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Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Sichuan-style green beans with pork mince

This quick and easy dinner-worthy salad comes together in minutes, making it perfect for warmer weather.

Quick, easy and healthy. This is a chicken dish you'll want to commit to memory.

Poke bowls have had their moment. Here's a vibrant seasonal salad that transcends trends.

Transport yourself to Catalonia with this delicious sea-to-shore dish from La Salut in Sydney.

You'll be piling the green beans onto your plate with this punchy recipe by Enter Via Laundry's Helly Raichura.

Need Indonesian-style fried rice in a flash? You need this super-fast recipe for nasi goreng.

This classic recipe for minestrone, brimming with beans, vegetables and pasta, always delivers.

This is a super-easy dish that’s rich, hearty and full-flavoured, but doesn’t require a whole lot of work. Just let the flavour of the hock come through and do the work for you. Begin this recipe a day ahead to soak the beans.

Our take on the French classic.

From the Margaret chefs comes this vegetarian take on tagine, packed with spring vegetables.

If we ever needed an excuse to have corn chips for dinner, this is it.

The Nomad chef's take on hummus.

A springtime bruschetta that works best for lunches and light suppers.

Our take on the Tuscan soup.

Proof that good food needn't be fancy.

Plus, our cheat method to cooking pork belly in a flash.

This mild yellow curry is incredibly easy to whip up when you've got a good-quality curry powder on hand. Add a generous squeeze of lime to enhance the flavour.

Fish. Butter. Capers. Nothing better.

Slow and patient simmering reaps flavoursome rewards.

Where classic flavours, top-shelf produce and minimal intervention combine.

Let the tomatoes shine in their own right.

Find the best of the season's produce, and toss them through a zingy feta dressing. It doesn't get much easier that this.

Egypt's favourite street food is crisp on the outside, fluffy inside, and delicious throughout.

Would the real paella please stand up? Today’s version is a world away from the rustic original cooked in the fields of the Valencian countryside.

The secrets to Thailand's beloved green papaya salad, thanks to Sydney's doyenne of Thai food and owner of Chat Thai, the late Amy Chanta.

Congee just might be one of the world's most comforting dishes.

A vegetarian broth that still packs a umami punch.

The big bowl o' red may have hotly contested origins, but chilli con carne's smoky, spicy appeal is indisputable.

It's one of the Stanley chef's all-time favourite Chinese dishes, for good reason.

Some purists believe there is no room for beans, but we think they add a rich, earthy flavour.

A seafood dish that sings with spring.

A hearty vegan dish that's good as a side or eaten on its own.

You love eggplant but you're short on time. This is the recipe for you.

We can’t get enough of broad beans and asparagus in spring. Simply toss with pasta and you have dinner sorted.

A winning dish that brings classic flavours and simple comforts together in a single bowl.

An easy comfort dish to eat with rice or as part of a shared banquet with family and friends.

This vibrant salad by Melbourne restaurant Sunda fires on all cylinders.

Chef Khanh Nguyen learnt this recipe during his time at Sydney's Mr Wong, and now it's a hit at staff meals at his Melbourne restaurant.

Spring on a plate – what's not to love?

Butter makes everything better, and butter-fried almonds complete this green bean salad.

Bar Rochford's take on the Italian fagiolini in umido (green beans in tomato sauce).

Initially a winter salad at Greca restaurant, it's turned into a year-round dish because it tastes so good.

Call this a power bowl if you like – we just call it super-tasty. There are layers of Mexican-inspired flavour in this deeply satisfying dish.

Crisp tortillas, creamy feta and avocado, green leaves and dainty edible flowers all dressed up with coriander and lime. Think nachos, but spring-salad style.

At Eyal Shani's Miznon restaurants, this simple dish of salted green beans with lemon and garlic is served like a snack in a brown paper bag. Who knew eating your vegetables could be this easy?

Visually stunning, this slaw of red cabbage, kale and beetroot is a great salad to take to parties, picnics and barbecues.

Grilling a hardy bean such as the Roman variety is an easy way to add a smoky hit to the otherwise humble side dish. Add roasted garlic and crisp bits of bacon and watch as the whole lot is devoured.

Once you realise how easy - and downright tasty - making your own focaccia is, there'll be no turning back.

The chargrilled Roman and green beans add so much flavour to this green salad, it could easily make a light dinner or lunch. Just add crusty bread, a poached egg or some shredded chicken.

