American Recipes
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These Sonoran Hot Dogs Are Our Editors' Favorite Sandwich Recipe of Summer
Beloved in Arizona, these hot dogs are wrapped in crispy bacon and loaded with pinto beans, onions, a jalapeño salsa, and juicy tomatoes.
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This (Vegan!) Key Lime Pie Is a Perfect Summery Kicker to Your Next BBQ
A lime custard pie that hits all the same flavor notes as a Key lime pie, but entirely vegan.
S’mores Tart
This stunning dessert takes the elements of s’mores – marshmallows, graham crackers and melty chocolate – and recombines them in an elegant way. A billowing meringue singed with a blowtorch replaces the toasted marshmallows, a homemade graham cracker crust replaces the cookies and a soft, bittersweet ganache stands in for the usual melted chocolate bar. It does take time and effort, but you can do it over the course of a couple of days. The spectacular results are well worth it.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Malls have been declining in number since their peak in the 1980s, but, before losing their cultural significance, they helped make the cookie cake the frosted icon it is today. Created by Michael Coles and Arthur Karp in 1977 (not by Mrs. Fields, which was founded the same year), the cookie cake was first sold in Atlanta malls by their company, Great American Cookies. In this cookie cake, browned butter gives the cookie extra toasty, nutty flavor, and the extra egg yolk makes it chewy and tender. Don’t skimp on the chocolate chips; you can use semisweet or bittersweet morsels or a combination of both. This recipe calls for a cookie cake pan, which is a round pan that is about 1/2-inch deep. You can also bake this in a 10-inch round cake pan lined with parchment paper, increasing the baking time to 25 minutes or so. Malls might be closing left and right, but this food court-style giant chocolate chip cookie cake will never go out of style.
Oven S’mores
These easy, everyday s’mores are made in your broiler, no bonfire required. Ready in five minutes, they’re perfect for a speedy, chocolatey dessert. Feel free to swap out different cookies for the graham crackers. Ginger snaps, shortbread, chocolate wafer cookies all work equally well, as do salty crackers like Ritz and Saltines.
Easiest Sourdough Ever (Using Unfed Starter)
This may be the easiest sourdough bread you'll ever make. It begins with unfed starter, and requires just three folds and one ferment for a flavorful loaf that will improve any sandwich.
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How to Make Caesar Seasoning
This tangy-savory Caesar seasoning blend comes together in under 10 minutes, and is great dusted over just about everything. Sprinkle it over popcorn or hard-boiled eggs. Pour it into a bag of kettle chips and give it a shake, or toss with sturdy veggies before roasting.
Grilled Hot Dogs
A crisp, snappy, juicy hot dog isn’t necessarily difficult to achieve, but two key steps ensure that yours won’t end up wrinkly, burnt or dry. First, let the flame mellow to a moderate heat, which will prevent bursting and provide ample time to pick up smoke from the grill. Second, arrange the hot dogs parallel to the grates. That way, the rods act like a sling, exposing more of the hot dogs for more browning and keeping them from rolling around. With a well-cooked hot dog, toppings can be as minimal or imaginative as you’d like. (For natural-casing hot dogs, see Tip.)
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Caesar BLT
All the components of a BLT paired with briny anchovies, salty-sweet Parmigiano-Reggiano, and lots of black pepper reach imperial levels of flavor.
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Caesar Roast Potatoes
Crispy roasted potatoes with crunchy edges and a soft, fluffy center tossed with a savory Caesar dressing–inspired infused oil. Serve them as a side with a roast or offer them as a starter or party snack alongside a creamy dip for dunking.
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Roasted Veggie Caesar Salad
In this twist on the classic Caesar salad, a garlicky, savory vinaigrette is paired with crisp leaf lettuce, salty Parmesan cheese, and a medley of sweet roasted vegetables that’s perfect for a light summer dinner.
Summer Hot Dog Bar
Serve this hot dog board for your next summer cookout, adorned with homemade quick pickles, potato salad, fried onions, plus store-bought condiments like kimchi and sauerkraut.
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Savory Caesar Dip
Thick, cheesy, and briny all at once, this Caesar dip pairs the assertive garlicky anchovy flavor of Caesar dressing with the texture of a cream cheese-based dip. Scoop it up with crunchy vegetables, chips, or salty crackers.
Honey Mustard Potato Salad
There exist entire worlds between a good potato salad and a bad one. The good ones have good potatoes that have been prioritized and not just boiled to death: perfectly steamed, not too wet on the inside or outside. This clever, lazy method — boiling the potatoes for half their cook time, draining them, then using the residual heat of the pot to steam the spuds until tender, like one does with, say, sushi rice — ensures perfectly creamy, pillowy potatoes, whose fluffy edges are excellent at soaking up a curried dressing, dyed golden with mustard, lightly inspired by those delicious honey-mustard pretzel pieces from the snack aisle. If your curry powder isn’t hot enough for you, then add a dash of cayenne pepper or your favorite fresh chile, finely chopped. Some like it sweet; if that’s you, add a pinch of sugar or another dribble of honey; taste and adjust as you go.
