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Sticky Thai pork cutlets with tomato fried rice.

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20 pork recipes that are perfect for midweek meals

Move over chicken, bow down beef, it's time to make the most of pork chops, pork loins, pork neck and other midweek-friendly cuts that are quick to cook.

20 recipes
Sticky Thai pork cutlets with tomato fried rice.
EASY

Sticky Thai pork cutlets with tomato fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Quick Vietnamese caramel pork stir-fry.
EASY

Quick Vietnamese caramel pork stir-fry

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Use this recipe as a starting point for whichever protein you choose.
EASY

Neil Perry's sang choy bao

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Spicy stir-fried pork belly with Thai basil and sugar snap peas.

Stir-fried pork belly with chillies and sugar snap peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Roman-style gnocchi with sausage ragu.

Potato gnocchi with sausage ragu

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Tony Tan's 'Chinese bolognese'.
EASY

Beijing-style noodles with minced pork (aka Chinese bolognese)

  • < 30 mins
  • Tony Tan
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Pork chops with apple and potato salad.
EASY

Neil Perry's barbecued pork chops with apple and potato salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
One-pan pasta with sausage and fennel and a silky sauce.
EASY

Sausage and fennel one-pan pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
You can use store-bought XO sauce for this stir-fry if you're short on time.

Neil Perry's stir-fried pork with snowpeas and XO sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Hoisin mince and noodles.
EASY

Hoisin mince and noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Pork chops with broad beans and bagna cauda.

Karen Martini’s pork chops with sage, bagna cauda and a broad bean and nasturtium salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Noodle bowls with Vietnamese pork patties.

Rice noodles with Vietnamese pork patties

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Spicy pork and noodle stir-fry.

Spicy pork and noodle stir-fry

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Casarecce with pork and fennel ragu.

Casarecce with pork and fennel ragu

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
The gochujang and gochugaru add mild sweet spice to this stew.
EASY

Korean-style pork and potato braise

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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Caramelised pork and cashew stir-fry.
EASY

Vietnamese caramel pork and cashew stir-fry with udon noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Barbecued pork chops with lemon garlic sauce and pickled spring onions.

Pork chops with lemon garlic sauce and pickled spring onions

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Pork chops with cavolo nero

Pork with cavolo nero

  • 1-2 hrs
  • STEVE MANFREDI
Neil Perry's grilled pork skewers.

Asian-style grilled pork skewers recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's sticky barbecued pork.
EASY

Sweet barbecued pork recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry

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