In a world where chipotle is almost a supermarket staple, it's fair to say that authentic Mexican food has gone mainstream. And we couldn't be happier: We love the complex layering of flavors in real Mexican...
Author: Jeanne Thiel Kelley
In this grilled chicken breast recipe, pineapple makes a fantastic marinade that caramelizes on the grill. Pineapple is grilled for the relish, too.
Author: Eric Werner
This combination of roasted poblano chiles, cubed boiled potatoes, onions, and crema, cooked into a savory concoction makes a divine vegetarian taco filling.
Author: Gabriela Cámara
Notes of vanilla and nutmeg-found in Coca-Cola-are layered with aromatics and tangy ketchup to produce a barbecue sauce recipe that's great with ribs.
Author: Brigid Washington
Meet your new favorite, cold-weather one-pan salmon dinner. It's warm and creamy with coconut milk and just spicy enough with green curry paste, ginger, and garlic; plus, it's covered in lots of herbs...
Author: Anna Stockwell
This weeknight-friendly soup inspired by the Mexican classic is enriched by the flavor of smoky chipotles, brightened by lime, and ready in just 22 minutes.
Author: Rhoda Boone
Memorize how to make the addictively crunchy breadcrumbs in this dish; use them to top all your pasta recipes forevermore.
Author: Claire Saffitz
This recipe will amaze the zucchini-averse and anyone who thinks they've had zukes every which way. Crosshatching and salting the zucchini for 10 minutes before cooking removes excess moisture and lets...
Author: Anna Stockwell
Home turf: New Mexico Local flavor: Southwestern-style chili is all about the chiles (with an "e"), as in this pillar of regional cooking, chile verde. The chiles are green and mild (New Mexico's famous...
Author: Jeanne Kelley
This glaze will work on virtually any protein you can think of. Even tofu. Try it on shrimp, black bass or snapper fillets, chicken kebabs, or lamb chops.
Author: Chris Morocco
Quick and easy grilled shrimp recipe with apricot preserves, habanero pepper, and ginger from Son of a Southern Chef.
Author: Lazarus Lynch
How to pull off a weeknight roast chicken: Set it over a bed of peppers for a two-for-one deal.
Author: Claire Saffitz
Smothered pork chops may be an iconic soul food specialty, but this recipe proves you can smother anything. All it really means is coating slow-cooked meat with a blanket of saucy aromatics that end up...
Author: Carla Hall
This fermented-soybean stew is the quintessential representation of Korean jang. The soft tofu, the dashi, and the sweetness of the vegetables work together to mellow the intensity of the doenjang so that...
Author: Hooni Kim
Classic jerk chicken is grilled over pimento wood. If you want to order some online, we salute you. Everybody else: Hardwood or briquettes will have to do.
Author: Sarah Kirnon
Campechana is the perfect marriage of shrimp cocktail and salsa, with extra layers of flavor thanks to sweet lump crabmeat, smoky New Mexican chiles, briny olives, and creamy avocado. This version was...
Author: Levi Goode
This cowboy-style "bowl of red" is all about tender chunks of beef chuck and a five-chile-pepper purée. True to Texas tradition, it has no tomatoes and no beans. The heat is customizable to your taste,...
Author: Rhoda Boone
This spicy, tangy, rich Southeast Asian seafood dish may have several elements, but once they all come together it's absolute magic.
Author: Nguyen Tran
This smoky chipotle and tomatillo salsa is an excellent dip for crudités, tortilla chips, or tamales. Use more chiles for a spicier salsa.
Author: Zarela Martinez
For easy, hands-off dinner prep, throw the ingredients for this hearty chili into your slow cooker, or create a freezer packet that's slow cooker-ready any time you please.
Author: Katherine Sacks
Author: Chris Schlesinger
Savory fruit salads are officially a thing. (And, for the record, cucumber is a fruit.)
The first time we ran a recipe for slow-cooked salmon poached in olive oil, surrounded by fennel and citrus slices, and casually pulled apart, readers swooned. We swooned! It became an instant, oft-imitated...
Author: Molly Baz
Score the chicken thighs to deliver more spice and flavor to the meat and encourage quicker cooking.
Author: Bon Appétit Test Kitchen
Coming soon to a kitchen near you: an escapist fantasy set under the sun, starring spicy-fruity glazed chicken. (Spoiler alert: Your opinion of pineapple could change forever.)
This elegant salmon dish is perfect for a winter dinner party-just slide it into a low oven for 40 minutes and it's ready to serve.
Author: Alison Roman
Learn to make the best jerk baby back ribs on the grill from this recipe from Tanya Holland.
Author: Tanya Holland
Treat scallops to the flavorful oil left behind when you cook chorizo-it's basically liquid gold.
Author: Molly Baz
Think of the cucumber as a crunchy and spicy relish that somehow makes fried fish even better.
Egusi seeds-the large seeds of an African melon-are toasted and ground to thicken this popular Nirgerian stew.
Author: Kwame Onwuachi
Grilling watermelon caramelizes the sweetness of the fruit, and the char gives just a hint of smoky flavor.
Author: JJ Johnson
Four Horsemen's glorious take on patatas bravas requires cooking the potatoes three times (once blanched, twice fried). We wouldn't make you go through all that if it wasn't worth it.
Author: Nick Curtola
This is a spicy yet balanced salsa for green sauce lovers.
Author: Rhoda Boone
Ultrarich and almost custardy in the middle, this cornbread from Hillstone (a.k.a. Houston's, Honor Bar, R+D Kitchen, Rutherford Grill, and South Beverly Grill) is the kind of appetizer you should serve...
Add sweetness and spice to a simple chicken dinner with a few spoonfuls of chile jam.
Author: Daphne Oz