Recipes

A savory, spicy explosion of flavor that takes less than 30 minutes to make. Plus, a game-changing technique to make lean ground meat juicy and tender.

One Pot Beef Stroganoff is a simple weeknight meal. With mushrooms and beef in a creamy rich sauce with egg noodles, this dreamy dish is packed full of flavor and yumminess.

As one of the most popular dishes in the world, both in and out of India and Pakistan, channa masala (or chana masala, chole masala, or chholay)—chickpeas cooked in a spicy and tangy tomato-based sauce—is the kind of dish that stirs passions in the recipe-writing community. My version might not taste like your grandmother's, but I promise that it tastes damn good.

If you want this take on classic chicken soup to have a similar consistency to congee, add 10–15 minutes to the cooking time so that it can become nice and thick.

Chicken Bryan. Grilled chicken with a basil lemon butter sauce topped with sundried tomatoes and creamy goat cheese. A Carrabba's favorite!

Shredded chicken smothered with a smoky, spicy tomato salsa... just when we thought we had everything we could possibly want in a recipe, we added bacony refried beans, a crispy tostada, and a smattering of cilantro and cheese.

This Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce is a simple yet very elegant dish featuring boneless skinless chicken breasts in a delicious creamy mushroom sauce made with white wine and cream.

This creamy, pale yellow risotto is studded with chewy fresh corn kernels, making for a nice mix of textures. Making your own corn stock deepens the flavor of this dish, but if you don’t have the time, chicken stock will work. The dish is also pleasingly light, for risotto — finishing the dish by folding in airy whipped cream adds richness without also adding heft. Add the cream quickly and carefully right before serving. If it sits in the hot risotto it will melt — which wouldn’t be the end of the world, of course, since you’ll still have a wonderfully creamy risotto. Emily Weinstein

Bursting with creamed spinach and cheese, and dressed with a glossy coat of ketchup, this is meatloaf 2.0.

This Creamy Goat Cheese Pasta, made in one pot, will be ready to devour in less than 30 minutes! Creamy goat cheese, parsley and basil for greens; this is the easiest way to marry homemade and gourmet. You'll be saying "I DO!".

This Creamy Loaded Potato Soup is smooth, creamy, and delicious. It can only be described as serious comfort food in a bowl that's quick and easy to make. A simple recipe perfect for a cold day.

Who needs the box when you can have this homemade Instant Pot Hamburger Helper on your table in less than 25 minutes! Easy, delicious comfort food made entirely in one pot.

Exactly the kind of hearty-but-not-too-hearty soup you want on a rainy spring day.

This sheet-pan chicken and potato recipe captures the flavors of Palestinian musakhan with sumac, onions, and warm spices in an easy weeknight meal.

Rich with coconut milk and crushed peanuts, panang curry, also known as phanaeng or panaeng curry, is subtly spiced with coriander and cumin. This version is made with chicken, but you’ll often find it made with beef and sometimes prawns. Panang curry is sometimes mistakenly linked to Penang, a Malaysian island, but it actually originated in Thailand. According to Pim Techamuanvivit, the chef and owner of Nari and Kin Khao restaurants in San Francisco, and the executive chef of Nahm Bangkok in Bangkok, it’s important to use thick coconut milk for the creamiest results, and be sure to break the sauce by simmering until a layer of bright red oil shimmers on top. Purchase panang curry paste online or at an Asian market and add crushed peanuts to it if it doesn’t include them (not all of them do), or prepare your own paste, as is done here.

“It’s a whole balanced meal inside a tropical fruit,” writes Pepper Teigen about this pineapple fried rice recipe in her book “The Pepper Thai Cookbook” (Clarkson Potter, 2021). This is fried rice, which means in place of the bacon and chicken, you can use shrimp, beef or whatever vegetables you have languishing in your crisper drawer. The one thing you shouldn’t skip are the assertive seasonings, which merit a party: The full 2 tablespoons of curry powder and 1 teaspoon of ground white pepper are what make this dish tingle and trot with a hot, addictive savoriness.

A true comfort meal if there ever was one. Delicious chicken and sausage in a spicy tomato sauce served over a creamy and cheesy polenta.

This comforting chorizo chili uses dried beans for maximum texture and bean-y flavor. Get the sour cream, chopped onions, and cheese ready to top.

Not quite a fridge clean-out situation, this extremely flexible stew can use up much of what you’ve got on hand. It’s vegetarian by nature, but feel free to start the pot with sausage, slab bacon or leftover ham if you’re feeling more omnivorous. If you can’t find harissa, use tomato paste and a pinch of red-pepper flakes for spiciness.