3,847 salty recipes

Oven-baked potato wedges with crispy skin, made with just cooking spray instead of deep frying. Soak, shake in a bag to coat, and bake at high heat for golden, low-calorie fries.

Roasted chicken seasoned with celery salt, onion salt, and seasoned salt, then baked covered until juicy and finished uncovered for golden skin. A make-ahead win that yields two birds: serve one tonight, debone the other for the week.

Apricot horseradish sauce whisked together in five minutes from jam, fresh horseradish, and lime juice. A sweet-and-fiery dipping sauce for ham, smoked salmon, or roast pork that keeps for weeks.

Old-fashioned prune soup thickened with sour cream and flour for a creamy, sweet-tart base. A traditional Eastern European fruit soup served warm with just five simple ingredients.

Quick corn chowder with salt pork browns rendered pork, then simmers potatoes and corn in a milk-soaked-cracker thickened broth. Old New England comfort in 30 minutes.

Kentucky fried chicken copycat with paprika, ground mustard, thyme, basil, oregano, and Jamaica ginger. Fried golden then finished in foil for that takeout-style crisp crust.

Homemade whole wheat crackers made with just flour, cream, sugar, and salt. Rolled paper-thin and baked until crisp and golden. Simple, buttery, and snackable.

Pace guacamole, the four-ingredient shortcut guac built on ripe avocados, Pace picante sauce, lemon juice, and salt. No dicing onions, tomato, or chiles, the picante does all that work.

Louisiana-style duck breast strips dredged in sage-seasoned flour, browned in butter, then simmered with mushrooms, celery, onion, bacon, and thyme. Serve over rice or noodles for a hearty Cajun-country supper.

7-day sweet pickles made the old-fashioned canning way: five daily soaks in boiling water followed by a hot sugar-vinegar spiced brine. The slow process delivers shatteringly crisp, glassy-sweet bread-and-butter style pickles that put the supermarket jars to shame.

Southern fried chicken done Mom's way: flour-dredged pieces covered first for juicy meat, then uncovered and cranked up for a shatter-crisp golden crust.

I originally learned this recipe that I learned from my good friend of mine from San Juan. She taught me to make beans and rice like the natives do it. Of course over the years I’ve adapted it to make it my own. The biggest benefit of this recipe is that it is high protein and high fiber. Using brown rice instead of white rice decreases the glycemic index slightly as well. I hope you enjoy!

Traditional dry salt cure for a 14-pound ham using rough salt, brown sugar, and saltpeter. Includes a 3-week curing process with optional smoking instructions for homemade country ham.

Two easy fish brine recipes for smoking: a basic salt-and-sugar brine and a stronger brown sugar cure. Customize with garlic, dill, or tarragon for smoked fish that keeps up to a year frozen.

Microwave breakfast potatoes layer sliced potatoes and onions with cheddar cheese for a 10-minute single-serving breakfast side. No skillet needed.

Traditional Newfoundland fish and brewis with salt cod, hardtack bread, and fried salt pork scrunchions. A three-ingredient Maritime classic soaked overnight.