10,000 main dish recipes

Baked chicken in plum sauce with ginger, soy sauce, chili sauce, and lemon. A sweet-savory Asian-inspired glaze that caramelizes as it bakes over browned chicken pieces.

Grilled halibut with a soy, ginger, garlic, and brown sugar marinade. Asian-style fish steaks with caramelized edges and tender, flaky centers in just 12 minutes on the grill.

Marinated pot roast cooked in a clay pot with red wine, aromatic vegetables, and fresh herbs. A 24-hour marinade and slow oven braise turns tough beef round into fork-tender Sunday dinner.

A cornmeal crust lines the slow cooker before sausage, beef, and vegetables pile in the center to create this Southwestern tamale pie where everything cooks together into one hearty, complete meal.

Succulent stewed rabbit: flour-dredged rabbit browned in bacon fat, then braised with carrots, onion, red wine, and rosemary until fall-off-the-bone tender, finished in a rich wine gravy. Rustic comfort food.

Homemade Beef a Roni with ground beef, pasta shells, mushrooms, and corn in a rich tomato sauce. A filling weeknight dinner the whole family will devour in 45 minutes.

Cuban-style black beans simmered slow with cumin, oregano, green pepper, garlic, sherry, and apple cider vinegar. The classic Cuban frijoles negros that earn their place beside any Caribbean meal.

Ground beef and elbow macaroni simmered in tomato soup with cream-style corn, topped with melted cheddar and baked until bubbly. A kid-friendly one-dish casserole ready in an hour.

Classic boeuf bourguignon, beef slowly braised in red wine until fork-tender, with smoky bacon, sweet little onions, and buttery mushrooms. The deeply savory French beef stew worth the slow oven time.

Grilled flank steak rolled with stir-fried cabbage, then wrapped in flatbread with wasabi-ginger cream cheese creates Japanese-fusion pinwheels for elegant entertaining.

Ground beef, noodles, and hoop cheese stirred together with cream of mushroom and tomato soup, then baked under a buttery cracker crumb crust. This cheesy slop in a pot is gloriously messy, ridiculously good comfort food.

Shrimp and scallop kabobs marinated in soy, lemon, garlic, and crystallized ginger, then grilled with pineapple chunks and zucchini. Surf-and-sweet skewers for summer cookouts.

Heaven 'n' hell chili plays sweet against fiery: hot turkey sausage, pinto beans, cinnamon, and a splash of red wine. A Cincinnati-leaning twist on classic chili with tangy Catalina depth.

Sea scallops poached in court bouillon, bathed in a Gruyere cream sauce with mushrooms, and piped with a golden mashed potato border. The full classic French presentation.

Browned chicken breasts baked on a bed of cumin-toasted bulgur pilaf studded with sweet currants and crunchy almonds. A wholesome one-pan Middle Eastern inspired dinner in 45 minutes.

Roasted lamb with earthy mushrooms and a rich port wine sauce.