Memorial Day BBQ & Grilling

Grilled Chicken Recipes

BBQ Chicken

Sam Sifton

45 minutes

Easy

Dijonnaise Grilled Chicken Breasts

Ali Slagle

40 minutes

Souvlaki

Lidey Heuck

About 3 hours

Easy

Ginger-Lime Chicken

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

Cornell Chicken

Ali Slagle, Dr. Robert C. Baker

1 hour 5 minutes, plus 3 to 8 hours’ marinating

Healthy

Grilled Chicken Salad

Yossy Arefi

About 35 minutes

Easy

Grilled Tahini-Honey Chicken Thighs

Yasmin Fahr

20 minutes

Pollo Asado

Ham El-Waylly

1 hour 10 minutes, plus at least 3 hours marinating

Grilled Chicken Legs

Genevieve Ko

35 minutes, plus grill heating time

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Memorial Day Desserts

Sugar Cookie Bars

Margaux Laskey, “American Girl Cookies”

40 minutes, plus cooling

Browned-Butter Rhubarb Crisp

Yossy Arefi

1 hour 20 minutes

Blueberry Pie Bars

Samantha Seneviratne

About 1 hour 10 minutes, plus chilling

7Up Sheet Cake

Millie Peartree

1 1/4 hours

Easy

Fruity Ice Cream Sodas

Melissa Clark

20 minutes

Summer Fruit Salad

David Tanis

5 minutes, plus optional chilling

Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart

Melissa Clark

1 hour 15 minutes

Four-Layer Surprise

Lisa Donovan

6 hours 20 minutes

Easy Vegan Peanut Butter-Maple Ice Cream

Melissa Clark

20 minutes, plus 4 hours’ freezing

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Grilling and BBQ Side Dishes

Easy

Succotash

Farideh Sadeghin

35 minutes

Easy

Green Bean Salad With Dill Pickles And Feta

Ali Slagle

1 hour

Easy

Corn and Miso Pasta Salad

Ham El-Waylly

50 minutes

Sweet-and-Spicy Grilled Vegetables With Burrata

Melissa Clark

45 minutes

Easy

Cucumber Salad

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

Easy

Tomato and Peach Salad With Berkoukes

Nargisse Benkabbou

30 minutes

Easy

Buttermilk Potato Salad With Preserved Lemon

Samantha Seneviratne

55 minutes

Healthy

Tomato and Farro Salad With Arugula

Yossy Arefi

55 minutes

Easy

Tomatoes Vinaigrette

Cybelle Tondu

10 minutes

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Make-Ahead Salads for BBQs

Classic Potato Salad

Millie Peartree

35 minutes, plus chilling

Caesar’s Caesar Salad

Pati Jinich, Javier Plascencia

1 hour 40 minutes (including 1 hour’s chilling)

Easy

Taverna Salad

Lidey Heuck

45 minutes

Honey Mustard Potato Salad

Eric Kim

45 minutes

Easy

Extra-Green Pasta Salad

Andy Baraghani

30 minutes

Easy

Charred Corn and Chickpea Salad With Lime Crema

Hetty Lui McKinnon

20 minutes

Healthy

Tomato and Farro Salad With Arugula

Yossy Arefi

55 minutes

Easy

Shrimp Salad

Melissa Clark

15 minutes

Easy

Buttermilk Potato Salad With Preserved Lemon

Samantha Seneviratne

55 minutes

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Our Best Summer Picnic Recipes

Easy

Furikake Tomato Sandwich

Eric Kim

10 minutes

Easy

Pink Lemonade

Eric Kim

20 minutes

Easy

Fresh Ranch Dip

Naz Deravian

5 minutes

Kimbap

Darun Kwak

40 minutes

Easy

Butter Cake With Peaches

Samantha Seneviratne

1 1/2 hours

Easy

Pimento Cheese and Tomato Sandwiches

Kia Damon

25 minutes

Easy

Charred Corn and Chickpea Salad With Lime Crema

Hetty Lui McKinnon

20 minutes

Honey Mustard Potato Salad

Eric Kim

45 minutes

Easy

Peach, Cucumber and Mozzarella Salad With Gochujang Vinaigrette

Hetty Lui McKinnon

20 minutes

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Burger Recipes

Easy

Smash Burgers

Sam Sifton

20 minutes

Oklahoma Onion Burgers

J. Kenji López-Alt

15 to 30 minutes

Gochujang Burger With Spicy Slaw

Rick A. Martínez

45 minutes

Grilled Seafood Burgers With Old Bay Mayonnaise

Kay Chun

25 minutes

Easy

Mushroom Smash Burgers

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Spicy Lamb Burgers With Tahini

David Tanis

30 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling

Korean Cheeseburgers With Sesame-Cucumber Pickles

Kay Chun

25 minutes

Burger Plate

Eric Kim

20 minutes

Easy

Vegan Cheeseburgers

J. Kenji López-Alt

15 minutes

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Potluck Desserts You Can Make in Your Favorite 9-by-13 Pan

Apple Crumble

Samantha Seneviratne

About 1 hour 10 minutes

Easy

Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels

Genevieve Ko

15 minutes, plus cooling

Hawaiian Guava Cake

Kiera Wright-Ruiz, Alana Kysar

50 minutes, plus chilling

Pecan Squares

Samantha Seneviratne

1 1/2 hours

Easy

Dump Cake

Naz Deravian

60 minutes

Easy

Strawberry Pretzel Bars

Millie Peartree

45 minutes, plus 4 to 6 hours’ chilling

Thai Tea Tres Leches Cake

Ligaya Mishan, Sam Yoo

5 1/4 hours

Easy

Butter Cake With Peaches

Samantha Seneviratne

1 1/2 hours

Easy

Rice Krispie Treats

Scott Loitsch

20 minutes, plus cooling

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Summer Appetizer Recipes

Easy

Ham and Cheese Sliders

Lidey Heuck

35 minutes

Editors’ Pick

Guacamole

Florence Fabricant, Josefina Howard

15 minutes

Easy

Pink Peppercorn-Marinated Goat Cheese

Rebekah Peppler

10 minutes, plus at least 2 hours’ marinating

Easy

Classic Caprese Salad

Melissa Clark

15 minutes

Easy

Sticky Harissa Chicken Wings

Eric Kim, Mansour Arem

50 minutes

Oven-Fried Zucchini

Melissa Knific

45 minutes

Salt and Pepper Zucchini

Kia Damon

1 hour

Easy

Mango Salsa

Naz Deravian

15 minutes

Easy

Carrot and Orange Salad

Nargisse Benkabbou

30 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling

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Grilled Meat Recipes

Grilled Za’atar Chicken With Garlic Yogurt and Cilantro

Melissa Clark

30 minutes, plus marinating time

Carne Asada

Genevieve Ko, Esteban Castillo

35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ marinating

Tajín Grilled Chicken

Rick A. Martinez

35 minutes

Easy

Inside-Out Cheeseburgers

Steven Raichlen

40 minutes

Yakitori (Grilled Chicken Skewers)

Melissa Clark

15 minutes

Smoked Prime Rib

Gabriel H. Sanchez, Dennis Sanchez

About 16 hours

Easy

Grilled Hasselback Kielbasa With Jalapeño Honey

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Spicy Citrus Skirt Steak

Ali Slagle

30 minutes, plus grill heating

Kabab Koobideh

Farideh Sadeghin

2 1/4 hours

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Grilled Veggie Recipes

Easy

Elotes (Grilled Corn With Cheese, Lime and Chile)

Melissa Clark

15 minutes

Grilled Broccoli and Lemon With Chile and Garlic

Yotam Ottolenghi

45 minutes

Easy

Grilled Asparagus

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Charred Eggplant With Burrata and Fried Capers

Hetty Lui McKinnon

20 minutes

Corn on the Cob With Old Bay and Lemon

Emily Fleischaker

15 minutes

Guacamole With Grilled Corn

J. Kenji López-Alt

25 minutes, plus time for grill to heat

Easy

Grilled Corn, Asparagus and Spring Onion Salad

Pati Jinich

20 minutes

Very Green Coleslaw With Grilled Poblanos

Nicole Taylor

25 minutes

Grilled Vegetables With Spicy Italian Neonata

Kay Chun

25 minutes

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Desserts for Picnics

Easy

Fruit Salad

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Butter Mochi

Genevieve Ko

2 hours, plus cooling

No-Bake Cheesecake Bars

Samantha Seneviratne

20 minutes, plus chilling

Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies

Krysten Chambrot

30 minutes, plus chilling

Pastelitos (Guava and Cream Cheese Pastries)

