Secrets of the Best Chefs

With the bright green cream sauce, the crisp seared trout, and the elegant orange salad on top, this is a restaurant-worthy dish ...

Kosher salt Canola, vegetable, or other neutral oil To make the watercress puree, melt the butter in a pan along with the bay le ...

is crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. To finish, carefully flip the fish over and cook for a few seconds on the flesh side. Spoon the waterc ...

Braised Winter Greens with Tasso and Pickled Banana Peppers ...

Serves 4 ...

There’s so much going on in this recipe—four kinds of greens; a porky, bacon-y base; pickled garlic; chilies; and pickled chilie ...

water and then shake out of the water. All the dirt will go to the bottom of the bowl; pour the water down the sink, refill, and ...

greens. Tasso is a Southern cured pork product, similar to pancetta but coated in a Creole seasoning. The same rule applies ...

Charles Phan Chef-owner, the Slanted Door, Out the Door, and Heaven’s Dog San Francisco, California Upstairs from one of his San ...

know the flavor profiles,” he explains, “it’s much easier to work on things. You eventually get it right.” The chicken gets toss ...

comes home with their children. One starts playing the piano, another tells Phan about the diorama he helped her build for schoo ...

“It doesn’t take a lot of money to eat good food. If you know what you’re doing.” ...

Phan’s Kitchen Know-How YOU CAN BUY clay bowls or pots for thirty to forty dollars at finer cookware stores or for five or six d ...

Steamed Chicken with Preserved Black Beans and Ginger ...

Serves 2 ...

What’s remarkable about this dish is that instead of developing flavor step-by-step, you stir together a bunch of ingredients— c ...

Cut the chicken with a large sharp knife or a cleaver, separating the wings, legs, thighs, and back from the body. Cut all of th ...

everything cooks at the same time. If you don’t want to buy a bamboo steamer, you can cook this dish in a traditional steamer ...

Caramel Shrimp with Lemongrass, Thai Chili, and Ginger Serves 2 Most of us associate caramel with dessert. In this dish, when yo ...

Place a clay bowl or pot directly on medium-low heat and allow it to heat up slowly*. As the bowl is heating, add the oil and su ...