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A little taste of Türkiye, wherever you are.TRADITIONAL RECIPES · EVERYDAY INGREDIENTS

From the Turkish table

Turkish Main Dish Recipes

Build a Turkish dinner around a vegetable dish, a pan of meatballs or a chicken sauté. Read the resting and preparation times before choosing sides, and cook by the texture and doneness cues in each method. Rice, bulgur, yogurt and salads can complete the meal; follow the recipe's serving suggestions for combinations that work together.

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5 recipes to exploreMetric & US measures in every recipe

Denizli-style Tavuk Kapama with browned chicken thighs in a rustic clay casserole of tomato and garlic sauce

Chicken & Poultry

Turkish Sealed-Pot Chicken — Tavuk Kapama

Denizli-style sealed-pot chicken with tomatoes and garlic

1 hr 40 mins·EasyGluten-Free

Bowl of Turkish Kuru Fasulye with tender white beans in a glossy red tomato sauce

Turkish White Bean Stew — Kuru Fasulye

Turkish white bean stew in a tomato and pepper-paste sauce

9 hr 55 mins·EasyVegan

Turkish tavuk sote with bite-sized chicken, red and green peppers and tomato sauce, topped with chopped parsley in a shallow pan

Chicken & Poultry

Turkish Chicken Sauté Recipe — Tavuk Sote

Turkish chicken sauté with tomatoes and peppers

50 mins·EasyDairy-free

Pan-seared oval Turkish köfte with grilled tomatoes, green peppers and sumac onions

Turkish Meatballs Recipe — Köfte

Turkish pan-seared meatballs

1 hr 10 mins·Easy

Turkish eggplants filled with tomato, onion and garlic in olive oil

Turkish Stuffed Eggplant Recipe — İmam Bayıldı

Olive oil eggplants with tomato & onion

1 hr 30 mins·ModerateVegan