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Adam Liaw

Adam Liaw

Recipe writer and presenter

Adam Liaw is a cookbook author and food writer, co-host of Good Food Kitchen and former MasterChef winner.Connect via email.

Easter egg millefeuille.

Adam Liaw’s Easter egg millefeuille

If you’ve got surplus chocolate eggs this Easter (and who doesn’t?), try turning them into something a little more exciting.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Coriander chicken with green rice.
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Adam Liaw’s coriander chicken with green rice

A supermarket roast chicken tossed with flavoured butter simplifies the making of this chicken and rice dish.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Chocolate and vanilla mousse.
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Adam Liaw’s chocolate and vanilla mousse

This two-tone mousse is a great make-ahead dessert for your Easter lunch or dinner party.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Barbecued lamb with mint dressing.
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Adam Liaw’s barbecued lamb with mint dressing

Instead of roasting a whole leg, why not cut it into thick steaks and throw it on the barbecue? It’s easier than you think.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Marry me chicken, braised chicken breast in a creamy sauce with sun-dried tomatoes, is a recipe that went viral on TikTok in 2023.

Adam Liaw on why viral recipes are complete garbage (except maybe this one)

The key ingredient for a viral recipe is engagement, and that can be both positive and negative, writes Adam Liaw.

  • Adam Liaw
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French apple cake.
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Adam Liaw’s French apple cake

This simple cake is my idea of elegance. As simple as it gets and as tasty as it can be.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Bacon, peas and lettuce.
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Give peas a chance in this new Adam Liaw French-style weeknight winner

Petits pois à la française is one of my favourite dishes at the moment. Thick bacon is fried and the rendered fat used to brown and braise lettuce, onions and peas.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Steamed vegetables with sesame sauce.
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Adam Liaw’s steamed vegetables with sesame sauce

Steamed vegetables can be a centrepiece rather than just a side dish. Take your favourite vegies, arrange them in a steamer, then let the steam do all the work.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Simmered pork with ponzu.
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Adam Liaw’s simmered pork with ponzu

The addition of instant coffee gives this dish some of the toasty flavours of higher-temperature cooking while maintaining the gentleness of a slow simmer.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Overnight iced coffee.
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Adam Liaw’s overnight iced coffee

A strange thing about Australia is that iced coffee is one of our favourite drinks but we have about 20,000 different versions.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw