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Basil Pesto
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The most vibrant pesto isn’t just about the ingredients; it’s also about the order in which you blend them.
43 Basil Recipes So You Can Eat and Drink It At Every Meal
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Sweet, sweet basil deserves all of your attention. Pay it proper respect with these delicious recipes.
How to Buy, Store, and Cook with Basil, In Season in June
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Basil is in season--get excited about it!
Basil Recipes Slideshow
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Basil Chicken Stir-Fry
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This savory and spicy dinner takes less than 30 minutes to make.
Basil Fried Rice
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With minimal prep time and a faster cook, this basil fried rice recipe with crispy onions, ginger, and fresh chiles should be in your weekly summer rotation.
White Pesto Pasta
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Built of toasted nuts, creamy ricotta, and salty Parmesan, you don’t even need a food processor to make this riff on the normal pesto you know and love.
Cilantro Pesto Pasta
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This vibrant cilantro pesto recipe blends blanched herbs, Cotija cheese, garlic, and toasted pepitas. Toss with pasta for a fresh and bold spaghetti pesto.
Shrimp and Basil Stir-Fry
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There’s so much more you can do with your farmers’ market basil than making pesto!
Pasta with Chopped Pesto
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This chopped pesto requires nothing more than a cutting board and a knife.
Ratatouille
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Simple to make, packed with flavor, and adaptable to whatever vegetables you have on hand, ratatouille belongs in your summer cooking rotation.
Basil Slideshow
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Thai Basil Simply Has No Substitute
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Sweet basil just can't do it justice.

Kate Kassin

How to Store Basil So It Stays Fresher, Longer
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Food director Chris Morocco swears by this trick.

Antara Sinha

The Etymology of Basil
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Basil's name comes from royal stock. Or it might be named after a monster! Herb words are weird.

Sam Dean

My Favorite Pesto Isn’t Basil, It’s Cilantro
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This serrano-spiked sauce does everything classic pesto can do, only zestier.

Jesse Szewczyk

How to Buy, Store, and Cook With Basil, in Season in August
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Here's how to buy, store, and cook with basil, in season in August.

Rochelle Bilow

Too Much Basil? Make Creamy-Herby Tallarines Verdes
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Like pesto, this Peruvian green sauce is low in effort and high in reward.

Alexis Montoya

Andy Makes BA's Best Pesto
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Join Andy Baraghani in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as he makes BA's very best pesto. The key for this classic pesto recipe is to add the basil at the very end instead of blending everything all at once. That way the basil doesn’t get bruised or lose its flavor and maintains its vibrant green color.

Get the recipe: BA’s Best Pesto
Carla Makes White Pesto Pasta
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Join Carla in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she makes pasta with white pesto. This is the direct inverse of the normal basil pesto you know and love. It’s built on a combination of toasted nuts, creamy ricotta, and salty Parmesan, with a little kick coming from raw garlic and fresh oregano. You don’t need a food processor, a mortar and pestle, or a blender—in fact, the entire sauce comes together in the same bowl you can use for serving.
Andy Makes Shrimp and Basil Stir Fry
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Learn how to make this spicy, funky shrimp dish with the Test Kitchen's Andy Baraghani! This recipe is full of fish sauce, so don't be scared of the funk! Check out the recipe here: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/shrimp-and-basil-stir-fry%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="AdWrapper-efOWgS ddFpqJ SummaryCollectionGridSummaryItem-HgAzv fXwjGk ad ad--read-more">
Tiana Makes Sweet Potato Gnocchi
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Join Tiana Gee AKA Tee as she makes sweet potato gnocchi with caulilini and mushrooms served with pistou. Pistou is a cold, olive oil-based basil sauce from France that closely resembles pesto, except it is usually made without pine nuts and sometimes without cheese.
Andy Makes Ramen Two Ways
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Springy ramen noodles and a cilantro-miso sauce bring a welcome twist to a classic pesto recipe. And the noodles are just a vessel for the savory, gingery, simple weeknight sauce. Get the recipes! Miso Pesto Ramen: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/miso-pesto-with-ramen-noodles Ginger Scallion Ramen Noodles: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/ginger-scallion-ramen-noodles%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="StackedRatingsCardWrapper-ghvskg ffDePc SummaryCollectionGridSummaryItem-HgAzv kSXTun search_result_item-578d2eb40150278b02e390eb">
Watch Dave Arnold Make the Thai Basil Daiquiri
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Booker and Dax owner Dave Arnold uses liquid nitrogen to make a Thai Basil Daiquiri cocktail.