Every recipe on this site is a hand-built original — in one place you can actually search, by dish name, country, cuisine, ingredient, cooking time, dietary preference, or calories, without hopping between sites. Save favorites, build collections, scale servings, and plan your week. Every recipe, cuisine, shelf and tool opens on a page of its own — tap any result to open its page.
Nutritional data and the nutrient composition of the foods on this site have been estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data and should be used for informational purposes. Medically necessitated intakes should always be validated.
Trust & Transparency — how this site is different
16,814 of 100,000 recipes + 2,030 desserts. Every recipe on this site is a hand-built original. Desserts ride on top and never count toward the 100,000 — that total is recipes only.
Front page › Cuisines › Western
Explore by cuisine
423 recipes
Crispy Baked Chicken Drumsticks is a Western mains.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-2867 · Hand-built original
Jumbo shrimp baked in a white wine and lemon butter sauce under a crisp Parmesan panko topping.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: crusty bread, steamed rice, green salad, asparagus
HB-5291 · Hand-built original
White fish fillets dusted in rice flour, dipped in an ice-cold beer batter and fried until deeply golden and crisp.
Main ingredient: cod
HB-6752 · Hand-built original
Large shrimp seasoned with garlic powder, smoked paprika and cayenne, grilled until crusty, and drenched in a lemon garlic butter with crisped garlic bits.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: garlic bread, rice, grits, lemon wedges, col slaw
HB-6764 · Hand-built original
Bone-in chicken pieces rubbed with oregano, rosemary, thyme, sage and marjoram, roasted at high heat until the skin crisps, with a pan-juice gravy.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-6766 · Hand-built original
Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Tenders is a Western baked, chicken, crumbed. Ready in 30 min.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-0729 · Hand-built original
Crispy Pan Fried Fish is a Western main built around note. Ready in 8 min.
Main ingredient: thin white fish fillets
HB-0730 · Hand-built original
Pan-fried fritters of frozen peas, cheese and green onion in a light batter, served with a lemon yoghurt dipping sauce.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-3431 · Hand-built original
Crispy Salt & Pepper Squid is a Western appetiser, finger food, mains.
Main ingredient: squid
HB-0736 · Hand-built original
Crispy Skin Fish is a Western fish, main built around note.
Main ingredient: barramundi fillets
HB-0739 · Hand-built original
Skin-on salmon fillets are dried thoroughly and fried mostly on the skin side in a slick of hot oil, with a final hot blast to set the crackle.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-6780 · Hand-built original
Toasted baguette slices with a choice of toppings, including tomato and bocconcini, smoked salmon, garlic prawns and roast beef.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-5148 · Hand-built original
Crunchy crumbed chicken drumsticks is a Western mains.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-2877 · Hand-built original
Eggs whisked with cream are poured over diced ham, shredded cheese and green onion in a pie dish and baked until golden with a custardy centre.
Main ingredient: ham
HB-6807 · Hand-built original
Crisp cucumber cups piped with a smooth smoked salmon, cream cheese and dill mousse.
Main ingredient: smoked salmon
Pairs well with: blini, rye bread, champagne, potato salad
HB-4927 · Hand-built original
Ice cold shavings of lime-cucumber-jalapeno granita goes so well with oysters, especially on hot summer days! Great one to make now and serve tomorrow or even next week. Impresses everyone! Makes enough for 24 oysters.
Main ingredient: cubes
HB-2879 · Hand-built original
Thick cucumber slices and finely diced red onion are tossed in a shaken herb and garlic vinaigrette sharpened with red wine vinegar and Dijon mustard.
Main ingredient: cucumbers
HB-6811 · Hand-built original
Browned sausages tucked back into a curry-flavored gravy with onion, carrot and peas — a retro favorite made tastier by building the sauce in the sausage pan.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-13544 · Hand-built original
Devilled eggs is a Western party food built around note. Ready in 43 min.
Main ingredient: large eggs
HB-0779 · Hand-built original
Dirty Martini is a Western cocktail built around gin.
Main ingredient: gin
HB-0786 · Hand-built original
Duck Fat Potatoes is a Western sides built around duck. It takes 90 min in total and serves 6. It is prepared in a straightforward, home-style way.
Main ingredient: duck
HB-0793 · Hand-built original
A buttery oat mixture does double duty as the pressed base and the crumble topping, sandwiching a layer of raspberry jam.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-6875 · Hand-built original
A mild, weeknight chicken curry where thighs simmer in curry powder, coconut milk and chicken stock, with peas and coriander stirred in at the end.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-6891 · Hand-built original
It's in between a super quickie version made using pre-cooked shredded chicken with chicken broth/stock, and the ultimate homemade version by poaching a whole chicken. It's remarkable what a difference browning the chicken and cooking it in broth + water makes to the flavour base.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-2891 · Hand-built original
Easy Chocolate Fudge Cake is a Western cake built around note. Ready in 70 min.
Main ingredient: dark chocolate chips
HB-2897 · Hand-built original
A firm dark chocolate ganache, chilled for six hours, rolled into balls and coated in coconut, cocoa, peanuts, sprinkles or icing sugar.
