10,000 main dish recipes

City chicken is a Depression-era classic of cubed beef, pork, and chicken stacked on skewers shaped like drumsticks, dredged in egg-milk and flour, then slow-baked until fork-tender. Old-school Pittsburgh comfort.

Beef slices are stir-fried with onions, celeries and mushrooms in a soy-wine sauce. Quick, easy and flavorful. Serve it with a bowl of rice or steamed buns to complete the meal.

Quick sharp cheddar and onion pizzas on prebaked Italian bread shells with Roma tomatoes, black olives, and red onion. Ready in under 20 minutes for a fast weeknight dinner or snack.

Skillet hamburgers topped with sauteed mushrooms and onions in a Worcestershire, lemon, and garlic pan sauce. Steak Diane flavors on a burger, one pan.

A quick and flavorful stir-fry featuring tender beef sirloin, vibrant bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms, all tossed in a savory soy-sherry sauce. Perfect for a weeknight dinner over rice.

Grilled Yucatan-style chicken thighs marinated overnight, double-skewered for flat grilling, and served with papaya tomatillo salsa and julienned jicama.

Quiche alla Roma layers cheddar, onion, sliced tomatoes, green pepper, salami, and oregano in a flaky pastry shell. An Italian-American twist on the French classic for brunch, lunch, or a light dinner.

Handmade swordfish ravioli stuffed with chopped swordfish, tomato sauce, scallions, and fresh basil, then tossed in a rich black olive pesto with butter and extra-virgin olive oil. Ready in 40 minutes.

Had this with cracked wheat bread. What a great meal!!

Homemade Beef a Roni with ground beef, pasta shells, mushrooms, and corn in a rich tomato sauce. A filling weeknight dinner the whole family will devour in 45 minutes.

Easy red beans and rice with smoked sausage, the Cajun-leaning weeknight skillet. Canned beans and tomatoes plus the holy trinity (onion, bell pepper, garlic) come together in 40 minutes for a one-pot dinner over rice.

High-fiber bread quiche uses stale multigrain bread as the crust, filled with low-fat cottage cheese, eggs, and evaporated skim milk. A lighter take on classic quiche with no pastry dough required.

Eggplant and cheese quiche with sauteed eggplant, Parmesan, Swiss, shallots, and a cream-egg custard in a pastry shell. A Julia Child-inspired French classic.

Escalloped salmon bakes flaked canned salmon in a buttery white sauce topped with bread crumbs until golden and bubbling. Old-fashioned American comfort dish from the canned-fish era, ready in 30 minutes.

Turn leftover pot roast into a bubbling beef pot pie loaded with bacon, mushrooms, peas, and a surprising hit of dill pickle in a rich gravy under flaky pastry crust.

Fireside brisket braises beef low and slow in beer, chili sauce, onion soup mix, and Worcestershire, with rye cornbread thickening the pan into rich, self-saucing gravy.