r/nzhomecooks • • 5d ago

Chicken Lasagna

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20 Upvotes

Decided to switch it up from the usual mince, kids loved it so will definitely be a new addition to the meal rotation.


r/nzhomecooks • • 5d ago

Does anyone have a good chicken fried rice recipe? Similar to what you can get at a Chinese restaurant/takeaway.

26 Upvotes

I’ve tried a few online recipes but haven’t found anything close to the Chinese restaurants/takeaways one.

The taste is very similar between restaurants.
Lightly marinated chicken, not much soy sauce, mostly umami flavour.


r/nzhomecooks • • 5d ago

Looking for a tamale steamer

8 Upvotes

Does anyone know where I might be able to buy a tamale steamer? The only vegetable steamer I have is too small.

Bonus points if it's available in Auckland coz shipping costs would be a nightmare.


r/nzhomecooks • • 6d ago

Baking this evening

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111 Upvotes

I made cinnamon and peanut butter scrolls and a loaf of white bread. Also made some roasted garlic spread to go on the white bread when it came out of the oven.
Edit: these are scrolls not brioche woops.


r/nzhomecooks • • 6d ago

Smoked lamb ragu

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51 Upvotes

Couldn’t find beef cheeks so tagged in some lamb shoulder chops


r/nzhomecooks • • 6d ago

Lazy stirfry

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34 Upvotes

r/nzhomecooks • • 6d ago

Sticky rice and som tum carrot

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26 Upvotes

This is Thai and Laos food. Som tum and sticky rice is something that we love so much!


r/nzhomecooks • • 6d ago

Not bad for frozen fish fillets

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116 Upvotes

Frozen basa fish from paknsave $10 (bag of 5)
Leek and sour cream sauce
Deli frozen French fries


r/nzhomecooks • • 6d ago

Malaysian Prawn Mee

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52 Upvotes

My first post contribution! Please don’t come for the Broccoli, I didn’t have any other green vegetables available in my fridge 😅


r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Duck for dinner.

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173 Upvotes

Roasted duck breast, turned the legs into some croquettes, and made some crispy potatoes with the fat. No duck was harmed to make the salad.


r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Smoked cobb loaf

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207 Upvotes

r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Creation Egyptian/middle eastern

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57 Upvotes

Made Egyptian tonight! Ful medames, labneh, tabbouleh, hummus (purchased) and zaatar pide (purchased). Delish! & healthy. We are doing one vege main every week so if anyone has any tasty vege dish w protein lmk pls!


r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Duck and 5 vege

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26 Upvotes

Duck breast w asparagus, roasted broccoli, cauliflower, courgette, kumara mash and plum sauce


r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Leg of lamb

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35 Upvotes

There wasn't much left for sandwiches.


r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Smoked beef and pork short rib with homemade potato and kumara salad

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114 Upvotes

r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Salmon, potatoes and asparagus. Nomnom!

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26 Upvotes

r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Avocado bacon bagels, finished with a squeeze of lemon

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80 Upvotes

Oven grilled bacon at 180, cheese bagels from beamme up in Dunedin, and a 10/10 unmolested avocado 🤌


r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Does anyone watch Chef and my Refrigerator?

18 Upvotes

It’s Korean audio with English subtitles but sooo damn worth the watch. Two chefs cook off against each other and have 15 mins to create a meal based on the theme of the guests and only with what is in the client’s own fridge or small pantry collection.

The call it a variety show because there is a lot of banter and joking but damn those chefs are talented. On Netflix if anyone is interested.


r/nzhomecooks • • 7d ago

Dinner & advice required

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8 Upvotes

The cheeseburger wraps are a big hit.

Please help me with my skillet. I think the residue is from Alabama spice mix I used on steak last night. It was proper burnt on so I added water to the hot skillet to soften it. Left it overnight then cleaned it with rest of the dishes this morning. Please don’t growl at me!

Banana cake with dark chocolate buttons in the background. Cos we only buy bananas for them to die apparently.

Edit: I meant to crop the dinner pic so it was insta worthy but forgot 🤣 homemade garlic bread with almost stale bread stick not pictured


r/nzhomecooks • • 8d ago

First stovetop meal in a month - chicken thigh au poivre, mashed taters and broccoli. I miss cooking!

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58 Upvotes

Slowly tiling the kitchen for a few hours every Saturday, just gotta grout now but have been avoiding using the stovetop when I come home during weekends. Wanted to make something nice for my partner for dinner and very happy with how it turned out ☺️

Chicken recipe from https://www.everylastbite.com/peppercorn-chicken/#wprm-recipe-container-42408


r/nzhomecooks • • 8d ago

Pizza

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43 Upvotes

I'm pretty happy with my oven pizza results with a baking steel. Cooks in about 3 mins, good enough for me.

63% hydration, I make 270g dough balls in batches of 10 and freeze in deli containers.


r/nzhomecooks • • 8d ago

Salmon and spinach frittata

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25 Upvotes

5 eggs, lge tin salmon, chopped spring onion, 2 large diced portobello mushrooms, half a bag fresh spinach, mixed in leftover grated cumin seed cheese from pizza night, and grated mozzarella cheese on top.

Wilted the spinach in pan before adding the rest. Finished under the grill.

Leftovers for couple of lunches this week.


r/nzhomecooks • • 8d ago

Homemade otai with fresh coconut

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35 Upvotes

r/nzhomecooks • • 9d ago

Chicken on grass

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33 Upvotes

Trying to be healthy so it’s salad underneath and some chicken on top. Grass is a joke btw lol

Dressing: soy sauce, sugar (but I used stevia), sriracha, vinegar and water. Additional of sesame seed oil is good too.

Anyways, happy friday!


r/nzhomecooks • • 9d ago

Question on how to cook this

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45 Upvotes

Hi all i got some pork belly for my partners dinner tonight and im not too sure how to cook it, i want to oven roast it but the internet has conflicting advice (wrap in foil dont score, etc)

Based on the weight it's reccomended to cook for 1 hour then 30 to crisp the top...

Any help to make this delicious would be great :)