Tray bake
Recipes
Harissa shrimp broiled over a tray of greens
The greens go in first with half a cup of water, and the shrimp only arrive once the broiler takes over.
Chicken and zucchini meatballs under a feta sauce
Half the meatball is grated zucchini, which is the only reason a chicken meatball has any business being this juicy.
Pomegranate beef pitas
Ten minutes of assembly, then the oven. The syrup at the end is what makes it.
Pesto gnocchi, foil on then off
The gnocchi never see a pot of water. They steam under foil in the pesto instead.
Chipotle chicken rice bake
Built on cooked rice and a rotisserie bird, which is not cheating if nobody sees.
Harissa beef pitas, tray to table
Raw beef goes into the sauce and the oven does the rest. No browning, no pan.
Shawarma chicken panzanella
Everything browns on one pan, including the bread, which is the whole trick.
Gnocchi baked with corn and a goat cheese heart
A whole round of goat cheese goes in last and collapses into the sauce.
Baked gnocchi under a monterey jack lid
The gnocchi never touch a pan. They go in raw and come out plumped.
Sausage and gnocchi baked under mozzarella
Calabrian chile and capers doing the heavy lifting while the oven does the work.
Pierogies baked under smoky sausage
Everything goes in cold and comes out molten. No stirring, no supervision.
Spatchcock chicken over leeks and greedy bread
One bird on a bed of leeks, and torn baguette underneath drinking up every drop.
Red-lacquered chicken and winter vegetables
Gochujang does the glazing and a quick pickle talks back.
Fiery shrimp and blistered green beans
Green beans blistered black at the edges, shrimp barely cooked through, gochujang over both.
Burnished miso chicken
Miso butter under high heat. The skin turns to amber glass.
Twice-sauced chicken and carrots
The marinade is the workhorse. You are merely decorative.
Chicken and potatoes, salad included
Harissa-slicked, leek-strewn and fully dressed on one pan.
Harissa bolognese, baked in one pan
Bolognese that ran off to Tunis and came back smoking.
Sheet-pan pierogies with kimchi and Brussels
Pierogies and kimchi roasted hard on one tray until both go dark and sticky.
Sheet-pan quesadillas, six at once
The whole batch crisped in the oven while you stand around doing nothing.
Feta under the broiler with corn and shishitos
Feta blistered molten under the broiler, corn underneath, pickled onion cutting through.
Chicken tamale pie from the church-supper canon
A Jiffy-box cornbread drowned in enchilada sauce and piled with chicken. Zero shame, full flavor.
Featured
Tomato sauce so simple you'll die
Marcella's three ingredients, one of which you bin, and a fourth she never sanctioned.
A ricotta pasta that begs to be messed with
Stir it in a bowl while the water boils, then fiddle until it tastes like yours.
Gnocchi baked with corn and a goat cheese heart
A whole round of goat cheese goes in last and collapses into the sauce.