If you're not smoking your own fish, you're missing out.

"Fennel's flavour changes dramatically as you grill it, and it gives it more depth," says Andreas Papadakis.

Fresh fish, earthy beans and winter produce make this simple, light salad.

Gigli with borlotti beans and pancetta in mint salsa recipe - For mint salsa, stir ingredients in a bowl and season to taste.

This versatile spring salad mixes and matches seasonal green vegetables for the optimal combination of textures and flavours. Experiment to your heart's content.

You can't go wrong with pesto pasta. In this take on the Ligurian classic, we've swapped pine nuts for pistachios and we think it's better - don't tell Nonna.

Pea, bean and shallot salad recipe - Blanch all peas and broad beans in a large saucepan of salted boiling water until bright green (30-40 seconds).

We've spiked this larb with aniseed. It's a natural partner to pork and adds an extra flavour dimension to this simple dish.

Fennel and fish is a stellar combination. Make the most of fennel's availability in the cooler months with simple dishes like this one.

This classic Italian saltimbocca is easy to make. If you can't find veal, use chicken instead.

This quick noodle dish combines clams, lap cheong sausage and black beans for an unconventional surf and turf.

Fermented cabbage gives this cannellini bean and beetroot salad an extra dimension.

This is a simple chicken and green bean dish, inspired by Kylie Kwong, and packed full of flavour.

Served on corn chips, this Mexican classic is perfect for a fiesta.

A staple of Christine Manfield's recipe repertoire, this soy chicken is slow-braised in a master stock, taking on the aromatic flavours of Sichuan and liquorice root. The tomato-chilli sambal keeps for a month, so feel free to make extra.

This dish is the perfect addition to a picnic. The crispy-skinned roast chicken meets its match in this zesty celery, anchovy and white bean salad.

Creamy goat's curd and crisp spring vegetables come together in this herbaceous French salad.

Long Chim and Nahm chef David Thompson shares his take on som dtum, a North-eastern Thailand papaya salad that pairs perfectly with grilled meats.

A simple vegetable side dish from Curtis Stone's restaurant Gwen.

Beans braised in a rich sauce of fennel, garlic, tomatoes and wine are a perfect accompaniment to pan-fried barramundi fillets.

Take it low and slow with our recipe for slow-roasted lamb rack with white beans and punchy black garlic aïoli.

Sink your teeth into a thousand layers of flavour with this pork belly recipe from Yama Kitchen & Bar.

This Ecuadorian salt cod and bean soup is typically served at Easter, and is ideal for a feast.

Tlayudas are pizza-like tortillas usually topped with refried beans.

Top black beans with chorizo and prawns, and serve with coriander and fresh lime.

Black turtle beans are widely used in Latin American dishes, from Brazil’s feijoada to the simple bean soups of Cuba and Mexico.

Fresh, light and simple - this salad makes the perfect midweek meal.

One Ford Street's spelt maltagliati with tiger prawns and shellfish sauce.

Pork rib, black lentil and white bean stew recipe- Preheat oven to 160C. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.

This simple salad is a great way to use up leftover roast or barbecued chicken.

Emma Knowles fast recipe for white-bean dip with pita crisps.

Curtis Stone recipe for Southern barbecue beans with burnt ends.

This BBQ dish can be whipped up super quickly and is the ultimate crowd pleaser.

Malaysia's favourite barbecued chicken, served with a savoury coconut sauce, is quite possibly the most fragrant bird you'll meet and a cinch to make to boot.

Emma Knowles recipe for raw mahi mahi with green papaya, lime and chilli.

Louis Tikaram from Los Angeles restaurant EP & LP shares his recipe.

Recipe for farro with broad beans, ricotta salata, mint and lovage by Danielle Alvarez.

Lisa Featherby recipe for pitas with broad bean felafels, green tahini sauce, pickled radish and herb salad.

Our express version of the classic stir-fry.

Stokehouse Brisbane's recipe for Niçoise salad with albacore tuna.

Emma Knowles fast recipe for lamb racks with white beans and pistou.

Emma Knowles fast recipe for seared tuna with potatoes, baby beans, frisée and olive vinaigrette.

The key to good barbecue pit beans is stuffing as much fat and pork as you possibly can into each dried bean.

Fast recipe for Chinese-style stir-fried pork and beans.

A one-pot wonder that you'll be returning to again and again.

Guaranteed to warm you from the inside out.