Main ingredient: dark chocolate melts
HB-6894 · Hand-built original
Easy Christmas Cheesecake Slab (No-Bake) is a Western sweet built around note.
Main ingredient: biscoff or other plain biscuits
HB-2898 · Hand-built original
Easy Creamy Cheesy Potato Bake is a Western sides. Ready in 95 min.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-0808 · Hand-built original
A shortbread base of two flours and icing sugar, baked first, then topped with a lemon curd filling and baked again until just set.
Main ingredient: rice
HB-6912 · Hand-built original
A flourless lemon cake of almond meal, desiccated coconut and lemon zest, mixed in one bowl and baked under flaked almonds.
Main ingredient: butter
HB-6913 · Hand-built original
Halved baby potatoes roast in olive oil with smashed garlic cloves still in their skins and thyme sprigs until deeply golden.
Main ingredient: baby potatoes
HB-6926 · Hand-built original
Whisked egg whites are set in butter, filled with asparagus, prosciutto and pecorino, then finished in the oven and folded into a souffle-like omelette.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-6948 · Hand-built original
Poached eggs sit on toasted English muffins with bacon, ham or smoked salmon, covered in a blender hollandaise made with hot melted butter.
Main ingredient: ham
HB-6956 · Hand-built original
Chicken, rice and broccoli baked in a creamy cheese sauce.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-5418 · Hand-built original
Everyday Kale Side Salad is a Western side salad built around leaves. It takes 37 min in total and serves 4. It is prepared in a straightforward, home-style way.
Main ingredient: leaves
HB-1545 · Hand-built original
Farro cooked in vinegar and water with roasted grape tomatoes and spinach under a sizzled garlic, cumin and coriander dressing, layered with goat cheese.
Main ingredient: farro
HB-5062 · Hand-built original
A creamy white fish chowder built on a butter and flour base with milk and stock, holding potato cubes, carrots, corn and peas, with the fish poached in the soup at the end until it flakes.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-6994 · Hand-built original
White fish strips in a mayonnaise and egg batter, pressed into panko breadcrumbs that are toasted golden before the fish is even coated, then baked until crisp and served with lemon and tartare sauce.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-6995 · Hand-built original
An Old Bay-style spice blend of celery salt, smoked paprika, mustard powder, mace, allspice, clove, ginger, cayenne and cardamom, rubbed over fish fillets that are pan-fried in butter and finished with foaming butter drizzled over.
Main ingredient: celery salt
HB-6996 · Hand-built original
Gluten-free brownies made by melting dark chocolate and butter, stirring in brown sugar, vanilla and eggs, then folding in almond meal and rice flour for a fudgy, moist crumb.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
HB-7005 · Hand-built original
Flourless Chocolate Cake is a Western sweet built around note. Ready in 55 min.
Main ingredient: dark chocolate chips
HB-2919 · Hand-built original
Thick, soft ricotta pancakes whisked from ricotta, eggs, milk and flour with a touch of vinegar, cooked slowly in a buttered pan until golden on both sides, and served with sugar-macerated strawberries and maple syrup.
Main ingredient: ricotta cheese )
Pairs well with: coffee, orange juice, fresh fruit, toast
HB-7010 · Hand-built original
Potatoes cut into thick cylinders, seared in olive oil until golden on both cut sides, then basted with butter and thyme and finished in the oven in chicken stock that they absorb, leaving them meltingly tender inside.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7014 · Hand-built original
Grated carrots with green onion and parsley in a honey, Dijon and lemon dressing.
Main ingredient: carrots
HB-5347 · Hand-built original
Pan-seared pork chops finished in a caramelised onion gravy made with beef broth and flour, then topped with melting cheese and rosemary. It tastes like French onion soup poured over juicy pork.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-7029 · Hand-built original
Slightly stale brioche or white bread dunked in a cinnamon-vanilla egg custard and fried in butter until golden on both sides. It is served with maple syrup and strawberries that have softened in a little sugar.
Main ingredient: brioche or white sandwich bread
Pairs well with: coffee, orange juice, fresh fruit, toast
HB-7032 · Hand-built original
Here is a lovely bright salad dressing made with fresh basil. It will jazz up any salad - even a good ole' Garden Salad! Or drizzle over roasted vegetables - the fresh flavour of this salad works so well with roasted vegetables, like the Broccoli Wedge Salad Papy also posted today. Just be sure to cool them first otherwise the dressing will turn brown on contact!Makes 1/2 cup, enough to dress a salad for 4 people. Stays green for 2 days, thanks to an ice cube!
Main ingredient: measure
HB-2925 · Hand-built original
A small jar of salt, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, oregano, parsley, cayenne and black pepper mixed for sprinkling over fries. It adds savoury, garlicky heat well beyond plain salt.
Main ingredient: table salt
HB-7041 · Hand-built original
Add the Recipe Index to your home screen. It opens full-screen like an app, and your favorites, collections and plans stay on this device.
Offline, the app opens with the recipes already saved on this device; anything not saved yet is fetched when you’re back online.