Fry – Gourmet Traveller

Best dumpling recipe ideas: pot-stickers

28 Asian dumpling recipe ideas for Lunar New Year feasting in 2025

Pleat, eat, repeat.

Tonkatsu with curry sauce

It's made for cold nights and second helpings.

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Veal cotoletta with asparagus and preserved lemon

The lemon and asparagus prevent this dish from feeling too rich and heavy, and if you don't have veal, chicken breast will work just as well.

Lamb koftas with beetroot salad

Fast, fresh and flavoursome – this one's the whole package.

Tonka’s gulab jamun

These little golf-ball sized sweets are a popular dessert in just about every South Asian cuisine.

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Lamb cutlets with date and almond salad

A little spice and sweetness equals this very worthy midweek meal.

Giovanni Pilu’s crumbed sardines with pecorino and eggplant purée

All the crisp and crunch you could want.

Eun Hee An’s spring onion pancakes with jamón

The former Paper Bird chef and co-owner brings the goods, pairing these savoury pancakes with the Spanish ham.

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A white plate with fried corn fritters and roasted cherry tomatoes, garnished with chopped and whole shallots.

Corn and buttermilk fritters

Patties we'd happily eat any meal of the day.

Pan-fried bananas with salted maple caramel and vanilla ice-cream

Sweet cravings are conquered in no time with this one-pan dessert.

Chicken scallopini with mushrooms and broccoli rabe

Chicken, mushrooms and greens. This meal is the complete package.

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Hash browns with eggs fried in olive oil and herb salad

Name a more perfect breakfast...

Nakano Darling’s guide to making gyoza

The Sydney izakaya is renowned for its crisp, golden pork dumplings. Here's how to make them, step by step.

Trout with brown butter, capers and garlic

Fish. Butter. Capers. Nothing better.

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Mustard butter prawns with corn and wilted greens

A combination of flavours that just works.

Chilli-rosemary prawns with butter

Ready in just 15 minutes.

Salad of fried Brussels sprouts and sorrel leaves on a white plate

Brussels sprout salad

Fried and charred, Brussels sprouts take on a sweet, nutty flavour all their own.

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Mushroom gyoza: Japanese dumpling recipe

Yoko Dining’s mushroom gyoza

A vegetarian-friendly take on the Japanese dumplings

Three portions of ocean trout topped with strips of crisp fish and dill, with a bowl of yoghurt, on a white oval platter. A bowl of shredded kohlrabi is position at the top-right.

Pan-fried ocean trout with kohlrabi salad

The easy fish dinner that's all crisp and crunch.

Two sides of white fish, skin side up, surrounded by black olives, in a metal fry pan, on a grey tea towel.

Pan-fried snapper with black-olive vinaigrette

White fish and black olives – what a team.

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Veal schnitzel with tuna sauce and herb salad

Time to glam up your weeknight schnitzel.

Yoko Dining’s okonomiyaki

A recipe for the umami-rich Japanese pancake from Brisbane's contemporary izakaya.

Okonomiyaki with sticky soy pork belly

The best pancake ever.

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Adam Wolfers’ carrot schnitzel

The much-loved crumbed vegetable dish from the chef's pop-up restaurant Ételek.

JoyBird’s chicken Scotch eggs with tarragon mayonnaise

The Adelaide eatery put their spin on a classic.

Lau Family Kitchen's scallops stuffed with prawn mousse

Lau’s Family Kitchen’s scallops stuffed with prawn mousse

For best results, find the freshest of fresh scallops.

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Crisp-fried cauliflower recipes are the best cauliflower recipes

When it comes to cauliflower, it pays to fritter away your time.

Pot-stickers with chicken, shiitake and chilli sauce

One for the pan-fried dumpling fans.

Cutler & Co’s King George whiting with brown butter, pickled onion and dill

Andrew McConnell's all-time favourite fish, pan-fried with a classic combo of butter and onions.

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John Dory with shiitake mushrooms and ginger

A quick pan-fry in butter, a simple side of mushrooms and green beans – dinner done.

Capitano’s veal parmigiana

It's the Rolls-Royce of the menu at this Melbourne diner.

Veal cotoletta with cabbage, mint, apple and dill

Veal cutlets really are special. Italian butchers will prepare them so they’re quite thin. Alternatively, ask for flattened-out veal slices from the leg.

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Pan-fried swordfish with lemon-caper butter and salted potatoes

Throw in a crisp lettuce and cucumber salad and it’s a win.

King trout and Lebanese zucchini

Hugh Wennerbom's advice for beautifully tender fish is to season it a day ahead. With a bit of pre-planning, it's the kind of trick that's 100 per cent achievable.

Pork medallions with nectarines and potato salad

Apples are a great match with pork and stone fruits are even better.

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Hash browns with chilli sauce

Hash browns will always have a place on our breakfast table, especially when paired with a fiery chilli sauce. Be as generous with the sauce as you dare.

Carrot, fennel and feta fritters

Fritters are a weeknight staple, and any leftovers make for a great sandwich filling the next day.

Luke Burgess’s flounder fried in fubá with finger lime and young ginger

“Fubá is basically polenta and makes for an amazing crust on the flounder, contrasting beautifully with its soft, gelatinous flesh,” says chef, Burgess.