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Beef soboro don.
EASY

Beef soboro don

Soboro don is pure comfort food and a real crowd-pleaser in my house. Soboro in Japanese means to crumble; here it refers to a protein – fish, meat, eggs or tofu – that’s cooked down to a crumbly texture. I’ve chosen beef mince, but chicken mince is a great alternative. While the traditional don (or bento) would commonly be served with scrambled eggs, I like the simplicity of half a soft-boiled egg. This sweet and salty dish loves the company of blanched vegetables, such as sugar snap peas or green beans. Serve with a leafy green of your choice: mizuna is nice, or shiso for extra flavour.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Pizza rice.

This crispy, chewy one-pot pizza rice has all the flavours of a vegetarian supreme

Buttery arborio rice is baked with vegetables and herbs before being topped with a trio of cheeses.

  • Lucy Tweed
RecipeTin Eats’ Greek spetsofai with sausages.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek spetsofai (sausage stew)

This hearty Greek dish is traditionally served piled atop crusty bread. But it’s also delicious over a mound of small pasta or rice.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Spanish winter stew with chickpeas, beans and sausages.

Karen Martini’s Spanish winter stew with chickpeas, beans and sausages

A Spanish-inspired winter stew with a good hit of spice, a little heat and a subtle tang from the sherry vinegar, this is a substantial and sustaining dish but also simple and relatively quick.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Turmeric and coconut baked pork belly.

Adam Liaw’s turmeric and coconut baked pork belly

Turmeric and coconut are a fabulous flavour combination found across south-east Asia. Here, they’re combined in a simple Balinese-ish pork bake that would be perfect with some steamed rice.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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One-pan honey soy chicken.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s one-pan honey soy chicken

Honestly, it doesn’t get much easier than this. A bit of chicken in a pan plus a few seasonings equals a delicious meal with very little fuss.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Roman-style chicken.

Reheat and eat: 50 make-ahead meals for friends and family

Catching up with loved-ones? Spend less time cooking and more time together with these crowd-pleasing classics that only get better from being made the morning, or day, ahead.

Serve this coconutty curry with rice and naan.
EASY

Slow-cooked beef and sweet potato coconut curry

This is the kind of “yes, I have those ingredients” curry that has an engrossing, soothing power.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Butter bean curry.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s butter bean curry

Think of this dish as a cheat’s butter chicken, but without the chicken. It will feed a family of four for about $2 a serve.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
One-pot wonder: RecipeTin Eats’ Mexican fish stew.
EASY

Spice up your midweek fish with RecipeTin Eats’ fast and flavour-packed Mexican stew

The big-flavoured sauce means you can get away with using inexpensive fish in this chunky, satisfying stew.

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats