1,644 main dish recipes

Chicken, pea, and rice casserole: flour-dredged browned chicken breast over rice and frozen peas with basil and sliced onions. A nostalgic one-dish dinner for ten.

Caribbean rice and black bean casserole: stewed tomatoes, oregano, turmeric, and garlic simmered with instant brown rice and black beans. One-pot vegetarian dinner in 30 minutes.

Big-batch coarsely ground sirloin chili simmered low for 6 hours with bell peppers, celery, tomatoes, and green chiles. Beans optional. Serves 16 for chili night or game day.

Easy white bean and chicken chili simmered with cilantro, basil, ground chiles, and a hint of clove. One Dutch oven, ready in about an hour, finished with fresh tomato and tortilla chips.

Three-layer shepherd's pie with browned ground beef, creamed corn, and a buttery mashed potato crown. A no-fuss weeknight casserole built from seven pantry ingredients and one baking dish.

Southern catfish chili with chunky white fish fillets simmered in a tomato and kidney bean base with green peppers and garlic. Quick weeknight chili variation ready in 40 minutes.

Three-alarm chili for heat seekers: ground beef, kidney beans, tomatoes, and a full cup of red pepper flakes simmered two hours. Serve with cheddar, sour cream, and sweet onions.

A hearty two-meat chili: ground round and hot Italian sausage simmered with pink beans, black beans, peppers, and a cornmeal thickener. Feeds 15, perfect for game day or a freezer stash.

Sauerkraut and ground beef casserole with rice, tomatoes and green pepper. Tangy Midwestern potluck dish that doubles easily for a crowd.

Teriyaki tofu brochettes marinate extra-firm tofu and pineapple in soy, sherry, sesame, and ginger, then grill with peppers, onion, zucchini, and mushrooms. Vegan grilling.

Speckzelten is the rustic Tyrolean bacon flatbread: yeasted milk dough rolled into raised-rim discs and topped with smoked bacon, onion, caraway, and coriander, or pork cracklings under lard. Pizza, the Alpine way.

Cranberry apple casserole with tart Granny Smiths and fresh cranberries under a buttery oat-walnut crumble topping. The Thanksgiving side that doubles as dessert.

Vegan tofu vegetable pizza topped with shredded frozen-then-thawed tofu, sauteed peppers, garlic, fresh tomatoes, and olives. Finished with a snowfall of nutritional yeast for that cheesy umami hit.

Ratatouille spaghetti pie turns a pressed spaghetti crust into the base for a chunky eggplant, zucchini, and pepper ratatouille, topped with pepperoni and a Parmesan-breadcrumb crust. A veg-packed pasta bake.

Vegetarian tamale pie with a golden cornmeal crust wrapped top and bottom around a spiced bean-and-barley filling loaded with corn, ripe olives, and sweet red pepper. A hearty meatless main baked until the cheese bubbles.

Portuguese fisherman's stew with white beans, whitefish, stewed tomatoes, and thyme. The fish poaches separately in lemon water to stay tender, then joins the hearty bean broth.