2,096 main dish recipes

Quick three-pepper pizza on a pre-cooked crust with green, red, and yellow bell peppers, mozzarella, and Italian seasoning. Ready in 10 minutes flat from oven on.

Braised Hungarian partridge with green bell peppers, pimentos, onions, garlic, and dry sherry. A rustic game bird dish slow-cooked until fork-tender in a pepper-rich sauce.

Grilled lamb chops with a Dijon mustard and honey glaze spiked with garlic and ginger. A 5-ingredient recipe where the sweet, tangy glaze caramelizes into a sticky crust on the grill.

Homemade beet pasta dough with a stunning ruby-red color from fresh beet puree. Just four ingredients, no eggs, and endlessly versatile for any pasta shape you want to roll.

A delicious fruit dessert made with juicy grapefruits, mandarin oranges, bananas and pineapple chunks.

A delicious dish made with hazelnuts, bread crumbs and juicy apples.

Basic rack of lamb: a French-trimmed rack marinated, then roasted hot to a rosy medium-rare and carved into elegant double-bone chops. The foundation technique for an impressive special-occasion main.

Pan-fried sirloin steaks finished in a bold rye whiskey pan sauce with scallions, beef extract, and fresh lemon juice. A quick, boozy steak dinner with serious depth of flavor.

Cocktail wieners and sausage slices are combined with a tangy and sweet sauce to create a delicious and flavorful dish for a brunch or other gathering.

A tomato-based twist on classic SOS: ground chuck with onions, green pepper, and garlic simmered in tomato sauce and served over toast, rolls, or muffins. Fast, no-fuss comfort food.

Vegetarian paneer bake with root vegetables slow-cooked in stock until tender and rich. Cubed paneer, rutabaga, carrots, parsnips, and mushrooms braise together in a hands-off casserole that fills the kitchen with savory warmth.

Homemade beef gravy mix from scratch using flour, beef base, cornstarch, and ketchup. A DIY replacement for store-bought gravy packets with pantry staples.

Paprika pork chops simmered in white wine, stock, sweet red pepper, and crème fraîche. A Hungarian-influenced weeknight braise with a silky, tangy sauce.

Savory poached carp simmered in a sweet-tart broth of red onion, white wine vinegar, and lemon, served hot or chilled as a traditional jelled fish with beet horseradish.

Elbow pasta tossed with garlic olive oil, wilted basil, fresh parsley, lime zest, and lime juice. A bright, vegetarian pasta ready in 30 minutes.

Broiled fresh walleye brushes fillets with a lemon-garlic-basil paste, dusts with paprika, and broils skin-on until flaky. Classic Midwest shore-lunch style fish in 20 minutes.