37 savory bread recipes

Homemade Chinese baked pork buns (Cha Siu Bao) stuffed with savory barbecued pork in a sweet, glossy bread dough. Golden, pillowy, and packed with hoisin-ginger flavor in every bite.

Homemade seitan from scratch using bread flour, kneaded and washed to extract pure wheat gluten, then simmered in a savory tamari, ginger, and kombu broth. The ultimate plant-based protein.

Chicken Alla Spina braised with red wine, onions, and oregano in a roasting pan. An Italian-American one-pan chicken dinner with tender meat and a savory wine sauce for sopping with bread.

Fry bread made from flour, baking powder, milk, and water shaped into thin discs and fried golden in hot oil. The puffy, pillowy base for Indian tacos, sweet honey drizzles, or savory toppings.

Kraut burgers, also called bierocks or runzas, tuck a savory ground beef, cabbage, and onion filling inside soft baked bread dough. A hearty Great Plains hand pie, brushed with butter and great for packing in lunches.