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Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Hadas Smirnoff. Prop Stylist: Megan Hedgepeth.

  1. Editors’ Collection

Our 50 Greatest Hits, According to You

For the 10th anniversary of NYT Cooking, we've collected recipes that racked up five-star ratings, topped our charts and went viral — plus a few that lit up the comments section. (See the interactive feature in full.)

Image for Dutch Baby Easy

Dutch Baby Florence Fabricant 40 minutes

Image for Buttermilk-Brined Roast Chicken

Buttermilk-Brined Roast Chicken Samin Nosrat About 1 3/4 hours, plus overnight marinating

Image for Shakshuka With Feta Easy

Shakshuka With Feta Melissa Clark 50 minutes

Image for Old-Fashioned Beef Stew Easy

Old-Fashioned Beef Stew Molly O'Neill 2 hours 45 minutes

Image for No-Knead Bread Classic

No-Knead Bread Mark Bittman, Jim Lahey 1 hour 30 minutes, plus about 20 hours' resting time

Image for Red Lentil Soup Easy

Red Lentil Soup Melissa Clark 45 minutes

Image for Jollof Rice

Jollof Rice Yewande Komolafe 1 1/2 hours

Image for Original Plum Torte Classic

Original Plum Torte Marian Burros 1 hour 15 minutes

Image for Best Gazpacho Easy

Best Gazpacho Julia Moskin 20 minutes plus chilling time

Image for Gochujang Buttered Noodles Easy

Gochujang Buttered Noodles Eric Kim 25 minutes

Image for Momofuku’s Bo Ssam

Momofuku’s Bo Ssam Sam Sifton, David Chang, Peter Meehan 7 hours, plus 6 hours’ seasoning

Image for Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies David Leite, Jacques Torres 45 minutes, plus chilling

Image for Strawberry Spoon Cake Easy

Strawberry Spoon Cake Jerrelle Guy 30 minutes, plus cooling

Image for Sheet-Pan Bibimbap

Sheet-Pan Bibimbap Eric Kim 35 minutes

Image for Chile Crisp Fettuccine Alfredo With Spinach Easy

Chile Crisp Fettuccine Alfredo With Spinach Genevieve Ko 25 minutes

Image for Sheet-Pan Baked Feta With Broccolini, Tomatoes and Lemon Easy

Sheet-Pan Baked Feta With Broccolini, Tomatoes and Lemon Yasmin Fahr 25 minutes

Image for Dumpling Tomato Salad With Chile Crisp Vinaigrette Easy

Dumpling Tomato Salad With Chile Crisp Vinaigrette Hetty Lui McKinnon 20 minutes

Image for Coconut Fish and Tomato Bake Easy

Coconut Fish and Tomato Bake Yewande Komolafe 20 minutes, plus 15 minutes’ marinating

Image for Sheet-Pan Chicken With Potatoes, Arugula and Garlic Yogurt Easy

Sheet-Pan Chicken With Potatoes, Arugula and Garlic Yogurt Melissa Clark 1 hour, plus marinating

Image for Coconut-Miso Salmon Curry Easy

Coconut-Miso Salmon Curry Kay Chun 25 minutes

Image for Lemony Shrimp and Bean Stew Easy

Lemony Shrimp and Bean Stew Sue Li 30 minutes

Image for Crisp Gnocchi With Brussels Sprouts and Brown Butter Easy

Crisp Gnocchi With Brussels Sprouts and Brown Butter Ali Slagle 20 minutes

Image for Shrimp Scampi With Orzo Easy

Shrimp Scampi With Orzo Ali Slagle 25 minutes

Image for Caramelized Shallot Pasta

Caramelized Shallot Pasta Alison Roman 40 minutes

Image for San Francisco-Style Vietnamese American Garlic Noodles

San Francisco-Style Vietnamese American Garlic Noodles J. Kenji López-Alt 15 minutes

Image for Pork Chops in Lemon-Caper Sauce Easy

Pork Chops in Lemon-Caper Sauce Sam Sifton, Toni Tipton-Martin 35 minutes

Image for Southern Macaroni and Cheese

Southern Macaroni and Cheese Kiera Wright-Ruiz, Millie Peartree 45 minutes, plus cooling

Image for Sticky Coconut Chicken and Rice

Sticky Coconut Chicken and Rice Kay Chun 45 minutes

Image for Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma

Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma Sam Sifton 45 minutes, plus marinating

Image for Vinegar Chicken With Crushed Olive Dressing

Vinegar Chicken With Crushed Olive Dressing Alison Roman 40 minutes

Image for Birria de Res (Beef Birria)

Birria de Res (Beef Birria) Tejal Rao, Josef Centeno 2 3/4 hours

Image for Extra-Creamy Scrambled Eggs Easy

Extra-Creamy Scrambled Eggs J. Kenji López-Alt 5 minutes

Image for Gochujang Caramel Cookies

Gochujang Caramel Cookies Eric Kim 45 minutes

Image for Limonada (Brazilian Lemonade) Easy

Limonada (Brazilian Lemonade) Gabriella Lewis 10 minutes

Image for Tinto de Verano

Tinto de Verano Rebekah Peppler 20 minutes, plus 1 1/2 hours for optional syrup

Image for Mississippi Roast

Mississippi Roast Sam Sifton, Robin Chapman 6 1/2 to 8 1/2 hours

Image for French Onion Grilled Cheese

French Onion Grilled Cheese Ali Slagle 45 minutes

Image for The Big Lasagna

The Big Lasagna Samin Nosrat About 2 1/2 hours

Image for Cheesy Hasselback Potato Gratin

Cheesy Hasselback Potato Gratin Emily Weinstein, J. Kenji López-Alt About 2 hours

Image for Thai-Inspired Chicken Meatball Soup Easy

Thai-Inspired Chicken Meatball Soup Ali Slagle 30 minutes

Image for Creamy Double-Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Creamy Double-Garlic Mashed Potatoes Alexa Weibel 1 1/4 hours

Image for Guacamole Editors’ Pick

Guacamole Florence Fabricant, Josefina Howard 15 minutes

Image for Marry Me Chicken

Marry Me Chicken Naz Deravian 1 hour

Image for Black Sesame Rice Krispies Treats Easy

Black Sesame Rice Krispies Treats Eric Kim 30 minutes

Image for Croissants

Croissants Claire Saffitz 24 hours, largely unattended

Image for Cranberry Curd Tart

Cranberry Curd Tart David Tanis 1 1/2 hours

Image for Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies Easy

Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies The New York Times About 45 minutes

Image for Chocolate Lava Cake for Two Easy

Chocolate Lava Cake for Two Yossy Arefi 25 minutes

Image for Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese Sauce

Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese Sauce The New York Times, Marcella Hazan At least 4 hours

Image for Peruvian Roasted Chicken With Spicy Cilantro Sauce Easy

Peruvian Roasted Chicken With Spicy Cilantro Sauce Melissa Clark 50 minutes plus marinating time

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