Meats recipes

Slow cooker whole chicken with lemon juice, thyme, paprika, and parsley. Rub with butter, set it, and forget it for tender, fall-off-the-bone results in 8 hours.

Sliced cold roast beef with a bright tomato-vinegar sauce and a creamy Caesar-Parmesan dipping sauce. A 10-minute no-cook platter that turns leftover roast beef into a dinner party spread.

A mixture of pork, ground beef, veal, chicken and salt pork that will have meat lovers asking for a second helping in no time!

Mediterranean roast chicken marinates two whole birds overnight in lemon, olive oil, garlic, and rosemary, then roasts with new potatoes and green olives. One-pan Sunday supper for a crowd.

Pork Chops Ole with seared chops baked over taco-seasoned rice in tomato sauce, topped with green pepper and melted cheddar. A Tex-Mex one-dish pork and rice dinner.

Grilled pork shoulder skewers marinated in ginger, garlic, soy, and pineapple juice. Pan-Asian flavor in under an hour of cooking time plus a four-hour flavor soak.

From-scratch chicken and dumplings with a stewed hen, buttermilk dough rolled paper-thin, and rich homemade broth. Southern-style flat dumplings the old-fashioned way.

French-Canadian veal pot roast braised in a cast iron pot with whole potatoes and onions, no added liquid. The veal creates its own rich gravy as it slowly cooks.

Chicken pieces dipped in lemon juice, coated in seasoned breadcrumbs and cheese, then baked with sliced onions. Simple Italian home cooking.

Peking duck made the traditional way, air-dried and glazed with maltose for lacquer-crisp skin, then roasted and carved thin to wrap in steamed pancakes with hoisin, scallions and cucumber.

Southern mustard greens slow-simmered with smoked ham hocks, cabbage, and potatoes in a peppery pot likker. A one-pot soul food classic cooked low and slow.

Open-faced cheddar sandwiches broiled with a creamy cheese spread made from sharp cheddar, cream, hard-boiled egg, pimento, and olives, topped with crossed bacon slices until bubbly and crisp.

Ring-shaped venison meatloaf glazed with brown sugar ketchup, topped with melted Monterey Jack, and served with buttery poppy seed noodles piled in the center.

Pressure cooker Swiss steak braises chuck cubes with tomatoes, onion, garlic, celery, and bell pepper into fork-tender beef in a rich tomato gravy. Ready in 30 minutes instead of 3 hours.

Arroz con pollo built on a hearty mix of brown and wild rice instead of white. Browned chicken simmered with tomatoes, white wine, almonds, peas and a Latin-style sofrito of onion, garlic and paprika.

Pork shoulder strips cook in the microwave with orange juice and soy sauce, then get tossed with water chestnuts, bean sprouts, and Napa cabbage in a cornstarch-thickened sauce. Serve over rice.