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Papa's spareribs start in the oven and finish on the barbecue pit with a homemade sauce of smoked salt, brown sugar, ketchup, liquid smoke, and Worcestershire. Smoky, sticky, fall-off-the-bone ribs.

Beef round steak roll-ups stuffed with bacon, browned and pressure-cooked in onion soup gravy. Tender, savory roulades with a thick cornstarch-thickened sauce.

Broiled flank steak (London broil) with lemon-garlic oil baste and buttery sauteed onions. Sliced thin against the grain for tender beef in 30 minutes flat.

Hobo dinner casserole layered with ground beef, sliced potatoes, peas, carrots, and cream of mushroom gravy. A one-pan weeknight meal that bakes hands-free for two hours.

Farmer's pork chops baked over sliced potatoes with onion rings and a sour cream mustard sauce. A hearty one-dish dinner that braises in the oven for 90 minutes.

Grilled pork loin roast with an orange juice and brown sugar glaze, finished with a grape-studded orange sauce. Mesquite-smoked on a kettle grill for smoky citrus flavor.

Sri Lankan peegudhu liver curry with beef liver simmered in coconut milk, fragrant curry leaves, lemongrass, and warm spices. Cardamom, cloves, fennel, and chili in every bite.

Caramelized pork carnitas with brown sugar, molasses, tequila, and garlic simmered until glazed and sticky. A one-skillet Mexican appetizer served with picks.

Pork with cabbage is a quick stir-fry of shredded pork and cabbage with soy sauce, ready in under 20 minutes. A simple Chinese weeknight one-wok meal with savory umami depth.

Country-style pork ribs boiled with lemon and onion, then finished on the grill with barbecue sauce. A two-step method for tender, saucy ribs every time.

Sirloin steak marinated in Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, garlic, and onion, then grilled and finished with butter and parsley. The classic 2-hour marinade for steakhouse-style flavor at home.

Pan-seared pork chops braised in a maple syrup and fresh pear sauce with ginger. A sweet-savory one-skillet dinner that comes together in 45 minutes.

Seared beef tenderloin with a three-citrus butter sauce made from lemon, lime, and orange juice reduced with red wine. Restaurant-level elegance, surprisingly simple.

Microwave meatloaf shapes seasoned ground beef into a ring around an inverted custard cup and cooks in 15 minutes flat. A weeknight shortcut for tender meatloaf without firing up the oven.

Barbecued pork ribs with currant glaze rubs ribs in ginger, coriander, and paprika, then bastes them with a sweet-tart red currant, orange juice, and Dijon mustard glaze in the final 15 minutes. Glossy ruby-jeweled finish.

Easy pork chop dinner braised low and slow in chicken broth with onion and garlic for fall-apart tender meat. Five ingredients, one skillet, hands-off weeknight cooking.