2,275 maine recipes

Southern chicken and okra gumbo with salt pork, fresh tomatoes, and hot pepper, served over fluffy white rice. A slow-simmered Plains-style gumbo with deep, smoky flavor.

Italian-style roast chicken with potatoes, pine nuts, raisins, Romano cheese, and red wine vinegar. A one-pan dinner with sweet, savory, and tangy flavors in every bite.

Buttermilk-soaked chicken breasts pan-fried in a seasoned flour crust, drizzled with honey bourbon butter sauce and topped with chopped pecans.

Javanese pork satay skewers marinated in a peanut butter, soy sauce, and brown sugar blend, grilled and served with cucumber-yogurt raita over rice.

Pot-roasted salmon with black olives, preserved lemon, carrots, and green beans in fish stock. A North African-inspired one-pot fish dish that's elegant, bright, and ready in 30 minutes.

Japanese-style hamburger skillet with ground beef, ramen noodles, frozen Japanese vegetables, soy sauce, and toasted almonds. A quick, one-pan weeknight dinner with Asian-inspired flavors.

Louisiana crawfish etouffee with a dark roux, holy trinity vegetables, tomatoes, and cayenne served over rice. A Cajun classic built on a proper 10-minute dark roux.

Hot Hoppin' John salad with black-eyed peas, rice, ham, and crispy bacon served over stir-fried cabbage. A Southern rice and pea dish with a kick of hot sauce.

Lemon chicken with basil simmered in white wine and tomato sauce with whole lemon wedges that soften enough to eat. A bright, one-pan skillet dinner served over rice.

Mash-up casserole layering chili beans, green chiles, pimento olives, and roasted red peppers under a fluffy egg-and-cheese custard. New Orleans muffaletta meets Tex-Mex chiles rellenos.

Roasted prawns with spinach mashed potatoes and roasted red pepper cream: Emeril-style plated dinner with seared shrimp, emerald green mash, and a silky pepper sauce pool.

Grilled salmon with minted tomato salsa: pink fillets seared over fire and topped with a half-pureed warm salsa of tomato, mint, jalapeño, and green onion. A bright, garden-fresh dinner.

Roquefort meat loaf rolls a three-meat blend of beef, pork and veal around a creamy Roquefort and bread filling, jelly-roll style. Sliced like a pinwheel for a dinner-party meatloaf with serious blue cheese punch.

White chicken chili with great northern beans, green chiles, and cumin in a creamy Monterey Jack broth. The Tex-Mex alternative to red chili, slow-simmered to silky.

Polpettone Italian stuffed meat steaks sandwich ham and melted mozzarella between two herbed beef-and-veal patties, breaded crisp, then baked under tomato sauce and more cheese. The Italian-American answer to chicken cordon bleu.

Freezer fajitas: marinated sirloin steak frozen with frozen fajita vegetables for a make-ahead Tex-Mex weeknight dinner. Thaw, sear, and serve in flour tortillas with salsa.