American Recipes
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Pastrami on Rye
This classic Jewish deli sandwich is all about the quality of the pastrami: beef brisket that's rich with smoke and spice, streaked with the melting juices of ample fat.
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Roast Beef Sandwich
This simple recipe for a homemade roast beef sandwich is the stuff of dreams: a squishy bun, soft cheese, and slices of tender, rosy beef. It's the beefiest beef sandwich there ever was.
Bourbon-Braised Beef
Bourbon adds a wonderful complexity to budget-friendly boneless beef chuck in this warmly comforting dish. Caramelized tomato paste, maple syrup, thyme and bay leaves provide balance while still highlighting the savory notes. Soy sauce does double duty, adding both salt and flavor. By marinating the meat in acidic lemon juice and cooking it low and slow, this inexpensive cut becomes very tender, proving you don’t need a fancy cut of beef to make an elegant, full-flavored main dish. Leftover braising liquid would make a wonderful base for a French onion soup.
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Philly Roast Pork Sandwich
Bursting at the seams with thin slices of succulent pork shoulder, garlicky broccoli rabe, sharp provolone cheese, and finished with a ladle of savory jus, this Philly roast pork sandwich is the real deal.
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PB&J
The perfect PB&J has an ideal ratio of peanut butter to jelly, a particular bread thickness, and a deliberate construction. Here's the explanation.
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French Dip Sandwich
For this French dip, tender slices of roast beef are layered into a French roll and topped with melted Swiss cheese, then served with a bowl of intensely savory jus for dunking.
Pepperoni Baked Pasta
This cozy dish takes all of the flavors of your favorite pepperoni pizza and spins them into a family-friendly baked pasta that is quick and easy to make. Make sure to cook the pasta just shy of al dente to ensure that the finished pasta doesn’t get mushy. Pepperoni adds nice heat and spice, but feel free to add olives, sautéed mushrooms, or any of your favorite pizza toppings to the mix. If you don’t have time or inclination to make your own tomato sauce, crisp the pepperoni as directed in Step 3, skip the garlic and crushed red pepper, then add 48 ounces of your favorite marinara sauce to the pot used to crisp the pepperoni. Stir the sauce to scrape up any browned bits and warm it through, then turn off the heat and proceed to Step 6.
Boozy Shamrock Shake (with Whipped Cream!)
With a boozy whipped topping and quality vanilla ice cream, our riff on the Shamrock Shake is a wee more grown up. Its minty green color remains, like a hint of spring.
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5-Ingredient Pork Roll (AKA Taylor Ham)
All New Jerseyans agree it is made up of the same four ingredients: a bready vessel, fried egg, American cheese, and slices of fried pork roll made by one of two companies—Taylor Provisions or Case Pork Roll. Our version ensures buttery layers throughout.
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Smash Burger Quesadillas
You've seen this viral Big Mac-inspired taco, but trust us, it's better in a different form. The extra tortilla makes this shareable, dippable, and lovable.
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Ham and Cheese Sandwich
For the perfect ham and cheese sandwich, layer ribbons of satiny ham with tangy Swiss cheese, mustard, and pickles, then cook it until the bread is golden and the melted cheese blankets the pork.
Homemade Pop-Tarts
These adorable D.I.Y. Pop-Tarts are a bit more work than the original toaster pastries, which were created by Kellogg in the 1960s as a sort of all-in-one, portable toast and jam, but making them at home means you can customize the fillings and toppings to suit your fancy. You can use two rounds (about 14 ounces) of store-bought pie dough for the pastry, but this cream cheese version is easy to put together and even easier to work with. If it starts to get too soft while you’re rolling and cutting it, pop it into the freezer for 10 to 15 minutes and try again. This recipe includes a quick berry jam for the filling, but you can use about 3/4 cup store-bought jam, too. Peanut butter and jelly would be pretty great, as would chocolate-hazelnut spread. These keep well stored in an airtight container for about a week. Wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, they also freeze like a dream for up to 3 months.
Four-Layer Surprise
Is there anything more evocative of childhood than chocolate pudding? When dressed up with a salty pecan crust and a fluffy cream cheese layer, that nostalgic lunchbox treat becomes the kind of dessert that is an absolute pleasure to eat and to share. It is great for a crowd, it is fun and easy in its presentation and it is absolutely delicious. Originally made with store-bought whipped cream and chocolate pudding mix, this dessert (sometimes called delight or four-layer delight) deserves to be resurrected from scratch, using freshly whipped cream, rich dark chocolate and toasty nuts, for a new generation to enjoy.
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Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich
A basketweave of crisp bacon and cheesy bodega-style eggs are served square on a bulky roll for the bacon-iest, cheesiest BEC ever.
