10,000 main dish recipes

A simple two-ingredient pan gravy made from roast pork drippings and flour, spooned over sliced roast pork. The no-fail Sunday supper sauce with zero waste.

Emeril's pastrami sandwich: pastrami simmered in beer and whole-grain mustard, piled on grilled rye with charred onion rings. Ready in 20 minutes, one serious sandwich.

Asian-style noodles and meatballs with beef-pork meatballs seasoned with ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, and mushrooms, served over chow mein noodles in a savory soy-beef broth glaze.

Shrimp Arnaud, a classic New Orleans appetizer of chilled shrimp marinated in a tangy vinaigrette with hot mustard, chili sauce, garlic, and chives. Dusted with paprika.

Crock-pot BBQ chicken slow-cooks a whole chicken in a homemade barbecue sauce of tomato passata, molasses, brown sugar, and vinegar until fall-off-the-bone tender. Hands-off, no bottled sauce required.

Brussels sprouts and egg noodles baked in a sour cream and cottage cheese sauce with caraway seeds and golden buttered breadcrumbs on top. A cozy casserole that converts sprout skeptics.

Beef with Chinese steak sauce: flash-fried marinated beef in a sweet-savory hoisin-ketchup sauce, served over puffed bean thread noodles. Chinese-American fusion stir-fry with dramatic crunchy noodle presentation.

Slow-cooker chicken with orange juice concentrate, cinnamon, cloves, halved grapes, and toasted almonds. The Spanish Mission-style sweet-savory braise with hot sauce kick.

Hot pepper and garlic spaghetti where the pasta cooks in chili-garlic infused water, absorbing heat and flavor from the inside out. A fiery vegetarian pasta with olive oil and parsley.

Grilled rosemary lamb chops marinated in balsamic vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic. Four-hour soak builds bold flavor, then just minutes on the grill for juicy medium-rare chops.

Vegemillet burgers are vegan patties made from toasted millet, carrots, onions, and parsley, bound with whole wheat and soy flour, then pan-fried until crisp and golden.

Chicken turnovers made with crescent roll dough, filled with sauteed chicken, shallots, garlic, and herbs. Four golden pastry triangles ready in 45 minutes.

Beef and corn pie with seasoned ground beef, green peppers, and tomato sauce baked in a cornmeal crust and topped with melted cheddar. A homestyle savory pie for weeknight family dinners.

Caribbean-style rice and peas gets a vegan upgrade with cubed tempeh, coconut-toasted brown rice, black-eyed peas, and cinnamon. A hearty plant-based main with island flavor.

Down-home pork ribs slow-baked then glazed with a homemade whiskey-spiked barbecue sauce of ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, and Worcestershire. Sticky-sweet Southern weeknight comfort.

Pork roast braised on a bed of red cabbage with apple, onion, and red wine in a clay pot. A classic German-style Schweinebraten with sweet-and-sour braised cabbage built right in.