Each year Broadsheet publishes dozens of recipes, from chefs at our favourite restaurants, extracted from the latest cookbooks and pulled from our very own cookbooks (like our latest, The Broadsheet Melbourne Cookbook: The New Classics). But some prove more popular than others, clocking up page views and – we hope – hours of joy in the kitchen.
The 12 most-clicked recipes of 2024 offer a glimpse into our eating habits this year – and, perhaps, into our psyches. Topping the list is a fudgy brownie, while other big traffic earners tend towards easy yet comforting midweek meals – one-tray dinners, simple pasta bakes and noodles that are ready in minutes. Beloved chefs like Yotam Ottolenghi and Nagi Maehashi (Recipetin Eats) still draw a crowd.
Natalie Paull’s brownie
This is the brownie Natalie Paull – of now closed Melbourne bakery Beatrix – says is her favourite. And this year, it’s been our readers’ favourite recipe as well. Paull’s detailed instructions yield a brownie with a finely flaked top, a fudgy texture and a hint of saline crunch from salt flakes sprinkled over the top.
Sophie Hansen’s one-tray rice, potato and chorizo pilaf
Whether you’re looking for a frugal dinner using pantry staples, an easy dish to bring to a party or a one-tray wonder for a set-and-forget meal, this pilaf from food writer Sophie Hansen has you sorted. It’s no wonder this eminently versatile dish cracked our top 12 recipes of the year.
Shu Han Lee’s Singapore-style Hainanese chicken rice
There’s a reason Hainanese chicken rice has crossed borders: it might look simple, but its various elements add up to make one of the world’s greatest dishes. And while it’s easy to find a recipe for this classic online, Shu Han Lee’s take has a special hack for speeding up the process, making it a midweek winner and one of this year’s most popular recipes.
Recipetin Eats baked satay chicken
When you make a Recipetin Eats recipe you can be confident it’s going to work – and this reliability might go some way towards explaining why this baked satay chicken recipe was one of this year’s most popular. That, and by using chicken thighs baked into the sweet-savoury peanut sauce, instead of skewered meat, you’ll save a good chunk of time and effort.
Sarah Pound’s meatball, risoni and mozzarella bake
Simple traybakes soared in popularity this year – including this wholesome and hearty meatball, risoni and mozzarella number by nutritionist Sarah Pound. Its appeal lies in its use of cheap and ubiquitous ingredients like mince and pasta, as well as the fact that very little washing up is required afterwards.
Recipetin Eats’ spicy Korean kimchi noodles
We can see why this flavour-packing noodle recipe made it to the most-clicked recipes of 2024. It’s another one by Recipetin Eats, aka the ever-reliable Nagi Maehashi, which earns immediate points. But it’s also on the table in 15 minutes, which places it firmly in the pantheon of recipes to pull out of your sleeve when you just can’t be bothered.
Ottolenghi’s butter beans with roasted tomatoes
It’s not just this year Ottolenghi’s broken into the most-clicked recipes on Broadsheet – his creations consistently rank in our top recipes of all time. This warming dish of beans and tomatoes, from his latest cookbook Comfort, is perfect if you’re trying to dial back your meat intake.
Pablo Tordesillas’s pork ragout with mafaldine
Maybe it’s the allure of the ruffled edges of the mafaldine used in this dish – one of our most-clicked of the year – or perhaps it’s the classic appeal of the pork ragout that’s swished through the pasta. Whatever the draw, it’s well worth the four hours of (mostly hands-off) stove time.
Dave Verheul’s choccy ripple-misu
Two dessert greats collide in this high-octane recipe by Embla’s Dave Verheul: tiramisu and chocolate ripple cake. It’s the best of both worlds.
Tipo 00’s rigatoni pomodoro
This recipe from Melbourne pasta diner Tipo 00 can be whatever you want it to be: a hangover cure if you’ve prepped ahead, a weekend project if you fancy making your own rigatoni, or a kid-friendly dish if you have hungry mouths to feed. That versatility is probably why it’s clocked up enough clicks to be one of this year’s most popular recipes.
Ho Jiak’s Wagyu satay
It seems Broadsheet readers were holding space for satay this year, with a second satay stunner making it into the top 12. This version, from Sydney Malaysian restaurant Ho Jiak, opts for beef over chicken and riffs on both Malaysian and Indonesian satay styles.
Gawler Palace’s lemon chicken
Though it’s been served in Hong Kong since the 1960s, lemon chicken is an Australian Chinese restaurant staple. This recipe outlines the precise alchemy of achieving that perfect level of savoury-sweetness the dish is known for, scraping it a place in this year’s most-clicked recipes.
