There are many options for hot dishes for a festive feast. LAFOY has gathered a huge number of delicious, quick, and affordable recipes for the main course of any holiday table!
1. Grated Potatoes with Pork
Once you try this hot dish, you'll be making it not only for holidays but also for family dinners.
You will need: 0.5 kg each of potatoes and pork tenderloin, 150 g hard cheese, 3 eggs, sea salt and meat seasonings, 1 tsp dried garlic.
Preparation: Cut the meat into 1.5 cm thick slices, pound them well, and rub with spices. Grate the potatoes, squeeze out excess liquid, mix with 2 eggs, season with salt and pepper. Heat a pan with oil, spread a couple of spoonfuls of potato mixture, place a piece of meat on top (previously dipped in egg), and cover with more potato. Fry over medium heat until golden brown. Before serving, bake the potato-meat sandwiches in the oven, sprinkled with grated cheese.
2. Holiday Hot Dish “Consul”
Prepare a delicious and exquisite hot dish of chicken with potatoes and pineapple rings.
You will need: 600 g chicken fillet, 4 potatoes, 1 can of canned pineapple, 2 medium tomatoes, 1 slice of sweet bell pepper, 200 g mushrooms, 200 g hard cheese, 1 onion, chicken seasonings, mayonnaise, and herbs.
Preparation: Cut the chicken fillet crosswise into medallion-like pieces. Drizzle with mayonnaise, add salt and seasonings. After 45-60 minutes, lightly pound each piece of meat. Place half of it in a baking dish, then layer with onion rings and tomatoes, sweet pepper, season with salt, drizzle with mayonnaise, and arrange the pre-fried mushrooms. Cover with another layer of chicken and pineapple rings. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes, sprinkle with grated cheese, and return to the oven for another 8 minutes.
3. Hot Dish with Turkey Cutlets
This hot dish is served by Italian hostesses during family feasts.
You will need: 0.5 kg ground turkey fillet, 1 egg, 2 bell peppers, 3 tomatoes, 2 cloves garlic, breadcrumbs, spices, and herbs.
Preparation: Mix the ground meat with the egg, a couple of tablespoons of breadcrumbs, spices, and chopped herbs. Form small cutlets. In a pan with a removable handle, fry sliced peppers and tomatoes in oil, then add the cutlets and garlic. Bake in the oven and serve immediately.
4. Hot Rice Dish
This dish is completely unlike traditional pilaf. A very delicious hot dish that will adorn your holiday table and impress guests with its wonderful aroma!
You will need: 2 chicken breasts, 1 package of rice in boil-in-bag pouches, 300 g mushrooms, 2 onions, 120 ml medium-fat cream, 1 egg, 70 g breadcrumbs, sea salt, and ground pepper.
Preparation: Cook the rice according to package instructions. Fry mushrooms with onions until golden, pour in the cream, and simmer for three minutes. Cut the chicken breast into pieces and pound them. Place a spoonful of the mushroom mixture on each meat cutlet, roll into a ball, dip in egg batter, and coat in breadcrumbs. Deep-fry until cooked through. Place the meat balls in the center of a large platter, and arrange the cooked rice around the edges.
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5. Royal Hot Dish
It cooks quickly, and the result is stunning. Be sure to write down this recipe!
You will need: 650 g ground pork and beef, 2 beets and 2 carrots, 3 large onions, 6 medium potatoes, 1 small head of garlic, your favorite spices, seasoned salt, and 250 ml mayonnaise.
Preparation: Place the seasoned ground meat in a deep pan. Then arrange onion rings, a layer of diced potatoes, sprinkle with grated carrots and beets. Mix mayonnaise with pressed garlic. Pour over the beet layer. Pierce the contents of the dish several times with a long knife. Pour in 0.5 cup of water. Cover with foil and bake in the oven.
6. Vegetable Pie for a Hot Dish
For fasting or for those who don't eat meat, this dish will definitely be a hit.
You will need: 4 large potatoes, 350 g mushrooms, 1 package puff pastry, 0.5 young zucchini, 1 bell pepper, 1 onion, 2 medium tomatoes, 1 medium carrot.
Preparation: Fry onions with carrots and mushrooms in vegetable oil, add zucchini, pepper, and potatoes cut into small sticks. After about 15 minutes, pour in pureed fresh tomatoes and a little water. Simmer until cooked. Roll out the dough into a large flatbread, cut strips from both sides so the middle remains intact. Place the cooled filling, intertwine the edges, forming a tight braid. Bake for about 12 minutes.
7. Hot Meat Dish with Spaghetti
Just imagine: a mound of cooked spaghetti, drizzled with a piquant meat and vegetable sauce. A true volcano of flavor for gourmets!
You will need: 1 large package of spaghetti, 500 g veal, 1 onion and 1 carrot, 300 ml kefir, 2 cloves garlic, 2 tbsp tomato sauce, seasoned salt.
