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Quick Vietnamese caramel pork stir-fry.

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40+ fast Friday feeds: Noodles, stir-fries, pizzas and more

Put down the takeaway menu – these quick and tasty Friday-night ideas will be ready before you can say Uber Eats.

42 recipes
Quick Vietnamese caramel pork stir-fry.
EASY

Quick Vietnamese caramel pork stir-fry

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Prawn oil noodles.

Adam Liaw's prawn oil noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Potato and asparagus pizza with sauce gribiche.
EASY

Potato and asparagus pizza with sauce gribiche

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Turkish beef or lamb flatbreads.
EASY

Turkish-style flatbreads

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato.
EASY

Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Freshen up your usual nachos with this yoghurt dressing and fresh toppings.

Chicken nachos with jalapeno and mint yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Spicy lamb naan pizza and Indian pickle.
EASY

Spicy lamb naan pizza and Indian pickle

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Stir-fried choy sum with bacon.
EASY

Adam Liaw's stir-fried choy sum with bacon

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Easy seafood noodles.

Easy seafood noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Thai oyster sauce chicken and rice.
EASY

Thai oyster sauce chicken and rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Use this recipe as a starting point for whichever protein you choose.
EASY

Neil Perry's sang choy bao

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Karen Martini's Vietnamese beef stir-fry.

Karen Martini's Vietnamese beef stir-fry with spring onion, green chilli and toasted rice

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Steamed scallops with chilli and black vinegar.
EASY

Steamed scallops with chilli and black vinegar

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
"Singapore" fried rice with prawns.
EASY

Singapore fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Green bean curry.
EASY

Adam Liaw's green bean curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Tex-Mex tacos meet fried rice.
EASY

Taco fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Vietnamese tomato salad with poached chicken and crispy vermicelli.

Katrina Meynink's Vietnamese tomato salad with poached chicken and crispy vermicelli

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Soba noodles with cheat's crunchy chilli oil and avocado.
EASY

Crunchy chilli oil soba noodles with avocado

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Pho noodle 'salad'.
EASY

Pho noodle 'salad'

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Spring soba noodle salad.
EASY

Karen Martini's soba noodle salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Hetty McKinnon's vegan laksa.

Vegan laksa noodle soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Hetty McKinnon
Sticky Thai pork cutlets with tomato fried rice.
EASY

Sticky Thai pork cutlets with tomato fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Vegetarian-friendly fried rice with sesame.
EASY

Kylie Kwong's vegetarian special fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Kylie Kwong
Kylie Kwong's everyday fried rice.
EASY

Kylie Kwong's everyday fried rice recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Kylie Kwong
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Tony Tan's 'Chinese bolognese'.
EASY

Beijing-style noodles with minced pork (aka Chinese bolognese)

  • < 30 mins
  • Tony Tan
Adam Liaw's easy cheeseburgers.
EASY

Burger recipes: Easiest-ever cheeseburgers

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
A soft, yielding burger bun offers contrast to the meaty patty, but what about trying it within a crispy lettuce leaf instead?
EASY

Low-carb cheeseburger lettuce wraps recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Kung pao chicken.
EASY

Kung pao chicken recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Good Food. 11 April 2014. Shots for Adams good food recipes. Photo: William Meppem.
EASY

Lemon chicken

  • < 30 mins
Adam Liaw's classic carbonara.
EASY

Adam Liaw's classic carbonara

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Tony Tan's char kwai teow stir-fry.

Char kwai teow (stir-fried flat rice noodles)

  • < 30 mins
  • Tony Tan
Pho in a flash: This cheat's pho is faster than any delivery app.
EASY

Cheat's beef pho with lemongrass, ginger and garlic

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Jamie Oliver's hungover noodles with crunchy veg, egg noodles and a runny egg.
EASY

Jamie Oliver's hungover noodles with crunchy veg, egg noodles and a runny egg

  • < 30 mins
  • Jamie Oliver
When it comes to pizza, there's nothing better than homemade.

Neil Perry's rocket and prosciutto summer pizza recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Karen Martini's noodles with curried prawn and egg.
EASY

Stir-fried ramen noodles with curried prawn and egg

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Spicy fried chicken with sour cream dip.

Spicy fried chicken with sour cream dip

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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