

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• Chicken and Andouille Gumbo

  A dark roux built low and slow into a chicken-and-sausage stew, thickened with okra instead of a shortcut.

  Serves 620 min prep1 hr 45 min cook

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• Beef Wellington with Mushroom Duxelles

  A tenderloin seared hard, wrapped in mushroom duxelles and puff pastry, and roasted until the crust shatters and the center stays rare.

  Serves 645 min prep45 min cook

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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