Preparation: Cut the veal into pieces, pound well. Fry onions with carrots in oil, season with your favorite spices, pour in kefir and tomato sauce. Simmer for 2 minutes. Pour the hot mixture over the meat cutlets, add garlic, and bake in the oven.
8. Hot Dish “Fake Goose”
A very delicious, yet quite inexpensive hot dish for the holiday table!
You will need:
Filling: 0.5 kg liver, 1 egg, 4 tbsp semolina, 4.5 tbsp sour cream, seasoned salt.
For pancakes: 150 ml each of water and fresh milk, 1 egg, flour, sugar, and salt.
Pouring sauce: 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, 4 tbsp wheat flour, 3 tbsp sour cream, 35 g butter, salt.
Preparation: Prepare pancake batter; for "Fake Goose" you will need six thin pancakes. Pass the liver through a meat grinder, mix with the other filling ingredients. Line the bottom of a rectangular baking dish with 4 pancakes, generously spread with liver filling. Fold in the edges, cover with the remaining pancakes. Evenly pour the sauce over it and bake in the oven.
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9. Japanese-Style Hot Dish
A hearty and aromatic hot dish for a festive table or dinner party, when you want to feed dear guests deliciously.
You will need: 2 kg bell peppers of the same size, 850 g ground meat, 200 g par-boiled rice, 2 onions, 1 carrot, 3 ripe tomatoes, a couple of garlic cloves, 1 tbsp flour, 0.4 L water or broth, 100 g hard cheese, sea salt, and pepper seasoning with lemon zest to taste.
Preparation: Add chopped onions, garlic, and carrots to a pan in sequence. Fry until cooked. Set aside one-third of the fried mixture, add diced tomatoes to the rest. Stir in flour and pour in water, season with spices. Mix the ground meat with fried onions, carrots, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper, add rice. Fill the peppers (without stems and seeds) with the stuffing. Place them in a pan, pour over the tomato mixture. Cook covered for 15-20 minutes. Then sprinkle with cheese and brown in the oven.
10. Hot Steak in a Multicooker
Meat cooked in a multicooker turns out more tender and soft, while taking minimal time to prepare.
You will need: 4 pork steaks, 6 tbsp sour cream, 2.5 tbsp hot mustard, 2 cloves garlic, ground pepper, vegetable oil, and seasoned salt.
Preparation: Rub the steaks with spices and mustard. Mix sour cream with garlic, pour over the meat on all sides. Leave to marinate. Before guests arrive, fry the pieces in the multicooker bowl with oil. Then close the lid and cook in stew mode for 15 minutes.
11. BBQ Pork Ribs
The spicy sauce gives the meat a flavor as if it were cooked over a campfire. Guests won't believe the ribs were simply baked in the oven.
You will need: 2 kg pork ribs, 3 onions, 1 cup tomato juice, 1 head garlic, 110 g smoked paprika, 1 jar Dijon mustard, 2 tbsp honey, 1.5 tbsp sugar, 4 tbsp salt, cumin, 55 ml Worcestershire sauce, 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 2 tsp Tabasco sauce, hot pepper.
Preparation: Prepare a mixture from paprika, sugar, salt, and hot pepper, and rub it onto the ribs. Finely chop the onion and garlic and mix. Place half of the vegetables in a pan, then lay the ribs, rubbed with Dijon mustard, on top. Cover with foil and bake for 2.5-3 hours until cooked. Fry the remaining onion with honey, tomato juice, spices, and sauces. Then remove the foil from the dish, pour the onion-honey sauce over the ribs. Return to the oven for 20 minutes.
12. Hot Dish of Potatoes and Chicken Thighs
What could be better than baked juicy chicken with tender potatoes?
You will need: 1 kg potatoes, 1 kg chicken thighs, 3 onions, 250 g hard cheese, 300 ml mayonnaise and a little water, sea salt, ground pepper mix.
Preparation: Place onion rings, potatoes, and meat in separate bowls and mix with mayonnaise. Leave to marinate for half an hour to an hour. Don't forget to season with salt and spices for better flavor. In a baking dish, layer first the potatoes, then the onions, then the meat. Pour in a little water and bake in the oven for about 35-40 minutes. Sprinkle with grated cheese and return to the oven for ten minutes.
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13. Pork Shashlik in the Oven
The aroma of this hot meat dish will make even the most ardent vegetarians, if any are at your table, swoon!
You will need: 2 kg pork tenderloin, 4 onions, 1 packet shashlik spices, 1 tbsp salt, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 lemon, 3 tbsp vinegar.
Preparation: Slice the onions into rings, place in a bowl, pour over boiling water (2 cups) mixed with salt, sugar, and lemon juice. Cut the meat into pieces, pound well, rub with salt and spices, drizzle with vinegar. After one hour, place the squeezed marinated onions into a baking sleeve, then the meat, mix, tie the open ends with string. Make several punctures in the sleeve. Bake for one and a half hours at maximum temperature.
14. Chicken in Oranges
A hot dish for gourmets, and the citrus marinade gives the meat a festive flavor!
