Meat

Gaby Melian is Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen Manager, and after we begged her for weeks, she shared her family's Argentinian empanadas recipe with us.

Often only the rind of preserved lemons gets used, but we’ve learned that the flesh is just as good—as long as you remove the seeds.

The nostalgic ground meat filling has obvious upgrades; the charred tomato salsa should be in heavy rotation.

If the ingredient list didn’t tip you off, the seven-hour cooking time makes it official: This recipe is a project that you make for people you love.

This hot-sweet-smoky salsa transforms quick-seared short ribs into a dinner with complexity.

This free-form meatloaf is infused with coriander, cumin, and cinnamon, making it anything but an ordinary weeknight meal.

Talk to your butcher and let them know you’ll be making porchetta out of the shoulder roast. They’ll butterfly the roast for you, which will make it easier to roll.

You’ll be thanking yourself (and us?!) the next time that breakfast sandwich craving hits.

Lemon makes the perfect foil for carbonara’s salty richness. You may never go back.

Pork and beans—a match made in heaven.

We would eat pretty much anything topped with mashed potatoes.

Feel free to sub store-bought tortilla chips for the tostadas.

Look for basmati rice with a slightly golden hue—that indicates that the rice has been properly aged.

Making cheesesteaks at home doesn’t require any fancy moves—only the willingness to turn your kitchen into a South Philly hoagie shop.

Beef or chicken? Pork or lamb? We let you know what to buy to help our old friend planet Earth.

The 3-tier system for buying meat that you can feel good about.

Tips for buying and cooking meat like the responsible and healthy human you are.

Delicious, melt-in-your-mouth chicken, pork shoulder, salmon, and more slow-roasted recipes that are worth the wait.

AKA how to not get bored after two days of leftovers.

A legendary layered dip from Matt’s El Rancho in Austin, Texas, of taco meat, queso, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.

Magical mini versions of Juicy Lucys, cheese-filled burgers that hail from Minnesota.

Delicata works in this pasta recipe because it cooks quickly in the pan, but you could sub slices of acorn squash or any roasted vegetables you want.

While pork rib chops would be fine for this recipe, thin shoulder steaks or blade chops have more fat, meaning they’ll stay ultrajuicy even after a hard sear.

Look for short ribs with the most marbling possible for these cheesesteaks; if you really want to splash out, use boneless rib eye.