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Chicken with pesto and green beans.
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Adam Liaw’s chicken with pesto and green beans

Top these juicy, pan-fried chicken steaks with vibrant, herb-dressed beans for a fresh weekday dinner that is ready in just 15 minutes.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
You can feel this vegie-packed chicken soup doing you good.
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Immunity chicken soup for the soul

A nourishing, vegie-packed broth featuring shredded chicken and wholesome pearl barley – a comforting remedy to boost your body and soothe the senses.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Sarah Pound
Chorizo and apple cider.
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Simple and steeped in history: A classic Spanish bar snack to make at home

Celebrating two decades of genuine hospitality, the team behind Bar Lourinha share the secrets to one of their best-loved dishes, chorizo with apple cider.

  • < 30 mins
  • Matt McConnell
Rotolo alla vodka offers all the saucy energy of a lasagne – but without the bechamel fuss.
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Rotolo alla vodka

The cosy, saucy energy of lasagne – without the fuss. These easy pasta spirals are packed with mortadella and ricotta, then baked in a rich, creamy sauce.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynk
Adam Liaw’s Classic Beef and Red Wine Stew

Adam Liaw’s essential beef stew, plus 20 more of May’s most popular recipes

Dive into the comforting bakes and hearty stews trending across Australia this month – including a viral lentil dhal and Adam’s ultimate winter warmer.

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Adam Liaw’s one-pan rosemary chicken and potatoes.

14 throw-together tray bakes for the time-poor and tired

Let the oven do the hard work with these easy-to-prepare one-trays you can simply set and forget.

The dish you make when you want dumplings, but can't face the fold.
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No folding, no faff: These DIY dumplings are the ideal Friday night food

You’ve got to know when to fold them – and with these deconstructed one-pan dumplings, the answer is never.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
All the golden, lacy crunch of a pan-fried dumpling with none of the folding.
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Ridiculously delicious fold-free dumplings

Ditch the fiddly pleating for this clever pan-flip wonder. A punchy pork filling meets a lacey golden base – did someone say “weeknight showstopper”?

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw’s ‘taco pie’.

Prep ahead, relax together: 30 crowd-pleasing dishes for an easy, breezy Mother’s Day

Gathering your crew? Spend less time cooking and more time together with make-ahead classics like lasagne, slow-cooked lamb, and rich curries.

Adam Liaw compares preparing his classic beef stew in a pressure cooker, casserole pot and slow cooker.
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Stovetop, slow cooker, pressure cooker: Adam Liaw cooks stew three ways to see what’s best

Using your favourite kitchen tools, we show you how to transform economical gravy beef into a rich, tender braise. Plus: introducing the “Japanese braising” method.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw