Stovetop Recipes

Sauté, simmer, and pan-fry your way through a whole range of stovetop dishes and desserts, from soups and quick-cooking proteins to velvety pudding and rich caramel.

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Serious Eats' Halal Cart-Style Chicken and Rice With White Sauce

Take the Halal cart home with you.

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Sweet and Sour Sauce

Toss it on fried chicken to make the best sweet and sour chicken you'll ever eat.

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Sous Vide Steaks

Perfectly even edge-to-edge cooking and foolproof results.

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New Orleans–Style Red Beans and Rice

Red beans and rice are good right away, but they're even better the next day.

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Butter-Basted, Pan-Seared Thick-Cut Steaks

Perfectly cooked butter-basted steak, with a deep brown crust flavored with aromatics.

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Reverse-Seared Steak

You have to try to mess up this easy method of cooking a steak.

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3-Ingredient Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese

So easy, it's practically done before you start.

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Basic Crepe Batter

A simple crepe batter that'll allow you to whip up French crepes for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

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Crispy, Crunchy, Golden Shredded Hash Browns

The secret to extra-crunchy hash browns: cooking your potatoes in the microwave first.

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Easy Dulce de Leche

How to make dulce de leche from a can of sweetened condensed milk.

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Pasta alla Gricia

An underappreciated Roman pasta gem gets its due.

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The Best Chili Ever

This chili brings together a rich, complex chili flavor; a robust beefy character; and creamy, tender beans that stay intact.

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Indian Village Chicken Curry

An intensely spicy, flavorful, and satisfying rustic chicken curry.

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Chocolate Skillet Cake With Milk Chocolate Frosting

This cake couldn't be easier—it's made, and baked, right in a cast iron skillet.

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The Best Slow-Cooked Bolognese Sauce

A few unexpected ingredients and an oven-based technique produce a supremely rich, silky Bolognese.

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Pan-Seared Duck Breast

Crispy skin and tender pink meat in a bright, citrusy sauce.

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Rich and Hearty Beef Barley Soup

A full meal in a bowl.

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Perfect Steamed Boiled Eggs

For the most evenly cooked, tender hard-boiled eggs, forget the boiling water.

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Cajun Gumbo With Chicken and Andouille Sausage

Thick, hearty, loaded with flavor, and entirely customizable.

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Pressure Cooker Chicken Stock

Ready. Set. Stock.

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Mexican Street Corn Salad (Esquites)

The off-the-cob version of Mexican grilled corn.

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Shakshuka (North African–Style Poached Eggs in Spicy Tomato Sauce)

Pantry staples (plus one bell pepper) unite for this easy, filling, flavor-packed egg dish.

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XO Sauce

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

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Light and Silky Banana Crémeux

This whipped pudding is creamy and light with a bold banana flavor.

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The Food Lab: How to Sear Scallops

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The Food Lab's Complete Guide to Pan-Seared Steaks

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