1,612 pound recipes

Thin-pounded rump steak rolled around onion strips, glazed with teriyaki sauce, and grilled into bite-sized pinwheels. A Japanese-inspired beef appetizer that's easy to make and fun to eat.

Marcia Adams's maple baked ham: an 8-pound cooked ham glazed with pure maple syrup and served with a mustard-Worcestershire pan sauce. A classic holiday centerpiece with sweet-savory drippings.

Big-batch Southern chili with 4 pounds of ground beef, kidney beans, ground dried chiles, and cumin simmered up to 8 hours. Feeds 8 and gets better the longer it cooks.

Five pounds of chicken wings marinated in cayenne pepper sauce and Italian dressing, then grilled or baked until sticky and charred. Only 3 ingredients. Big heat, minimal effort.

Easy chicken Kiev roll-ups baked in a muffin tin. Pounded chicken breasts wrapped around herbed butter, then baked until juicy and golden in 30 minutes.

This is a sweet/tart accompaniment to mild main dishes, or a not-too-sweet dessert with slices of pound cake.

Classic veal scallopine with Marsala wine pan sauce. Thin-pounded veal cutlets seared crisp and finished with sweet Marsala in 6 minutes flat.

Pork cutlets with apples and cider cream sauce, seared fast in butter then finished with shallots, sliced apples, and a flour-thickened cider-beef-broth reduction. French-style bistro pork.

Quick sweet pickles for canning, eight pounds of cucumbers in a sugar-vinegar brine spiced with allspice, celery seed, and mustard seed. A big-batch summer canning project.

Mango chicken Pappacito's-style pan-sears pounded chicken breasts in seasoned flour, then glazes them with a garlicky mango-orange purée finished with toasted almonds.

Chicken piccata with mushrooms, lemon, and white wine sauce. Thin-pounded chicken breasts pan-fried golden then simmered in a bright, reduced pan sauce.

Gala chicken breasts roll thin pounded breasts around an egg salad filling with chives, tarragon, and Dijon, then bake with a lemon-butter brush. Elegant make-ahead main.

Pork schnitzel pounded thin and pan-fried until golden in a classic flour-egg-breadcrumb crust. Crisp on the outside, juicy inside, on the table in 30 minutes.

Sichuan bang bang chicken: poached chicken pounded and torn into shreds, served cold over cucumber matchsticks with a soy-sesame-scallion sauce. A classic Chinese cold appetizer.

Louisiana crawfish quiche loaded with a pound of crawfish tails, sauteed mushrooms, and green onions in a creamy egg custard with mozzarella. Bayou brunch at its finest.

Indian pheasant curry with a hand-pounded spice rub of coriander, cumin, sesame seeds, turmeric, chili, and ginger. Braised low and slow until fork-tender in a simple, aromatic sauce.