All the Best Ways to Cook Bacon (And All the Ways Not To)

What's new on Serious Eats No Images? Click here FEATURES All the Best Ways to Cook Bacon (And All the Ways Not To) There are as many ways to cook bacon as there are varieties of the smoked meat, but not all are created equal. Here's everything we know about cooking bacon on the stovetop, in the oven, sous vide, on the grill, and more. Read Now FEATURES Meet Bottarga: It's Like Parmesan, but From the Sea! Bottarga is a delicacy that has been enjoyed all across the world for hundreds of years. Here's how you can enjoy it, too. Read Now EQUIPMENT The Best Electric Griddles for Crowd-Size Cooking A large griddle can make big-batch cooking for meals like brunch a lot easier. We tested a range of prices and designs to find our favorites. Read Now Email Continues After Ad Below THE KITCHEN ESSENTIAL Presto Electric Tilt-n-Fold Griddle Winner of our best griddle award, this affordable option makes quick work of everything from pancakes to bacon. Shop Now TECHNIQUES Brown Butter and Toasted Sugar Make Vanilla Cake Anything But Plain This bold vanilla cake made with brown butter and toasted sugar is ready to be paired with your favorite frosting. Learn More RECIPES 10 Fried Rice Recipes for Inspired Weeknight Meals Whether you crave basic vegetable or Japanese omurice, these fried rice recipes are as easy to make as they are delicious to eat. Read Now   Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Your Next Weeknight Meal Plan (And Weekend Cooking Project!)

What to Cook Next Week No Images? Click here   After a busy day, the last thing you want to do is spend hours in the kitchen pulling dinner together. Luckily, we have a wealth of delicious weeknight meals that will have you in and out of the kitchen in one hour or less. Meet our weekly dinner plan: Five easy dinners for five busy weeknights, all sent in advance so you can get your shopping done ahead of time. Cook along with us!   Your Week Ahead MONDAY Quick and Easy Pork Fried Rice With Corn and Shishito Peppers Fried rice is like the hash of dinnertime. It's the easiest and tastiest way to cleanse your fridge of leftovers. Here, we use corn and shishito peppers, but you can use whatever leftover veggies you have from the weekend.    TUESDAY Poached Salmon With Dill-Yogurt Sauce This delicate poached salmon with a bright yogurt-dill sauce makes for an easy, light dinner that can be served chilled, room temperature, or warm.  WEDNESDAY Broiled Tandoori-Style Chicken With Almonds and Couscous Tandoori chicken is traditionally cooked in a clay tandoor oven, but here we use the high heat of a broiler for similar roasted effect, the quick and easy way. THURSDAY Stracciatella alla Romana Stracciatella alla romana is the egg drop soup of Italian cooking. It's quick, comforting, warming, and oh so delicious—a prime way to celebrate the fast-approaching end of soup season. FRIDAY Gyudon (Japanese Simmered Beef and Rice Bowls) If ramen is like the hamburger of Japan, gyudon—steamed rice topped with beef and onions simmered in sake and soy sauce—is its hot dog: a quick, easy meal that's "equally at home at the food court as it is on your kitchen table.     Your Weekend Project Ah, the weekend. Visions of time-consuming kitchen endeavors dancing in your head all week long, and finally you have the time to pursue them. But which one to choose? Let us guide your efforts with what we're taking on over the weekend.  Rich and Flavorful Guinness Beef Stew With Potatoes St. Patrick's Day is on Sunday, and what better way to celebrate than by making this stew? Irish beef stew made with Guinness is a pub classic, and this version really enhances the beer's flavors as it roasts low and slow for tender meat.     Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232-2017 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Brown Butter and Toasted Sugar Make Vanilla Cake Anything But Plain

Your Recipe of the Day No Images? Click here White Cake With Brown Butter and Toasted Sugar  This fluffy white cake may not be quick or easy, but ingredients like brown butter and toasted sugar are well worth the time to prepare, as they give its vanilla profile a wonderfully rich and complex depth. Despite the use of whole eggs rather than egg whites and dark ingredients like brown butter and caramelized sugar, it bakes up light enough to pass for a white cake, with an intense vanilla flavor to match. Read More → The Kitchen Essential 8-Inch Anodized Aluminum Round Cake Pans Baking in tall, straight-sided aluminum pans will encourage a level rise with a pale and tender crust. Shop Now   White Cake Not Your Thing? Try These! One Bowl, No Mixer Devil’s Food Cake Show-Stopping Carrot Cake     Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe