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    Main Dish Recipes

    If you are looking for the best main dish or entrée recipes for a casual weeknight dinner, a family gathering, an evening with friends or a festive holiday dinner, check out my incredibly quick and easy main dish recipes. Great taste in half the time.

    From Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs to Marinated Grilled London Broil which cooks in ten minutes, to Easy Chicken Parmesean, and the Best Southern Fried Chicken or Crispy Fried Oysters, find the perfect main dishes to please even your "pickiest eaters."

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    A cast-iron skillet full of blackened shrimp and garnished with lime slices.

    Easy Blackened Shrimp – Cast Iron Skillet

    A serving of asiago chicken on a dinner plate with sliced tomatoes.

    Simple Creamy Asiago Chicken

    Stir-fried shrimp and broccoli on a white plate with chop sticks.

    Quick and Easy Shrimp and Broccoli Stir-Fry

    A white square baking dish full of buffalo chicken pasta topped with panko and scallions.

    Easy Creamy Buffalo Chicken Pasta

    Blackened mahi-mahi with cheese grits and broccoli slaw on a white plate.

    Best Ever Blackened Mahi-Mahi

    Buffalo shrimp on a plate with cocktail forks.

    Crispy Pan-Fried Buffalo Shrimp

    A blue enameled cast iron skillet full of nachos topped with sour cream and salsa.

    Easy Cast-Iron Layered Macho Nachos

    A large white saucepan full of pureed sweet potato and carrot soup, garnished with pecans.

    Simple Creamy Sweet Potato Carrot Soup

    A bowl of potato soup garnished with chopped parsley.

    Simple Old-Fashioned Potato Soup

    Sliced baby back ribs on a cutting board.

    Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs and Dry Rub

    Chicken on the grill with corn.

    Easy Grilled Half Chicken and Dry Rub

    Three oysters Rockefeller on a bed of rock salt.

    The Ultimate Oysters Rockefeller Recipe

    Spinach salad topped with sliced apples, pecans and feta cheese in a white bowl.

    Simple Spinach Salad with Apples & Pecans

    Lemon pepper chicken wings on a plate with a dipping sauce.

    Air Fryer Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings

    Four BBQ chicken thighs on a square black plate.

    Easy Baked BBQ Chicken Thighs

    Fried chicken burger topped with coleslaw and pimento cheese.

    Southern Crispy Fried Chicken Burgers

    A roasted chicken in a cast iron skillet garnished with lemon slices.

    Easy Cast-Iron Skillet Chicken

    A sliced pork tenderloin covered with apricot glaze.

    Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Apricot Glaze

    A large bowl of cooked black-eyed peas topped with parsley.

    Southern Black-Eyed Peas Recipe

    A small skillet with mashed potatoes topped with chicken, mushrooms and bacon.

    Creamy Skillet Chicken with Bacon & Mushrooms

    Roasted Cornish Game Hens with Cranberry Stuffing garnished with rosemary and cranberries

    Easy Cornish Hens with Stuffing

    A serving of King Ranch Chicken Casserole on a plate topped with sour cream and diced tomatoes and bell pepper.

    King Ranch Chicken Casserole with Rotel

    A sliced beef tenderloin on a cutting board with gorgonzola dipping sauce.

    Easy Beef Tenderloin with Gorgonzola Sauce

    Pork chops and sliced apples on a plate with mashed potatoes.

    Easy Crockpot Pork Chops and Apples

    A round baking dish full of baked chicken divan.

    Chicken Divan with Curry (Make-Ahead)

    Two smoked ribeye steaks on a cutting board.

    Smoked Ribeye Steak (Reverse Seared)

    Fried shrimp and a bowl of cocktail sauce on a white plate.

    Easy Crispy Pan-Fried Shrimp

    A crustless ham and cheese quiche in a white pie plate.

    Easy Crustless Ham and Cheese Quiche

    Four quesadillas in a stack topped with sour cream and salsa.

    Simple Four Cheese Quesadillas

    A collage of five different chicken casseroles.

    21 Best Casserole Recipes with Chicken

    A bowl of chicken salad with cranberries on lettuce.

    Chicken Salad with Cranberries & Pecans

    Two clear glass bowls of gazpacho.

    Easy Gazpacho – Cold Spanish Soup

    Chicken, sausage, and wild rice casserole in a white baking dish.

    Chicken, Sausage and Wild Rice Casserole

    A bowl of cocktail sauce next to fried oysters on a plate.

    Best Southern Crispy Fried Oysters

    Two pesto chicken breasts on a plate topped with sliced tomatoes.

    Baked Pesto Chicken with Mozzarella

    Hamburger noodle casserole in a white baking dish garnished with chopped scallions.

    Cheesy Hamburger Noodle Casserole

    Wild rice chicken salad topped with cranberries.

    Wild Rice Chicken Salad with Cranberries

    Spooning a honey glaze over baked chicken thighs.

    Easy Honey Baked Chicken Thighs

    Fried crab claws on a white plate with a bowl of cocktail sauce.

    Quick and Easy Fried Crab Claws

    Easy Classic Southern Tomato Pie ready to serve

    Easy Southern Tomato Pie

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    Celebrate Father's Day with these easy recipes:

    • Sliced baby back ribs on a cutting board.
      Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs and Dry Rub
    • Three scoops of bourbon ice cream in a glass dessert dish.
      Bourbon Ice Cream
    • Chili Rubbed Ribeye Steak topped with three pats of Maple Bourbon Butter on a white plate.
      Chili Rubbed Ribeye Steak with Maple Bourbon Butter
    • Two hamburgers topped with pimento cheese, fried onion rings, and a fried green tomato.
      Best Southern Pimento Cheese Burgers
    • Three oysters Rockefeller on a bed of rock salt.
      The Ultimate Oysters Rockefeller Recipe
    • A bowl of cocktail sauce next to fried oysters on a plate.
      Best Southern Crispy Fried Oysters

    More Father's Day recipes:

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    • A white bowl full of creamy potato salad topped with paprika.
      Classic Southern Potato Salad
    • A clear glass trifle dish with layers of angel food cake, strawberries and whipped cream.
      Strawberry Trifle with Angel Food Cake
    • Six hoecakes or fried cornbread on a white plate.
      Quick and Easy Hoe Cakes (Fried Cornbread)
    • Broccoli cheese casserole on a blue kitchen towel.
      Broccoli Cheese Casserole with Ritz Crackers
    • Rich and cheesy Easy Au Gratin Potatoes and Ham ready to serve
      Easy Au Gratin Potatoes and Ham
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