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    Comfort food dinner recipes

    Kick dinner up a notch with these homemade recipes! Find the best comfort food ideas and reinvented Midwestern classics like beer braised pot roast or sheet pan pork nachos. These are recipes for home cooks that enjoy real food made with flavorful ingredients.

    Brown Sugar and Bourbon-Brined Pork Chops

    Perfect Boiled Beer Brats and Onions

    Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry

    Grilled Duck Breast Tacos with Apple Slaw

    Coca Cola Pulled Pork (Slow Cooker & Instant Pot)

    A shredded bbq chicken sandwich sits on a metal plate in front of a crockpot.

    Shredded BBQ Chicken Breast in the Crockpot

    A sheet pan full of baked pulled pork nachos drizzled with bbq sauce.

    The BEST Sheet Pan BBQ Pulled Pork Nachos

    A dry rubbed chicken wing paddle sits on a piece of parchment paper surrounded by other chicken wings and a small bowl of blue cheese dressing.

    Dry Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings

    Beer Braised Pot Roast

    The Best Chicken and Veggie Stir Fry

    Chicken Parm Subs

    Pork Belly Bibimbap (& frustration)

    Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken

    Local Lamb Flatbreads (& presents)

    Butter Rubbed Roast Chicken

    Butter Rubbed Roast Chicken (& dinners)

    Beer Battered Fish Fry

    Honey Balsamic Chicken with Roasted Fall Veggies

    Pesto Roasted Chicken Legs

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