Easy recipes your helper can cook

30 dishes from 14 cooking creators, rated by a Hong Kong family and checked for how easy they are for a helper to cook. Each one links to the creator's original video.

How it works. We link out, we don't copy. Ingredient amounts and steps stay in the creator's video. We add the helper view (effort, time, equipment, spice, kid-friendliness), our family rating, and a new weekly meal plan with a shopping list you can send to your helper.

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Chicken

#1 · Kerry's Kitchen 趁熱

Sweet-sour onion chicken wings

Chickenhelper-friendly

Mid-wings in a sweet-sour onion sauce, no oven needed.

Helper view: Easy · ~30 min, plus marinating · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★☆☆

#2 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Chicken harusame (vermicelli) soup teishoku

Chicken

A light chicken and vermicelli soup, served teishoku style.

Helper view: Medium · ~45 min · Two pans · spicy (adjustable) · kids: go easy on the chili oil

Our rating: ★★★★★

#3 · Spice N' Pans

Quick braised chicken & potatoes

Chickenhelper-friendly

Three steps, no marinating: chicken braised with potatoes.

Helper view: Easy · ~20 min · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★ · family regular

#4 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Tandoori-style chicken rice

Chickenhelper-friendly

Pan-fried tandoori-spiced chicken over butter rice.

Helper view: Easy · ~45 min, plus marinating · One pot · mild · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★ · family regular

#5 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Chicken kinpei takikomi gohan

Chickenhelper-friendly

Takikomi gohan: rice cooked with chicken and kinpira.

Helper view: Easy · ~15 min prep, rice cooker does the rest · Rice cooker · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#6 · Simpol PH

Herb roast whole chicken

Chicken

Dry-brined whole roast chicken with a garlic herb rub.

Helper view: Weekend project · ~1.5 hr, plus brining · Oven · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#7 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Black vinegar stir-fried chicken

Chicken

Chicken in a glossy black vinegar glaze, teishoku style.

Helper view: Weekend project · ~1 hr, three parts · Two pans + a pot · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#8 · Cooking Maid Hongkong

Chinese pineapple chicken

Chicken

Crispy fried chicken in a sweet pineapple sauce.

Helper view: Medium · ~40 min · Wok for frying · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

Pork chop & mince

#9 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Ginger pork steak (shogayaki)

Porkhelper-friendly

The ginger pork classic, done as a proper set meal.

Helper view: Easy · ~20 min · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★ · family regular

#10 · Mama Cheung 張媽媽廚房

HK baked pork chop rice

Pork

The cha chaan teng classic: pork chop, tomato and cheese over rice, baked.

Helper view: Weekend project · ~1.5 hr · Pan + oven · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#11 · FullHappyBelly

HK pork chop w/ onion

Porkhelper-friendly

Tender HK-style pork chops in a sweet onion sauce.

Helper view: Easy · ~25 min, plus marinating · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★

#12 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Japanese garlic pork steak

Porkhelper-friendly

Pork steak topped with crispy garlic chips.

Helper view: Easy · ~25 min · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#13 · Asian Flavours

Honey garlic pork chops

Porkhelper-friendly

Pan-fried chops in a honey garlic butter glaze.

Helper view: Easy · ~15 min · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#14 · Jack's Cook 積煮

Pan-fried pork & corn patties

Porkhelper-friendly

Two main ingredients: minced pork and corn, pan-fried as patties.

Helper view: Easy · ~25 min · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#15 · Cook with Solee

Minced pork rice w/ sunny-side egg

Porkhelper-friendly

Minced meat over rice with a sunny-side egg, cha chaan teng style.

Helper view: Easy · ~35 min · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★ · family regular

Pork belly, ribs & jowl

#16 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Pork belly & daikon nimono

Pork

Izakaya-style simmered pork belly and daikon.

Helper view: Medium · ~1 hr, mostly hands-off · One pot · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★

#17 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Miso honey pork jowl / miso yakiniku

Pork

Pork in a mildly spicy miso glaze, yakiniku style.

Helper view: Medium · ~30 min · One wok · mild · kids: mildly spicy

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#18 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Stewed ribs & potato

Pork

Spare ribs stewed with potatoes and carrot.

Helper view: Medium · ~40 min, mostly hands-off · One pot · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★

#19 · 小田太太の玩樂廚房

Onion braised spare ribs

Pork

Sweet, soft onion-braised ribs that go over rice.

Helper view: Medium · ~50 min · One pot · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#20 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Curry spare ribs noodles

Pork

Spare ribs in a Japanese curry noodle soup.

Helper view: Medium · ~45 min, less with a pressure cooker · One pot · mild · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★

Beef

#21 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Miso stewed beef & radish

Beef

Beef rib fingers simmered in miso with radish.

Helper view: Medium · ~1 hr 15, mostly hands-off · One pot · mild · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★

#22 · Tarzan Cooks 泰山自煮

Beef short ribs vermicelli hot pot

Beef

Claypot beef short ribs with glass noodles.

Helper view: Medium · ~40 min · Claypot or heavy pot · mild · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★☆☆

Seafood

#23 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Soy garlic prawn donburi

Prawnshelper-friendly

Soy garlic prawns over rice, one bowl.

Helper view: Easy · ~20 min, plus marinating · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★

#24 · BearBear Kitchen 啤啤廚房

Shrimp & celery stir fry

Prawnshelper-friendly

A quick, light shrimp and celery stir fry.

Helper view: Easy · ~10 min · One wok · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★☆☆

#25 · 小田太太の玩樂廚房

Salted egg seafood tofu pot

PrawnsSquid

Seafood and tofu in a golden salted-egg sauce.

Helper view: Medium · ~40 min · One wok or pot · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★

#26 · Happeabites

Ginger scallion clams (lala)

Clams

Cantonese-style clams with ginger and scallion.

Helper view: Medium · ~15 min · One wok · mild · better for older kids (shells)

Our rating: ★★★☆☆

Rice, noodles & pasta

#27 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Negi & shio pork fried rice

Porkhelper-friendly

Salt-and-scallion pork fried rice.

Helper view: Easy · ~10 min · One wok · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★ · family regular

#28 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Sesame oil chicken fried rice

Chickenhelper-friendly

Fried rice with sesame oil, ginger and chicken.

Helper view: Easy · ~20 min · One wok · mild · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★☆

#29 · MASA's Cooking ABC (MASAの料理ABC)

Chicken cheese tomato pilaf

Chickenhelper-friendly

One-pan tomato pilaf with chicken and melted cheese.

Helper view: Easy · ~35 min · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★

Sides & basics

#30 · 小田太太の玩樂廚房

Choi poh preserved radish omelette

Egghelper-friendly

A thick, soft home-style omelette with preserved radish.

Helper view: Easy · ~15 min · One pan · not spicy · kid-friendly

Our rating: ★★★★★