Beef with broccoli
Beef with broccoli is fried with thinly sliced, short-marinated beef and blanched broccoli in a dark oyster soy sauce.
Plan the day one meal at a time. This collection brings together breakfasts for busy mornings, useful lunch ideas and dinners for both ordinary weekdays and slower weekends.
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Sweet and savoury breakfast recipes for quick mornings, relaxed weekends, brunch and preparation the night before.
Lunch recipes for home, work and family, including soups, salads, bowls, quick skillets and make-ahead meals.
Dinner ideas organised by time, appetite and preparation, from light plates to comforting family meals.
Recipes
Beef with broccoli is fried with thinly sliced, short-marinated beef and blanched broccoli in a dark oyster soy sauce.
Dim sum dumplings succeed with juicy stuffing of minced pork or shrimp, cabbage, ginger, spring onions and ready-made dumpling dough sheets.
Chow mein with vegetables are fried egg noodles with crisp vegetables and a short sauce of soy sauce, oyster sauce or vegetarian alternative and sesame oil.
Mapo tofu is cooked with soft tofu, doubanjiang, fermented black beans, minced meat, chilli oil and Sichuan pepper. It is said to taste spicy and slightly numbing.
Kung Pao chicken is a Sichuan wok dish with marinated chicken, dried chillies, Sichuan pepper, peanuts and a sweet-salty-sour sauce.
Fried rice is best with cold rice from the day before, egg, vegetables, soy sauce and high heat. The rice should be fried, not steamed in a wok.
Som Tam is a Thai green papaya salad with lime, fish sauce, palm sugar, chilli, garlic, green beans, tomatoes and peanuts. It is only lightly toasted in a mortar.
Tom Yum soup is sharp and sour and clear: shrimp, mushrooms, lemongrass, galangale, kaffir lime leaves, chilli, lime and fish sauce give it the typical Thai flavour.
Tom Kha Gai is a mild, aromatic Thai soup with coconut milk, chicken, galangale, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, mushrooms, lime and fish sauce.
Pad Thai is a Thai rice noodle dish with tamarind, fish sauce, egg, tofu or shrimp, bean sprouts, lime and peanuts. The balance of sour, salty, sweet and nutty is crucial.
Blini are small yeast-raised pancakes made with buckwheat flour, milk, eggs and butter. They are light and fluffy and can be served with sour cream, dill and salmon or with jam for a sweet version.
Kimchi pancakes are hearty Korean pancakes with kimchi, kimchi juice, flour, starch and spring onions. In plenty of oil, the edges become particularly crispy.
Korean Fried Chicken is fried with starch until crispy and then covered with a shiny gochujang sauce. Double-frying makes the crust stable.
Tteokbokki is Korean street food with soft rice cakes in a sweet and hot gochujang sauce. Fish pie, spring onions and boiled eggs make the pan filling.
Onigiri are Japanese rice balls made from short sticky rice, salt and fillings such as salmon, tuna mayo, umeboshi or sesame seeds. Nori is only added shortly before eating.
Miso soup consists of dashi, miso paste, tofu, wakame and spring onions. Miso is not boiled sparkling, but dissolved in hot broth at the end.
Ramen is a Japanese noodle soup with a rich broth, tares, ramen noodles and toppings such as egg, spring onion, mushrooms, nori and chicken or tofu.
Sweet and sour chicken is prepared with crispy fried chicken, peppers, pineapples and a sauce made from vinegar, sugar, ketchup, soy sauce and cornstarch.
Mediterranean one-pot pasta succeeds when pasta, tomatoes, stock and spices cook together and the spinach is only added at the end. This keeps the sauce creamy and the vegetables fresh.