These Crispy Recipes Are Practically Criminal

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Crispy, golden, and bursting with flavor—these recipes prove that oven, air fryer, and skillet magic can rival any restaurant. From Crispy Baked Chicken Thighs and zesty Baked Popcorn Shrimp to indulgent Crispy Brown Butter Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Balsamic Caramelized Mushrooms + Goat Cheese, this collection is packed with irresistible dishes that make weeknight dinners and weekend meals equally exciting!

Crispy Baked Chicken Thighs

baked chicken thighs.
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These crispy baked chicken thighs are super juicy and moist with a super crisp exterior! The chicken cooks perfectly every single time.
Get the Recipe: Crispy Baked Chicken Thighs

Baked Popcorn Shrimp

Skinny Popcorn Shrimp Recipe | gimmesomeoven.com #appetizer
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This baked popcorn shrimp recipe is nice and crispy, lightened up by being baked instead of fried, and SO flavorful and delicious!
Get the Recipe: Baked Popcorn Shrimp

Crispy Baked Zucchini Recipe (Easy and Cheesy!)

Close up of Crispy Baked Zucchini
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Crispy baked zucchini recipe is an easy vegetable side dish that’s ready in just fifteen minutes! Deliciously crunchy and cheesy, a lower carb alternative.
Get the Recipe: Crispy Baked Zucchini Recipe (Easy and Cheesy!)

Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

Pork Carnitas
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These Carnitas are just as good as you’d find in any Mexican restaurant! They have the best flavor and that crispy texture will have you reaching for piece after piece. This is one of those recipes that everyone in the family can agree on, they’re just too good!
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

Crispy Baked Gochujang Tofu (Korean-Inspired)

Overhead shot of bowls with gochujang tofu, white rice, and Korean-inspired cabbage apple slaw
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We love tofu. We love crispy tofu, we love saucy tofu, and we REALLY love tofu that’s quick & easy to make (but tastes like it wasn’t). Enter crispy
Get the Recipe: Crispy Baked Gochujang Tofu (Korean-Inspired)

Crispy & Juicy Air Fryer Pork Chops

sliced air fryer pork chops on a plate
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These Air Fryer Pork Chops cook in no time at all. They are juicy on the inside, crispy on the outside every time!
Get the Recipe: Crispy & Juicy Air Fryer Pork Chops

Crispy Oven Baked Fries

baked french fries recipe
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Addictively crispy homemade baked fries – these french fries are so much better than fast-food restaurant fries. Highly recommended!
Get the Recipe: Crispy Oven Baked Fries

Chicken Milanese

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This chicken Milanese recipe, featuring a crispy chicken cutlet is a classic Northern Italian dish that is so quick and easy to make at home.
Get the Recipe: Chicken Milanese

Potato Skins

Potato skins on a white oval serving platter shown from above. Potato skins are garnished with green onions, bacon and topped with a dollop of herbed sour cream.
Photo credit: Cooking Classy

Crispy Potato Skins – baked russet potatoes are hollowed out into a boat-like shape, baked until crisp, filled with cheddar cheese, then finished with
Get the Recipe: Potato Skins

Crispy Brown Butter Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Balsamic Caramelized Mushrooms + Goat Cheese

Crispy Brown Butter Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Balsamic Caramelized Mushrooms + Goat Cheese | halfbakedharvest.com
Photo credit: Half Baked Harvest

How about some gnocchi with that brown butter? This crispy brown butter sweet potato gnocchi with balsamic caramelized mushrooms and goat cheese is the ticket. Personally, I could be cool with some browned butter and
Get the Recipe: Crispy Brown Butter Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Balsamic Caramelized Mushrooms + Goat Cheese

Fried Fish Sandwich

A fried fish sandwich with lettuce and tartar sauce on a toasted bun is on a plate, with chips and a drink behind it.
Photo credit: The Cookie Rookie

These crispy fried fish sandwiches are so easy to make. Beer batter adds the best crunch to fish fillets, and don’t forget the tartar sauce!
Get the Recipe: Fried Fish Sandwich

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About Jenny deRemer

I am a Charleston, South Carolina-based culinary novice, an ardent authority on all things travel, a designer by trade, and the creator of Not Entirely Average. I have a weakness for farmers' markets, delight in adventures way off the beaten path, enjoy documenting my many moods through photography, and have been known to conquer the occasional yard sale with gusto!

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