Meat recipe collection

Dad's chicken fried steak with cream gravy: pounded round steak triple-dredged in flour and evaporated milk, fried golden in oil, and smothered in pan-drippings white gravy. Pure Southern comfort.

Chicken Kiev wraps pounded chicken breasts around frozen garlic-herb butter, then breads and deep-fries until golden. Cuts open to a buttery flood, served with sherry cream sauce.

Flank steak rubbed with garlic, red pepper, and seasoned salt, then marinated in Worcestershire sauce. Broil or grill for just minutes per side and slice thin across the grain.

Great ribs, sticky, succulent and totally David Chang or Momofuko fame.

A killer no-bean Texas-style chili with coarse-ground chuck, beer, tequila, whiskey, and six whole jalapeños. Not for the faint of heart.

A classic deep dish meat pie with cubed beef, lamb, pork, or veal in a savory herb gravy with potatoes, peas, and carrots under a flaky golden crust.

Venison backstrap sliced into strips, seasoned with garlic and pepper, rolled up, wrapped in bacon, and grilled rare over coals. Looks like filet mignon, eats even better.

A moist meatloaf made with ground beef, onion soup mix, cream of wheat, and V-8 juice. Glazed with ketchup halfway through baking and finished with a second pour of V-8 for extra flavor.

A Reuben sandwich in skillet form: corned beef, sauerkraut, and caraway seeds cooked with rice, then topped with Thousand Island dressing and Swiss cheese. One pan, 30 minutes, dinner done.

Cheeseburger macaroni from scratch in 30 minutes: ground beef, onion, stewed tomatoes, and ketchup tossed with elbow macaroni and topped with melted cheddar. The homemade answer to the boxed Hamburger Helper everyone grew up on.

Explore new flavors with this delicious crockpot dish that is great to serve when the neighbors are visiting.

Hamburger noodle soup with ground beef, wide egg noodles, mirepoix, tomatoes, and thyme in chicken broth. A budget-friendly family soup served with a dollop of sour cream.

A traditional German stuffed pork belly filled with breadcrumbs, smoked ham, ground meat, and marjoram. Scored, seasoned, and roasted until the rind turns shattering crisp. Served with roasted turnip.

Five pounds of chicken wings marinated in cayenne pepper sauce and Italian dressing, then grilled or baked until sticky and charred. Only 3 ingredients. Big heat, minimal effort.

Tender beef cubes simmered low and slow in a tangy tomato sauce spiked with dry mustard and Worcestershire. This hearty, hands-off comfort food serves 4 over rice or egg noodles for a satisfying weeknight meal.

Try this new variation of dumplings made with ground beef, spinach and water chestnuts.