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Steak and Potato Skillet with steak, potatoes and garlic — USA recipe

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Meat Dishes

Steak and Potato Skillet

Sirloin cut into cubes and seared hard in a cast iron skillet, together with baby potatoes cooked until golden outside and soft inside, finished with garlic butter. The potatoes go in first because they take longer. The steak goes in last and barely gets touched. Around 40g of protein per serving.

30 min520 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Sukiyaki (Japanese Beef Hot Pot) with beef, tofu and leek — Japan recipe

🇯🇵JapanMedium

Meat Dishes

Sukiyaki (Japanese Beef Hot Pot)

Sukiyaki (すき焼き, 寿喜烧 in Chinese) is a Japanese one-pot dish in which thin slices of marbled beef, tofu, negi, mushrooms and shungiku simmer in a sweet-salty sauce of soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar called warishita, and every bite is dipped in beaten raw egg. At home you don't need a tabletop burner: a wide, deep skillet on the stove does the job, cooked in two rounds. This is the Kanto style, where the sauce is mixed in advance; the Kansai way of seasoning the beef directly in the pan is explained in the author's note. Prep and cooking together take about 35 minutes.

35 min555 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

Sweet & Spicy Garlic Bowl with sweet potatoes, lean ground turkey and cottage cheese — USA recipe

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Meat Dishes

Sweet & Spicy Garlic Bowl

Sweet potato with paprika and cinnamon, ground turkey with garlic and warm spices, cottage cheese, avocado, and garlic hot honey. Garlic appears three times here — in the sweet potato seasoning, in the turkey, and in the honey drizzle. That repetition is intentional.

35 min505 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Sweet and Sour Pork with pork, pineapple and bell pepper — China recipe

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Meat Dishes

Sweet and Sour Pork

A Cantonese classic — crispy cornstarch-coated pork pieces stir-fried with bell pepper, onion, carrot, and optional pineapple in a glossy tangy-sweet sauce of vinegar, ketchup, sugar, and soy sauce. The secret is high heat, small batches, and not overcrowding the wok.

65 min480 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Tacos al Pastor with pork shoulder, dried guajillo chiles and achiote paste — Mexico recipe

🇲🇽MexicoAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Tacos al Pastor

Tacos al pastor are thin slices of pork in a chile-and-achiote adobo, cooked beside caramelised pineapple and tucked into small corn tortillas. A trompo gives the original its moving flame and shaved edges; at home, a very hot skillet and patient batches get close where it counts. The meat needs acid, a little sweetness and real char, not a pile of wet sauce.

525 min610 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Tandoori Chicken with chicken, Greek yogurt and Kashmiri chilli powder — India recipe

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Meat Dishes

Tandoori Chicken

Bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks scored deeply, marinated overnight in spiced yogurt, then cooked at high heat until the outside chars and the inside stays completely juicy. No sauce, no gravy — just the marinade working directly against the heat. The red-orange color comes from Kashmiri chilli powder, the flavor from ginger, garlic, garam masala, and kasuri methi. This is the dish that butter chicken and tikka masala are built on top of. On its own it's simpler and better. Serve with pickled onion, lime wedges, and mint chutney.

50 min340 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Tefteli (Russian Meatballs with Rice) with ground beef, ground pork and white rice — Russia recipe

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Meat Dishes

Tefteli (Russian Meatballs with Rice)

Tefteli are Russian meatballs mixed with rice and braised in a creamy tomato gravy. The rice worked right into the mince pokes out and keeps them soft — which earns them the nickname 'porcupine' or 'hedgehog' meatballs. A light crust from browning holds the shape, the inside stays tender, and the gravy soaks into a side of mashed potatoes or buckwheat.

