Dinner

Does this cassoulet recipe seem daunting? Don‘t worry. We give you plenty of road signs along the way so you can break it up into several manageable steps.

In this riff on beef rendang, the meat is cooked in coconut milk until it breaks up into gloriously rich jammy solids and delicious fat.

Removing the lobster from the shells prevents them from overcooking, and the shells help build an excellent sauce.

Be sure to pick up extra flatbread to serve with this one-skillet dish. You'll want to soak up every last drop of the rich, flavorful sauce.

This fortifying Japanese soup starts with a homemade dashi—stock made from seaweed and bonito flakes—which gives the dish a light, savory flavor.

Seasoning each component really well in this vegetarian sandwich, will make everything pop.

Cutting slits into the bologna before cooking helps it brown evenly across the surface.

This updated chowder recipe is made with buttermilk—which lends brightness to the creamy broth—and smoked trout, giving the soup an extra layer of flavor without any extra work.

Risotto feels like restaurant food, but you can absolutely make a great version at home. This risotto gets its deep flavor from freshly made shrimp stock, tomato paste, herbs, and lots of garlic.

You can use any Pilsner in this recipe, but a Mexican Pilsner will go best with the chorizo. Serve with a nice green salad to round out the meal.

This recipe shines a new light on a classic. Cooking a chuck roast slow-and-low allows it time to fully develop its flavor. Pair it with a fresh chickpea salad to brighten up the dish.

Ribollita is like a heartier version of minestrone, thickened with bread and redolent with garlic. It is a beautiful soup when it’s fresh from the pot, but it is also perhaps the most noble of leftovers.

Corned beef is timeless and deserves a spot at the table, not just on St. Paddy’s Day. It is a crowd-pleaser that loves the low-and-slow ethos of the slow cooker, turning it tender without fail.

Polenta is often used as a neutral carb canvas for a rich sauce or braised meat, but here the creamy ricotta-and-spinach-enriched polenta is the centerpiece, with a simple little tomato salad on top for freshness. An egg on top is great, but optional.

Slow-cooking a "roast" chicken yields moist, juicy meat but flabby skin—the easy fix is to run the carved chicken under the broiler to crisp the skin before serving.

Cook ribs over a mix of red cabbage and tart apples in this easy one-pot pork dinner.

This is a typical Sichuan technique for dry-frying beef. Unlike most meat stir-fries, the beef is not marinated; instead it is stir-fried immediately then cooked for a few minutes longer to intensify the beef flavors and to give give the meat a slightly chewy texture.

Trouble finding kefir? Plain yogurt—or sour cream thinned with a little water or lime juice—works just as well in this hearty Tex-Mex dish.