Get dinner on the table in minutes with this family-friendly favorite, using ButcherBox’s Fully Cooked Organic Diced Seared Chicken Breast. No milk or heavy cream? No problem! This easy-prep alfredo sauce just requires butter & grated parmesan cheese. Preparing this dish with raw chicken breasts? Follow these modifications: Prepare […]
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Seared Flat Iron Steak with Asparagus Gratin
It’s hard not to love the pairing of a beautifully seared, caramelized steak with a rich and creamy gratin. This gratin features spring vegetables like young onions and asparagus in a cream sauce richly seasoned with garlic, thyme and anchovy. (Don’t be scared off by the anchovy–it’s a small amount […]
Air Fryer Pork Tenderloin and Potatoes with Citrus-Pistachio Sauce
ButcherBox’s pork tenderloin cooks perfectly in an air fryer, where the evenly dispersed heat keeps the lean, sweet meat from overcooking. It’s paired with crispy, golden fried potatoes, and it all comes together thanks to a nutty, herbaceous and very citrusy sauce. A splash of brandy (or other booze of […]
Spicy Pasta with Sausage, Beans and Cherry Tomatoes
Inspired by the Italian soup “pasta fagioli”—or, as New Yorkers call it, pasta fazool–this pasta dish, featuring beans and Italian sausage, is coated in a buttery, spicy cherry tomato sauce. And let us tell you, this dish is comfort on a plate. It also showcases the versatility of ButcherBox’s mild […]
Spicy Cod Puttanesca Pasta
This spin on the Naples, Italy pasta puttanesca starts off with a traditional garlicky tomato sauce that simmers to the tune of salty anchovies, briny capers and flavorful olives with a bit of heat from crushed red chili flakes. To take advantage of summer’s fresh tomatoes, this version kicks the […]
Dry-Aged Strip Steak Salad
Have you ever wondered what “dry aging” is? It involves placing the meat in an open air, temperature- and humidity-controlled environment–and it makes ButcherBox’s strip steak amazingly tender and concentrated in rich umami flavor. In this recipe, slices of that rich steak are paired with a sweet and buttery corn and potato […]
Seared Ranch Steak and Green Bean Salad with Parmesan
This dish is kind of like a salad, but it’s definitely not your mom’s lettuce and tomatoes (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). It’s a really tasty way to enjoy ranch steak (aka beef shoulder steak) and summer’s bean bounty at the same time. All you have to do […]
Grilled Porterhouse Steak with Smoky Chimichurri Sauce
Porterhouse–this impressive large-format cut is perfect to share. This recipe gives you everything you need to know to grill ButcherBox’s 40-ounce(!) Porterhouse Steak to perfection. Plus, there’s a special chimichurri sauce, with smokiness from grilled shallot along with herbs, vinegar, olive oil, paprika and other spices. The complex flavor of […]
Carne Asada Flank Steak Tacos With Grilled Scallions
Carne asada, hailing from the state of Sonora in northern Mexico, is as much a celebration of the smoky char-grilled beef as it is of gathering outdoors with friends and family. To make carne asada (which translates to “grilled meat”), you marinate steak–usually flank or skirt–in spices before grilling it […]
Quick-Grilled Pork Ribs with Charred Scallion Sauce
Instead of slow cooking or braising for hours, like in our no-grill Guajillo rib recipe, here the ribs are cooked hot and fast. Are they the melt in your mouth, fall off the bone kind of ribs? No, but they have a delicious meaty chew and a lot of flavor […]
Artichoke and Bacon Pasta with Herbs, Feta and Pistachios
This light pasta feels like the meeting of seasons with wintry artichokes rich ButcherBox bacon with light spring-y mint and salty feta. Large pieces of bacon cook first in the pan setting the mood and underlying flavor for the pasta with its distinct smokiness while onions, plenty of garlic sweeten […]
Pasta Bolognese with Spinach and Parmesan
This makes quite a large batch of saucy and savory slow-cooked bolognese, famed meaty sauce that hails from Bologna, Italy. Here, ground beef, pork and bacon are the main characters, but they are supported by a vegetable medley, warm and cooling spices, orange peel and tomato to keep things bright […]