Recipes For Every Meat Lover

Even if you're the type of person who tries to eat vegetarian meals on a regular basis, you know that there's something special about well-cooked meat. It smells delicious, it tastes delicious, and it makes you feel great because it's packed with so much protein. But unfortunately, meat is one of the harder types of foods to learn how to cook. You have to make sure it's cooked through all the way to avoid food safety problems, but you also don't want to overcook it and zap out all the flavor.

One way to up your meat-cooking game? Follow some recipes. Here at Mashed, we have an amazing collection of beef, pork, and chicken recipes that you'll love preparing for family and friends. These recipes may look (and taste) impressive, but that doesn't mean they're difficult to make.

When you're ready to warm up the grill, oven, or skillet, take a good look at some of our most popular meat recipes. You'll undoubtedly find some that you just have to try. Before you know it, you'll have the protein-filled dinner of your dreams. Yes, your family is going to ask for these meat dishes again.

Looking for some Jamaican food? Perhaps the most iconic Jamaican dish out there is jerk chicken. And though this sophisticated recipe may seem difficult to make at home, that couldn't be further from the truth, especially when you follow our jerk chicken recipe. Just a warning: The recipe list is pretty long. But if you want your jerk chicken to taste like the real thing, you'll take that extra time to gather all the ingredients you need. Plus, you can have the whole recipe completed in just over an hour. Not bad for such a luxurious dish.

For a lot of people, meat doesn't get better than prime rib. This is perhaps one of the most famous cuts of meat, due in large part to its fattiness. That means it's ultra tender and tends to melt in your mouth. However, if you're ordering this cut from your local steakhouse, you're likely to spend a pretty penny. Luckily, you can make it yourself at home with this prime rib recipe. It takes some time to make, but the second you take your first bite of this meat, you'll realize that it's definitely worth the time.

Let's face it: sometimes, chicken breasts can taste kind of boring. They don't have much fat, which means that unless they're cooked really well, they have a tendency of getting dry. That may leave you hesitant to cook up a random chicken breast on a weekday night. But what if we could make that chicken breast experience a lot more exciting? Enter our stuffed chicken breast recipe. Spinach and artichoke pair perfectly in this chicken filling, and you're undoubtedly going to be pleased by the results. Try it out for yourself.

Want to make the ribs we mentioned before but feeling just a bit too intimidated? If you want, you can start with these Instant Pot ribs instead. Because you can cook this in a pressure cooker, it makes the whole process a lot easier and simpler. You start off seasoning them with a dry rub, and then, when the meat is done cooking, you add some barbecue sauce and place the ribs under your broiler. And just like that, you've served up an impressive dinner to share.

Whether you're from the South or not, it's not difficult to see what's so special about a good Mississippi pot roast. The meat cooks for hours, which leaves you with a super flavorful beef that you'll want to eat with everything. The best part about this Mississippi pot roast recipe? You only need a few ingredients to make a meat dish that your family will be talking about for weeks. The worst part? It'll be a little over eight hours of cooking from start to finish. That being said, it's totally worth the wait.

Corned beef and cabbage may be a staple dish of St. Patrick's Day celebrations everywhere, but this dish is great at pretty much any time of the month. The best corned beef has an unusual flavor that you don't get in many other dishes, and it seems to pair perfectly with the cabbage. In fact, you definitely shouldn't wait until St. Patrick's day to make our version of the recipe. You'll love the fact that it requires only four (yes, four!) ingredients. Even if you're not a pro at cooking meat, you can throw this recipe together with no problems at all.