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For these baked empanadas, Gaby Melian says the addition of green olives and raisins in the filling is essential. 

You can put whatever you want in it, and you don’t even need to turn on your oven.

This chicken karaage recipe promises full flavor from a soy-and-sake marinade and combines wheat flour, rice flour, and cornstarch for a super crisp crust.

Treat your shrimp to a roll in shredded coconut and sesame seeds for a gloriously crispy coating.

TikTok inspired, test kitchen approved.

Though American versions sometimes include cream, classic bagna cauda is nothing more than anchovies, really good olive oil, and garlic.

Hard-boiled eggs in their cocktail-party attire (i.e., briny, herby mayonnaise).

This fun, citrusy cocktail snack is for olive lovers only.

Saucy and glossy. Sweet, spicy, and sticky. Shatteringly crisp. And probably more exciting than the halftime show.

You could be totally hammered halfway through the Super Bowl and still make this queso. It’s that easy.

These little parcels have a juicy pork and kimchi filling, crispy bottoms, and the words “weekend cooking project” written all over them.

These crunchy, cheesy fried rice balls are the perfect snack for any time of day, and they come together in less than half an hour.

Bright, fresh, colorful, and easy to eat with one hand, this take on the classic Peruvian mussels dish is a great cocktail snack.

It’s not like a regular wedge; it’s a cool wedge—and by cool we mean stuffed with pickled jalapeños and paper-thin slices of mortadella and drizzled with tangy buttermilk dressing.

Rib eye makes these antipasto skewers extra special, but there’s lots of room to play around with proteins, cheeses, and briny bits.

These savory hand pies are flaky, melty, and, thanks to a package of frozen puff pastry and sliced deli ham and cheese, really simple to assemble.

Take olives from snack to PARTY snack by coating them in panko and deep-frying them until golden brown and shatteringly crisp.

 Fried bread is good. A slice of fried bread piled with creamy, curried egg salad is even better. 

The love child of French onion soup and French onion dip. Need we say more?

When you're not up for deep frying, bake a samosa's spiced potato filling into a buttery, flaky bed of puff pastry instead.