When I want to make a dish I'm unsure of, I will usually read a handful of recipes to get the idea, and then just cook it how I'd like. It helps to have a base

When I want to make a dish I'm unsure of, I will usually read a handful of recipes to get the idea, and then just cook it how I'd like. It helps to have a base of knowledge and experience to understand what each ingredient and cooking technique will do to the dish. So instead of having to go line by line through a particular recipe, you understand how the dish is supposed to work and can execute how you are comfortable executing. It likely won't turn out how any of the recipe creators intended, but it'll usually turn out recognizable as the dish in question, with your own touch to it.