Batch cooking recipes
Get ahead with dinners for the week with our best batch cooking recipes. From stew and chilli to curry, many of these easy ideas are freezable, to help you get family meals on the table fast.
- Make once, eat twice: Defrost leftovers of meals including Thai pork belly and beef stew for quick midweek meals.
- Family favourites to bulk cook: We’ve got generous portions of crowdpleasers including chicken casserole, shepherd’s pie and our best-ever chilli con carne to make ahead.
- Healthy homemade ideas: Enjoy a veg-packed gardener’s pie made with leftover veggie chilli or macaroni cheese with spinach.
- Budget options: Masala baked beans and leek and potato soup are among our best money-saving recipes – great for students.
- Delicious slow cooker dishes: Save time with pulled pork, chicken curry and chilli made in the slow cooker.
Browse more of our speedy midweek meals.
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Quick vegetarian
Air fryer Singapore noodles
You don’t need a wok to make these easy air fryer Singapore noodles – the air fryer does all the work for you and they’re a cinch to make.
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Quick pasta
Creamy lemon linguine
This creamy lemon linguine is a fragrant and filling pasta dish from Sardinia-based chef Letitia Clark. Try this simple 15-minute recipe tonight.
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Nduja
Steamed sea bream with sizzling ’nduja
Steamed sea bream with 'nduja and asparagus is the quick fish dish you've been looking for. This 3-ingredient wonder is ready in 20 mins.
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Healthy fish
Hake with cider sauce and samphire
Celebrating the crisp, delicate flavours of cider, this simple yet cheffy-looking hake dish is served with a butter-enriched cider sauce.
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Air fryer
Air fryer fishcakes
Learn how to make golden fishcakes in the air fryer with our easy recipe. These fish cakes are packed with white fish and sardines.
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Chicken soups
Spring chicken gnocchi soup
This filling chicken soup is packed with spring vegetables. Use gnocchi instead of potatoes or dumplings for a time-saving hack.
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Celeriac
Celeriac and beef stroganoff with crispy thyme crumbs
This is a lighter version of classic beef stroganoff, which swapping soured cream for creamy celeriac purée. It's ready in just 30 minutes.
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Caramelised coconut beef
Inspired by Indonesian rendang and Thai massaman, this intensely rich and fragrant caramelised coconut beef is a favourite-in-the-making.
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Duck
Duck and prune tagine
This fragrant duck tagine is cooked low and slow, so the duck legs become fall-apart-tender with ease. Batch cook and freeze in portions.
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Masala baked beans with coriander chutney
Looking for a vegan batch cook recipe? Make and freeze these warming masala baked beans, then enjoy with rice, jacket potatoes or on toast.
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Venison
Herby venison shank ragù
Having this slow-cooked venison shank ragù in the freezer makes weeknight dishes a doddle. Great with pasta, creamy polenta or mashed potato.
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Southern Thai-inspired braised pork belly with peppercorns
This sticky pork belly dish is inspired by moo hong, a recipe from Phuket. Simmered for hours, it's a perfect batch cook recipe.
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Satisfyingly slow roasts
Pot-roast beef brisket with ale and onions
This simple slow-cooked beef brisket is meltingly tender and rich with onion, ale and bay. Freeze any leftovers to make a chilli or ragu.
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Beef stews
Beef stew with orange and chestnuts
This hearty beef stew makes the perfect winter supper. Sweet, earthy chestnuts combine beautifully with rich beef and zesty orange.
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Best of the best
Best of the best chilli con carne
Full of layered complexity, satisfying texutre and fruity heat, this chilli con carne is the best example of the one-pot classic.
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Vegetarian recipes from around the world
Soffritto
Italian soffritto is a trio of finely chopped vegetables softened in oil or butter for many a ragù, risotto and sauce throughout the country.
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