Pinch Perfect

Jamie Oliver’s kimchi coleslaw is a fresh, spicy slaw of shredded Chinese cabbage, radishes, red onion, coriander and chillies, dressed in sesame oil and lime. It takes under 5 minutes in a food processor and serves four as a side. This comes from Oliver’s 30 Minute Meals cookbook (2010), part of his green curry and …

Jamie Oliver’s green bean salad is blanched French beans in a warm mustard dressing with vinegar, olive oil and shallot. It takes under 10 minutes and works as a starter or side. Optional capers and chervil turn it into something worth serving on its own. Oliver published this on jamieoliver.com as his “Good Old French …

Jamie Oliver’s sirloin steak is a pan-seared 260g cut served with smashed sweet potatoes and a red chimichurri. It takes about 20 minutes, serves two, and needs no marinating or resting overnight. Everything cooks in a single frying pan. This is from Oliver’s 7 Ways cookbook (2020), his date night dinner for wife Jools. He …

Jamie Oliver’s jacket potato is a crispy-skinned baked potato made with olive oil and sea salt. It bakes at 200°C (400°F/gas 6) for 1 to 1¼ hours and serves two. The result is all golden crunch on the outside with a steaming fluffy centre. Oliver published this recipe on jamieoliver.com, where he calls jacket potatoes …

Jamie Oliver’s crispy potato and egg salad is pan-fried new potatoes topped with soft-boiled eggs, quick-pickled cucumber and radishes, frozen peas and a herby yoghurt and mustard dressing. It takes 35 minutes, serves 4 and works as a brunch or a light lunch. Oliver published this on jamieoliver.com as part of his Samsung collaboration and …

Jamie Oliver’s chocolate fondant is a hot chocolate pudding with a molten centre, made with 70% dark chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, flour and vanilla, baked at 180°C (Gas 4) for about 12 minutes. The recipe serves 4 and takes 25 minutes in total, with just 6 ingredients. Oliver published this as a step-by-step feature on …

Jamie Oliver’s mug cake is a banana and chocolate cake in a mug, made with self-raising flour, soft brown sugar, olive oil and a free-range egg, microwaved for 1 minute 30 seconds until risen and gooey in the middle. The recipe makes 4 and takes about 10 minutes from start to finish. Oliver published this …

Jamie Oliver’s Tuscan chicken is crispy-skinned chicken thighs roasted over a bed of cannellini and butter beans with leeks and garlic, finished with crème fraîche and served alongside wilted Tuscan greens. It takes about an hour, serves 4 and is naturally gluten-free. Oliver doesn’t publish a specific Tuscan chicken recipe in his books or on …

Jamie Oliver’s red wine jus is a quick pan sauce made with garlic, rosemary, a bay leaf, 250ml of red wine and a vine of cherry tomatoes, built in the same pan you fried your steaks in. It takes 10 minutes, serves 4 and uses just 6 ingredients. This red wine jus recipe is published …

Jamie Oliver salmon and potato salad​ is hot smoked salmon flaked over Jersey Royals dressed in a lemony yoghurt dressing, with cucumber, fennel tops and fresh basil. It takes 30 minutes, serves 4 and is naturally gluten-free. Oliver published this on his official website (jamieoliver.com) and calls it “a posh twist on good-old potato salad.” …