Buttermilk Ranch Fried Chicken
Great fried chicken at home is much easier than you might think. This version celebrates the tangy, herbaceous complexity of ranch seasoning, which is whisked into buttermilk to create an easy brine that ensures a flavorful, juicy end result. A whole chicken works best: Cutting it into parts takes a bit of practice but saves money and yields a good variety of pieces. (If looking for a shortcut, a mixture of thighs and drumsticks works well too.) After the chicken is brined, it’s dredged in flour seasoned with onion powder and garlic powder, echoing ranch seasoning, and supplemented with cornstarch, which yields a delightfully crispy exterior that holds up very well to chilling, for those among us who love cold fried chicken. Don’t be afraid to fry at home! This chicken fries in a large, deep Dutch oven — and it fries mostly covered, which helps reduce any mess. Maintain the right oil temperature and follow the visual cues to determine doneness, and you’ll be fine.
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Extra-Crispy Croutons
Extend the shelf life of your stale bread by turning it into crunchy, snackable croutons. This easy recipe takes just about 30 minutes, and leaves you with delicious salad toppers for days.
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Burnt Eggplant and Bell Pepper Dip
This roasted eggplant and red bell pepper dip is rich and bright with distinct smoky notes. It's a party-pleaser that vegetarians, vegans, and meat eaters will love.
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Caesar Mayo
By working more oil into a classic Caesar salad dressing emulsion, a more thickened mayonnaise texture is achieved. It's a garlicky, lemony, cheesy, briny condiment with endless potential.
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Southern Cathead Biscuits
These extra large biscuits are crisp, golden, and exceptionally fluffy. Plus: They're easier than classic cut biscuits.
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Pesto Chicken Salad
This tender chicken salad (coated in a tangy pesto dressing and with sun-dried tomatoes woven throughout) is perfect for sandwiches or simply on its own.
Easy Chocolate Cake
This classic chocolate layer cake is big enough for a celebration but can be easily made with pantry staples and a hand mixer. The cake layers are deeply chocolatey, fluffy and even tastier if you make them the day before you plan to eat the cake. They also bake up nice and flat so you don’t have to bother with trimming. The sour cream makes the cake layers nice and plush, and adds a bit of tanginess to the American-style buttercream made with confectioners’ sugar, a hefty dose of cocoa powder, vanilla and plenty of salt to balance the flavor. Cover the cake with swoops and swirls of buttercream, and top with sprinkles, if you like.
Scuttlebutt
Tangy and salty and colorful, the scuttlebutt sandwich vibrates with flavor: hard-boiled egg, pickled beets and carrots, olives, capers, herbs and feta mingle on pillowy focaccia. “The word ‘scuttlebutt’ is sort of like what’s the gossip, what’s the story, what’s the deal or the chitchat, you know, the chatter,” said its co-creator Caroline Fidanza, who devised the sandwich at her Brooklyn restaurant Saltie in 2009 with the chef Rebecca Collerton. Inspired by Ms. Collerton’s practice of cobbling together sandwiches with whatever was in the fridge, they intended the sandwich to change with the seasons, but once patrons got a taste of the pickled beets, the lineup was set in stone. Saltie closed in 2017, but Ms. Fidanza brought the sandwich back at Marlow & Sons in 2020, when it became a best-seller once again. Ms. Collerton, who died of cancer in 2018, was not able to see its comeback. There are many components, and many shortcuts: Use store-bought pickled vegetables and focaccia; doctor up mayonnaise rather than making aioli. But the details make a difference: Ms. Fidanza says that “picking the herbs is a pain, but that’s just what you have to do.”
Halloumi, Arugula and Tomato Sandwiches
In 2022, Jake Marsiglia and Costa Damaskos opened Baby Blues Luncheonette in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to honor the historic diners and luncheonettes that closed during the pandemic, while paying homage to Mr. Damaskos’s Greek roots. One of the best ways they’ve incorporated this history and culture into their menu is through their HLT sandwich, a play on the classic American BLT that replaces bacon with halloumi cheese, seared until golden and crisp. They replace BLT’s standard lettuce with an arugula salad seasoned with a bright Greek vinaigrette, and round out the sandwich with red onions, juicy heirloom tomatoes and a garlic-pepper mayonnaise.
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Berry and Kiwi Pan-African Flag Popsicles
These red, black, and green ice pops in the colors of the Pan-African flag are perfect for celebrating Juneteenth. I love making them with my kids to teach them about the history of the Pan-African flag, Black liberation, and Black empowerment.