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Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 20

Weeknight Winners®

These recipes aren’t all 30-or-fewer-minute meals, although many of them take no time at all. But these are all recipes that REAL home cooks make with REAL ingredients. None of those dump ‘n stir ditties that use 90% packaged ingredients with unpronounceable ingredients. They’re just as quick but infinitely more satisfying.

A metal skillet filled with easy skillet lasagna and garnished with basil leaves.
Bowl of Indian creamed spinach on black wood

Indian Creamed Spinach ~ Malai Palak

30 mins

Bowl of stir-fried chunks of Chinese chicken, Sichuan peppercorns, celery, ginger, garlic

Chicken Stir Fry with Sichuan Peppercorns

25 mins

Bowl of stir-fried clams with chopped shallots, garlic, ginger, and chili flakes on bamboo

Stir-Fried Clams

25 mins

A clay pot of chunks of Vietnamese caramel chicken in ginger sauce, topped with cilantro

Vietnamese Caramel Chicken

1 hr

A spice-rubbed whole Instant Pot rotisserie-style chicken on a sheet of parchment paper on a wooden board.

Instant Pot Rotisserie-Style Chicken

1 hr

Glass bowl with spicy tomato blue cheese soup on a tray with a hunk of cheese and a spoon.

Spicy Tomato Blue Cheese Soup

1 hr 15 mins

A white bowl filled with broth, avocado slices, lime wedges, cheese, and tortillas strips

Mexican Chicken Soup

3 hrs

A bowl filled with Chinese chicken salad--greens, chicken, cilantro, and mandarin orange segments with chopsticks on the side

Chinese Chicken Salad

1 hr

Two white bowls filled with porridge; one topped with blueberries and the other with figs and almonds.

Brown Rice and Quinoa Porridge

1 hr 30 mins

A plate with a large piece of seared foie gras topped with watercress and apple puree on the side.

Pan-Seared Foie Gras

45 mins

a roll of butter flecked with minced parsley

Parsley Butter

5 mins

An iron plate with a pile of sautéed romaine lettuce topped with toasted pine nuts

Sautéed Romaine with Pine Nuts and Lemon

15 mins

Three crockery bowls filled with cooked shrimp with smoked paprika oil

Shrimp with Smoked Paprika

15 mins

A baking dish filled with mashed potatoes that are sprinkled with black pepper

Black Pepper Mashed Potatoes

30 mins

A bowls of green beans gremolata with a small dish of gremolata on the side.

Green Beans Gremolata

15 mins

Four halves of butternut brown butter winter squash on a rimmed baking sheet.

Brown Butter Winter Squash

40 mins

A sheet pan filled with roasted sausages, peppers, and onions.

Sheet Pan Sausage and Peppers

45 mins

A bowl filled with Vietnamese chicken soup with a spoon resting in it.

Vietnamese Chicken Rice Soup

45 mins

A white enamel pot filled with chai spiced apple cider and two cinnamon sticks.

Chai Spiced Apple Cider

10 mins

A person assembling a breakfast burrito and a complete breakfast burrito, and bowls of cheese and salsa on the side

Breakfast Burritos

45 mins

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