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.
Source: Phoebe Lapine
A great recipe from David Thompson. Simple to prepare, but complex in flavour, these grilled pork skewers are a Thai street food staple.
Source: Thai Street Food
more great grills
Miso-grilled salmon with soba noodles
Have a bowl of this Thai classic in your hand in just 25 minutes.
Source: Sharyn Cairns
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.
Source: SBS Food
Pick up char siu pork from a Chinese barbecue shop and this Malaysian pleaser will be on the table in 25 minutes.
Source: Alan Benson
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.
Source: Sharyn Cairns
"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.
Source: Steve Brown / Hachette
Bhajis are the Indian version of vegetable fritters; add some quick salad and you'll have a great meal in just half an hour.
Source: Steve Brown
These Javanese-style fish cakes are simple to prepare, easy to cook and packed with flavour. Any white-fleshed fish will work.
Source: Leanne Kitchen and Antony Suvalko
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.
Source: Brett Stevens
more quick fries
Fragrant Bengali fishcakes
Add meat of vegetables to this quick classic from Adam Liaw - it's also a great way to use up leftovers.
Source: Steve Brown / Hachette
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.
You don't need to reach for the beef to get your daily iron needs. Source: Chris Chen
Caramelised roasted vegetables brightened with fresh wilted spinach, combined with hearty pearled barley, makes this comfort in a bowl.
Pearled barley, blistered cauliflower and chickpeas Source: Benito Martin
grains and seeds
Quinoa chaufa (chaufa de quinoa)
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.
Source: Maria Benardis
If you make the caramelised onions ahead - or buy them - this will be ready in 20.
Source: Alan Benson
Here's a fast and easy recipe for this Chinese classic, using pork mince, rice wine and fermented black beans.
Source: Feast magazine