Daniela Galarza, Anya von Bremzen

1 hour

Sweet Cherry Upside-Down Cake

Jerrelle Guy

45 minutes, plus cooling

Easy

7Up Cake

Sam Sifton

1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling

Frozen Key Lime Pie

Jennifer Steinhauer, Nora Ephron

15 minutes, plus 3 hours for freezing

Campari Olive Oil Cake

Melissa Clark

1 1/2 hours

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Summer Cocktail Recipes

Ranch Water

Naz Deravian

5 minutes

All Day Cassis

Rebekah Peppler

5 minutes

Long Island Iced Tea

Eric Kim

10 minutes

Pickle Brine Margarita

Nikita Richardson, Heather Rush

Watermelon Margarita

Alexa Weibel

5 minutes

Margarita

Rosie Schaap

3 minutes

Bellini

Kia Damon

10 minutes

Michelada

Rebekah Peppler

5 minutes

Nutcracker

Millie Peartree

10 minutes, plus at least 8 hours freezing

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Strawberry Recipes Our Readers Love

Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart

Melissa Clark

1 hour 15 minutes

Strawberry Hibiscus Limeade

Millie Peartree

30 minutes, plus chilling and freezing

Strawberry Pavlova

Nigella Lawson

2 hours

Easy

Strawberry Spoon Cake

Jerrelle Guy

30 minutes, plus cooling

Strawberry Soda

Vallery Lomas

25 minutes

Strawberry Cream Pie With Chocolate Cookie Crust

Dawn Perry

30 minutes, plus chilling

Strawberry Jam

Melissa Knific

About 1 1/2 hours

Watermelon-Rose Trifle

Tejal Rao, Christopher Thé

1 1/4 hours, plus 1 hour chilling

Strawberry Galette

Naz Deravian

1 to 1½ hours, plus chilling and resting

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Our Best BBQ Recipes

Grilled or Oven-Roasted Santa Maria Tri-Tip

Kim Severson

40 minutes

Easy

Homemade BBQ Sauce

John Willoughby

10 minutes

Easy

Grilled Pork Chops

Steven Raichlen

40 minutes

Smoked Prime Rib

Gabriel H. Sanchez, Dennis Sanchez

About 16 hours

Easy

Slow-Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken

Ali Slagle

About 3 ½ hours

Easy

Grilled Harissa Shrimp

Yossy Arefi

15 minutes

Pollo Asado

Ham El-Waylly

1 hour 10 minutes, plus at least 3 hours marinating

Chicago-Style Hot Dogs

Eric Kim

15 minutes

Kabab Koobideh

Farideh Sadeghin

2 1/4 hours

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More Memorial Day recipes

Easy

Harissa-Grilled Steak With Juicy Tomatoes

Andy Baraghani

30 minutes

Easy

Grilled Hasselback Kielbasa With Jalapeño Honey

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Grilled Corn Panzanella

Ali Slagle

50 minutes

Barbecue Vegetable Salad

Ali Slagle

50 minutes

Soba Salad With Grilled Mushrooms and Tofu

Ali Slagle

65 minutes

Stuffed Pepper Tacos

Ali Slagle, Bricia Lopez

45 minutes

Corn Grits With Charred Peppers and Broccoli

Ali Slagle

1 hour

Grilled Chicken Thighs With Tomatoes

Clare de Boer

45 minutes

Grilled Chicken Thighs and Corn With Lime-Basil Butter

Clare de Boer

40 minutes

Easy

Buttermilk Potato Salad With Preserved Lemon

Samantha Seneviratne

55 minutes

Easy

Oven S’mores

Melissa Clark

10 minutes

S’mores Tart

Melissa Clark

4 hours 40 minutes

Beeritas

Melissa Knific

10 minutes

Grilled Hot Dogs

Ali Slagle

35 minutes

Honey Mustard Potato Salad

Eric Kim

45 minutes

Easy

Angel Hair Pasta Salad

Eric Kim

35 minutes

Pimento-Stuffed Eggs

Vallery Lomas

45 minutes

Easy

Green Bean Salad With Dill Pickles And Feta

Ali Slagle

1 hour

Death by Chocolate

Dan Pelosi

3 hours (includes at least 2 hours’ cooling and chilling)

Easy

Hot Slaw

Emily Cochrane, Cathy Lo, Star Vue Drive-In Theater

25 minutes

Easy

Grilled Asparagus

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Easy

Cucumber Salad

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

Hard Lemonade

Rebekah Peppler

8 minutes

Lemon Bars With Pecan Crust

Lisa Donovan

4 1/4 hours