Confit Chicken Thigh and Andouille Sausage Cassoulet

This sauce is slightly magical. The texture cloaks pasta much like a traditional meat sauce does, and the flavors are deep and rich, but it’s actually vegan!

An espresso-and-cumin-spiked rub (or brine) gives this smoked chicken impressive flavor.

Rather than breaded and fried as you might expect croquettes to be, these are something more akin to a seared chicken salad patty.

This traditional dish of beef, sour cream, and mustard may have originated in Russia, but it’s about time for a version with ramen noodles, don’t you think?

Caramelized onions, melty Gruyère, and a deeply savory broth deliver the kind of comfort that doesn’t need improving.

Salmoriglio is a Mediterranean sauce with herbs, garlic, and olive oil. In this version, kelp is used as the base of the sauce.

Leftover rotisserie chicken finds new purpose in this endlessly comforting dish.

This comforting cheeseburger-inspired pasta from Kiano Moju is bolstered by berbere spice.