4,353 tender recipes

Grandma's pot roast cooks a chuck roast with carrots, potatoes, and onions in one dish until everything turns fork-tender. A classic Sunday-supper beef dinner with built-in gravy from the savory pan juices.

A big fresh ham roasted for hours, then stuffed with spicy Italian sausage and cooked until fork-tender. The pan drippings make a rich, savory gravy. Feeds a crowd with just two ingredients.

Slow-roasted pork shoulder rubbed with garlic, sazon, and homemade sofrito, served with Spanish rice and pigeon peas. A Latin-style feast with fork-tender pork, crispy skin, and arroz con gandules on the side.

Moist buttermilk cornbread studded with fresh blueberries, made with both cornmeal and masa flour for extra corn flavor and a tender crumb. Just 8 minutes of prep and 20 minutes in the oven for a kid-friendly side or snack.

Pecan rice melange marries chewy wild rice and tender long grain rice with toasted pecans, butter, and fresh parsley. A nutty, herbal side that holds its own next to roast chicken or pork.

No-boil lasagna with ground beef meat sauce, ricotta-mozzarella cheese filling, and uncooked noodles that soften right in the pan. Skip the boiling step and still get a classic family-style lasagna with tender layers.

Crockpot London broil roast braised low and slow in a rich brown gravy with onion, garlic, wine and bay leaves. A dump-and-go slow cooker beef dinner that turns a lean cut fork-tender.

Wild goose roasted at 325F and basted with a glossy orange-currant glaze made with fresh OJ, port wine, and orange sections. Slow-cooked for 3.5 hours until the drumstick meat is fall-apart tender.

Gooey butter cake layers a tender shortbread crust beneath a buttery, corn-syrup-rich filling that bakes into the iconic St. Louis dessert with crisp edges and a soft, almost custardy center. Dust with powdered sugar and slice into squares.

Died and went to heaven chocolate cake is a deeply chocolate bundt that's secretly low-fat: buttermilk and hot coffee make it rich and moist with just a quarter cup of oil. Bittersweet, tender, and crowd-worthy.

Greek stuffed tomatoes loaded with seasoned lamb, rice, fresh mint, and a splash of white wine, baked until the shells are tender and the filling is fragrant. A Mediterranean classic that brings the flavors of the Greek islands to your table.

Sweet Baby Ray's crockpot chicken slow-cooks chicken breasts in a doctored BBQ sauce with vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, and a kick of red pepper until fall-apart tender. A dump-and-go dinner that shreds perfectly for sandwiches.

Beer-braised beef with sweated onions and a hint of garlic, simmered low and slow until fork-tender. A simple Belgian-style stew that builds deep flavor from beer, butter, and beef alone.

Beef and asparagus stir-fry with flank steak in a soy-rice wine marinade, seared in a hot wok and tossed with crisp-tender asparagus. Quick weeknight Chinese dinner ready in 15 minutes.

No-cholesterol chocolate cake gets its tender crumb from a surprising swap: cholesterol-free mayonnaise stands in for eggs and butter. One bowl, no creaming, deep cocoa flavor with a moist tight crumb.

Sour cream coffee cake with cinnamon-pecan ribbon: a tender bundt cake with a hidden middle layer of cinnamon-sugar-nut crunch. The brunch table classic that tastes even better the next day.