What to cook with basil
172 recipes in the Saucepan catalog use basil. 15 of them are built around it. It turns up most in Italian, Thai and American recipes.
- recipes use it
- 172
- are built around it
- 15
- median total time
- 45 min
- ready in 30 minutes or less
- 55
Recipes built around basil
Rose MilkBangladeshi
Pesto GenoveseItalian · 15 min
The Best Pesto GenoveseItalian · 30 min
Pesto Alla GenoveseItalian
Italian BruschettaItalian · 8 min
Authentic Italian Basil Pesto Recipe From GenovaItalian
Authentic Italian Pesto GenoveseItalian · 10 min
BruschettaItalian · 15 min
Classic BruschettaItalian · 37 min
Homemade Classic French RatatouilleEuropean · 1 hr 30 min
Tallarines Verdes RecipePeruvian · 30 min
Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken (Night Market Style)Taiwanese · 45 min
With basil, in 30 minutes or less
What goes with basil
Ingredients that most often share a recipe with basil, out of 172 recipes.
- Olive oil55% of recipes
- Garlic60% of recipes
- Parmesan23% of recipes
- Mozzarella16% of recipes
- Tomato26% of recipes
- Onion33% of recipes
- Bell pepper18% of recipes
- Balsamic vinegar8% of recipes
Where basil shows up
Cuisines
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Counted from 5,756 public recipes, updated 2026-11-04. A recipe is built around an ingredient when it is in the title or among the first two lines of the ingredient list.