Meat recipe collection

20-minute sweet and sour chicken stir-fry with juicy mandarin oranges, crunchy water chestnuts, and a kick of crushed red pepper. Wok-fired and bursting with citrus.

Seared lamb shoulder chops smothered in a glossy pineapple-brown sugar sauce with tender carrots and green bell pepper. A sweet and sour twist on lamb that's ready in 35 minutes.

Tender pork spareribs pre-cooked until fall-apart soft, then grilled and basted with a sticky apricot sweet and sour sauce. A backyard BBQ crowd-pleaser with a fruity, tangy glaze.

Sweet and Sour Pork with Tomato, Sweet Pepper, and Pineapple recipe

Set-it-and-forget-it sweet and sour chicken in the slow cooker. Frozen chicken simmers with pineapple, carrots, peppers, brown sugar, and soy sauce. Serve over rice for an effortless weeknight win.

Homemade sweet Italian sausage with ground pork, fennel, coriander, garlic, and parsley. No casings, no special equipment. Mix, shape, and cook or freeze for up to three months.

Traditional Canadian sweet pickled beaver brined overnight, simmered with pickling spices, then roasted under a sticky glaze of brown sugar, dry mustard, cinnamon, white wine, and pineapple juice. Wild game cooking at its finest.

Whole roasted chicken marinated in lemon and garlic, stuffed with a mofongo-inspired filling of browned plantains, crispy bacon, Anaheim chilies, and red bell pepper. Latin-Caribbean Sunday dinner at its golden, crispy-skinned best.

A Midwestern classic: ground ham and pork shaped into a loaf and baked under a sticky brown sugar, mustard, and vinegar glaze. Savory, tangy, and sweet in every slice. Comfort food at its finest.

Loaded ground round patties packed with cheddar cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, and green peppers. A retro stuffed burger recipe that puts all the toppings inside the meat.

A fondue-style Swiss cheese dip melted in white wine with brandy, smoked ham, garlic, and a dusting of nutmeg. Ready in 25 minutes and built for a crowd.

Ground beef simmered in tomatoes with onion and green pepper, then tossed with spaghetti and cubed Swiss cheese that melts into every strand. Comfort food spaghetti with a cheesy twist.

Floured round steak simmers with carrots, potatoes, and onions in French onion soup for a complete crockpot dinner with fork-tender beef and rich gravy.

This was a big hit at our house: only a little strip was left along one edge of the casserole! I used nonfat mayonnaise, and bet that nonfat yogurt would work just as well to cut down on fat. I was out of peas, so used corn. And I used leftover chicken instead of turkey. Save this one for a neat way to use up your leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

Szechuan beef stew braises chunky beef chuck for two hours in a spiced soy sauce broth with red pepper flakes, fennel, cloves, and ginger until fork-tender. A warming, deeply savory one-pot dinner for six.

Szechuan cashew chicken with velveted chicken breast, wok-toasted cashews, bell pepper, and bamboo shoots in a glossy hoisin-chili sauce. Better than takeout and on the table in 40 minutes.