Baked Ziti
Ziti boiled two minutes short, tossed in a beef and sausage tomato sauce, layered with seasoned ricotta and baked under mozzarella until browned and bubbling.
- Total time
- 1 hr 45 min
- Yield
- Serves 8
Beef
Beef Vegetable Soup
A hearty, old-fashioned vegetable beef soup: chuck browned hard and simmered until tender in a tomato-beef broth, with the vegetables added in stages so none of them turn to mush.
- Total time
- 2 hr 25 min
- Yield
- Serves 8
Loco Moco
Hawaii's favorite plate lunch: a bed of white rice, a seared hamburger steak, a rich brown onion and mushroom gravy made in the same pan, and a runny fried egg on top.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Yield
- Serves 4
Beef Caprese Skewers
Seared sirloin, tomato, mozzarella and basil on a stick, finished with a balsamic glaze you reduce yourself.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Yield
- Makes 24 skewers
Beef Spring Rolls with Peanut Lime Sauce
Rice paper, herbs and seared beef, rolled cold. Nothing is cooked except the meat and the noodles.
- Total time
- 50 min
- Yield
- Makes 12 rolls
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
Big Mac Wraps
The familiar burger combination — tangy sauce, shredded lettuce, pickles, onion and melted cheese — rolled into a tortilla around seasoned ground beef.
- Total time
- 55 min
- Yield
- Makes 4 wraps
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
Beef Tacos with Peach Vinegar Slaw
Hard-seared ground beef in warm tortillas, topped with a cabbage and peach slaw dressed at the last possible moment.
- Total time
- 32 min
- Yield
- Makes 8 tacos, serves 4
Balsamic Steak Gorgonzola Salad with Grilled Corn
Charred sweet corn, cold peppery leaves and warm sirloin sliced against the grain, with enough Gorgonzola to stand up to the balsamic.
- Total time
- 48 min
- Yield
- Serves 4
Amish Harvest Casserole
Sliced potatoes, seasoned ground beef and sweet corn under a sharp cheddar sauce, baked until a knife goes through the middle without resistance.
- Total time
- 1 hr 55 min
- Yield
- Serves 6