374 meat recipes

Butter-sauteed crab meat with tarragon vinegar, parsley, and garlic served with cocktail sauce and lemon. A simple Long Island-style crab dish ready in 15 minutes.

Cajun crab in a rich Swiss cheese and cream sauce with mushrooms, scallions, and dry vermouth, spiked with cayenne. Serve in patty shells or scooped up with crusty French bread.

Empanadas are Brazil's national appetizer, tiny pies filled with chicken olives, and peas.

Another succulent and juicy meat loaf that is perfect for a dinner with family or friends.

Classic meatloaf with cream of mushroom soup baked into the loaf and spooned over the top. Old-school comfort food with a built-in mushroom gravy, no ketchup glaze required.

Russian meatballs (bitki): beef and veal meatballs fried golden in butter and smothered in a sour cream and mushroom sauce. Old-world comfort food, straight from the Russian babushka's kitchen.

British raised sausage and egg pie in puff pastry: pork sausagemeat with sage and onion wrapped around whole hard-boiled eggs, baked golden. Serve hot with veg or cold with pickles.

Crab meat quiche with sherry-marinated crab, a rich egg custard of milk and cream, and a touch of nutmeg. The crab soaks in sherry for an hour before baking for deeper, more complex flavor.

Empanadas, Latin American hand pies filled with seasoned ground beef, hard-boiled egg, raisins, and green olives, wrapped in flaky pastry. Fried or baked, perfect for parties and lunchboxes.

Slow cooker meat and potato loaf with ground beef, Italian sausage, and instant potato flakes, cooked low for 6-7 hours. A hands-off meatloaf with a clever cheesecloth lifting trick.

Ground chicken pizza on a biscuit dough crust with mushrooms, bell peppers, and a three-cheese blend of mozzarella, cheddar, and Parmesan. A lighter take on homemade pizza using toaster oven-friendly portions.

Meat and sweet potato pie with a seasoned ground beef crust filled with mashed sweet potatoes, brown sugar, cinnamon, and eggs. A savory-sweet dinner pie with no pastry needed.

Alton Brown's homemade gyro meat: ground lamb processed to a paste with onion, garlic, and herbs, baked and pressed dense so it slices thin, served on pita with cool homemade tzatziki, tomato, and feta.

Venison meatloaf cuts ground deer with pork sausage for fat and flavor, then bastes with onion soup broth every ten minutes for a tender, savory game-meat loaf that doesn't dry out.

Mayflower meat loaf rolled with ground turkey and mixed vegetables inside, seasoned with thyme. A lighter stuffed meat loaf with a colorful vegetable surprise.

Sicilian meat roll stuffed with ham and shredded mozzarella, seasoned with oregano and garlic, then baked and topped with melted cheese. An Italian-American stuffed meatloaf for Sunday dinner.