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Good Food's 50 most popular recipes of 2021

2021 was an especially big year for comfort food, one-pots, great bakes, and potatoes, always potatoes.

50 recipes
Spaghetti carbonara meets frittata.
EASY

50. Loaded pasta, three cheese and bacon frittata

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Serve this orange cake with cold custard or cream.

49. Warm orange and whisky upside-down cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Serve this braised pork belly with boiled rice and spring onion.

48. Braised pork belly with black beans and shiitake mushrooms

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Tex-Mex tacos meet fried rice.
EASY

47. Taco fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Blitz up some roasted fennel and tinned tomatoes for this pantry pasta.
EASY

46. Roasted fennel, tuna and chilli pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
This dressing is inspired by spicy tuna sushi handrolls.
EASY

45. Spicy tuna roll bowl

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Taking the chickpeas to a dark colour when roasting helps them to hold their crunch.
EASY

44. Green goddess tuna salad with crispy chickpeas

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's ultimate tuna sandwich.
EASY

43. Neil Perry's tuna salad sandwich

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Salt and pepper tofu.
EASY

42. Adam Liaw's salt and pepper tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Spice roasted chicken and chimichurri.

41. Spice roasted chicken and chimichurri

  • Katrina Meynink
Hoisin mince and noodles.
EASY

40. Hoisin mince and noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Garam masala and black pepper pumpkin curry.
EASY

39. Garam masala and black pepper pumpkin curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Use this recipe as a starting point for whichever protein you choose.
EASY

38. Sang choy bao

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Serve this chicken stroganoff with penne and beans (or steamed rice).

37. Adam Liaw's easy chicken stroganoff with penne and beans

  • Adam Liaw
Cook once, eat thrice: Slow-roaster lamb shoulder.

36. RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: 12-hour Greek slow-roasted lamb shoulder

  • Nagi Maehashi
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Karen Martini's Vietnamese beef stir-fry.

35. Vietnamese beef stir-fry with spring onion, green chilli and toasted rice

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Chickpea and potato curry.
EASY

34. Chana aloo (chickpea and potato curry)

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
These roast potatoes are simply smashing.

33. Jill Dupleix's crash-hot smashed potatoes

  • Jill Dupleix
"Singapore" fried rice with prawns.
EASY

32. Singapore fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
One-pan pasta with sausage and fennel and a silky sauce.
EASY

31. Sausage and fennel one-pan pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's lush lobster pasta.
EASY

30. Lobster and pancetta spaghetti

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Serve this spiced rice with yoghurt on the side.

29. Spicy brown-butter rice with haloumi and pomegranate

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Creamy fettucine alfredo with garlic mushrooms.
EASY

28. Fettuccine alfredo with garlic mushrooms

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Roast potatoes seasoned like Barbecue Shapes.
EASY

27. Barbecue Shapes-inspired roast potatoes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Whenever you have eggs in the house, a quick, tasty and satisfying meal is only minutes away.
EASY

26. Ham and cheese omelette

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Caramel slice stacked with Biscoff biscuits and spread.
EASY

25. Double chocolate Biscoff caramel slice

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's Croatian-inspired lamb roast.

24. Lamb and vegetable peka

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Karen Martini's Malaysian chicken curry.

23. Malaysian chicken curry

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Pepperoni pizza, but make it pasta.
EASY

22. One-pot pepperoni pizza pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
The perfect Aussie meat pie served with sauce, of course.

21. RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: How to make the ultimate meat pie

  • Nagi Maehashi
Neil Perry's wagyu bolognese sauce.
EASY

20. Wagyu bolognese

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Pasta bake meets cheeseburger - with extra pickles.

19. Cheeseburger gnocchi bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Potato gem-studded frittata with a stripe of tomato salsa.
EASY

18. Potato gem and cheese frittata with speedy spicy tomato salsa

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Beijing-style noodles with minced pork and brown bean sauce.

17. Tony Tan's Chinese bolognese, char siu and siu mai recipes

  • Tony Tan
This cake is so moist and buttery, it does not need icing.

16. How to make a perfect apple cinnamon crumble cake

  • Jill Dupleix
RecipeTin Eats' no-bake Nutella cheesecake.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: No-bake Nutella cheesecake

  • Nagi Maehashi
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