10 Fast and Easy Three-Ingredient Appetizers
By David Tamarkin, Epicurious
There’s a magic one-ingredient sauce, but there’s no magic one-ingredient dish. Because a one-ingredient dish is just, um, one ingredient. On a dish.
Two-ingredient dishes? Yeah, there are a few of those. I can think of cheese and crackers…yogurt and honey…apples and peanut butter. Am I the only one having flashbacks to kindergarten?
It’s when you get to three ingredients that things start to pop. Three ingredients can be a pasta dinner. It can be an ice cream sundae. It can certainly be breakfast.
Related: Our 12 Favorite No-Cook Pastas
But as the easy (and very, very fast) suggestions below demonstrate, three is really the magic number when it comes to appetizers.
BUTTON MUSHROOMS + BOURSIN CHEESE + BREAD CRUMBS
Stem the mushrooms. Stuff with cheese. Top with the bread crumbs. Bake at 400F until golden.
FETA + CHILI OIL + MINT
Put feta in a baking dish. Drizzle with oil. Bake at 350F until golden. Strew with torn mint and attack with forks.
FRESH FIGS + BACON + HONEY
Wrap figs in enough bacon to cover. Bake at 350F until the bacon is crispy. Drizzle with honey and debate whether this is an app or dessert.
CHERRY TOMATOES + SOUR CREAM + HERBS
Core the tomatoes. Spoon in sour cream. Top with chopped herbs.
EDAMAME + CHILI FLAKES + LIME
Cook edamame in a hot pan with oil until blistered. Top with chili flakes and a squeeze of lime.
MELON + PROSCIUTTO + MINT
Slide melon pieces, prosciutto, and basil leaves onto a skewer. Drop the mic.
GOAT CHEESE + APRICOTS + TOASTED PISTACHIOS
Chop apricots. Stir into goat cheese. Form cheese into cute, tiny balls. Roll in toasted, chopped pistachios.
CHICKEN WINGS + MELTED BUTTER + HOT SAUCE
Season wings. Roast in a 400F oven, on a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet, until crispy-skinned and cooked through. Toss in a big bowl with the butter and hot sauce.
TRISCUITS + SARDINES + MUSTARD
Open box of Triscuits. Slather with mustard. Top with sardines.
CAMPARI + VERMOUTH + CLUB SODA
What, you’ve never drunk your apps before?
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