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Recipes

Soups

A red Dutch oven of soup with andouille coins, chicken, potato cubes and peppers in an orange broth40 min
WeeknightAndouille Chicken Orzo SoupGumbo flavors on a Tuesday night — andouille, chicken thighs, the holy trinity and orzo, no dark roux. About 40 minutes.
Two white bowls of chicken orzo soup with mushrooms, carrots and celery in a golden broth20 min
WeeknightChicken Orzo SoupA weeknight soup built on homemade stock and a rotisserie chicken — a dozen cloves of garlic, lots of mushrooms, and orzo in the last ten minutes.
A slow cooker of chowder next to a filled bowl, with sour cream, diced avocado, cilantro and lime wedges laid out on the stove25 min
Slow cookerMexican Street Corn Chicken ChowderTweaked from Chelsea's Messy Apron · 5 changes

Sides

An ear of grilled corn on a holder, covered in mayo, crumbled cotija and streaks of Tapatío
SidesMexican BBQ Street CornCorn grilled in the husk, then a toppings bar — butter, mayo, cotija, lime, Tajín and Tapatío — so everyone builds their own.

Basics

Two Dutch ovens on a cooktop, one blue and one red, both full of dark stock with turkey bones, carrots, onion and celery15 min
BasicsDark, Rich Chicken StockStart with a Costco rotisserie chicken, fill the pot, and let it barely simmer for 12 to 24 hours. Salt it at the end.

Beef

John in a face shield and leather gloves, leaning over a big campfire and turning steaks on a grate with long tongs, stacked rounds of firewood behind him
BeefSous Vide Ribeyes, Charred Over the FireRibeyes bagged with garlic, rosemary and butter, held at 129°F until they're medium-rare edge to edge, then charred hard over a campfire for under a minute a side.

Chicken

A red Dutch oven of soup with andouille coins, chicken, potato cubes and peppers in an orange broth40 min
WeeknightAndouille Chicken Orzo SoupGumbo flavors on a Tuesday night — andouille, chicken thighs, the holy trinity and orzo, no dark roux. About 40 minutes.
Two white bowls of chicken orzo soup with mushrooms, carrots and celery in a golden broth20 min
WeeknightChicken Orzo SoupA weeknight soup built on homemade stock and a rotisserie chicken — a dozen cloves of garlic, lots of mushrooms, and orzo in the last ten minutes.
Paella on the table in a big cast-iron pan, topped with prawns, mussels, clams, chorizo, artichokes, lemon wedges and parsley30 min
HolidaysPaella MistaTweaked from Steve Winston · 7 changes
Two Dutch ovens on a cooktop, one blue and one red, both full of dark stock with turkey bones, carrots, onion and celery15 min
BasicsDark, Rich Chicken StockStart with a Costco rotisserie chicken, fill the pot, and let it barely simmer for 12 to 24 hours. Salt it at the end.
A slow cooker of chowder next to a filled bowl, with sour cream, diced avocado, cilantro and lime wedges laid out on the stove25 min
Slow cookerMexican Street Corn Chicken ChowderTweaked from Chelsea's Messy Apron · 5 changes

Seafood

John grinning in a white shirt, holding two sheet pans of butterflied shrimp under herb butter, with friends in the kitchen behind him45 min
SeafoodTasty Big Ass Charred ShrimpCostco U-15 shrimp, butterflied, buried in a lime, cilantro and 30-clove garlic butter, and charred hard on the grill.
Three golden-brown crab cakes on a white plate, flecked with scallion15 min
SeafoodDungeness Crab CakesTweaked from America's Test Kitchen · 3 changes
Paella on the table in a big cast-iron pan, topped with prawns, mussels, clams, chorizo, artichokes, lemon wedges and parsley30 min
HolidaysPaella MistaTweaked from Steve Winston · 7 changes

Grill

John grinning in a white shirt, holding two sheet pans of butterflied shrimp under herb butter, with friends in the kitchen behind him45 min
SeafoodTasty Big Ass Charred ShrimpCostco U-15 shrimp, butterflied, buried in a lime, cilantro and 30-clove garlic butter, and charred hard on the grill.
John in a face shield and leather gloves, leaning over a big campfire and turning steaks on a grate with long tongs, stacked rounds of firewood behind him
BeefSous Vide Ribeyes, Charred Over the FireRibeyes bagged with garlic, rosemary and butter, held at 129°F until they're medium-rare edge to edge, then charred hard over a campfire for under a minute a side.
An ear of grilled corn on a holder, covered in mayo, crumbled cotija and streaks of Tapatío
SidesMexican BBQ Street CornCorn grilled in the husk, then a toppings bar — butter, mayo, cotija, lime, Tajín and Tapatío — so everyone builds their own.

