Main Dishes
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30 public recipes found.
Baby Back Ribs
We made this recipe for Christmas 2020. The below ingredients covered 2 whole racks. The $32 Sams Club pack had 3 full racks in it. I prepared the rub and wrapped the ribs the night before.
Baby Back Ribs on Pellet Grill
This was a combination of recipes I found right after we bought our PitBoss grill and smoker in February 2021. The below ingredients covered 2 whole racks. The $32 Sams Club pack had 3 full racks in it.
Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti is classic Italian-American comfort food! Bake ziti pasta with sausage, tomato sauce, and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. You can assemble this ahead, and either refrigerate or freeze it before you do the final baking. Tried this in September 2022 and it is fabulous!
Beef Chow Mein (Version 1)
This was compiled from a lot of experience over the years and watching various videos. This is my compilation in October 2019. I like Milanesa beef for this recipe – low cost, high quality, or thin-sliced Rib Eye from Tokyo Central.
Beef with Broccoli
This is such an easy and delicious recipe! This is the same sauce from my favorite Mongolian Beef recipe. If you buy the thin sliced Beef Ribeye Shabu from your local Asian market (like Tokyo Central), this recipe is so quick and easy – takes about 20 minutes.
Beef with Snow Peas
This is such an easy and delicious recipe! We love P.F. Chang’s Mongolian Beef. This recipe emulates it very well - first tried in April 2021. Use Flank Steak, Flap Meat, or Skirt Steak. This holds in the oven well so you can make it early and keep it warm.
Blue Cheese Burgers
Tried this December 2017 and it was great!
Bourbon Chicken
This is called Bourbon Chicken because the Chinese Chef that first made it popular worked in a restaurant on Bourbon Street.
Bulgogi
Style: Sweet–savory Korean BBQ beef, thinly sliced and marinated for tenderness and caramelized flavor. Cut: Rib-eye, sirloin, or top round — thinly sliced across the grain.
Butter Chicken
Luke started making this in 2021 in the Ninja Foodie. It is super easy and tastes great! Butter chicken is in authentic Indian curry, in India, it’s called “Makhan murg”. It is also similar to the British dish “Chicken Tikka Masala”.
Carbonara (Simple Version)
A wonderful dish with the taste of bacon, creamy Parmesan cheese, and sweet pop of the peas. It takes less than 15 minutes to cook and tastes wonderful. My family loved this simple version!
Carnitas
This is a super easy way to have carnitas for Tacos.
Cashew Chicken
This is a classic style Cashew Chicken Recipe you might find at the local Chinese Restaurant.
Chicago Hot Dog
This is the famous hot dog as you get it in Chicago from all the hot dog shops.
Chicken Divan
I am not sure of the origin of the recipe, but my mom made it frequently while growing up. If you like curry, then you should enjoy this recipe. It has a nice mix of flavors with the broccoli, cheese, and curry. If you don’t, then you can lessen the curry and still give it a try.
Chicken Fajitas
We tried this recipe in August 2017 and it was well liked. The ½ teaspoon of red pepper does make this a bit spicy, so use accordingly. I doubled the recipe and increased the lemon juice to get a bit more citrus flavors.
Chicken Marsala
Chicken Marsala is an Italian-American dish of golden pan-fried chicken cutlets and mushrooms in a rich Marsala wine sauce.
Chicken Tetrazini
This is easy to make.
Chicken Tetrazzini with Rotisserie Chicken
This chicken tetrazzini is comforting and supremely creamy; a cheesy pasta bake loaded with juicy chicken and plump mushrooms. When you bake this pasta casserole, some of the sauce bakes into the pasta, the flavors marry and WOW - something wonderful happens. You’ll know what I mean when you try it. Ridiculously good, easy to prepare, kid friendly, reheats well and freezer safe. P.S. you can further simplify this by using rotisserie chicken.
Chinese BBQ Pork (Char Siu)
'Char Siu' literally means fork burn/roast-'Char' being fork (both noun and verb) and siu being burn/roast-after the traditional cooking method for the dish: long strips of seasoned boneless pork are skewered with long forks and placed in a covered oven or over a fire.
Crock Pot Pulled Pork
Everyone loves this pulled pork recipe. It is better than most restaurants!
Crock Pot Pulled Pork
This is one of my Family's Favorite Recipes! The whole point of using a slow cooker is to get the ingredients into the cooker quickly and then be able to walk away. For this easy pulled pork recipe, just coat the pork shoulder with a spice rub of dark brown sugar, chili powder, cumin, and cinnamon, then cook it in garlic and chicken broth. When you come back six to ten hours later, you’ll have juicy pork that’s ready to be shredded and served atop nachos, alongside cornbread, or in a sandwich with your favorite barbecue sauce. This no-fuss, versatile recipe makes enough to feed a crowd, and the leftovers—should you have any—freeze well.
Detroit Style Pizza
We bought a pan and tried this in September 2022 – it is fabulous! It is super easy to make. I make the dough at lunch and let it rise until we assemble it for dinner. Assembling it only takes a few minutes, so this is really quite easy to make, and everyone loves it.
Detroit Style Pizza
We bought a pan and tried this in September 2022 – it is fabulous! It is super easy to make. I make the dough at lunch and let it rise until we assemble it for dinner. Assembling it only takes a few minutes, so this is really quite easy to make, and everyone loves it.
Egg Foo Young
I never really know what egg foo young was until eating at a Chinese restaurant in Walnut in 2023. I decided to try this on my own and it turned out pretty good!
Honey Walnut Shrimp
I first made this recipe in October 2018. It was very close to the restaurant lavor so I started doctoring it to make it easier. I hate waiting egg yolks, so I recommend making this with fried rice to use the egg yolks in that dish.
Lettuce Wraps
I made these on 8/11/2015 - they were AWESOME! We always enjoyed the Lettuce Wraps at PF Changs. These taste just the same!
Mu-Shu Chicken (Simple)
This is a very tasty streamlined recipe for Chinese mu shu chicken. It makes a lot. Avoid overcooking the vegetables.
Poppyseed Chicken
A creamy, comforting chicken casserole topped with buttery Ritz crackers and poppyseeds — a classic Harmon family main dish.
Shrimp Stir Fry
I have made variations of this for years. This is a good breakdown for a good set of ingredients. Chicken can easily be substituted for shrimp in this or go with a Tri-Version and use shrimp chicken and beef.