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Melissa Clark’s Best Dinners

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    Melissa Clark

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    1 hour 15 minutes, plus at least 30 minutes’ marinating

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    Melissa Clark

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    1 hour 15 minutes

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    Melissa Clark

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    1,921

    30 minutes

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    Melissa Clark

    1357 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars

    1,357

    45 minutes, plus at least 3 hours’ chilling

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    Melissa Clark

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    1,961

    1 hour 30 minutes

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    Melissa Clark

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