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Morgan McGlone's four ingredient chicken salt.
EASY

This four-ingredient chicken salt is the closest thing you’ll get to takeaway chips at home

Created by the Belles Hot Chicken founder, it’s made with everyday pantry staples – but one important ingredient – and great tossed through buttery popcorn, nuts or a tray of chips.

  • < 30 mins
  • Morgan McGlone
Animal fries, featuring burger sauce, caramelised onions and zero shame.

How to make In-N-Out Burger’s famous off-menu loaded fries

Plus four other genius recipes to upgrade frozen crinkle cuts, including leftover bolognese fries and ’nduja, hot honey and feta chips.

  • Katrina Meynink
Herby pork burger with salted apple slaw and smoky aioli.
EASY

Give pork burgers a glow-up by adding salted apple slaw and smoky aioli

This isn’t just a burger; it’s a mouth-watering twist on a classic, designed to satisfy every craving.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Double the quantities if feeding a crowd.
EASY

Snack or main? Wing it any way you like with these sticky, sweet and salty chicken winners

Be sure to have plenty of serviettes ready for these sweet and salty wings.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Kanat chicken wings with sumac, tomato and onion salad.
EASY

Kanat chicken wings with sumac, tomato and onion salad

Think of these as the ultimate summer wings. Grilled until golden and glowing, they hit every high note – tangy, savoury, and beautifully charred.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
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Fried mozzarella “carrozza” with curry napoli.
EASY

Fried mozzarella ‘carrozza’ with curry napoli sauce

Golden and crunchy with a dramatic cheese pull, these irresistible snacks are the ultimate crowd-pleaser. Best of all, they can be made ahead and reheated later.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
20-minute summer puttanesca pizza.
EASY

This 20-minute puttanesca pizza is bold, briny and barely any work

Say hello to your new favourite fakeaway. Bold, southern Italian flavours on a crispy flatbread, ready before a delivery driver could even leave the kitchen.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Two TikTok recipes collide in this crispy pickle potato salad.
EASY

Crispy pickle potato salad

Crispy and hot meets soft and cool in this weird but wonderful salad, which begins with a packet of potato gems.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Gunpowder tater tots..
EASY

Gunpowder tater tots

Spark up the party by adding this feisty Indian spice mix to a packet of potato gems.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Bang bang tater tots are so delicious, they come with a warning.
EASY

Bang bang tater tots

Carby, sweet and savoury, these fancified potato gems are what snack dreams are made of.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink