Meat Recipes

Basque-style venison roast studded with garlic, smothered in onions, green peppers, pimentos, and bacon, then slow-roasted until tender. Drippings make rich gravy.

Mexican cornbread is a Texas-style layered skillet-style cornbread with browned ground meat, onion, jalapeños, and melted American cheese sandwiched between golden cornmeal batter.

Traditional Czech liver dumplings made from chicken livers, onion, and marjoram, simmered in chicken broth. Old-world comfort food at its finest.

Apricot chicken baked low and slow with a sweet-tangy glaze of apricot preserves, duck sauce, ketchup, and vinegar over matzo-crusted pieces. A crowd-feeding, Jewish-style classic.

Chicken and almond rissoles with stir-fried vegetables: grated potato and carrot bind cooked chicken into oval patties, rolled in almonds and baked alongside snow peas and baby corn.

Spicy sesame beef stir-fry with hot bean paste, hoisin, and oyster sauce. Tender strips marinated in rice wine and sesame oil, wok-seared with ginger and greens.

Flank steak marinated in dry red wine, olive oil, and onion soup mix, then grilled and sliced thin against the grain. The reduced marinade doubles as a savory pan sauce.

Apple-almond stuffed turkey: a Thanksgiving bird packed with tart apples, ham, toasted almonds, currants, citrus zest, and fennel seed in a bread stuffing moistened with apple juice and chicken broth.

Breaded pork chops braised until tender, topped with a warm sour cherry sauce spiked with cinnamon, cloves, honey, and Madeira wine. An elegant but approachable dinner.

Chili-crusted flank steak fajitas grilled with marinated tri-color bell peppers, onions, and Roma tomatoes. A bright, lime-kissed Tex-Mex plate wrapped in warm flour tortillas.

Garlic-studded roast leg of lamb on a bed of sliced onions and thyme, finished with a creamy onion-rice puree made from the roasting pan drippings. A Sunday-dinner centerpiece.

This is pleasently warm but not mouth burning hot!

High-heat roast chicken stuffed with lemon and garlic, cooked at 500F for crackling skin and juicy meat. A dead-simple pan sauce finishes the deal. Just 5 ingredients.

Japanese-style hamburger skillet with ground beef, ramen noodles, frozen Japanese vegetables, soy sauce, and toasted almonds. A quick, one-pan weeknight dinner with Asian-inspired flavors.

A 9-pound beef brisket smothered in a brown sugar and tomato paste sauce, wrapped in foil, and oven-braised for 5 hours until fork-tender. Shred it and pile it on buns for a crowd.

Chinese-style pork spareribs braised with potatoes, onions, sherry, oyster sauce, and soy. A one-skillet weeknight dinner where ribs turn tender and potatoes soak up all that savory-sweet glaze.