Meats recipes

Traditional Irish clear lamb stew with bone-in neck chops, whole potatoes, carrots, and onions simmered low and slow. Finished with butter, chives, and parsley for a clean brothy stew.

Slow-roasted beef brisket pulled into tender strands and simmered in a homemade BBQ sauce with molasses, chili sauce, and a hit of liquid smoke. Northern-style pulled beef that rivals any smokehouse.

Lemony chicken thighs marinate in fresh lemon juice for 12 hours, then sauté golden and bake in lemon-thyme broth. Make-ahead picnic and potluck classic, served chilled.

Paprika beef roll stuffs pounded round steak with mushrooms, onions, pimiento, bread crumbs, and stuffed olives, then roasts in red wine for two hours.

Slow-simmered Indian chicken curry built on 30 minutes of caramelized onions, whole cinnamon, cardamom, and a rich tomato gravy. Rested for maximum depth, this is weekend cooking that rewards your patience.

Baked lemon-brown sugar chicken drumsticks with cornbread stuffing on the side, all in one dish. Browned drumsticks topped with lemon slices and baked alongside lemony cornbread stuffing.

Stuffed flank steak filled with a whole wheat bread crumb, vegetable, and herb stuffing, then broiled and sliced against the grain. A quick, impressive main dish with a garden-fresh filling.

Old-fashioned pot roast braised in a Dutch oven with carrots, onions and a homemade pan gravy. Sunday-supper beef chuck the way grandma made it.

Savory baked apples stuffed with brandy-seasoned pork and veal, topped with spinach, and served on a pool of port wine sauce. An elegant French-inspired autumn main course.

Grilled flank steak marinated in lemon and garlic, served with grilled zucchini, fresh basil tomatoes, and toasted Italian bread. A complete summer meal off the grill.

Chicken piccata with pounded chicken breasts seared in butter, finished with sherry, lemon juice, and capers in a quick pan sauce. A weeknight Italian classic for eight in 40 minutes.

Osso buco braises veal shanks in onion butter, white wine, and tomato until fall-apart tender, then finishes with gremolata of garlic, parsley, and lemon zest. A Milanese classic for special dinners.

Lamb and potato ragu braised in tomato with butter-browned onion and carrot. A rustic Italian one-pot stew where the potatoes absorb all the rich, meaty juices.

Thin pork strips stir-fried with teriyaki sauce, red pepper flakes, and crisp-tender mixed vegetables in a tangy cornstarch glaze. A no-fuss weeknight dinner ready in 25 minutes.

Sloppy joe BBQ sandwiches with ground beef simmered in a homemade sauce of ketchup, chili sauce, brown sugar, mustard, vinegar, and hot sauce, piled on buns.

Norwegian sauteed veal cutlets in a silky sour cream and goat cheese sauce. Pan drippings build the base and the sauce comes together fast - the one rule: never let it boil.