1. Grilled fish with Provencal tomatoes and olives
Cooking it under the grill until the top is golden brown and the fish below is juicy and tender, this recipe is a super simple weeknight fish to whip up.
2. Grilled pork skewers (muu bing)
A great recipe from David Thompson. Simple to prepare, but complex in flavour, these grilled pork skewers are a Thai street food staple.
6. Pad see ew (stir-fried rice noodles with roast duck and white pepper)
Have a bowl of this Thai classic in your hand in just 25 minutes.
7. Chinese-style rice noodles with chicken, pickled chillies and celery
Ridiculously easy! While not technically an "instant noodle" dish, this gluten-free stir-fry is so quick – and requires so little preparation – we deem it as such. Paired with crispy, five-spiced chicken, pickled chillies and celery, these noodles deserve a place on the weeknight rotation.
8. Dry wonton noodles with char sui and choy sum (wantan mee)
Pick up char siu pork from a Chinese barbecue shop and this Malaysian pleaser will be on the table in 25 minutes.
9. Pad kee mao (stir-fried rice noodles with beef, holy basil and chilli)
Sticky sweet oyster sauce, bright holy basil, a hit of chilli - just try and make a mediocre version of this Bangkok-in-a-bowl street food classic.
13. Popcorn chicken
"Popcorn chicken – yan su ji – is a popular street food in Taipei, and once you try it you’ll see why," says Adam Liaw of this speedy delight. It's a glory of tender chicken and crisp, crunchy coating.
14. Red onion bhajis with minted raita
Bhajis are the Indian version of vegetable fritters; add some quick salad and you'll have a great meal in just half an hour.
15. Coconut fish cakes
These Javanese-style fish cakes are simple to prepare, easy to cook and packed with flavour. Any white-fleshed fish will work.
16. Gai tod nahm prik pao
Deep-fried chicken, or gai tod, is something of an obsession in Thailand. Sold from street carts, the chicken pieces – often wings or small drumsticks – are marinated in a mixture of spices and aromatics, and then dredged in rice flour, which lends an extra crispness, before being fried.
20. Egg fried rice
Add meat of vegetables to this quick classic from Adam Liaw - it's also a great way to use up leftovers.
21. Lentil and bulgur salad
Bulgur, also known as burghul, is a cracked wheat common in Middle Eastern cuisine. For this salad, we mix the bulgur with lentils and various herbs to create a fragrant dish.
22. Pearled barley, blistered cauliflower and chickpeas
Caramelised roasted vegetables brightened with fresh wilted spinach, combined with hearty pearled barley, makes this comfort in a bowl.
27. Pan-fried fish with avgolemono braised greens
In this Greek recipe, the avgolemono sauce adds tang (from the lemon) and silkiness (from the egg) to the braised vegetables, and marries perfectly with delicate white fish.
28. Pita pizza with prawns and caramelised onions (plakous)
If you make the caramelised onions ahead - or buy them - this will be ready in 20.
29. Ma po tofu
Here's a fast and easy recipe for this Chinese classic, using pork mince, rice wine and fermented black beans.
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