4,353 tender recipes

Old-fashioned drop cookies made with lard, brown sugar, and eggs. Just five ingredients, a big batch of 5 dozen, and that tender crumb only lard can give you.

Hungarian goulash soup with tender beef cubes, paprika, green peppers, and caraway seeds simmered in beef stock. A hearty one-pot soup that tastes even better the next day.

Grilled mullet fillets tenderized in fresh lime juice and basted with butter over hot coals. Only 5 ingredients for a simple, smoky, Southern-style fish right off the grill.

Italian braised lamb and potatoes with pecorino cheese, red capsicum, and garlic simmered in stock until fork-tender. A make-ahead casserole that tastes even better the next day.

Yeast rolls from Minnie and Aunt Pete's, soft and tender homemade dinner rolls baked in muffin tins. A heirloom Southern recipe with egg whites for an extra-fluffy crumb.

Lemon butter cookies with fresh lemon juice and zest in a crisp rolled-and-cut shortbread. A tender, citrusy classic dusted with sugar for a sparkly bakery-style top.

Gluten-free pear breakfast cake made with rice flour and cornstarch, topped with a crackly sugar bloom. Light, simple, and naturally gluten-free with tender fruit in every bite.

Potatoes Nicoise: layered casserole of sliced potatoes, red onion, and peeled tomatoes with parsley, tarragon, and basil, baked until tender with a cheesy top. A rustic Provencal side dish.

Whole chicken braised in a clay pot with crispy bacon, onion, and garlic. Fall-apart tender bird cooked from a cold oven, finished with a simple pan-juice gravy.

Sugar-free peach shortcake with juicy fresh peaches under a tender almond-cinnamon cake, then flipped to show off a glossy fruit top. Light dessert sweetened without refined sugar.

Roast leg of lamb the old-school way: studded with raw garlic slivers, doused in lemon juice and salt, slow-roasted until fork-tender. Three ingredients, Sunday-supper centerpiece.

Stewed lamb shanks braised with great northern beans, tomato, red wine, rosemary, and bay. A rustic Italian-style one-pot dinner with fork-tender meat falling off the bone.

Texas-style smoked beef brisket rubbed with spices and barbecued low and slow, then wrapped with beer for a juicy, tender finish. The Texan way to smoke a brisket.

Tender veal shoulder braised in Burgundy wine with bacon, shallots, mushrooms, and carrots until fall-apart rich. Chef Galati's spezzatino is Italian comfort food at its most soul-warming.

A silky puréed leek and rice soup with tender chicken breast, brightened by fresh lemon juice and bouquet garni. Light, elegant, and naturally creamy without a drop of cream.

Old-fashioned stewing hen braised tender in seasoned broth, served over mashed potatoes or rice with a lemony green pea cream sauce. The kind of cooking grandma got right.