Hard Recipes
Are you looking for the hardest dish to cook? Though we love easy recipes that yield complex flavor profiles, we also offer more difficult recipes that let you prove your culinary talent and introduce you to useful and bragworthy cooking techniques. Enjoy!
Popular Hard Recipes
Check out our most popular hard recipes!
Steak Au Poivre with Cheesy Hesselbeck Potatoes, Creamed Kale, and Shallot-Peppercorn Sauce
Lemony Shrimp Risotto
Ultra-Creamy Risotto
Pork DIY Dumplings
Pork Dumplings
Meatloaf à la Mom
Meatloaf à la Mom
Seth’s Asian Pork Dumplings with Quick-Pickled Veggie Salad and Soy Dipping Sauce
Pub-Style Shepherd’s Pie
Chesapeake Steak & Lobster Tail
Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken
Ginger Soy Noodle Stir-Fry
Shrimp and Chorizo Paella
Shrimp Gyozas
Risotto alla Tex-Mex
Creamy Chimichurri Steak Bowls
All Hard Recipes
Hard recipes for experienced chefs!
Hibachi Sweet Soy Bavette Steak & Shrimp
with Garlic Rice, Sesame-Roasted Zucchini & Spicy Special Sauce
Sticky Baby Back Ribs & BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandos
Great for grilling! | Serves 4 ($6.99/serving)
Pub-Style Shepherd’s Pie
with White Cheddar & Thyme Mashed Potatoes
Grilled Chicken & Steak Fajitas
with Charred Veggies, Cilantro Pineapple Pico & Smoky Red Pepper Crema
Mushroom & Herb Shepherd’s Pie
topped with White Cheddar Mashed Potatoes
Bacon Buckaroo Burgers
with BBQ Caramelized Onion & Cheesy Loaded Potato Rounds
Edamame & Cauliflower Fritters
with Roasted Broccoli Slaw & Sweet Chili Mayo
OLD BAY® Shrimp & Sausage Boil
with Red Potatoes, Corn & Garlic Parsley Toasts
Chesapeake Steak & Lobster Tail
with Oven Fries, Creamy Lemon Garlic Sauce & a Mixed Greens Caesar
Meatloaf à la Mom
with Roasted Root Veggies and Thyme Gravy
Nacho-Rific Loaded Potato Wedges
with Guacamole, Pickled Onion & Lime Sour Cream
Fall-Off-The-Bone Baby Back Ribs, Chicken Cutlets & Cornbread
Great for grilling! | Serves 4 ($6.25/serving)
Pork D.I.Y. Dumplings
with Quick-Pickled Slaw and Soy Dipping Sauce
Cherry Balsamic Chicken
with Almond Couscous & Roasted Carrots
Curried Chickpea Fritters
with Spinach Rice Pilaf, Pickled Raisins & Creamy Garlic Sauce
Meatloaf à la Mom
with Potatoes, Green Beans & Thyme Gravy
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Complicated Recipes That Are Easy for You
When it comes to preparing a fresh and complex meal, sometimes easy doesn’t cut it. Plus, there’s something really fun about putting in the time and effort for an elaborate dish with star quality. If you like a good challenge in the kitchen, check out our difficult recipe collection and whip up next-level gourmet meals that never fail to impress. From Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken to Poached Cod in Chorizo-Fennel Broth, there’s no shortage of mouthwatering advanced recipes that shed light on your amazing cooking skills.
#FreshFacts
The most difficult dishes to make are usually those with several different components that require perfect timing. That’s why good organizational skills are a key ingredient when it comes to hard recipes.
Hard Recipes for Advanced Cooks
Our team of seasoned chefs continuously comes up with tasty recipes that appeal to beginners, intermediate, and advanced cooks alike. Since we always want you to find a recipe that is in your comfort zone, each dish is ranked according to its level of difficulty. Level 1 recipes tend to be simpler and feature familiar ingredients. Thus, they’re best for non-experienced cooks that want to work their way up one delicious meal at a time. Too easy for you? That’s what we thought. Level 2 dishes fit more into the difficult dinner recipes category and involve a bit more multi-tasking and basic know-how in the kitchen. However, if you love cooking with more adventurous ingredients and want to master the most difficult cooking techniques, Level 3 recipes are for you. We promise, being a good cook has never tasted better.
Complicated Recipes That Are Easy for You
When it comes to preparing a fresh and complex meal, sometimes easy doesn’t cut it. Plus, there’s something really fun about putting in the time and effort for an elaborate dish with star quality. If you like a good challenge in the kitchen, check out our difficult recipe collection and whip up next-level gourmet meals that never fail to impress. From Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken to Poached Cod in Chorizo-Fennel Broth, there’s no shortage of mouthwatering advanced recipes that shed light on your amazing cooking skills.
#FreshFacts
The most difficult dishes to make are usually those with several different components that require perfect timing. That’s why good organizational skills are a key ingredient when it comes to hard recipes.
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