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Delicious Recipes for Beef Roasts
Our favorite beef roast recipes. From top round to chuck roast, we have delicious recipes for the oven, smoker, pressure cooker, and sous vide.
The Complete Guide to Beef Roasts
Learn everything you need to know about beef roasts. From chuck roast to top round, learn how to pick and cook the best cut of beef for every occasion.
Our Favorite Enchilada Recipes
We’ve collected our favorite enchilada recipes in one place to help cooks find the perfect recipe for the enchiladas of their dreams!
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Umami is a food and drink website for the curious cook. Our mission is to help people explore the world and expand their taste through delicious recipes and interesting stories. Learn about Umami’s Editorial Guidelines.
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A few of our favorite recipes, stories, and tips that celebrate the season.
Sautéed Rainbow Chard
This sauteed chard recipe uses a touch of vinegar and lemon juice brighten up this delicious side dish.
Thai Beef with Herbs
This Thai Beef with Herbs recipe gets its bright Thai flavors from a squeeze of lime and a handful of fresh herbs.
Smoked Pork Loin
A smoked pork loin is a versatile dish that can be seasoned hundreds of different ways, smokes relatively quickly, and looks amazing on the plate.
Tender & Delicious Instant Pot Pot Roast
It’s easy to make a tender and delicious pot roast when you use an Instant Pot pressure cooker. Cooking the pot roast under pressure helps everything cook faster and the meat to turn out so tender you can cut it with a fork.
Caramelized Onion White Bean Dip
This creamy white bean dip recipe is a delicious and healthy appetizer with a touch of sweetness from the caramelized onions that is perfect for serving with crackers or vegetables.
Smoked Beef Roast
Smoked beef roasts are the best way we’ve found to get the deep smokey flavor we love in roast beef. Smoking beef over low heat develops the beef’s natural flavors while creating a tender roast that melts in your mouth.
How to Make Enchiladas – A Complete Guide
Learn how to make enchiladas with this in-depth guide filled with tasty tips, step by step instructions, delicious fillings, cheeses, and sauces.
Creamed Corn
What makes this easy creamed corn recipe special is how the roux and a little cream highlight the deep corn flavors in the dish and give it an almost luxurious texture.
Everything You Need to Know About Umami
One of five universal basic tastes, umami is found in ingredients and cuisines throughout the world and for the cook who knows what they’re doing it can be the secret to truly delicious cooking.
Sous Vide Rack of Lamb with Rosemary and Garlic
This sous vide rack of lamb recipe uses rosemary and garlic to bring the flavors of the Mediterranean to life with lamb so juicy and flavorful that it will melt in your mouth.
Smoked Turkey
Whether you are just learning how to smoke a turkey or have made a dozen, this smoked turkey recipe has all of the tips and techniques to elevate your next bird into a plump, juicy, show-stopping culinary delight.
Fresh Homemade Sour Mix
This sour mix recipe is simple to make, keeps for several weeks, and is a fantastic foundation for margaritas, sours, daiquiris, and other cocktails that use fresh citrus juice and sugar. It’s also infinitely customizable to your tastes and the drinks being served.
Shredded Chicken Recipe
This shredded chicken recipe is a versatile base that can be used to make enchiladas, tacos, burritos, quesadillas and more. Cooking the chicken on a low simmer with the chilies helps make sure that every bite of chicken is plump, juicy, and delicious.
Shredded Chicken Enchiladas With Creamy Salsa Verde
These shredded chicken enchiladas are filled with plump, juicy chicken and bold flavors. Topped with a creamy salsa verde sauce this recipe infuses every bite of the enchiladas with cheesy deliciousness.
Turkey Enchiladas
Turkey enchiladas made with pinto beans and ground turkey are a simple way to make healthy, delicious enchiladas at home.
Red Enchilada Sauce
This red enchilada sauce has deep flavors that soak into the tortillas and filling, adding layers of flavor perfect for beef, chicken, and cheese enchiladas.
Our Best Ideas for Grilling – Tips, Tricks, Recipes, & Secret Sauces
For people who love to fire up the grill and cook delicious food, we’ve collected all our best ideas for grilling in one place. This piece is filled with tips and tricks to help the most experienced cooks grill tastier food. It includes recipes for the grill, foods to grill, and dinner grilling ideas.
Smoked Chicken Quarters with Crispy Skin
Smoked chicken quarters have a rich smoky flavor and warm buttery texture that melts in your mouth. This recipe includes a versatile dry rub and everything you need to know to get the chicken tender and juicy on the inside with crispy golden brown crispy on the outside.