Slow cooker

A slow cooker of chowder next to a filled bowl, with sour cream, diced avocado, cilantro and lime wedges laid out on the stove25 min
Slow cookerMexican Street Corn Chicken ChowderTweaked from Chelsea's Messy Apron · 5 changes

Instant Pot

Creamy mushroom risotto in an Instant Pot, with sliced baby bella and shiitake mushrooms and a spatula15 min
Instant PotInstant Pot Mushroom RisottoTweaked from Spend With Pennies · 4 changes

Weeknight

A red Dutch oven of soup with andouille coins, chicken, potato cubes and peppers in an orange broth40 min
WeeknightAndouille Chicken Orzo SoupGumbo flavors on a Tuesday night — andouille, chicken thighs, the holy trinity and orzo, no dark roux. About 40 minutes.
Two white bowls of chicken orzo soup with mushrooms, carrots and celery in a golden broth20 min
WeeknightChicken Orzo SoupA weeknight soup built on homemade stock and a rotisserie chicken — a dozen cloves of garlic, lots of mushrooms, and orzo in the last ten minutes.
Creamy mushroom risotto in an Instant Pot, with sliced baby bella and shiitake mushrooms and a spatula15 min
Instant PotInstant Pot Mushroom RisottoTweaked from Spend With Pennies · 4 changes
Four portobello pizzas on a foil-lined sheet pan, the mozzarella browned and bubbling15 min
WeeknightPortobello PizzasBig portobello caps as the crust — Rao's marinara, pepperoni, olives and a lot of mozzarella, roasted at 400°F until the cheese crisps.

Holidays

Six roasted orange bell peppers with carved jack-o'-lantern faces and their stems set back on as lids, in a baking pan
HolidaysJack-o'-Lantern Stuffed PeppersOrange bell peppers carved with faces and stuffed with Impossible meat, Spanish rice, Ro-Tel, jalapeños and fire-roasted green chiles.
Paella on the table in a big cast-iron pan, topped with prawns, mussels, clams, chorizo, artichokes, lemon wedges and parsley30 min
HolidaysPaella MistaTweaked from Steve Winston · 7 changes

Party

John grinning in a white shirt, holding two sheet pans of butterflied shrimp under herb butter, with friends in the kitchen behind him45 min
SeafoodTasty Big Ass Charred ShrimpCostco U-15 shrimp, butterflied, buried in a lime, cilantro and 30-clove garlic butter, and charred hard on the grill.
Six roasted orange bell peppers with carved jack-o'-lantern faces and their stems set back on as lids, in a baking pan
HolidaysJack-o'-Lantern Stuffed PeppersOrange bell peppers carved with faces and stuffed with Impossible meat, Spanish rice, Ro-Tel, jalapeños and fire-roasted green chiles.
John in a face shield and leather gloves, leaning over a big campfire and turning steaks on a grate with long tongs, stacked rounds of firewood behind him
BeefSous Vide Ribeyes, Charred Over the FireRibeyes bagged with garlic, rosemary and butter, held at 129°F until they're medium-rare edge to edge, then charred hard over a campfire for under a minute a side.
An ear of grilled corn on a holder, covered in mayo, crumbled cotija and streaks of Tapatío
SidesMexican BBQ Street CornCorn grilled in the husk, then a toppings bar — butter, mayo, cotija, lime, Tajín and Tapatío — so everyone builds their own.
Paella on the table in a big cast-iron pan, topped with prawns, mussels, clams, chorizo, artichokes, lemon wedges and parsley30 min
HolidaysPaella MistaTweaked from Steve Winston · 7 changes