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10 Most Popular Recipes of June – Stroganoff Recipes, Fried Rice and One Pot Meals

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The 10 most popular recipes of June 2022 are a real mix of new recipes and new recipe collections, such as a compilation of my best Stroganoff recipes and a round-up of easy one pot meals. The most popular recipes make meatball Stroganoff, the Spanish potato salad ensaladilla Rusa, Thai pineapple fried rice, Korean kimchi fried rice, and Indonesian nasi goreng.

It’s that time of the month when I review the Grantourismo stats for last month to learn what our visitors to Grantourismo searched for, read and (we hope!) cooked (or at least bookmarked to cook) and share those stats with you, so here are our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022 for your recipe-reading pleasure.

I always find it so fascinating to see what recipes drew visitors to our site and what recipes most appealed to you all, and this month’s stats were especially surprising as one of the most popular recipes, the Spanish potato salad called ensaladilla Rusa is suddenly one of the world’s most controversial dishes.

Yesterday it was reported that attendees at the Nato Summit in Madrid were surprised to find ensaladilla Rusa on menus. Ensaladilla Rusa means ‘little Russian salad’ as it’s the Spanish take on a Russian salad called the Olivier salad. It’s one of the most popular salads in Spain. I happened to share the recipe recently and it was one of our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022.

Due to Putin’s brutal war on Ukraine, there’s now pressure to change the name of ensaladilla Rusa. Spanish-American José Andrés is the first high profile chef to change the salad’s name on his menus to ‘Ukrainian salad’. A food writer of Russian-Ukrainian heritage asking: should we stop cooking Russian dishes and change their names? I’m curious to know what you think.

German potato salad kept its name despite Adolph Hitler’s Nazis systematically murdering six million Jews across German-occupied Europe from 1941-45. I could think of countless other examples. What’s different? I’ve been concerned about the cancellation of Russian culture since the start of Putin’s invasion. Culture, art and food connect us as humans. Won’t division and alienation do more damage?

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Most Popular Recipes of June – Stroganoff Recipes, Ensaladilla Rusa, Fried Rice, Meatballs and More

Here are the 10 most popular recipes of June 2022 on Grantourismo – the recipes you, our readers, searched for, spent time browsing, and hopefully cooked in June.

Best Stroganoff Recipes for Beef Stroganoff, Chicken, Mushroom and Meatball Stroganoff

This round-up of my best Stroganoff recipes topped the list of our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022. The compilation includes recipes for beef Stroganoff, chicken Stroganoff, mushroom Stroganoff and meatball Stroganoff, all deliciously comforting dishes.

My Stroganoff recipes are some of the most popular recipes on Grantourismo so I thought I’d gather them in the one place for your convenience as much as for my own. While considered a wintery dish – Stroganoff is especially warming with mashed potatoes, fries or pasta – Stroganoff can be lightened up with a garden salad for a summer meal.

I have to say that I’ve been sharing my Russian family recipes here with a heavy heart since Putin invaded Ukraine. While I’ve long called my family recipes ‘Russian recipes’ or ‘Russian-Australian recipes’, my mother’s heritage is actually Russian-Ukrainian.

When my grandmother was born in Odessa during the Russian Empire on the eve of the Revolution, Ukraine didn’t exist as a nation; my grandfather was also always more vocal about his Russian identity – to which baboushka often responded with an eye-roll; and ‘Russian-Ukrainian-Australian’ seemed like a mouthful, so I’ve just used ‘Russian family recipes’. I’m in the process of changing that and explain more on the link below.

I stand with Ukraine, and I also stand with the Russians against Putin. I’m figuring out what I can do from Cambodia to help. Until then, one way that you can help is to donate to the website of #CookForUkraine, a global movement of supper clubs, restaurants and chefs supporting Ukraine.

Best Stroganoff Recipes for Beef Stroganoff, Chicken, Mushroom and Meatball Stroganoff

Old-Fashioned Vegetable Barley Soup Recipe for a Versatile Clean-Out-the-Fridge Soup

This easy vegetable barley soup recipe makes a versatile clean-out-the-fridge soup that’s deliciously filling, deeply flavourful, super affordable, and incredibly comforting. You can follow our recipe or use whatever you have that’s looking wilted, shrivelled and forlorn for the ultimate clean-out-your-veggie-drawer broth made for these economically challenging times.

