14 Sunday Supper Recipes

Pieces of batter-fried chicken piled on a white platter.

Batter-Fried Chicken1/15

Proof that it doesn't take buttermilk or an insufferably long overnight brine to make insanely tender, crazily crisp, gosh darn perfect fried chicken.

Jamie Oliver's Sunday roast carved and displayed on a wooden cutting board.

Jamie Oliver’s Sunday Roast2/15

An exceptionally tender roast and crisp-as-can-be roasted potatoes that will make any meal memorable beyond words.

Ina Garten's lemon chicken roasted on top of a bed of bread croutons and lemon wedges.

Ina Garten’s Lemon Chicken3/15

If we had to choose just one roast chicken to spend the rest of our lives with, this would be the one. No contest.

A whole herb stuffed baked salmon filled with bread crumbs and herbs and tied with kitchen twine.

Herb-Stuffed Baked Salmon4/15

A stupendously simple yet superlatively stunning salmon recipe that requires no swimming upstream, we promise.

A blue Dutch oven filled with chunks of braised pork and a bay leaf with a wooden spoon resting inside.

Carnitas ~ Mexican Braised Pork5/15

This Mexican carnitas recipe is authentic braised and fried pork that makes for conversation-stopping, fall-apart-tender awesomeness.

Seafood gumbo in a two-handled bowl on a piece of wood.

Seafood Gumbo6/15

Seafood gumbo loaded with shrimp, such as this classic Cajun recipe, screams for a cold beer and a lazy weekend afternoon dedicated to nothing but cooking.

A red Dutch oven filled with beer-braised chicken with root vegetables on a wooden surface.

Beer-Braised Chicken Thighs7/15

Chicken thighs are coaxed to incredible taste and tenderness in this stew that sneaks in root vegetables bathed in beer. Simple to make. Complex in taste. Unforgettable all around.

A yellow Le Creuset pot with Nach Waxman's sliced beef brisket inside

Nach Waxman’s Beef Brisket8/15

Like a chorus line of Rockettes, tender slices of brisket lean on each other in perfect symmetry and perfect doneness. Here's how to replicate this performance at home.

A metal casserole dish filled with a cooked lasagna Bolognese, with three forks and a stack of plates beside it.

Lasagne Bolognese9/15

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

A perfectly roasted beef tenderloin with Madeira sauce on the side ion a copper pot

Beef Tenderloin with Madeira Sauce10/15

This no-fuss recipe doesn't ambush you with any trickery. It just delivers you a supple, perfectly cooked roast beef tenderloin napped with a slightly boozy but goof-proof sauce.

A slow roasted lamb shoulder in an oval cast iron dish with orange wedges.

Slow Roast Lamb11/15

This slow roasted lamb shoulder coaxes the meat to fall-apart tenderness in the oven while infusing it with the pervasive aroma and flavor of orange, chile, and honey.

A pork loin roast, tied and seasoned with salt and pepper, on a foil-lined sheet pan with a wire rack.

Pork Loin Roast12/15

Just like what your grandma would put on the table for Sunday night dinner. (Don't you love how food instantly transports you through time?!)

The classic Italian dish: roast pork cooked in milk, maiale al latte, sliced on a cutting board.

Roast Pork in Milk ~ Maiale al Latte13/15

There's a reason this stroke of Italian brilliance, which infuses a relatively cheap cut of pork with a subtle milky sweetness, is a classic. One taste and you'll be thanking us.

A rack of slow cooker ribs on a cutting board with four single ribs cut off

Slow Cooker Ribs14/15

All the scintillating, fall-off-the-bone magnificence of smoked ribs. None of the standing outside in the snow or sleet to tend your grill or smoker.

A bean pot of baked beans with a wooden spoon placed on a wooden chair

Appalachian Cider Baked Beans15/15

A stick-to-your-ribs recipe in which plain old pintos are doctored up with apple cider, onion, salt pork, molasses, and mustard. Amen.