Herbs & Spices

Our 51 Best Sage Recipes

Essential at Thanksgiving, fragrant sage also plays well with cocktails, soups, pork braises, and more.
Sliced turkey with orange slices and sage on a serving platter.
3-Ingredient Thanksgiving Turkey with Orange and SagePhoto by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Astrid Chastka, Food Styling by Anna Hampton
  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Anna Hampton
    3/51

    Braised Chicken With Apples and Sage

    The best part of the chicken (that'd be the thighs) are braised gently with butter, brown sugar, apples, and shallots in this warming weeknight dinner, which comes together in less than an hour.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova
    4/51

    The Witching Hour

    Burning sage, a common practice for ritual cleansing, is also a simple way to coax out the herb's essential oil, which gives this gin and pear juice cocktail a pleasantly smoky, herbaceous finish.

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  • Photo by Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott
    9/51

    Build a Spritz

    Skip the $$$ vintage bubbly for this citrus-and-herb spritz recipe. Go with an affordable Champagne, Cava, Prosecco, or other dry sparkler.

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  • Photo by Alex Lau
    10/51

    Cheesy Sausage and Sage Stuffing

    This holiday-worthy recipe was inspired by bread pudding and ended up somewhere between a strata, a gratin, and a traditional Thanksgiving stuffing.

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  • Stephen Hamilton
    17/51

    Roasted Acorn Squash and Honey

    Few side dishes are better on a cool fall evening than roasted acorn squash sweetened with just a little honey and made even mellower with nutmeg and fresh sage leaves.

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  • Photo by Alice Gao, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Diana Yen
    18/51

    Turkey Meatballs With Cranberry Sauce

    Tender, flavorful turkey meatballs are the perfect Thanksgiving party snack—and the best way to enjoy the flavors of Thanksgiving any time of year.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Judy Mancini
    19/51

    Low-Fuss Crispy Roast Chicken

    Rendering fat trickles from the chicken as it roasts onto a bed of sliced potatoes and onions, resulting in a deliciously crisp and juicy low-fuss bird with a built-in side dish.

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  • Romulo Yanes
    20/51

    Butternut Squash Tart With Fried Sage

    Chile-infused honey is a great foil for the rich and salty flavors of this tart. Serve any leftover honey over biscuits or fried chicken.

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  • Photo by Lara Ferroni
    43/51

    Citrus-Sage Roast Turkey with Gravy: Large Crowd

    Sage is to turkey what cinnamon is to apples; they go together like bread and butter. The seasoned butter on this bird is a bright and herbal mix of chopped sage leaves and fresh orange and lemon zest, which bathes the breast with the essence of the Thanksgiving aroma.

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  • Photo by Kamil Bialous
    44/51

    Fried Oysters With Bacon, Garlic, and Sage

    Holding the raw oysters in the rice-flour dredge is a genius do-ahead trick, allowing you to shuck and coat the oysters hours ahead of fry time.

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