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Recipe collection

Killer fillers: 30+ of the best baguettes, rolls, buns and bao recipes

Delicious fillings to pile high into your favourite dough carrier of choice.

32 recipes
The RPG Sandwich.
EASY

RPG sandwich: Roast pork and garlic bread roll recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Take a well-dressed salad in a jar and smash it into a freshly bought bread roll or baguette.
EASY

Tunisian casse-croute (spicy tuna salad sandwich)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Supersized sandwich: Two-metre banh mi.
EASY

Two-metre banh mi

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken and corn baguettes, wrapped and packed for a picnic.
EASY

Barbecue chicken baguette

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Spicy pork and spinach meatball subs.
EASY

Spicy pork and spinach meatballs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Chicken escabeche baguette.
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Chicken escabeche baguette

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Frank Camorra
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Polpetti & mozzarella & peppercino ficelle. Karen Martini ITALIAN MEATBALL recipes for Epicure and Good Living. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Styling by Caroline Velik. Props this image stylist's own. Photographed September 4, 2012. The Age Newspaper and The SMH.
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Mini meatballs, mozzarella and jalapeno baguette

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Crisp bao with pork belly and kimchi.

Crisp bao with pork belly and kimchi

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Cuba's second most famous sandwich.

Cuban fish sandwiches

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Jill Dupleix's pork belly, pistachio and cranberry terrine.
EASY

Pork belly, pistachio and cranberry terrine recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Prawn rolls.
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Prawn rolls

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Spectrum. Bocadillos. Roasted Vegetable and Anchovy Rolls.
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Roasted vegetable and anchovy rolls

  • 1-2 hrs
Brioche rolls with crayfish, kimchi and sesame mayonnaise.
EASY

Brioche rolls with crayfish, kimchi and sesame mayonnaise

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Adam Liaw's pulled chicken and gravy rolls.
EASY

Pulled chicken and gravy rolls

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Fish finger buns with nori and miso mayo.

Panko and sesame crumbed fish finger rolls with miso mayonnaise

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
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A Lisbon-style bifana is the best; just ask someone from Lisbon!

Lisbon-style pork bifana recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Soft rolls with omelet and prosciutto

Soft rolls with omelet and prosciutto

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Bean, bacon and egg breakfast bun.
EASY

Bean and bacon breakfast roll recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Chicken katsu meets banh mi.
EASY

Chicken katsu rolls

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Steak sandwich
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Steak sandwich

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Adam Liaw's ultimate steak sandwich.

Steak sandwich with soubise sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's steak sandwich with coleslaw and tomato chilli relish.
EASY

Steak sandwich with coleslaw and tomato chilli relish recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Simple steamed bao.

Simple steamed bao

  • 1-2 hrs
Spiced pork with miso and apple (for bao).

Spiced pork with miso and apple (for steamed bao)

  • 1-2 hrs
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Calamari boccadillo.

Calamari boccadillo

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Banh mi meets meatloaf.

Vietnamese chicken and lemongrass meatloaf with spicy glaze

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Adam Liaw's taco and hot dog mash-up.
EASY

Taco dogs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Family-friendly carbonara sandwiches.
EASY

Carbonara sandwiches

  • Adam Liaw
Pulled pork and coleslaw burgers with chipotle mayonnaise.

Pulled pork and coleslaw burgers with chipotle mayo

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Prawn rolls with hot celery salt.
EASY

Prawn rolls with homemade hot celery salt

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
PIC SHOWS SAUSAGE AND BUN. PIC BY JENNIFER SOO, SMH. Shows sausages in bread rolls with onion confit and aioli.
EASY

Snags in a bun with onion confit and aioli

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Luke Mangan
Chorizo hot dog with red peppers and onions.
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Chorizo hot dog with red peppers and onions

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix