Food Ingredients Meat + Poultry 15 Quick and Easy Meat Recipes for No-Sweat Meals By Food & Wine Editors Food & Wine Editors This is collaborative content from Food & Wine's team of experts, including staff, recipe developers, chefs, and contributors. Many of our galleries curate recipes or guides from a variety of sources which we credit throughout the content and at each link. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 18, 2023 Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: Photo by Morgan Hunt Glaze / Food Styling by Ruth Blackburn / Prop Styling by Christina Daley Fast, easy, and meaty is the name of the game for this recipe roundup. With minimal effort, all of these tasty, satisfying dishes are table-ready in about half an hour. Craving crispy and fried? Try breaded pork chops or chicken katsu. Looking for something handheld and shrouded in cheese? A patty melt with quick-charred scallion mayo is where it's at. We've also included recipes for steak, ham, duck, lamb, and sausage — whatever protein is planned, we've got you covered with a quick, easy preparation. 01 of 15 Steak au Poivre with Red Wine Pan Sauce Cara Cormack A perfect interplay of acid from the wine and sumptuous fat, the pan sauce is an ideal accompaniment to a peppercorn-crusted rib eye steak. The well-marbled cut stays more tender than New York strip, and its rich, beefy flavor infuses the pan sauce. Get the Recipe 02 of 15 Florentine Butter Chicken Greg DuPree This recipe is inspired by F&W editor in chief Hunter Lewis' trip to 150-year-old Trattoria Sostanza in Florence. Cultured butter has a slightly higher smoke point and, when combined with olive oil, provides enough cooking time to finish the chicken and the sauce simultaneously. Get the Recipe 03 of 15 Chicken Katsu Cara Cormack Perfectly golden, crisp breaded and fried chicken cutlets are an incredibly comforting dish — and they come together with only a handful of ingredients. Serve the chicken katsu with tonkatsu sauce, Dijon mustard, and steamed sushi rice. Get the Recipe 04 of 15 Steak, Potato, and Chorizo Kebabs with Red Pepper Mayo Caitlin Bensel "Almost nothing pairs better with potatoes than steak, so here I thread strips of skirt steak onto skewers with baby Dutch yellow potatoes," writes cookbook author Ann Taylor Pittman. "Slices of robust Spanish chorizo crisp up on the grill and offer bursts of intense flavor as you eat the kebabs. Coating everything with smoked paprika amplifies the effect of the grilling." Get the Recipe 05 of 15 Lamb Chops Sizzled with Garlic Photo by Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen This easy lamb chop recipe comes together quickly. The sizzled garlic balances the richness of the lamb and pairs nicely with the lemon-parsley pan sauce. Serve the chops with roasted potatoes, salad, or bread to soak up the sauce. Get the Recipe 06 of 15 Patty Melts with Charred Scallion-Chipotle Mayo Photo by David Malosh / Prop Styling by Amy Wilson / Food Styling by Maggie Ruggiero Classic versions of the patty melt often include caramelized onions, but those take time, so here cookbook author Molly Stevens leans on quick-charred scallions instead. Chipotle-spiked mayonnaise adds an extra dose of lushness and a punch of smoky heat. For the cheese, semi-soft cheeses like Oaxaca or Monterey Jack add a satisfying tang, but any good melting cheese works — Cheddar or Swiss are perfectly delicious stand-ins. Get the Recipe 07 of 15 Garlic-Butter Steak Bites Photo by Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Missie Crawford A pan sauce made from roasted garlic, dry vermouth, butter, and Worcestershire envelops each cube of strip steak, ensuring every bite is as delicious as the last. Enjoy the steak bites over polenta or mashed potatoes for an easy, tasty meal. Get the Recipe 08 of 15 Panko-Breaded Pork Chops Photo by Morgan Hunt Glaze / Food Styling by Ruth Blackburn / Prop Styling by Christina Daley The large flakes of Japanese panko breadcrumbs give these pork chops a rough, crunchy texture. Here, Gale Gand mixes them with chopped sage and grated Parmesan for an extra flavorful breading. Get the Recipe 09 of 15 Spicy Sausage Pasta with Tomatoes and Squash Photo by David Malosh / Prop Styling by Amy Wilson / Food Styling by Maggie Ruggiero For this recipe, you can use either fresh merguez or spicy Italian sausage with the casings removed. Added just minutes before serving, thinly sliced squash melts into the pasta without losing its shape and texture. Use a mandoline to achieve wafer-thin slices. Get the Recipe 10 of 15 Blackened Skillet Pork Chops with Beans and Spinach Victor Protasio The wet blackening spice blend adds a punch of flavor with fresh ginger, garlic, and lime juice and is best rubbed on meat or fish, which is then pan-fried. Meherwan Irani, chef and founder of the spice retailer Spicewalla, suggests making your own spice blend from scratch for the best flavor. Get the Recipe 11 of 15 Ham Steaks in Madeira Sauce Greg DuPree For this recipe, Julia Child was inspired by jambon à la morvandelle, the signature dish of Alexandre Dumaine, one of France's most famous chefs in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. "Although supermarket ham will do, real country ham will give you a dish more like Dumaine's fabled creation," wrote Child. She called the dish — featuring ham steaks basted in a mushroom and Madeira sauce — one of her "fast entrées for fancy people." Get the Recipe 12 of 15 Peking Duck Stir-Fry © Rick Lew Ken Hom is the authority on Chinese stir-frying — he's written four books on the subject. So when Hom replaced chicken with meatier, richer duck breasts in a stir-fry, we knew it would be a good idea: The duck has enough flavor to stand up to the mix of chiles, garlic, and peanuts here. Get the Recipe 13 of 15 Midnight Tortas © Anna Williams This spectacular torta is Kogi chef Roy Choi's gift to Los Angeles' late-night partiers. The over-the-top combination of fried eggs, spinach, pork belly, and roasted jalapeños fuses Mexican and Asian flavors — a uniquely Choi hybrid. Get the Recipe 14 of 15 Chipotle-Spiced Rib Eyes with Lime Butter © Cedric Angeles This intensely flavorful rib eye steak from chef Bernie Kantak is delicious whether you use a grill or a grill pan. The spice rub and the puckery lime butter melts into the juicy beef. Get the Recipe 15 of 15 Pappardelle with Red Wine and Meat Ragù © David Loftus This spectacular pasta dish combines pappardelle with a meaty ragù made from red wine, ground beef and turkey, and dried porcini mushrooms. It's table-ready in just 30 minutes. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit