343 glaze recipes

Slow cooker sweet and sour shrimp with pineapple chunks and snow peas in a ginger-soy glaze. Hands-off cooking, served over hot rice. Set it before work, eat like royalty after.

A 10-minute Chinese vegetable stir-fry using whatever veggies you have on hand. Bok choy, zucchini, bean sprouts, and green beans tossed in a quick bouillon glaze. Flexible, fast, and foolproof.

Slow cooker chicken drumsticks glazed in orange juice and honey with a kick of jalapeno. Just 5 minutes of prep, then the crockpot does all the work for tender, sweet-heat chicken.

Grilled Cornish hens roast halved in the oven, then get glazed with plum barbecue sauce during the final 45 minutes until tender and sticky. Elegant personal-sized dinner from just 2 ingredients.

Chicken Santa Fe: pounded chicken breasts broiled and glazed with sweet-hot jalapeno pepper jelly, then crowned with roasted red pepper strips. A quick Southwestern dinner with a glossy, sweet-spicy finish.

Mandarin Cornish hens: small game hens roasted and basted in a bright orange juice glaze for tender, citrus-kissed meat and burnished skin. An elegant, simple main with one bird per person or to share.

Classic Aussie sausage rolls made with sage sausage meat and fresh breadcrumbs wrapped in flaky puff pastry, egg-glazed and baked golden. A staple for brekkie, lunch, or arvo snack. Serve with tomato sauce!

Tender, fall-off-the-bone BBQ turkey thighs baked in a sweet and tangy chili sauce glaze with brown sugar and Worcestershire. Just 7 ingredients and one hour for sticky, smoky, finger-licking poultry.

Party pleaser meatballs: coconut-studded baked meatballs glazed in a sweet-savory sauce of grape jelly, chutney, red wine, and mustard. The retro cocktail-party appetizer that still disappears first from the buffet.

Whole duck gets blanched, coated in a sweet-spicy glaze of brown sugar, ginger, and star anise, then roasted until the skin turns crackling-crisp for rolling into Chinese pancakes with hoisin and scallions.

Pork fillet stir-fried with garlic and bell peppers, then hit with orange juice and balsamic vinegar for a sweet-tart glaze. Piled over peppery rocket or watercress for a fresh, fast weeknight dinner.

Cookie dough brownies layer a fudgy cocoa brownie with a buttery, eggless cookie-dough frosting and a glossy chocolate glaze. All the taste of raw cookie dough, safely baked into a decadent layered bar.

Apricot pot roast: a slow-braised beef roast finished in a glossy glaze of apricot syrup and sherry, with tender herbs and whole apricots spooned around. A sweet-and-savory twist on Sunday pot roast.

Tender beef short ribs get a head start in the microwave, then hit the grill for smoky, charred edges and sticky honey-chili glaze. Ready in under an hour with a quick ketchup-based barbecue marinade.

No-bake fresh peach pie with ripe peach wedges arranged in a swirl pattern, glazed with melted apricot preserves on a graham cracker crust. A summer dessert that lets perfectly ripe peaches do all the work.

From-scratch bundt cake with brown sugar and chocolate chips baked inside, topped with a glossy chocolate glaze. One bowl, five minutes of prep, and it serves 20. The kind of cake that disappears at potlucks before you set the knife down.