J. Kenji López-Alt Recipes
March 13, 2017
J. Kenji López-Alt has written for Serious Eats and The New York Times. His scientific food-lab approach is extremely approachable and makes his recipes some of my favorite to replicate at home.
Recipes
The following are recipes that I've tried or adapted by J. Kenji López-Alt:
![Spatchcocked Air Fryer Chicken]()
Spatchcocked Air Fryer Chicken
Salt-free spatchcocked chicken with crispy skin using baking powder technique. Fresh sage under the skin infuses the meat while vegetables…
February 07, 2026
![Air Fryer Salmon with Broccoli and Brussels Sprout Salad]()
Air Fryer Salmon with Broccoli and Brussels Sprout Salad
This is one of the quickest and healthiest regular weeknight meals- it’s an adapted version of a recipe we used to make often in a skillet…
May 04, 2024
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is a simple chocolate chip recipe, but there are some simple improvements I got from the Serious Eats cookie article that make the…
December 16, 2022
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French Toast
A slice of bread is soaked in egg and then fried. You can either have a thick slice of bread, or a stack of thin slices of bread which will…
June 16, 2020
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BLT
A BLT is all about having good ingredients and combining them in a simple sandwich. I like to use a Japanese shokupan bread if possible…
May 28, 2020
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Breakfast Quesadilla
These breakfast quesadillas are a quick and easy breakfast option that can be made in one skillet pretty quickly. I like to use chorizo, as…
March 08, 2020
![Egg McMuffin at Home]()
Egg McMuffin at Home
The ingredients are simple- an english muffin, a slice of canadian bacon, a single egg, and a slice of american cheese. Steaming the egg…
March 04, 2020
![Soft-Scrambled Eggs]()
Soft-Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs are really simple but there are a few tricks that will help get the exact outcome you want. First, is a tip from J. Kenji…
August 28, 2019
![Soft-boiled-eggs]()
Soft-boiled-eggs
Though incredibly simple, soft-boiled egg recipes are incredibly difficult to write up and share on the internet because there are a number…
May 25, 2019
![Fried Chicken Sandwich]()
Fried Chicken Sandwich
I found out about J. Kenji López-Alt’s #betterthanchickfila challenge on twitter and I was excited to see that he has deconstructed the…
May 05, 2019
![Crispy Pan Roasted Salmon]()
Crispy Pan Roasted Salmon
This is the quickest weeknight meal I make, I just grab salmon and maybe a bed of greens and I can have dinner on the table in about 1…
December 04, 2017
Written by Will Chiong who lives and works in New York building useful things.