Weeknight Cooking

The 50 Recipes You Loved Most in 2016

by: Ali Slagle

December 21, 2016

This year's list of the recipes you turned to the most was partly surprising, partly totally expected:

No surprise: You love sweets and pasta (but then again, we give you a lot of recipes for them. This is a good friendship, isn't it?)
Our #1 most viewed recipe of the year was... drumroll... a chicken recipe!. Shocker (just kidding).
You also really, really like vegetarian recipes.
Speaking of, chickpeas are the sleeper hit of 2016. Dare we call them sexy.

Here are the 50 recipes that got the most attention this year (meaning, you favorited, saved, and commented on them a whole bunch):

pasta pasta pasta

Danny Bowien's World Championship Pesto

Kathy Brennan & Caroline Campion's Skillet Lasagna

Ina Garten's Pasta alla Vecchia Bettola

Cacio e Pepe

One-Pot Garlic Parmesan Pasta (a.k.a. the Lazy Cook's Fettuccine Alfredo)

chickpeas please

Zahav's Hummus Tehina

Chickpea "Tuna" Salad

Stewy Chickpeas with Tomatoes, Capers, and Feta

Olive Oil–Braised Chickpeas From Joy the Baker

pass the vegetarian dishes

Marcella Hazan's White Bean Soup with Garlic and Parsley

Curried Lentils with Coconut Milk

The River Cottage’s Vegetable Bouillon (a.k.a. Souper Mix)

Caramelized Onion & Butternut Squash Tart

Suzanne Goin's Slow-Cooked Cavolo Nero (a.k.a. Tuscan Kale)

Ruth Reichl’s Diva of a Grilled Cheese

Corn Fritters with Cheddar and Scallions

Baked Tofu with Coconut Kale

Cheesy Tomato Pie

Speedy Romeo's Grilled Pizza with Marinated Tomatoes & Ricotta

Spaghetti Squash with Kale Pesto and Burrata

Roasted Mushrooms with Sherry + Creamy Polenta

Caramelized Onion, Coconut, and Egg Curry

Heidi Swanson's Mostly Olive Salad, With Some Farro

Waverley Root's Agrigento Red Cabbage with Black Olives and Capers

Maria Speck's Shortcut Polenta

okay, chicken too

Judy Hesser’s Oven-Fried Chicken

Burmese Chicken Braised in Coconut Milk & Turmeric with Sweet Potato

Burmese Chicken Salad

Sheet Pan Roast Chicken & Cabbage

Rachel Khoo's Sticky Malaysian Chicken with Pineapple Salad

and one fishy

Skillet-Grilled Fish Tacos With Cilantro-Lime Crema

you like breakfast

The Kitchn's Lofty Buttermilk Pancakes

Josh Ozersky's 3-Minute Hash Browns

Marion Cunningham’s Bridge Creek Fresh Ginger Muffins

But baking, especially

Ooey and Gooey Double-Baked Chocolate Cake

Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Oblivion Truffle Torte

Torta Caprese (Chocolate and Almond Flourless Cake)

Jacques Torres' Chocolate Chip Cookies

One-Bowl Vanilla Cake

Double Vanilla Butter Cake with Chantilly Cream

Sour Cream Cardamom Pear Cake

Nigella Lawson's Very Smart Strawberry Streusel Cake

Vietnamese Coffee Cake

Berry Butter Cake

Almond Sheet Cake

Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François' 5-Minute Artisan Bread

Torta della Nonna

Apple Dumplings

and 2 other sweets, too (that'd be good together!)

David Lebovitz' Dulce de Leche

Peachy Buttermilk Sherbet

Tell us: What recipe did you love the most this year?

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Marsha Gainey
Victoria Carr
ChefJune
Ali Slagle
Lazyretirementgirl

Editor/writer/stylist. Author of I Dream of Dinner (so You Don't Have To). Last name rhymes with bagel.

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5 Comments

Marsha G. December 29, 2016

These were my fave 2016 Food52 recipes according to my favorites in my account: Stir-Fried Cabbage with Creamy Peanut Sauce, Chicken Legs in Tomato Gravy, and Slow Cooker Chicken Parmesan Soup.
Please check out my food blog: http://www.what-marsha-eats.tumblr.com

Victoria C. December 22, 2016

I thought the Double Vanilla Butter Cake was the bomb this year. I made it often and passed it along to a number of people who also made it often. It was my favorite Food52 recipe this year along with the No-Knead Sandwich Bread recipe, which I cut in half and made all the time, one loaf at a time, in a Lodge loaf pan. It makes GREAT sandwiches and excellent toast - a real keeper.

ChefJune December 21, 2016

Interesting list. But since you don't count number of saves on the community posted recipes, those don't get included. Wouldn't "favorited" recippes be a better factor?

Ali S. December 21, 2016

Hi ChefJune: We took favoriting, saving, and commenting into account to come up with this list. Hope this helps.

Lazyretirementgirl December 30, 2016

Pinning, too, I hope.