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20 Savory Cinnamon Recipes

By MyRecieps Updated October 03, 2019
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Allow the warming aroma of cinnamon to wrap around you and fill every crevice of your home with these comforting recipes. While commonly associated with sweet treats and holiday baking, cinnamon can be a powerfully delicious flavor agent in savory dishes as well. Here are some of our favorite dishes that utilize a pinch of cinnamon in unexpected and mouthwatering ways.

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Spicy Veggie Hash

Spicy Veggie Hash
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Spicy Veggie Hash Recipe

Cumin, cinnamon, and red pepper add warmth to this Peruvian-inspired sweet potato hash.

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Warm-Spiced Butternut Squash Soup

Warm-Spiced Butternut Squash Soup
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Warm-Spiced Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

Earthy, fragrant spices like allspice, cloves, and cinnamon make wonderful accents for the natural sweetness of butternut squash. Make sure to simmer the squash until very tender--the softer it gets, the silkier the puree.

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Pork Loin Chops with Cinnamon Apples

Pork Loin Chops with Cinnamon Apples
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Pork Loin Chops with Cinnamon Apples Recipe

Warm flavors like sage and cinnamon play up the contrast between the juicy pork chops and caramelized apples. Tart Granny Smiths and slightly sweeter Braeburn apples both work well for this dish.

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Chicken with Dates, Olives, and Cinnamon

Chicken with Dates, Olives, and Cinnamon
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Chicken with Dates, Olives, and Cinnamon Recipe

This Moroccan-style chicken dish features chicken thighs simmered in a mixture of onion, olives, dates, cinnamon and ginger.  Serve over couscous for a hearty meal.

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Speedy Cincy Chili

Speedy Cincy Chili
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Speedy Cincy Chili Recipe

Cincinnati chili is a unique style that includes sweet seasonings like cinnamon and chocolate and is served over spaghetti. If you like pungent touches, you can sprinkle some chopped raw onion on top.

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Roasted Spiced Carrots

Roasted Spiced Carrots
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Roasted Spiced Carrots Recipe

While roasting brings out the sweetness in carrots, this easy make-ahead side goes one step further to blend sweet and savory flavors. Large chunks of carrot are roasted with olive oil, cumin, and cinnamon and then tossed with raisins and parsley. Substitute baby carrots if you'd like.

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Moroccan-Spiced Baby Carrots

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Moroccan-Spiced Baby Carrots Recipe

Warm spices like cumin and cinnamon play deliciously off the sweetness of the carrots.

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Mediterranean Breakfast Couscous

Mediterranean Breakfast Couscous
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Mediterranean Breakfast Couscous Recipe

Couscous goes from the dinner table to the breakfast bar with this easy Mediterranean recipe. Cinnamon, apricots and currants make it morning friendly.

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Cinnamon-Soy Braised Pork

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Cinnamon-Soy Braised Pork Recipe

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Cinnamon-Apricot Glazed Salmon

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Cinnamon-Apricot Glazed Salmon Recipe

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Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts

Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts
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Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts Recipe

This cinnamon-scented recipe is Yotam Ottolenghi and Rami Tamimi's take on a dish made by Elran Shrefler at Azura Restaurant.

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Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts

Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts
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Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts Recipe

This cinnamon-scented recipe is Yotam Ottolenghi and Rami Tamimi's take on a dish made by Elran Shrefler at Azura Restaurant.

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Caldillo

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Caldillo Recipe

Serve this spicy stew with peeled orange slices sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar. Bottled cinnamon-sugar can be found on the spice aisle of your local supermarket.

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Coffee-Brined Chicken Drumsticks

Coffee-Brined Chicken Drumsticks

Coffee-Brined Chicken Drumsticks Recipe

Add rich flavor to chicken drumsticks by marinating them in a mixture of coffee, brown sugar, red pepper, cinnamon and chili powder.  If you're serving this recipe to the kids, you can just leave out the red pepper.

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Spiced Basmati Pilaf with Garden Peas

Spiced Basmati Pilaf with Garden Peas
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Spiced Basmati Pilaf with Garden Peas Recipe

This flavorful pilaf features an aromatic broth laced with sautéed onion, cardamom pods, cinnamon, and whole cloves. The spices are cooked along with the pilaf (they aren't meant to be eaten), but you can put them in cheesecloth as well.

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Singapore Turkey Stew

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Singapore Turkey Stew Recipe

Notes: If you can't find Chinese five spice, substitute equal parts ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger, and ground anise seeds.

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Lamb Tagine with Cinnamon, Saffron, and Dried Fruit

Lamb Tagine with Cinnamon, Saffron, and Dried Fruit
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Lamb Tagine with Cinnamon, Saffron, and Dried Fruit Recipe

Warm cinnamon and saffron combine with coriander and cumin to lend complex flavor to this Moroccan-style lamb tagine. This festive dish is served over couscous to soak up the delicious gravy.

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Instant Pot Kichidi

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Instant Pot Kichidi Recipe

This comforting dish is nutty, earthy, and slightly lemony. It’s often given to people who are sick and is packed with nutrients thanks to the lentils, turmeric, and ginger. For optimal flavor, use cumin seeds rather than ground cumin, and temper them in ghee or oil. In a pinch, split yellow peas also make a good base. 

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Cinnamon-Laced Chili

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Cinnamon-Laced Chili Recipe

This take on Cincinnati chili forgoes the traditional spaghetti accompaniment, though you can serve it over hot cooked noodles if you like. While many cooks think of cinnamon only as a spice for baked goods and sweets, it’s fantastic in savory dishes—particularly roasted, braised, and stewed meats like beef, pork, and chicken.

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Instant Pot Rajma Masala

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Instant Pot Rajma Masala Recipe

Rajma Masala is a popular dish in northern India with bright and fragrant qualities. It’s very flavorful, and the depth of flavor from pairing fresh ingredients and spices creates something that’s refreshing and comforting at the same time. Adding some yogurt at the end helps thicken the dish, but the most important ingredient you can use here is good quality vegetable broth. Serve over basmati rice with ghee, extra yogurt, herbs, pickles, and lime wedges on the side. 

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    1 of 20 Spicy Veggie Hash
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    4 of 20 Chicken with Dates, Olives, and Cinnamon
    5 of 20 Speedy Cincy Chili
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    7 of 20 Moroccan-Spiced Baby Carrots
    8 of 20 Mediterranean Breakfast Couscous
    9 of 20 Cinnamon-Soy Braised Pork
    10 of 20 Cinnamon-Apricot Glazed Salmon
    11 of 20 Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts
    12 of 20 Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts
    13 of 20 Caldillo
    14 of 20 Coffee-Brined Chicken Drumsticks
    15 of 20 Spiced Basmati Pilaf with Garden Peas
    16 of 20 Singapore Turkey Stew
    17 of 20 Lamb Tagine with Cinnamon, Saffron, and Dried Fruit
    18 of 20 Instant Pot Kichidi
    19 of 20 Cinnamon-Laced Chili
    20 of 20 Instant Pot Rajma Masala

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