10,000 main dish recipes

Smoked pulled pork shoulder doused in a tangy apple cider vinegar marinade with chipotle peppers and garlic. Hickory smoke meets slow-burn chili heat, piled on soft rolls with slaw.

Cube steaks marinated overnight in seasoned salt and red wine, coated in Bisquick, pan-fried until crispy in butter and oil, then baked until tender. A two-step method for the crunchiest chicken fried steak.

A scrumptious and delicious cake that will satisfy anyone's sweet tooth or chocolate craving.

Ham in champagne baked with two bottles of extra dry champagne, brown sugar, honey, ginger, and dry mustard. A showstopping holiday ham with a bubbly glaze basted every 15 minutes until lacquered.

Hot tuna burgers stuff hamburger buns with tuna salad, diced American cheese, celery and onion, then bake them sealed in foil until the cheese melts. Vintage church-supper handheld dinner with built-in nostalgia.

Sopa de chiles poblanos is a creamy green chile soup made with pureed poblano peppers, chicken stock, and light cream thickened with a butter-flour roux. Rich, smoky, and velvety.

Savory poached carp simmered in a sweet-tart broth of red onion, white wine vinegar, and lemon, served hot or chilled as a traditional jelled fish with beet horseradish.

Crabmeat quiche bakes sweet sauteed crab in a cream cheese-spiked custard with chives and parsley. Brunch-worthy seafood quiche that punches above its weight.

Smoked beef short ribs slow-cooked over mesquite or hickory with a red wine and tomato barbecue sauce. Bone-side down for 2 hours of real charcoal smoke flavor.

Grilled teriyaki tempeh marinated in a quick soy, ginger, and pineapple glaze, served with a fresh pineapple salsa kicked up with jalapeno and cilantro. A smoky-sweet vegan main, easily gluten-free with tamari.

Vegan lentil carrot burgers with mashed lentils, tomato paste, and bread crumbs pan-fried until golden. A simple, egg-free plant-based patty ready in 25 minutes.

Dad's chicken fried steak, minute steaks pounded thin, breaded crisp and pan-fried, then smothered in a creamy milk gravy built right from the pan drippings. A down-home Southern supper.

Classic Moroccan chicken tagine with turmeric-rubbed free-range chicken, preserved lemon rind, and briny black olives. Slow-simmered until fall-apart tender and served over rice.

Stuffed baked mussels on the half shell topped with reduced tomato sauce, chiffonade basil, and crisp breadcrumbs. Restaurant-style Italian appetizer in under an hour.

Brooklyn porterhouse (flank steak) marinated overnight in roasted garlic, cilantro, Dijon mustard, balsamic vinegar, and lemon zest, then grilled and sliced thin on the diagonal.

Pork spareribs marinated overnight in a coriander, garlic, lemon, and chili paste, then baked until caramelized and falling off the bone. Feeds a crowd with just 8 ingredients.