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Main Dish Recipes

Add a pinch of fun to your next meal with these beloved main course recipe ideas. Meat and potatoes? You bet! But it doesn’t stop there…

Italian Chicken Packages on a serving platter.

Italian Chicken Packages

Lynn Zak avatar
By Lynn Zak
Remember "hobo packs" from your growing-up years? This is the same idea, only with chicken ...
(13 ratings)
Baked Chicken Braid on a serving platter.

Chicken Braid

Trudy Stevens avatar
By Trudy Stevens
This is a very easy recipe. I make this for church picnics because it is ...
(4 ratings)
Creamy Lemon Basil Chicken on a platter.

Creamy Lemon Basil Chicken Skillet

Beth Pierce avatar
By Beth Pierce
Chicken has got to be the most versatile meat on the planet. If your house ...
(4 ratings)
Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings on a plate.

Crock Pot Chicken And Dumplings

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By Cindy Puga
This is a great recipe you can put in the Crock Pot in the morning ...
(4 ratings)
A platter of Pineapple Sweet and Sour Chicken.

Pineapple Sweet And Sour Chicken

Sunny Shaine avatar
By Sunny Shaine
I have been making it for years. Everybody in my family loves it.
(12 ratings)
Veggie Lasagna ready to be served.

Veggie Lasagna

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By Stephanie Vandenburg
We love vegetables in this family, but one vegetable doesn't make the cut - onions. ...
(2 ratings)
Sliced Roast Pork Loin With Balsamic Mustard Rub on a platter.

Pork Loin With Balsamic Mustard Rub

Adrienne Boswell avatar
By Adrienne Boswell
I made this for Memorial Day, and it disappeared. The meat is moist and melt-in-your-mouth ...
(16 ratings)
A platter of Chimichangas with Mexican rice.

Chimichangas

Debra Russell avatar
By Debra Russell
These chimichangas are so good. They're like eating deep-fried tacos.
(3 ratings)
Baked chicken cobbler with a spoonful missing.

Comforting Chicken Cobbler (for 4)

Teresa G. avatar
By Teresa G.
I have a new "favorite" chicken casserole! This warm, and comforting, yummy dish is similar ...
Traditional Gnocchi in a bowl with tomato sauce.

Traditional Gnocchi

Anthony Nicometi Jr avatar
By Anthony Nicometi Jr
When I asked my mom if we had a family recipe for gnocchi, she told ...
(2 ratings)

Easy Broccoli And Shrimp Stir-fry

Carolyn Haas avatar
By Carolyn Haas
I used what I had on hand, but of course, you can always opt for ...
Orange Chicken Salad in a serving bowl.

Orange Chicken Salad

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By CC MCCART-FROST
This is lovely for a light supper at the end of a summer's day as ...
(4 ratings)
Bowls of Orecchiette With Sausage and Broccoli.

Orecchiette With Sausage And Broccoli

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By Jennifer Chaiken
Orecchiette are little bowl-shaped pasta "ears" that hold creamy sauces very well. For this, I ...
(3 ratings)
Chicken Bites Tempura Style with fried rice and sweet and sour sauce.

Chicken Bites Tempura Style

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By Ralph Creamer
This batter works on onion rings, fish, and more. For the chicken bites, try adding ...
(19 ratings)
Crock Pot Po' Boyx (or Italian Beef) Sandwich on a plate.

Crock Pot Po' Boys (or Italian Beef) Sandwiches

Paula Collier avatar
By Paula Collier
Italian Beef is a popular food in these parts. Great on football Sundays.
(20 ratings)
Mexican Goulash ready to be served.

Mexican Goulash

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By Karen Petree
I fix lunch for a group of female card sharks every Tuesday. The house rule ...
(1 rating)
Quick and easy Korean Beef combines browned ground beef with garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and brown sugar for a flavor-blasted meal. Serve over brown rice, white rice, or ramen noodles and top with thin sliced green onion and toasted sesame seeds.

Korean Beef

Beth Pierce avatar
By Beth Pierce
Easy Korean Beef combines ground beef with garlic and ginger in a slightly spicy sweet, ...
A slice of My Famous Lasagna on a plate with garlic bread.

My Famous Lasagna

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By Jannette Dellanos-poland
I call this my "famous" lasagna because every time I make it, it becomes someone's ...
(21 ratings)
A platter of Kielbasa and Fried Buttered Sauerkraut.

Kielbasa And Fried Buttered Sauerkraut

Sue Faccone avatar
By Sue Faccone
This a simple recipe that everyone seems to like. You have to darken the buttered ...
(2 ratings)
White Chili Cornbread Bake ready to serve.

White Chili And Cornbread Bake

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By Bonnie Roberts
I made this chili for our chili cook-off at work and it won a prize ...
(13 ratings)
Sausage & Zucchini Casserole ready to be served.

Sausage & Zucchini Casserole

Diane Schmidt avatar
By Diane Schmidt
This is a very easy recipe to make, but so delicious! I have brought this ...
(3 ratings)
Sliced Sweet & Spicy Pork Tenderloin on a plate.

Sweet & Spicy Pork Tenderloin

Stacey Lawson avatar
By Stacey Lawson
Pork tenderloin with a sweet and spicy flavor - that is what I've created. Let ...
(4 ratings)
A bowl of Amazing Bolognese with garlic knot.

Amazing Bolognese

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By Amanda Hyatt
Italian food is one of my favorites, and out of all the sauce recipes I ...
(13 ratings)
Baked KFC Chicken with dipping sauce.

Baked "kfc" Chicken

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By Sonnie Otto
I am pretty sure that I have discovered the KFC secret recipe! It is DEAD ...
(5 ratings)
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