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The 10 Most Popular Recipes of July 2021

This month we were all grillin’ and chillin’ outside. 
Lamb burger with yogurt sauce recipe
Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich

The data geniuses behind our most popular recipes of the month served up this July truth: We’ve all spent the last 30-ish days cooking outside. The nights were long, our grills were hot, and the zesty lamb burgers and finger-lickin’ hot honey wings were all the more delicious alfresco. Looking beyond the savories and grill faves, it seems we spoiled ourselves with a whole bunch of decadent desserts too. The summer heat couldn’t stop us from whipping up gooey blackberry slab pies, ruffled raspberry-studded milk pies, or pillowy cardamom cream-filled doughnuts. As we zoom into August, we’ll be keeping the #BigSummerEnergy (and this truly perfect Vietnamese tomato salad). Here are our most popular recipes from July—starting with No. 1.

  • A white plate with multicolored yellow red and purple tomato slices topped with crispy onions cucumbers and herbs on a...
    Photo by Emma Fishman, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Elizabeth Jaime
    3/10

    Vietnamese Tomato Salad

    Tomatoes are the perfect match for the acidic, sweet, and slightly-funky dressing that tops this bright, wonderfully herbaceous salad. 

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  • Summer Corn Rice Recipe
    Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Kay Boytsova
    4/10

    Summer Corn Rice

    Cooking sushi rice in a bath of kombu, fresh corn, and savory soy sauce is a recipe for summer success. 

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  • Pollo al Carbon Recipe
    Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova 
    5/10

    Pollo al Carbon

    These bright and succulent grilled chicken breasts are perfect for wrapping in warm tortillas with spoonfuls of fresh salsa verde. 

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  • Hot Honey Wings recipe
    Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by Susie Theodorou, prop styling by Aneta Florczyk
    6/10

    Hot Honey Wings

    Hot honey is good on everything: pizza, biscuits, and these crispy, low-fuss grilled wings.

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  • HaloHalo in a shake glass
    Photo by Emma Fishman, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich 
    9/10

    Halo-Halo

    The Filipino dessert layers shaved ice and condensed milk on top of all sorts of texturally contrasting ingredients for a deliciously chewy, crunchy, creamy, sticky, and refreshing result.

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  • Cardamom cream filled donut recipe
    Photo by Isa Zapata, food styling by Micah Morton, prop styling by Nicole Louie
    10/10

    Cardamom-Cream-Filled Sugar Doughnuts

    These doughnuts are oh so pillowy and light—they're the perfect home for this luscious cardamom cream. 

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Mehreen Karim was formerly the Recipe Production Assistant at Bon Appétit, where she built recipes and stories for bonappetit.com. She also developed recipes and wrote stories to help readers discover unlikely food combinations (caramelized dates and asparagus) and cooking hacks (how to grill chicken without a grill) to inspire home ... Read More
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