We recently returned home from a short trip to Phnom Penh to a fridge full of limp vegetables and herbs that had definitely seen better days. Instead of despairing, I saw it as an opportunity to make a hearty, comforting clean-out-the-fridge soup.

Inspired by a soup my Australian grandmother made to use up an abundant harvest from my grandfather’s backyard veggie garden, this old-fashioned vegetable barley soup recipe. While the vegetables will vary depending on what you’ve got that has to be used up, you will need to make sure you have pearl barley in the pantry for such times.

I love this soup and was so pleased to see it was another of our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022. If you enjoy slurping soups as much as I do, check out our compilations of soup recipes. We have collections of chicken soups, noodle soups, chicken noodle soups, fish soups, warming winter soups, and cold summer soups.

Old-Fashioned Vegetable Barley Soup Recipe for a Versatile Clean-Out-the-Fridge Soup

Spanish Potato Salad Recipe for the Popular Spanish Tapas Dish Ensaladilla Rusa

This Spanish potato salad recipe makes ensaladilla Rusa or ensalada Rusa, one of the most popular Spanish tapas bar dishes. Ensalada means salad in Spanish and it’s an appetiser size that’s called raciones, while ensaladilla means little salad and is a smaller tapas snack size. In Spain, this creamy potato salad is typically served with crunchy mini breadsticks called picos.

I don’t know what I was thinking, excluding this Spanish potato salad recipe for ensaladilla Rusa or ensalada Rusa from our series on the most popular Spanish tapas bar snack recipes, which we published last month. It’s one of the best potato salad recipes and I’m so pleased to see it was another of our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022.

If you’re a lover of Spanish tapas or any food from Spain, that tapas recipe series includes recipes for albondigas, croquetas, gambas al ajillo, chorizo al vino tinto, and calamari a la plancha, and those recipes all make delicious dishes for you to prepare at home to create your own Spanish tapas bar feast.

And, yes, I know, a spread of Spanish tapas eaten all together isn’t really what the tapas bar experience is all about, where you leisurely graze on plates over the course of an evening (or afternoon) of sipping and snacking with friends.

But if you can’t get to Spain this summer, the next best thing is preparing a tapas feast at home. For authenticity, stand at the breakfast bar or kitchen island and juggle a plate and glass of vino or vermouth in one hand as you guide a toasted baguette slice topped with potato salad to your mouth with the other.

Spanish Potato Salad Recipe for the Popular Spanish Tapas Dish Ensaladilla Rusa

Meatball Stroganoff Recipe for Juicy Meatballs in a Gently Spiced Mushroom Gravy

My meatball Stroganoff recipe combines recipes for two of my favourite Russian dishes, a spicy mushroom Stroganoff (link above) and juicy Russian meatballs called tefteli and it was another one of our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022.

If you’re fond of beef Stroganoff and its various iterations and you’re also a devotee of meatballs (more meatball recipes here), then you’re going to adore this meatball Stroganoff recipe which is essentially juicy, tender and textured meatballs in a gently spiced mushroom gravy.

If you’re in the chilly southern hemisphere winter right now, then you probably won’t think twice about making my meatball Stroganoff recipe. It’s such a warming and filling dish, especially when served with creamy mashed potatoes, pasta or shoestring fries.

But I’ll happily tuck into a smaller serving of meatball Stroganoff in summer, too. During the warmer months, I’ll do as the Italians do – most Italian-style meatballs or polpetti are served with little else but a side of rucola – and I’ll enjoy this dish with a crisp green garden salad.

Meatball Stroganoff Recipe for Juicy Meatballs in a Gently Spiced Mushroom Gravy

Thai Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe for a Tasty Summery Tropical Fried Rice

This super-easy Thai pineapple fried rice recipe makes a tasty summery tropical fried rice. Tuck into a bowl at home and you can imagine you’re back in Southeast Asia enjoying it at a beachside street food shack with your toes in the sand. Don’t let winter stop you: if you can’t source fresh pineapple, use canned pineapple for a year-round treat.

This Thai pineapple fried rice recipe for khao pad sapparot will make you a fragrant fried rice that’s sweet, savoury, gently spiced courtesy of curry powder, and packed with umami thanks to soy sauce, or if you prefer, fish sauce. It’s one of the most popular fried rice dishes with travellers to Thailand, as well as Southeast Asia more generally.

