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.

Budget

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 +
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Midweek dinner

Adam Liaw’s satay chicken salad

A supermarket roast chicken is an easy shortcut to this flavourful salad.

< 30 mins
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Quick & easy

Adam Liaw’s tomato, onion and cucumber raita

Raitas are often thought of as cooling but are more for balance in a meal – strongly spiced dishes should have a mildly spiced raita.

< 30 mins
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Family meals

Adam Liaw’s eggplant dopiaza

“Dopiaza” means “double onions”, referring to onion being added twice. Lamb, chicken and okra often feature in this dish but I’ve made it with eggplant.

30 mins - 1 hr
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Family meals

Adam Liaw’s frozen fruit iced yoghurt

A microplane grater and some frozen fruit are all you need to make this easiest of desserts. Add a little sweetened yoghurt and you’re in heaven.

2 hrs +
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Grilled chicken salad with Dijon vinaigrette. — EASY

Substantial salads

Why one of Adam Liaw’s favourite kitchen time-savers isn’t in the kitchen at all

And this simple grilled chicken salad recipe is the perfect example.

< 30 mins
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Adam Liaw’s version of the viral internet dish Marry me chicken. — EASY

One-pot

Cook Adam Liaw’s juicy version of this cult TikTok chicken dish and prepare to be proposed to

This reworked version of the viral Marry me chicken recipe is a creamy, juicy braise you can serve for a midweek dinner or a date night.

30 mins - 1 hr
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Midweek dinner

Adam Liaw’s tiramisu trifle for two

I rarely bother beating egg yolks into zabaglione for a traditional tiramisu. Purists would see a mix of cream and mascarpone as a cheat but I’m fine with that.