Greek Chicken Gyros
Yoghurt-marinated thighs off a screaming hot pan, folded into warm pita with tzatziki, tomato and raw onion.
- Total time
- 3 hr 34 min
- Yield
- Makes 6 gyros
Main Dishes
Dinners that carry the whole plate.
Everything here is the centre of a plate rather than something beside one. Most are weeknight dinner territory — under an hour, one pan where possible — and the few that are not say so in the timings at the top.
Each recipe explains the step that decides the result: why the pan has to be hot before the meat touches it, why the sauce comes off the heat before the cheese goes in.
Instant Pot Beef Stew with Vegetables
Thirty-five minutes under pressure for meat that would take three hours in the oven. The vegetables go in for a second, shorter round.
- Total time
- 1 hr 20 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Crockpot Tortellini
Italian sausage and a cream sauce that builds itself over four hours. The pasta joins for the last twenty minutes.
- Total time
- 4 hr 25 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Crockpot Beef and Broccoli
Chuck steak braised until it gives, in a glossy soy and ginger sauce, with broccoli added at the very end so it stays green.
- Total time
- 5 hr 20 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Air Fryer Fried Chicken
Buttermilk-brined thighs in a craggy seasoned crust, crisp all over in 25 minutes without a pot of hot oil.
- Total time
- 4 hr 45 min
- Yield
- Serves 4