Because while I’m sharing the Thai take on the deliciously filling street food dish, this tasty fried rice is also made in Cambodia and Vietnam. And it’s not only popular with visitors, it’s just as loved by locals where it’s made at home, particularly on weekends in the countryside during pineapple season.

My Thai pineapple fried rice recipe appears to be the final part of an unplanned trilogy of fried rice recipes I’ve shared this week. I should probably have declared it ‘Fried Rice Week’ on Grantourismo, seeing I posted a classic Korean kimchi fried rice recipe for kimchi bokkeumbap last week and the Indonesian fried rice, nasi goreng, yesterday. Links to both below.

Fried rice has helped us to clean out the fridge after a short trip away (as did this old-fashioned vegetable barley soup, above) and get us through a particularly busy period of work. I was so pleased to see this was one of our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022,

Thai Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe for a Tasty Summery Tropical Fried Rice

Easy Korean Kimchi Fried Rice Recipe with Fried Egg for Kimchi Bokkeumbap

This easy Korean kimchi fried rice recipe makes a classic kimchi bokkeumbap stir-fried with Korea’s famously fiery fermented cabbage kimchi and spicy chilli paste gochujang, topped with soft fried egg, and sprinkled with roasted seaweed, sesame seeds and, if not spicy enough for you, the Korean chilli flakes gochugaru. It’s fantastic, filling and comforting.

If you enjoyed our Korean spicy noodles recipe for stir-fried udon noodles with kimchi, bacon, pork and fried eggs, and you’re a lover of fried rice (more fried rice recipes here), then you’re going to love this easy Korean kimchi fried rice recipe with fried eggs. It’s equally delicious and just as easy to prepare.

There’s no pork or bacon in this kimchi fried rice as there is in the spicy noodles, however, you could always add them if you like. It’s a very versatile rice dish. I ran out of kimchi the other day and add braised cabbage to the little kimchi I had left. This is actually a vegetarian kimchi fried rice and if you skipped the fried egg, it’s a vegan fried rice.

But the eggs are why this kimchi fried rice recipe was made for Weekend Eggs, our series of recipes on quintessential egg dishes from around the world, which we launched with Grantourismo way back in 2010 with our year-long global grand tour focused on slow, local and experiential travel.

As with the spicy Korean noodles and the Japanese okonomiyaki recipe that we recently shared, the eggs may not be the star of this kimchi fried rice dish, but for us, fried eggs with soft runny yolks that ooze into the rice really make this dish. Soft boiled eggs are also delish. See our guide to boiling perfect eggs every time.

Easy Korean Kimchi Fried Rice Recipe with Fried Egg for Kimchi Bokkeumbap

Easy One Pot Meals – My Favourite Recipes for Minimal Mess, Maximum Flavour and Me Time

My compilation of easy one pot meals for a simple mid-week dinner includes recipes that use one pot, wok, skillet or Dutch oven for when you’re too tired to cook a complicated meal and the last thing you want is to spend sofa time at the kitchen sink. While minimising mess, these one pot recipes maximise flavour. They’re all incredibly delicious.

The beauty of one pot meals is less mess and more counter space for a bottle of wine and nibbles. Because in my view a one-pot dinner doesn’t necessarily need to be quick, it just needs to be easy, fuss-free, and not use every pot and pan in the cupboard, leaving very little to clean up.

I don’t mind if my easy one pot meals take an hour to make from prepping to plating, with time to fill in between, as that’s time I can spend pottering around the apartment with a glass of vino in hand, watering the plants, thumbing through cookbooks, or playing with Pepper.

And if my one pot dinner requires that I don’t stray too far from the stove, that’s fine, too. In between giving the pot an occasional stir or taste for seasoning, I can leisurely clean out the veggie crisper, do a stock-take of the fridge and pantry, make a shopping list, or just make a negroni.

Easy One Pot Meals – My Favourite Recipes for Minimal Mess, Maximum Flavour and Me Time

 

Classic Nasi Goreng Recipe for Indonesian Fried Rice with Fried Eggs and Stir Fried Prawns

This classic nasi goreng recipe makes Indonesia’s delicious fried rice with soft fried eggs and stir-fried prawns. Nasi goreng simply means ‘fried rice’ and specifically Indonesian fried rice.

