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Page 4 of 5. Sixty snacks and counting.
Street food · Prep 26 min · Cook 35 min · Makes 17 · Level Easy
The trick with beef arancini is patience: let the beef take on proper colour before you even think about moving it.
Do not skip the green chilli; it is the bright note that stops the whole plate from feeling heavy. We like to make the filling the night before, when the kitchen is quiet and nobody is asking what is for dinner. The trick with beef arancini is patience: let the beef take on proper colour before you even think about moving it. It reheats well, travels well, and disappears at parties at a frankly alarming rate.
Crowd-pleaser · Prep 30 min · Cook 43 min · Makes 14 · Level Easy
Do not skip the basil; it is the bright note that stops the whole plate from feeling heavy.
We first ate something like this at a street stall in Marrakesh, balanced on a plastic stool, and spent the flight home reverse-engineering it. It reheats well, travels well, and disappears at parties at a frankly alarming rate. The garlicky edge is what people remember, so be brave with the heat and generous with the seasoning.
Late-night · Prep 25 min · Cook 12 min · Makes 18 · Level Medium
This is a recipe built for sharing, which is a polite way of saying you should double it.
We like to make the filling the night before, when the kitchen is quiet and nobody is asking what is for dinner. The lemony edge is what people remember, so be brave with the heat and generous with the seasoning. We tested this 8 times in the Snack Crawl kitchen, and the version with miso paste won every single round.
Late-night · Prep 26 min · Cook 14 min · Makes 8 · Level A little fiddly
We tested this 12 times in the Snack Crawl kitchen, and the version with rice vinegar won every single round.
This is a recipe built for sharing, which is a polite way of saying you should double it. Do not skip the basil; it is the bright note that stops the whole plate from feeling heavy. We tested this 10 times in the Snack Crawl kitchen, and the version with kecap manis won every single round.
Weeknight · Prep 38 min · Cook 18 min · Makes 19 · Level Easy
We first ate something like this at a street stall in Naples, balanced on a plastic stool, and spent the flight home reverse-engineering it.
We first ate something like this at a street stall in Marrakesh, balanced on a plastic stool, and spent the flight home reverse-engineering it. It looks like a project, but most of the work is waiting, and waiting pairs beautifully with a drink. The trick with sweet potato tacos is patience: let the sweet potato take on proper colour before you even think about moving it. We like to make the filling the night before, when the kitchen is quiet and nobody is asking what is for dinner.
Weeknight · Prep 28 min · Cook 13 min · Makes 8 · Level Easy
There are snacks you eat standing at the counter, and then there are sweetcorn dumplings — the kind you clear your evening for.
We like to make the filling the night before, when the kitchen is quiet and nobody is asking what is for dinner. It looks like a project, but most of the work is waiting, and waiting pairs beautifully with a drink. If you can chop shallots and hold a microplane, you can make this. We promise. Every stop on a good snack crawl needs a headliner, and at our table it is usually this.
Street food · Prep 24 min · Cook 45 min · Makes 15 · Level Easy
The trick with potato flatbreads is patience: let the potato take on proper colour before you even think about moving it.
A spoonful of za'atar does the heavy lifting here, giving the potato a depth that tastes like you cooked all day. The sticky edge is what people remember, so be brave with the heat and generous with the seasoning. Bea, who runs our test kitchen on Thursdays, calls this “the one that ruins other snacks for you”.
Weeknight · Prep 25 min · Cook 16 min · Makes 17 · Level A little fiddly
There are snacks you eat standing at the counter, and then there are cauliflower skewers — the kind you clear your evening for.
It reheats well, travels well, and disappears at parties at a frankly alarming rate. The trick with cauliflower skewers is patience: let the cauliflower take on proper colour before you even think about moving it. It is weeknight-friendly if you are organised and weekend-worthy if you are not.
Street food · Prep 37 min · Cook 28 min · Makes 13 · Level Easy
It looks like a project, but most of the work is waiting, and waiting pairs beautifully with a drink.
There are snacks you eat standing at the counter, and then there are tomato fritters — the kind you clear your evening for. We first ate something like this at a street stall in New Orleans, balanced on a plastic stool, and spent the flight home reverse-engineering it. If you can chop lemon and hold a fish slice, you can make this. We promise.
Make-ahead · Prep 19 min · Cook 31 min · Makes 16 · Level Easy
The charred edge is what people remember, so be brave with the heat and generous with the seasoning.
The trick with leek hand pies is patience: let the leek take on proper colour before you even think about moving it. The charred edge is what people remember, so be brave with the heat and generous with the seasoning. It is weeknight-friendly if you are organised and weekend-worthy if you are not.
Make-ahead · Prep 16 min · Cook 45 min · Makes 23 · Level Medium
We first ate something like this at a street stall in Mumbai, balanced on a plastic stool, and spent the flight home reverse-engineering it.
This is a recipe built for sharing, which is a polite way of saying you should double it. The crispy edge is what people remember, so be brave with the heat and generous with the seasoning. Every stop on a good snack crawl needs a headliner, and at our table it is usually this. We tested this 6 times in the Snack Crawl kitchen, and the version with fennel seed won every single round.
Make-ahead · Prep 23 min · Cook 15 min · Makes 14 · Level Easy
We first ate something like this at a street stall in Marrakesh, balanced on a plastic stool, and spent the flight home reverse-engineering it.
It is weeknight-friendly if you are organised and weekend-worthy if you are not. Yusuf, who runs our test kitchen on Thursdays, calls this “the one that ruins other snacks for you”. Do not skip the ginger; it is the bright note that stops the whole plate from feeling heavy.