Second courses are the basis of every family’s diet. There are hundreds and thousands of such home cooking options in every kitchen in the world. Meat, vegetable, cereal and mixed with herbs and sauces, cooked from a steamer, oven, slow cooker, and just from the stove.
Delicious recipes for second courses in a hurry or for a festive table are infinitely diverse. Simple recipes with photos will help even novice cooks in cooking.
The second course to the table is traditionally served after the soup – in other words, the main ones are the “second” dishes that are familiar to us, which are the central element of the meal. Most often, the main second course is prepared from meat, poultry, fish and seafood, to which cooked or raw vegetables, legumes, cereals, pasta and mushrooms are necessarily served as a side dish.
Fish or meat main dishes are the most satisfying, nutritious and large in volume. For every day, modern chefs, as a rule, serve simple main dishes that are easy to prepare. Cutlets, meatballs, schnitzels, sausages, cabbage rolls, fried fish or fish in batter, which do not require much time for heat treatment and serving. On the occasion of the solemn events, a festive main dish is being prepared, which should surprise the guests and become the culmination of the banquet. Here, each cook is already trying to show her culinary skills, choosing from the most delicious recipes of the main dishes what suits the tastes of the guests and the budget of the hosts.
Here you will find a rich selection of photo-recipes of main dishes – bean rolls with cheese, white fish meatballs, rabbit in orange marinade, pork stuffed with prunes, chicken with peaches and Scottish eggs. The main dishes prepared according to our recommendations will definitely become the star of the dinner party!
Koktal is a dish of Kazakh cuisine. Koktal in Kazakh means “willow”, in the old days fish was put on willow branches and smoked on charcoal. Now we use a special cardline that resembles our lamp. Koktal is almost always prepared from carp, carp or carp carp. The fish turns out fragrant, juicy and very tasty. The Koktal can be prepared in the oven, of course, the taste will not be the same as on fire, but it turns out very well in the oven. Kazakhs prepare koktal for holidays or on weekends when a large family gathers. I advise fish lovers to familiarize themselves with the recipe.
Pepper stuffed with beans and vegetables is a quick lunch or dinner. Cooking is simple and fast. Cooked in a microwave oven, it can be baked in the oven. If you replace the cheese with green onions or herbs, then it will be a lean dish.
The dish is prepared very quickly, the taste depends on the composition of the oil filling. The slicing of steaks that I will show you can be used without potatoes on top, such medallions look good on their own.
I highly recommend trying this marinade for baked meat. The taste of the meat is not clogged. It turns out very tasty, juicy and fragrant. A very convenient recipe for New Year’s holidays. You just need to turn on the oven and send a baking sheet with meat into it for 45 minutes before serving a hot dish.
The recipe for pancakes is simple, but it’s not a shame to serve them on a festive table. Moreover, the simple cooking process has been completely simplified, now the meat grinder has been replaced by a blender or food processor, into the bowl of which you can add all the ingredients at the same time. Voila, and a delicious snack is ready.
Turkey dishes are very popular in America. And, of course, it is prepared for many holidays. This is a Christmas turkey recipe that I first saw and tasted a few years ago, and since then it has become one of our favorite dishes. It is very simple, quick to prepare and uses ingredients that any hostess always has in the house.
