Steak, Seafood, Chicken and Pork Recipes for Dinner Tonight

Steak and Seafood is a free collection of 40 dinner recipes for home cooks, built around the four things most of us cook most often: beef and steak, fish and shellfish, chicken and pork. Every recipe tells you up front how long it takes and how many people it serves, lists every ingredient, and walks you through the cooking in numbered steps.

The site has been answering the question "what's for dinner tonight?" since 2011. The recipes lean toward dependable, family-style cooking: weeknight casseroles that bake in one dish, quick skillet dinners, grilled steaks, chops and kabobs for summer, and a few showpieces for when company is coming. Along with the recipes you will find practical guides to choosing and cooking steak, buying and storing seafood, and the safe internal temperatures for every kind of meat and fish.

If you are new here, three good places to start are the Baked Shrimp with Garlic Parmesan Crumbs, ready in about 30 minutes; London Broil with Sauteed Onions, a lean flank steak that broils in ten minutes; and the Homemade Chicken Pot Pie, a classic that never goes out of style.

Browse recipes by category

• Beef and Steak Recipes12 recipes

  Grilled and broiled steaks, kabobs, meatballs, stews and baked casseroles.

• Seafood Recipes11 recipes

  Salmon, scallops, shrimp, crab cakes, lobster tails, clam chowder, fish tacos, tuna and more.

• Chicken and Poultry Recipes9 recipes

  Roast chicken, turkey breast, duck breast, Cornish hens, pot pie, cordon bleu and more.

• Pork Recipes8 recipes

  Stuffed tenderloin, a glazed loin roast, Cajun chops and four kinds of ribs.

Guides for better cooking

Good recipes go further when you understand the basics behind them. Our steak guide explains the popular cuts, from filet mignon to flank steak, and gives the internal temperature for every level of doneness. The seafood guide covers how to tell if fish is fresh, how to store and thaw it safely, and how to know when fish and shellfish are done. The cooking guide brings together safe minimum temperatures and the main cooking methods for seafood, steak, chicken and pork, and our dessert page suggests what to serve after a steak or seafood dinner.

Charts for the kitchen

• Cooking times by thickness

  How long to cook steak, chicken breasts, pork chops, ribs, burgers, fish and shrimp, with a quick calculator.

• Steak doneness chart

  What rare through well done looks like inside, and the temperature to pull each one.

• Beef cuts chart

  A diagram of the primal cuts, the steaks from each and how to cook them.

• Fish chart

  Lean to oily and delicate to firm: how to cook each fish and what to substitute.

Quick weeknight dinners

• Pan-Seared Sea Scallops with Lemon Butter (18 min)
• Broiled Lobster Tails with Garlic Butter (23 min)
• Lemon Herb Baked Salmon (24 min)
• Cajun Grilled Pork (25 min)
• Baked Shrimp with Garlic Parmesan Crumbs (30 min)
• Fish Tacos with Lime Cabbage Slaw (30 min)

Frequently asked questions

What kind of recipes are on Steak and Seafood?

Dinner recipes built around beef and steak, seafood, chicken and pork, plus guides to steak doneness, buying and cooking seafood, and safe cooking temperatures.

Are the recipes free?

Yes. Every recipe is free to read, print and cook. There is no account or sign-up.

What is an easy recipe to start with?

Baked Shrimp with Garlic Parmesan Crumbs takes about 30 minutes and uses one dish. Cajun Grilled Pork is on the table in about 25 minutes.

How do I know when meat and fish are done?

Use an instant-read thermometer. Steaks, chops and roasts are safe at 145°F with a 3-minute rest, ground beef at 160°F, chicken at 165°F and fish at 145°F. Our cooking guide has the full chart.