15-Minute Caramelized Onions

A rapid-fire way to get soft, sweet onions in only 15 minutes.

Basic Hummus Recipe from Ottolenghi's 'Jerusalem'

Clarified Butter

How to make clarified butter at home.

Basic Teriyaki Sauce

Chaat Masala (Indian Street Snack Spice Blend)

The spice blend that has it all!

Double Berry Habanero Fermented Hot Sauce

This deep purple take on Tabasco-style hot sauce is loaded with fruity flavor.

XO Sauce

It'll be hard not to put this sauce in and on everything.

Sweet Tamarind Chutney

Sauced: Mojo Sauce

Charred Salsa Verde

Smoky, spicy, sweet, bright, and complex, this is the one salsa to rule them all.

Tonkatsu Sauce (Japanese-Style Barbecue Sauce)

Yogurt Mint Sauce

The Best Basic Guacamole

A simple and easy guacamole for any occasion.

Tahini Sauce With Garlic and Lemon

You'll want to pour this over everything.

Israeli-Style Extra-Smooth Hummus

Puréeing garlic in lemon juice and blending chickpeas while they're hot = great hummus.

Vietnamese Pickled Daikon and Carrots for Banh Mì (Do Chua)

Basic Chicken Stock

A rich, flavorful, and versatile chicken stock, made with a minimal investment of time and effort.

Two-Minute Aioli

100% foolproof and extremely quick homemade aioli.

Garlic Confit

Turn those pungent, firm cloves soft as butter and sweet as honey.

DIY Cookie Butter

At last: homemade cookie butter as thick and creamy as the stuff in a jar.

Mole Poblano

Chipotle, Garlic, and Cumin Fermented Hot Sauce

Inspired by Cholula-brand hot sauces, but with a bold smoke and spice flavor.

Toasted Sugar

Toast up a batch of powdery granulated caramel and upgrade your favorite recipes today.

Pasta al Limone

Bright and fragrant citrus finds its way into this comforting bowl of spaghetti.

Chimichurri Sauce

Chimichurri sauce is Argentina's go-to pairing for steak, and it couldn't be any easier.

15 Delicious Dips to Pair With Vegetables, Pita, and More

Our favorite dips to help you keep your New Year's resolutions.

10 Jam Recipes for Preserving Prime Summer Fruit

Make fresh, homemade jam your jam.

19 Condiment Recipes Perfect for Summer Grilling

Reach for these condiments to add depth and flavor to your summer dishes.

Save These Fruit Scraps to Make Fresh Syrups for Cocktails and More

Five ways to make the very most of your fruit, from pit to peel.

17 Recipes to Make the Most of Your Immersion Blender

Soups, sauces, sweets, and more to help you put your immersion blender through its paces.

9 Salsas to Spice Up Your Cinco de Mayo

Our favorite salsas to scoop up with chips or spoon into tacos on Cinco de Mayo.

How to Make Fermented Hot Sauce

A step-by-step roadmap to making hot sauce however you like it.

Turn Vegetable Greens and Herb Scraps Into Flavorful Pestos

You probably have the ingredients for a sauce like this in your fridge right now.

How to Keep Thanksgiving Gravy Warm (Without Hogging a Burner)

Keep your gravy nice and hot with immersion circulators, slow cookers, and more

17 Recipes to Make the Most of Your Immersion Blender

Soups, sauces, sweets, and more to help you put your immersion blender through its paces.

All About Kecap Manis, Indonesia’s Sweet and Syrupy Soy Sauce

A quick primer on the sweet soy sauce that's beloved in classic Indonesian dishes, but capable of so much more.

Italy Has Fish Sauce, Too: Get to Know Colatura di Alici

This Italian fish sauce packs a serious savory punch.

The Food Lab's Favorite Hot Sauces

Kenji's favorite fiery condiments on the market.

6 Great Condiments to Complete Your Cheese Plate

6 great condiments to make your cheese plate shine

The Food Lab's Favorite Hot Sauces

Kenji's favorite fiery condiments on the market.

How to Make Rich, Flavorful Caramel Without Melting Sugar

A whole new sort of caramel...

How to Debitter Olive Oil for Emulsions

Bitterness, be gone.

Beyond Málà: Get to Know Sichuan's "Strange Flavor" With Fuchsia Dunlop

They should have called it "freaking delicious flavor"—there's nothing strange about it.

Meet Shaquanda Coco Mulatta, New York’s (Drag) Queen of Hot Sauce

Elazar puts on his hairnet and heads into the kitchen to learn how Shaquanda's Hot Pepper Sauce is made.

The Condiments We Put on Everything

You can take our chili crisp when you pry it from our cold, dead hands.