This recipe makes a lot of sauce. And with pasta, it’s more of a meal than a first course or a side dish, given how stocked the sauce is.
Sauces
The Instant Pot Bible: Better Butter Chicken
Here’s our version of an internet craze: a buttery, tomato-laced, cream-rich sauce enrobing meaty pieces of chicken. We use bone-in skin-off chicken breasts to give the sauce a more savory, bony flavor, with some collagen melted into it to enrich every bite.
A Vat of Simple Tomato Sauce, Garlicky or Vegetable
Whether you flavor the tomatoes with garlic or with celery, carrots, and onions, this sauce will become a kitchen staple. There are many nights when I open the fridge wondering what to cook, and I sigh with relief when I spy a quart of this sauce.
Simplest Gravy for Thanksgiving
Nobody cares that the Thanksgiving turkey is dry and the mashed potatoes are lumpy when you’ve got a gravy this rich and nuanced to pour over them.
Skirt Steaks with Artichoke and Pickled Pepper Relish
This antipasto-like relish can be as salty, tangy, or spicy as you like, depending on the pickled peppers you choose.