70 min420 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Tex-Mex Cottage Cheese Bowl with sweet potatoes, lean ground beef or turkey and canned black beans — USA recipe

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Meat Dishes

Tex-Mex Cottage Cheese Bowl

Taco-seasoned ground beef or turkey, roasted sweet potato, black beans, cottage cheese, avocado, salsa, and hot honey. The black beans are not decoration — they add serious fiber and protein while absorbing the taco-spiced meat juices. This bowl keeps you full longer than most.

35 min520 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Texas Smoked Brisket with whole packer brisket, coarse kosher salt and black pepper — USA recipe

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Meat Dishes

Texas Smoked Brisket

Texas smoked brisket is the most technically demanding and most celebrated dish in American barbecue. A whole packer brisket — the entire chest muscle of the steer, comprising two overlapping muscles (the lean flat and the fatty point) — is seasoned with only coarse salt and cracked black pepper (the Dalmatian rub), smoked over post oak at 225°F (107°C) for 12 to 16 hours, wrapped in pink butcher paper when the bark is set, and rested for a minimum of two hours before slicing. What separates Texas brisket from all other regional styles is its radical simplicity: no sugar in the rub (sugar burns over long cooks), no sauce (the bark carries all the flavor), no foil (butcher paper preserves the bark while allowing moisture to breathe). The result — when done correctly — is a brisket with a jet-black bark, a visible smoke ring beneath, and meat that is simultaneously deeply smoky, heavily rendered with melted intramuscular fat, and yielding enough that a probe thermometer slides in with the resistance of room-temperature butter.

960 min480 kcal12 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

Thai Green Curry (Gaeng Keow Wan) with chicken thighs or protein, coconut milk and green curry paste — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Meat Dishes

Thai Green Curry (Gaeng Keow Wan)

Gaeng keow wan (แกงเขียวหวาน) — literally 'sweet green curry' — is the most popular curry in Thailand, served everywhere from street stalls to fine restaurants. The green color comes from fresh green chillies in the paste; the 'sweet' in the name refers not to sugar but to the soft pastel shade of green. A quick-fried green curry paste forms the base, bloomed in the thick cream from coconut milk before the liquid is added. The balance is non-negotiable: spicy from the paste, rich from the coconut, salty from fish sauce, and a back note of sweetness from palm sugar. Thai basil and kaffir lime leaves are the aromatics that make it unmistakably Thai. Serve with jasmine rice and nothing else.

35 min420 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Thai Red Curry (Gaeng Phet) with chicken thighs or beef, red curry paste and coconut milk — Thailand recipe

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Meat Dishes

Thai Red Curry (Gaeng Phet)

Gaeng Phet (แกงเผ็ด) — 'spicy curry' — is Thailand's most ubiquitous curry, found on every restaurant menu and in every home. Where green curry uses fresh chillies for a herbal brightness, red curry uses dried red chillies for a deeper, earthier, and more complex heat. The color comes from dried chilli skins; the richness comes from full-fat coconut milk with the cream reduced first to separate the oil before the paste is added — the authentic Thai technique that concentrates the aromatics. Popular with chicken, beef, pork, duck, or prawns. Thai eggplant and bamboo shoots are the classic vegetables; bell peppers and pumpkin are common additions.

30 min440 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Thai Satay with Peanut Sauce with chicken thighs, lemongrass and turmeric — Thailand recipe

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Meat Dishes

Thai Satay with Peanut Sauce

Satay (สะเต๊ะ) arrived in Thailand from Indonesia via Malay traders and became one of the country's most beloved street foods. Thin strips of chicken or pork are marinated in lemongrass, turmeric, coconut milk, and warm spices, then threaded onto bamboo skewers and grilled over charcoal until caramelized at the edges and fragrant throughout. The essential accompaniment is the satay sauce — a rich, sweet, slightly spicy peanut sauce made with roasted peanuts, red curry paste, and coconut milk — not the peanut butter version common elsewhere. In Thailand it is often served with a quick cucumber pickle to cut the richness and toasted white bread for dipping into the sauce.

45 min480 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy💪High protein

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