2,314 thickener recipes

Vegan hearty stew with dried chickpeas and kidney beans simmered in a curry-soy broth, thickened with pureed parsnips, and loaded with carrots, zucchini, bulgur, pasta, and spinach.

Brown sugar apple pie thickened with tapioca and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Granny Smith apples and lemon juice give it a sharp, bright filling.

Mexican almond red sauce with ground toasted almonds, tomato, onion, garlic, paprika, and dried chiles. A quick 15-minute sauce that uses almonds as a thickener for rich, nutty heat.

Fresh pear salad with halved pears on lettuce, filled with cottage cheese and topped with a chilled pear-orange fruit dressing thickened with cornstarch. A vintage composed fruit salad.

German vegetable soup built on a long-simmered soup bone broth with cabbage, turnip, lima beans, corn, and tomatoes, thickened with a flour-milk slurry. Pennsylvania Dutch comfort food.

A chilled Scandinavian-style fruit soup simmered with prunes, raisins, apples, cherries, and citrus, thickened with tapioca and finished with grape juice. Serve cold as a refreshing starter or light dessert.

Sauerbraten meatballs: cooked beef meatballs simmered in a tangy-sweet German-style gravy thickened with crushed gingersnaps. A 30-minute weeknight riff on the slow-braised classic.

Lima bean cheese bake with cheddar, ketchup, and milk in a bubbly casserole thickened with wheat flour. A six-ingredient vegetarian baked bean dish with a cheesy top.

Stir-fried scallops with snow peas in a light miso and garlic sauce thickened with arrowroot. A quick, clean-flavored seafood stir-fry ready in 15 minutes.

Fresh strawberry pie with a pureed berry glaze thickened with tapioca, poured over whole berries in a flaky pie shell. No-bake filling, no gelatin, just real fruit.

Sweet potato and apple casserole microwaves cubed sweet potatoes and Golden Delicious apples with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg, then thickens the syrup with cornstarch. A 35-minute holiday side without the oven.

Old-fashioned raspberry pie with a double crust, thickened with instant tapioca and brightened by almond extract and lemon juice. A bakery-style summer pie that slices clean.

Vegetarian kidney bean and corn chili thickened with mashed beans and tomato paste. A hearty, no-meat chili with cumin, oregano, and chili powder ready in one hour.

Pureed vegetable soup with broccoli florets: silky potato-thickened base of carrots, celery, onion, and garlic with thyme and nutmeg, then scattered with steamed broccoli florets for bite.

German potato salad with a hot beer dressing thickened roux-style with flour and butter, sharpened with mustard and Tabasco, finished with crispy bacon and onion.

Easy oxtail soup with onions, carrots, and turnip simmered together in one pot. The flour stirred in at the end gives the broth body without needing a roux or separate thickener.