Classic Comfort Food Recipes

East meets west when warming Indian spices collide with traditional chicken pot pie. Guaranteed to leave you feeling sated and sublime.

Creamy, cheesy, and no processed ingredients like in the boxed stuff? Yes please. America's Test Kitchen's mac and cheese delivers all of that.

Nearly everybody, no matter their age, loves chicken tenders. Crisp, golden, and gently spiced, your whole family will devour them.

One of France's greatest innovations, the croissant, meets its match in this croque monsieur casserole filled with ham, cheese, and a milky béchamel.

Got meatloaf? Then you've also got the makings of a sumptuous pasta dish. Not really leftovers—more like a tomato-based glow-up.

Not your everyday meatloaf for sure. Filled with spinach and glazed with a sweet-spicy, finger-licking glaze, this homemade meatloaf is anything but ho-hum.

Leftover meatloaf like you've never imagined. Toasty, sweet, spicy, and satisfying. Sam the Cooking Guy takes those inevitable leftovers to another level.

Think you know lasagne? As Giuliano Hazan explains, what you know may be sadly mistaken. His recipe will fix that.

Real-deal IKEA meatballs without having to leave the house. Consider it comfort food with no Allen key required.

Mac and cheese honestly doesn't get any quicker or easier or pantry-friendlier than this 3-ingredient savior that can be tossed together with stuff you already have on hand. Certain to please.

Inspired by Kevin’s chili con carne on The Office (and we've all been binging that on Neftlix, yeah?), this recipe from Binging with Babish is one you’ll want to make again and again and...

David Leite embraces his membership in the potato-loving freak camp and regales us with his latest obsession: potato bacon pizza.

"OMG!" "Not too spicy, eat-it-from-the-pot tasty." "We loved it!" That's what folks are saying about this unexpected and robust chili with its sweet heat.

Hearty, healthy, comforting as heck, and it comes together in a single pot and makes ample leftovers to see you through the rest of the week.

Bathed in buttermilk and spiced ever so slightly, this Cajun fried hen is memorably moist, superlatively crisp, and gosh darn perfect through and through.

This riff on carne adovada is a lazy cook's dream come true. Red pork chili with layers of flavor? Yes, please. Set-it-and-forget-it comfort food.

Ottolenghi does it yet again with another inspired melding of ingredients and techniques that upends our notion of what any recipe should and could be.

Rustic in appearance, homey in taste, and easy in the way it comes together, this comfort food classic is exactly what you've been craving.

“By far, the best potatoes I've made and eaten in my life.” That’s the kind of thing we’re hearing from those who’ve tried this showstopper of a recipe.

Up your grilled cheese game with this riff on the classic that plays loose and easy with Cheddar, chutney, and caramelized onions.