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Recipe Collection

Pork Dinners

Weeknight pork, slow-cooked pork, chops, tenderloin, and more.

These recipes combine the Dinner and Pork classifications so the page remains ingredient-driven and useful. New pork dinners will automatically qualify when their discovery metadata is added.

26 recipes
Air Fryer Pork Chops

Air Fryer Pork Chops

Air Fryer Pork Chops get a quick spice rub and air fry until golden outside and juicy inside in about 20 minutes.

27 min · Easy
Baby Back Ribs

Baby Back Ribs

Pork baby back ribs seasoned with a smoky dry rub, slow-baked at 275°F until tender, then glazed with barbecue sauce and finished over high heat.

200 min · Medium
Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs

Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs

Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs spiral thin-cut bacon around all-beef hot dogs and grill them until the bacon is crisp, the dogs are hot, and the buns are lightly toasted.

28 min · Easy
Baked Pork Tenderloin

Baked Pork Tenderloin

Baked pork tenderloin gets a Dijon-garlic herb crust, roasts at 425°F until 145°F inside, then rests before slicing so the meat stays juicy.

45 min · Easy
Baked Ziti

Baked Ziti

To make baked ziti, cook ziti pasta al dente, mix it with ricotta, mozzarella, and meat sauce, layer it in a baking dish, top with more cheese, and bake.

60 min · Easy
Bolognese Stuffed Shells

Bolognese Stuffed Shells

To make Bolognese Stuffed Shells, start with jumbo pasta shells, ground beef, and italian sausage.

45 min · Easy
Cabbage and Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner

Cabbage and Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner

A sheet-pan dinner is only as easy as the person who cut everything decides to make it.

45 min · Easy
Calzone

Calzone

Calzone fills pizza dough with ricotta, mozzarella, and toppings, then bakes until the crust is crisp and the cheese is melted.

105 min · Medium
Chicken Bacon Ranch Potato Bake

Chicken Bacon Ranch Potato Bake

Chicken, bacon, ranch, potatoes, cheddar: this casserole is not coy about what it came here to do.

60 min · Easy
Cuban Mojo Pork

Cuban Mojo Pork

Cuban Mojo Pork gets its personality before the oven ever turns on.

45 min · Easy
Dan Dan Noodles

Dan Dan Noodles

To make Dan Dan Noodles, cook the base ingredients in stages, bring the sauce together, and finish while the noodles still have some life in them.

45 min · Easy
Garlic Butter Skillet Pork Chops

Garlic Butter Skillet Pork Chops

To make Garlic Butter Skillet Pork Chops, sear bone-in chops in a hot skillet, baste with garlic herb butter, and finish in the oven to 145°F.

28 min · Medium
Instant Pot Carnitas Bowls

Instant Pot Carnitas Bowls

The Instant Pot can make pork shoulder tender. The broiler is what gives carnitas their dignity back.

45 min · Easy
Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin with Apples

Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin with Apples

Pork and apples have been getting along for centuries, presumably because pork has the richness and apples have the good sense to bring acid and sweetness.

45 min · Easy
Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice

Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice

Red beans and rice is built on ingredients that reward time: dried kidney beans, andouille sausage, onion, green bell pepper, celery, garlic, thyme, bay leaves…

45 min · Easy
Kimchi Fried Rice with Crispy Egg

Kimchi Fried Rice with Crispy Egg

Cold day-old rice is not a compromise here; it is the whole reason fried rice behaves.

45 min · Easy
Korean Kimchi Stew

Korean Kimchi Stew

Korean Kimchi Stew (Kimchi Jjigae) simmers well-fermented kimchi with pork and tofu in a spicy gochujang broth -- a bold, comforting one-pot dinner ready in 35.

35 min · Easy
One-Pan Sausage and White Bean Skillet

One-Pan Sausage and White Bean Skillet

To make One-Pan Sausage and White Bean Skillet, brown smoked sausage, simmer it with white beans and diced tomatoes, and stir in spinach until wilted.

30 min · Easy
Pork Carnitas

Pork Carnitas

To make pork carnitas, simmer seasoned pork shoulder in lard or oil with citrus and aromatics until the liquid evaporates, then fry the pork in its own.

215 min · Medium
Pozole

Pozole

Pozole is a Mexican hominy soup made by simmering pork in a broth built from rehydrated dried chiles, garlic, and onion, then finishing with toppings like.

180 min · Medium
Puerto Rican Pernil

Puerto Rican Pernil

To make Puerto Rican Pernil, start with bone-in skin-on pork shoulder, garlic, and dried oregano, then roast it low and slow until the skin crackles.

45 min · Easy
Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork roasts pork shoulder low and slow until tender enough to shred, with clear doneness cues for juicy results.

470 min · Easy
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

Slow cooker pulled pork is a 6-8 pound pork shoulder seared, then slow cooked for 8–10 hours on low with broth and vinegar, shredded, and tossed with BBQ sauce.

600 min · Easy
Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers

Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers

To make Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers, start with italian sausage links (sweet, bell peppers, and onions.

45 min · Easy
Stromboli

Stromboli

This stromboli recipe rolls tight, seals right, and bakes golden without busting open. Real technique, real filling, real good. Make it tonight.

45 min · Medium
Swedish Meatballs

Swedish Meatballs

Swedish meatballs are smaller, softer, and more warmly spiced than the red-sauce meatballs many of us grew up picturing.

45 min · Easy