Category: Vegan

Habanero Salsa

Posted in Appetizers, Sauces, Side Dishes, Vegan.

The trick for us was managing the heat of these supremely spicy chiles to create a balanced salsa. Charring everything over rip-roaring heat gave the salsa some awesome, smoky notes. But our initial attempts were face-meltingly spicy. By removing the seeds and membranes of the chiles, we toned down...

Ultracreamy Hummus

Posted in Appetizers, Side Dishes, Vegan.

This hummus is velvety-smooth and creamy, with a satisfyingly rich, balanced flavor. To achieve a perfectly smooth texture, we simmered canned chickpeas with water and baking soda for 20 minutes and then quickly removed their grainy skins by gently swishing them under a few changes of water. Tahini...

Sautéed Baby Bok Choy with Sesame Oil and Garlic

Posted in Side Dishes, Vegan.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS Instead of sautéing whole heads of baby bok choy, a vegetable that is nearly impossible to cook evenly, we decided to treat it like two different vegetables. We started by coarsely chopping the top dark leaves and snapping off the stalks. After washing the stalks and leaves to...

Creamless Creamy Tomato Soup

Posted in Main Courses, Recipes, Soups, Vegan.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS We wanted a creamy tomato soup recipe that would have velvety smoothness and a bright tomatoey taste, without added cream. We started with canned tomatoes because they had better flavor than supermarket tomatoes and were already peeled. Finding that butter muted the tomato flavor,...

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