Eaten anytime, it’s typically served with leftover satay or fried chicken, refreshing cucumber and tomato, and zingy mixed vegetable pickles. We top our rice with fried eggs with runny yolks and stir-fried prawns, and sprinkle on sliced scallions, roasted peanuts and crispy fried shallots.

So what sets nasi goreng apart from other fried rice dishes around the world? Two essential ingredients for starters: kecap manis, Indonesia’s beloved soy sauce, which is sweeter and more syrupy than other Asian soy sauces; and terasi, dried shrimp paste, also known by its Malay name belachan. Then there are the accompaniments, toppings, garnishes and sides, even if they vary from plate to plate.

If you’ve been to Bali or Yogyakarta or travelled anywhere in Indonesia – or Malaysia or Singapore for that matter – you’ve undoubtedly tucked into a plate of nasi goreng at your hotel, a restaurant or a warung, a little shack, shop or kiosk serving local street food.

If you haven’t, but you’re a fried rice lover (more fried rice recipes here) then you’re going to love this classic nasi goreng recipe. I was so pleased to see it was another of our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022.

Classic Nasi Goreng Recipe for Indonesian Fried Rice with Fried Eggs and Stir Fried Prawns

Creamy Corn Chowder Recipe with Potatoes, Parmesan, Croutons and a Potted Chowder History

Summer corn season is almost here in Cambodia and it’s one of my favourite seasons as there’s just so much you can do with corn. While I’m happy to munch into a piping hot cob of corn, dripping with butter and sprinkled with salt, I can’t resist making corn salads, corn fritters, corn salsas, corn soups, and Mexican corn in a cup, all gathered here under our compilation of best summer corn recipes..

This corn chowder recipe makes another of my favourite summer corn recipes, and another of our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022, a creamy potato corn chowder with Parmigiano Reggiano, scallions and croutons.

The corn chowder is ever so lightly spiced with a little curry powder, turmeric and paprika – so gently spiced it just adds warmth. A rind of Parmigiano Reggiano melts in the chowder adding a kick of umami, while crunchy croutons add texture.

My corn chowder recipe is also dairy-free and vegetarian, which means I’ve skipped a key ingredient of chowders since they were invented, and that’s pork, which in modern day chowders generally takes the form of crispy fried strips of bacon sprinkled on top.

If you enjoy my corn chowder, also try Terence’s recipe for sweet corn soup with ginger, turmeric and chilli oil, inspired by Chinese and Southeast Asian soups. It’s another favourite of mine and another fantastic use for summer corn.

Creamy Corn Chowder Recipe with Potatoes, Parmesan, Croutons and a Potted Chowder History

German Meatballs Recipe for Melt-in-the-Mouth Meatballs in a Creamy Caper Gravy

This German meatballs recipe makes deliciously tender meatballs in a delightfully tangy caper gravy that are traditionally served with buttered parsley potatoes. You could also serve these melt-in-the-mouth meatballs with creamy mashed potatoes in winter or with coleslaw or a crisp garden salad in summer. Don’t let a little warm weather stop you from tucking into these tasty flavour bombs.

Hold your tongues until you taste these melt-in-the-mouth meatballs. They may not be the most attractive meatballs – they’re not seared brown from pan-frying, nor smothered in a luscious tomato sauce, nor swimming in a creamy mushroom gravy – but the term ‘flavour bomb’ was obviously invented for this meatball.

If you’re a meatball lover (more meatball recipes here for you), you’re going to love these. This classic German meatballs recipe for Königsberger klopse makes a meatball that’s so tender it will melt in your mouth, with subtle umami flavours thanks to the anchovies, a tanginess courtesy of the capers, and zingy citrus due to the lemon zest, all balanced out by the sweetness of the onions and creaminess of the light onion gravy.

Popular in Germany to this day, as well as in Kaliningrad, where they are from, these meatballs are called Königsberger klopse. Klopse meant meatballs or ‘little dumplings’ in the Prussian language, and Königsberg meant ‘king’s mountain’. Königsberg was the East Prussian city from which these meatballs originated, which was renamed Kaliningrad after World War II, when it became an enclave of Russia.

German Meatballs Recipe for Melt-in-the-Mouth Meatballs in a Creamy Caper Gravy

Please do let us know in the comments below if you cook any of our 10 most popular recipes of June 2022, as we’d love to hear how they turn out for you.

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