A Big Little Recipe has the smallest-possible ingredient list and big everything else: flavor, creativity, wow factor. Psst—we don't count water, salt, black pepper, and certain fats (specifically, 1/2 cup or less of olive oil, vegetable oil, and butter), since we're guessing you have those covered. Today, we’re giving pork chops a little sugar.
Not too long after I started working here at Food52, we rolled out a community contest for Your Best Hands-Off Recipe, the eventual winner of which I still think about, often: Halfsies Chicken.