Monte Cristo
This American diner classic — a battered and grilled ham, turkey and cheese sandwich dusted with confectioners’ sugar — may, in fact, be a descendant of the French croque-monsieur. The two are quite similar, the main difference being that the croque-monsieur has a layer of béchamel on top, while the Monte Cristo is dipped in beaten egg before it’s griddled. The Monte Cristo became popular when a restaurant at Disneyland began serving it in the 1960s, and now, it lives on as a fixture on menus around the country. It's a delicious way to use leftover baked ham, but regular deli meat works well, too. (Feel free to omit the turkey and use twice as much ham, if you prefer.) As with most grilled sandwiches, thinner slices of cheese will melt more easily.
Hoecakes
Justin Cherry, a foodways historian, chef and resident baker at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, developed this recipe for hoecakes (cornmeal pancakes) using archival sources that describe the first president’s fondness for the dish. Corn was a cash crop at Mount Vernon, and the estate had a successful mill that could process up to 8,000 pounds of flour and cornmeal in one day. Hoecakes were so esteemed by Washington that Hercules Posey and the other enslaved chefs likely made them daily. Given the president’s dental issues and wealth, the cornmeal used for his hoecakes was probably a finer, higher-quality grind than the coarser meal given to his enslaved community as weekly rations. This recipe, created by Mr. Cherry, uses stone-ground cornmeal, and produces a pronounced corn flavor. It’s important to make sure your butter is hot so the hoecakes crisp nicely while their interiors remain moist, retaining an almost creamy texture. George Washington ate these cornmeal cakes “swimming” in butter and honey, but maple syrup works well, too.
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Eclair Cake
Super-size your éclair for a creamy, chocolatey dessert that's sure to impress.
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Zesty Lemon Vinaigrette
Brighten your salads with this creamy, invigorating lemon vinaigrette, which gets bold, bracing flavor from both lemon juice and zest. Plus: It takes just about five minutes to whip together.
Vanilla Cupcakes
This easy recipe makes 12 light, fluffy cupcakes that are packed with vanilla flavor and topped with a classic buttercream frosting. They use the reverse creaming method made popular by author Rose Levy Beranbaum in which the dry ingredients are mixed with a solid fat (butter, in this case), before the liquid ingredients are mixed in, which helps ensure that you don’t overmix your batter. This mixing method, along with the buttermilk and a combination of butter and oil, creates the soft, tender crumb of these cupcakes. The confectioners’ sugar frosting is a simple affair, flavored with lots of vanilla, some lemon juice and a bit of salt to balance out the sweetness. Make sure to whip the frosting until it is completely smooth and soft. This recipe makes enough to frost the cupcakes with a thin layer; for a more generous topping, you’ll want to double it.
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Creamy, Nutty Coffee Smoothie
Made with coffee ice cubes, coffee yogurt, sweetened condensed milk, and almond butter, this smoothie is nutty and creamy, with bold flavor to help you kickstart the day.
Philly Cheesesteak
It’s hard to imagine that anything could be divisive about a sandwich of sautéed beef, crisp-edged onions and oozy cheese, but the Philly cheesesteak’s origin and ingredients are hotly contested in the city of brotherly love. Variations abound, but the standard is made with thinly sliced rib-eye (although you can also find it made with more affordable brisket). In this recipe, either cut of beef can be used, and using presliced meat, commonly found in the freezer section at Asian markets, is a smart short-cut. The tender meat is topped with sweet, nearly caramelized onions and a blanket of sharp Provolone, or Cheez Whiz, the bright yellow cheese sauce, spooned over the top.
Ranch Water
Bold, tart and fizzy, this mix of blanco tequila, lime juice and carbonated mineral water, is a refreshing thirst quencher that packs a punch. Use the amounts here as a guide, and pour to suit your taste buds. To take the edge off, add a little sweetener like simple syrup, or a touch of orange-flavored liqueur, such as Grand Marnier or Cointreau. For an extra hit of flavor, rim the glass with chile-lime salt. While Topo Chico is synonymous with Texas ranch water, preferred for its highly effervescent bubbles, you can use other sparkling waters, too.
The Commerce Inn Patty Melt
Patty melts have very few components: sliced bread, beef patties, caramelized onions and cheese. Vary them slightly and it’s possible the sandwich you end up with won’t be a patty melt anymore. Rita Sodi and Jody Williams, the chefs and owners of The Commerce Inn in New York City, put Dijon mayonnaise inside their patty melts, and it works. The mayo makes the sandwich juicier, the mustard helps cut through the fat, and the result is still, undeniably, a patty melt.
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Air-Fryer Buffalo Wings Recipe
The air fryer is an efficient and mess-free method for cooking crisp, juicy, and spicy Buffalo wings.