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Meat Pulao with lamb, rice and onion — India recipe

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Meat Dishes

Meat Pulao

Meat pulao (also spelled pilau, pulav, or pilaf) is an Indian one-pot rice dish: basmati rice cooked in the stock of lamb or beef with onion, ginger, garlic, and whole spices. The meat is braised first and the rice finishes in the stock it left behind, the way yakhni pulao is made. Unlike biryani there are no layers and no second pot, so it takes about 100 minutes, and the rice itself needs only 15 of them. Serve it with plain yogurt and a fresh salad.

100 min610 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

Meatballs with minced meat, onion and breadcrumbs — Italy recipe

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Meatballs

Italian meatballs (polpette) — juicy balls of mixed minced meat seasoned with aromatic herbs and cheese, fried to a golden crust and stewed in a rich tomato sauce.

68 min530 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

Meatloaf with ground beef, onion and breadcrumbs — USA recipe

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Meatloaf

Meatloaf is a traditional American dish — ground meat mixed with breadcrumbs, eggs and spices, baked into a loaf shape and topped with a tomato glaze.

63 min700 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

Mole Poblano (Mexican Chicken in Chocolate Chili Sauce) with chicken, ancho chiles and mexican chocolate — Mexico recipe

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Mole Poblano (Mexican Chicken in Chocolate Chili Sauce)

Mole poblano is Mexico's most celebrated sauce — a deep, dark, layered blend of dried chiles, toasted nuts and seeds, dried fruit, spices, and a little Mexican chocolate, ladled over tender chicken. Born in the convents of Puebla, it's famously complex, with well over a dozen ingredients ground and simmered into a glossy, bittersweet-spicy sauce. It doesn't taste of chocolate; the cacao just deepens the whole into something rich and unforgettable.

150 min560 kcal6 serves

💪High protein🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free

Moussaka with eggplants, minced lamb and tomato paste — Greece recipe

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Moussaka

Three components built and assembled: roasted eggplant, cinnamon-spiced lamb and beef sauce reduced until thick, and a Greek béchamel enriched with egg yolks that sets firm during baking so the slices hold. Moussaka in the form most people know — with that custard-like béchamel top — is a 1920s creation by chef Nikolaos Tselementes, who added a French béchamel to an older layered eggplant dish. The result became the benchmark for Greek home cooking. The work is real but most of it is waiting: the sauce reducing, the eggplant roasting, the assembled dish baking and then resting. The rest time after baking is not optional.

120 min520 kcal6 serves

💪High protein

Mtsvadi (Georgian Pork Shashlik) with pork neck, onion and pomegranate juice — Georgia recipe

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Mtsvadi (Georgian Pork Shashlik)

Mtsvadi is Georgian pork shashlik grilled over charcoal. You want a fatty cut — pork neck — with a short marinade of onion, pomegranate juice, and khmeli suneli, then grapevine coals until the edges char and the center stays juicy. It comes off the skewer onto lavash, with pickled onion and pomegranate seeds.

150 min490 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Nigerian Beef Suya with beef sirloin, roasted peanuts and cayenne pepper — Nigeria recipe

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Nigerian Beef Suya

Suya is Nigerian street food at its most elemental: thinly sliced beef, threaded on skewers, coated in yaji — a dry spice mix built on ground roasted peanuts, cayenne, ginger, and paprika — then grilled over high heat until the edges char and the spice crust sets. It originated with the Hausa people of northern Nigeria and has become a national dish. The yaji goes on twice: once as a marinade before cooking, once as a dry finish sprinkled over the hot meat right off the grill. That second application is what separates suya from ordinary grilled meat. Serve with raw onion, tomato slices, and another pinch of yaji. Newspaper optional but traditional.

45 min320 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein🌶️Spicy

Nikujaga (Japanese Meat and Potato Stew) with beef, potato and onion — Japan recipe

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Nikujaga (Japanese Meat and Potato Stew)

Nikujaga (肉じゃが, also written nikujyaga, literally "meat and potatoes") is a Japanese home-style stew of thinly sliced beef, potatoes, onion and carrot simmered in a broth of dashi, soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar. In western Japan it is usually made with beef, in eastern Japan more often with pork. You sauté the onion and meat first, simmer everything under a drop lid for about 15 minutes, then let the pot stand off the heat so the potatoes soak up the broth.

40 min370 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

One-Pot Chicken and Rice with chicken thighs, rice and chicken broth — USA recipe

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One-Pot Chicken and Rice

Chicken thighs seared until golden, then rice and broth go in the same pan and everything cooks together. The rice absorbs all the chicken juices and spiced broth — nothing is wasted, nothing gets washed up separately. One pan, 40 minutes, dinner done.

40 min480 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

One-Skillet Sweet Potato Turkey Bowl with sweet potatoes, lean ground turkey and baby spinach — USA recipe

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One-Skillet Sweet Potato Turkey Bowl

Ground turkey, sweet potato, spinach, and bell pepper — all cooked in one skillet on the stovetop, no oven needed. The sweet potato steams under a lid with a splash of broth while the turkey browns. Top with cold cottage cheese, avocado, and hot honey. The fastest version in this bowl series.

30 min490 kcal4 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma with boneless chicken thighs, garlic and lemon juice — Lebanon recipe

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Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma

This home-oven shawarma trades the vertical spit for a fiercely hot sheet pan and a final pass under the broiler. The chicken thighs stay juicy while their thin edges blister and char, which gives the platter the roasted spice flavor people expect from shawarma. Serve it with warm pita, toum, pickles and chopped vegetables, or turn the same chicken into a rice bowl.

300 min515 kcal6 serves

💪High protein

Pad Kra Pao (Thai Basil Chicken) with chicken, basil and garlic — Thailand recipe

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Pad Kra Pao (Thai Basil Chicken)

Thailand’s most popular everyday street food — minced chicken stir-fried with garlic, fresh chili, and holy basil in a savory oyster-fish sauce glaze. Finished with a crispy fried egg on top and a drizzle of runny yolk over jasmine rice. Ready in under 15 minutes.

25 min300 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein⚡Quick

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