10,000 main dish recipes

Red snapper en papillote wraps fillets with julienned leek, carrot, ginger, and white wine in parchment hearts, steamed sealed until the fillets flake. A classic French technique for an elegant dinner.

Delicious and nutritious vegetarian main dish, and it's not only just for vegetarian, everyone loves it.

Leave the pots in the cupboard and let this hearty soup simmer in your crockpot while you're away from the kitchen.

Pork chops seared then simmered in a roasted poblano-cilantro sauce spiked with cumin and coriander. A fast, Southwest-style skillet dinner with mild smoky chile heat, on the table in about 20 minutes.

Pho bo (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) with oxtail broth, charred onion, star anise, and fish sauce poured boiling over rice noodles and paper-thin raw beef that cooks in the hot broth. Garnish with cilantro, scallions, and lemon.

Broiled salmon glazed with balsamic vinegar, Dijon, and brown sugar, served with a homemade curried eggplant chutney simmered with mustard seeds and red bell pepper. Dinner-party elegant, weeknight doable.

Easy chicken souffle uses canned cream of mushroom soup as a shortcut béchamel, folded with whipped egg whites and shredded cooked chicken for a light, fluffy weeknight main.

Traditional Irish lamb stew with potatoes, carrots, and onions simmered low with a bouquet garni of thyme, rosemary, and bay leaves. Simple, hearty, and no-fuss.

Falscher Hase, a traditional German meatloaf stuffed with hard-boiled eggs, wrapped in bacon, and served with a sour cream pan gravy. A showpiece Sunday dinner.

Cheeseburger macaroni copycat made from scratch in one skillet with ground beef, elbow pasta, ketchup, mustard, and Velveeta. A nostalgic, kid-pleasing weeknight dinner that beats the boxed version on every score.

Chicken paprika with strips of chicken breast simmered in a paprika-vegetable juice sauce, finished with sour cream and served over rice. A quick Hungarian-inspired weeknight dinner for two.

A Boston Market copycat butternut squash whipped with brown sugar, honey, butter, ginger, and pumpkin pie spice until silky smooth. Roasted until caramelized, then mashed into the coziest fall side dish.

Grilled Chicken Breasts in Raspberry Vinegar Marinade recipe

Southern-style beer batter with cornmeal and flour that doubles as a marinade for shrimp or fish. Soak it, fry it, and get a crunchy golden crust every single time.

Plum tuna, canned tuna warmed in a sweet-tangy plum jam sauce spiked with ginger, garlic and soy, served over rice with nuts, parsley and coconut on top. A retro pantry dinner that cooks in 30 minutes.

Broiled chicken with thyme, fennel, and peppers: pounded chicken breasts broiled crisp, served with charred fennel and red peppers under a thyme-lemon-fennel seed butter.