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Indonesia's national fried rice, traditionally a way to put yesterday's leftovers to work and now a fixture from street stalls to weeknight kitchens. Beef mince keeps the cooking time short, while kecap manis, soy, shrimp paste and a crumbled stock cube layer the savouriness from four directions. The trick is pressing the rice into the wok and leaving it alone long enough to pick up a proper char before tossing.
Salmon fillets sear skin-side down for crisp skin, then bathe in a quick honey-soy-mirin-ginger reduction that lacquers them. Broccoli or bok choy steams in the same pan with a splash of stock. Twenty minutes; one pan; serve over rice.
Sticky rice toasts in a dry pan to a deep gold, ground to a coarse powder (khao khua). Mince fries hot with a splash of stock until just cooked. Off heat, fish sauce, lime juice, chilli powder, sliced shallot, spring onion and rice powder toss through. Lots of fresh herbs fold in at the end. Served with sticky rice and raw vegetable plate.
Australia's pub-menu fish, the one you order on a hot summer afternoon at a beachside bistro and follow with a cold glass of something white. The trick to crispy-skin barramundi is the trick to crispy-skin anything: very dry fillets, very hot oil, salt on the skin, fish pressed flat into the pan for the first thirty seconds, and the patience to leave it alone until the flesh is opaque most of the way through before you flip. Once you turn it, the second side needs only a minute. While the fish rests on a plate you make a brown butter, lemon and caper sauce in the same pan in the time it takes the fillets to settle. Sea bass, snapper or yellowtail kingfish all stand in beautifully if barramundi isn't on the slab. Plated with the crisp side up so every diner sees the skin, lemon and parsley scattered over, a glass of cold riesling on the table.
This is a dramatic dish sure to earn you compliments. Moderately easy to make but requiring organisation and some Chinese cooking experience. The key to success is that both the prawn sauce mixture and rice cake must be fairly hot, this creates a dramatic, theatrical sizzle when they combine. A showstopping presentation perfect for entertaining.
Skin-on salmon fillets are seared skin-side down to crisp, flipped briefly, then bathed in a four-ingredient teriyaki glaze that reduces to a glossy lacquer. The pan-sear gives texture; the glaze gives shine and savoury sweetness.