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Home | Recipes | Seasons | Summer | Page 19

500+ Summer Recipes for a Sizzlingly Hot Season

Time to furlough the oven, let that beast of a grill do the work, and to actually use up all that gorgeous produce before it pulls a “Little Shop of Horrors” on you.

Few things capture peak-season flavor better than this Zucchini, Peach, and Burrata Pizza—proof that summer’s oddest hookups are always its best. For company, I go straight for these Grilled Skirt Steak Tacos, always delicious, always impressive. When it’s too hot to fuss, Easy Grilled Vegetable Salad is the kind of recipe that keeps the kitchen—and you—from schvitzing. For dessert, nothing beats this Easy Strawberry Icebox Cake or ice cream, ice cream, ice cream!

So, grab your tongs, pour something cold (like this Homemade Lemonade, or a bucket full of Tinto de Verano), and get your butt out there, kids!

A whole strawberry ice cream pie in a fluted tart pan.
Three chicken cutlets wrapped in prosciutto and covered in cheese in a skillet.

Chicken Saltimbocca

30 mins

A frozen tub of plum sorbet, with a scoop of sorbet and some sugar cookies lying beside it.

Plum Sorbet

5 hrs

A glass jar filled with Korean barbecue sauce, with some greens beside it.

Korean BBQ Sauce

1 hr

A person holding an ice cream cone with 2 scoops of blackberry ice cream.

Blackberry Ice Cream

10 hrs

Three resealable plastic bags filled with freezer tomato sauce.

Freezer Tomato Sauce

1 hr 30 mins

A sliced grilled hanger steak with raita in a bowl next to it on a wooden cutting board.

Grilled Hanger Steak with Raita

5 hrs 45 mins

A large wooden cutting board with 3 tacos on it, each filled with grilled fish and peach salsa. A jar of salsa and a spoon are next to them.

Peach Salsa

50 mins

A hand squeezing lemon over a platter of crispy fried whole belly clams and French fries, with bowls of tartar sauce and ketchup.

Fried Clams (Whole Belly, Clam Shack Style)

25 mins

6 grilled chicken skewers piled on a wooden cutting board and sprinkled with slices of red onion and cilantro.

Grilled Chicken Skewers

4 hrs 25 mins

A platter of pickle-brined fried chicken with pieces of dill pickle, and a bottle of beer.

Pickle-Brined Fried Chicken

6 hrs 30 mins

Four salmon summer rolls on a metal sheet with a piece of scallion and a bowl of dipping sauce.

Salmon Summer Rolls

1 hr

A bowl of South Carolina slaw on a wooden table with a fork and knife on the side.

South Carolina Slaw

15 mins

A cardboard food container filled with barbecue beans surrounded by ribs, pickles, and shredded meat.

Barbecue Beans

7 hrs 15 mins

A plate with a fish taco topped with creamy chipotle cabbage slaw, with a bowl of slaw beside it.

Fish Tacos with Creamy Chipotle Cabbage Slaw

45 mins

Endive Roquefort salad in a blue speckled bowl, garnished with walnuts.

Endive Roquefort Salad

20 mins

An open-faced egg salad sandwich topped with minced chives on a white plate with a bowl of salad and a dish of salt and pepper nearby.

Egg Salad Without Mayo

45 mins

A grilled mac and cheese sandwich cut into four squares on a wooden board with pickle slices beside it.

Grilled Mac and Cheese Sandwich

1 hr 40 mins

A serving of roasted banana ice cream in a scalloped bowl with a spoon on the side.

Roasted Banana Ice Cream

2 hrs 30 mins

A fennel, orange, and watercress salad on a decorative platter with a cup of dressing and a spoon on the side.

Fennel, Orange, and Watercress Salad

25 mins

Half a slab of pressure-cooker ribs on a cutting board, with glasses of beer nearby.

Pressure Cooker Ribs

1 hr

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