KBBQ chicken FTW
Eric Kim’s dak bulgogi is very easy and very summery.
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June 19, 2025
Two servings of dak bulgogi (Korean BBQ chicken) are shown on plates with lettuce and rice.
Eric Kim’s dak bulgogi. Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

100 recipes of summer

By Mia Leimkuhler

Just in time for the first day of summer (which is tomorrow): Our updated summer 100! Margaux Laskey — she of this huli huli chicken and these sugar cookie bars — has refreshed our list of 100 very doable, must-make recipes for this season of high sun and high temps. (There’s a whole no-cook section.)

Eric Kim’s new dak bulgogi feels very summery to me, the sort of light yet filling dinner I want to make and eat every summer Friday. Maybe it’s the sweet-salty-garlicky flavors in the marinade that feel like blue skies and a fresh breeze. Maybe it’s that the dish comes together in about half an hour, leaving me more time to lizard in the sun. Or maybe it’s because I’ll wrap bites of chicken and rice in perilla leaves from my overperforming patio plant, and will enjoy everything with a crisp cold beer. Whatever the reason, this recipe is going to be on repeat all summer, and likely into fall and winter.

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THREE FIVE-STAR STUNNERS FROM THE SUMMER 100

Start here, in other words.

Oven-seared salmon sits on a bed of corn and tomatoes on a rectangular white platter.

Mark Weinberg for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini.

Oven-Seared Salmon With Corn and Tomatoes

By Ali Slagle

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1,363

25 minutes

Makes 4 servings

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Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

Chicken Satay

Recipe from Pailin Chongchitnant

Adapted by Naz Deravian

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289

55 minutes

Makes 4 servings

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Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Rebecca Jurkevich.

Plum-Almond Crumble

By David Tanis

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128

55 minutes

Makes 6 to 8 servings

Today’s specials

Poached chicken breasts: Having perfectly cooked, juicy chicken breasts ready to go in your fridge is never a bad idea, as it puts you halfway to all sorts of great salads and pastas and sandwiches. Consider this Yewande Komolafe recipe a gift to future you.

Sheet-pan shrimp oreganata: There’s no such thing as too many good sheet pan recipes, and there’s also no such thing as too many good shrimp recipes. As such, here’s this breezy, white-wine-y dish from Anna Francese Gass.

Asparagus and tofu with black bean sauce: Black bean sauce, in my mind, signals a dish that’s proudly salty and funky and unabashedly umami. Hetty Lui McKinnon pairs it here with snappy asparagus and bouncy tofu for a fantastic vegan dinner.

Hojicha tiramisù: Classic tiramisù is a pretty perfect dessert, but this version from Hetty — which trades the espresso for nutty, toasty hojicha — sounds so, so good. And because it’s a Hetty recipe, there’s a clever twist: A mixture of mascarpone and Greek yogurt replaces the eggs, which, as Hetty writes, delivers an airy texture and a tartness that complements the earthiness of the tea.

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Nico Schinco for The New York Times, Food Stylist: Kaitlin Wayne.

Poached Chicken Breasts

By Yewande Komolafe

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24

20 minutes, plus cooling

Makes 3 chicken breasts

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Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Brett Regot.

Sheet-Pan Shrimp Oreganata 

By Anna Francese Gass

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83

20 minutes

Makes 4 to 6 servings

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Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Brett Regot.

Asparagus and Tofu With Black Bean Sauce

By Hetty Lui McKinnon

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38

20 minutes

Makes 4 servings

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Mark Weinberg for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi

Hojicha Tiramisù

By Hetty Lui McKinnon

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16

4 1/2 hours

Makes 6 to 8 servings

And before you go

In an Era of Upheavals, Los Angeles Restaurants Are Banding Together.” I was born and raised there, so I’ll always have love for L.A., and this article for The New York Times by Meghan McCarron about the Independent Hospitality Coalition just reinforces that pride.

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