You will need: 4 chicken drumsticks, 3 oranges, 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 tsp ground turmeric, 3 tbsp honey, 3 cloves garlic, sea salt, coriander.
Preparation: Zest all the citrus fruits. Squeeze juice from two oranges. Slice the remaining fruit into thin rounds. Mix the juice and zest with honey, garlic, salt, oil, and ground spices. Pour the resulting marinade over the chicken, leave overnight. Bake in a deep dish, covered with orange slices and drizzled with marinade.
15. Pork in a “Coat”
Tender and juicy meat in a crispy "coat" - an excellent hot dish for any holiday table!
You will need: 1 kg pork entrecote without ribs, 3 tomatoes, 2 sweet peppers, 1 head garlic, 300 g cheese, 1 cup flour, 100 ml mayonnaise, 3 tsp mustard, meat spices.
Preparation: Cut the meat into thin slices about 1 cm thick. Season with salt and pepper to taste, sprinkle with meat seasoning, and lightly pound. Then coat in flour, fry in a pan, and transfer to a baking sheet. On top of each piece of meat, place a couple of spoonfuls of a mixture of diced peppers, tomatoes, crushed garlic, half of the grated cheese, and mayonnaise. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Send to the oven.
16. Duck in Honey Sauce
If you're going to prepare duck as a hot dish, it should only be with apples and in a piquant sweet and sour marinade.
You will need: 1 duck carcass, 2 apples, a large handful of pomegranate seeds, 1 onion, 1 lemon or lime, 1.5 tbsp honey, 1.5 tbsp mustard, seasoned salt.
Preparation: Marinate the duck for several hours in a sauce made from honey, juice of half a lemon, spices, and mustard. Transfer to a baking sleeve, place apple pieces, onion, and pomegranate seeds inside the duck. Place the remaining ingredients on top of the duck in the sleeve. Tie the ends with string. Place in a preheated oven.
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17. Cabbage Lasagna with Meat
Instead of pasta – cabbage, and for the filling – meat and mushrooms. Perfect lasagna for the holiday table!
You will need: 1 head of Napa cabbage, 0.5 kg ground meat, 0.5 kg any mushrooms, 200 ml fresh milk, 2 tbsp flour, 160 ml sour cream, 200 g soft processed cheese, 1 onion and 1 carrot, 2 tbsp each of vegetable oil and tomato sauce, 55 g butter, 140 g cheese, seasoned salt.
Preparation: Fry onion with carrot and ground meat in a pan. Pour in tomato sauce. Separately, in a dry pan, add sliced mushrooms, stir until the moisture evaporates. Pour in milk, simmer for 8 minutes. Add soft cheese.
Line a baking dish with cabbage leaves, sprinkle with grated cheese. Spread half of the fried ground meat, then the mushrooms. Cover with cabbage leaves, then again meat, mushrooms, cabbage. Spread sour cream on the top layer and sprinkle with cheese. Bake in the oven for about an hour.
18. Giant Mushroom Roll
A magnificent "2 in 1" hot dish – potato garnish and mushroom filling, wrapped in an appetizing and very delicious roll.
You will need: 10 potatoes, 300 g mushrooms, 1 carrot and 1 onion, 1 tbsp semolina, 3-4 tbsp starch, sea salt.
Preparation: Make mashed potatoes, mix with starch, salt, and seasonings. Fry onion and carrot in a pan, then add mushrooms. When the filling is ready, add semolina and spices. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, grease with oil, spread out the mashed potatoes. Place the filling, roll into a log. Bake until cooked.
19. Beef with Pear Slices
This dish will adorn even the most exquisite and expensive holiday table.
You will need: 1 kg beef, 4 ripe pears, 2 onions, 1 cup dry wine, 3 tbsp sifted flour, 2 tbsp honey, sea salt, paprika, pepper.
Preparation: Coat portioned pieces of meat in flour with salt and seasonings, fry in vegetable oil until golden brown. Add onion half-rings, then pour in wine with honey, season with spices. Simmer for an hour covered. Add pear slices to the saucepan with the meat, continue cooking for another 12 minutes.
20. Golden Fish Stew
Hot fish stew is easier for the body to digest than meat dishes. So, your guests won't have to worry about overeating!
You will need: 1 kg sea fish fillet, 0.5 kg tomatoes in their own juice, 0.5 cup dry white wine, 220 ml 10% cream, a handful of pitted black olives, 1 bell pepper, 1 small onion, 4 tbsp flour, 5 tbsp vegetable oil, 3 green onions, 1 tbsp each of salt and sugar, fish spices.
Preparation: Cut the fish into small pieces, pour over 1 L of water mixed with sugar and salt. Finely chop the onion and pepper, fry in oil, add diced tomatoes and chopped dill, crushed olives. Pour in wine and simmer until the alcohol evaporates. Pour in cream, cook until thickened. Drain the fish. Coat the dried pieces in flour, fry in oil. Pour the sauce over, bring to a boil, and turn off the stove.