Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals: how to watch, recipes and everything you need to know

In Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver served up another set of delicious dishes that you can serve up at home lightning-fast. The series has now come to an end, but it is still available on Channel 4 On Demand.

For the series, he took a series of recipes from his cookbook, 5 Ingredients Mediterranean, and used them to demonstrate how to make simple kitchen swaps to make cooking even easier.

Across four episodes, he showed how to whip up easy lunchtime treats, delicious desserts, and fuss-free feasts, all with a delightful Mediterranean twist, and even roped in some guests to help him! Here's what you need to know about Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals.

Jamies' 5 Ingredient Meals release date: When is Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals on TV?

Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals has now come to an end, though you can still stream all four episodes on the Channel 4 website. The series began airing on Channel 4 on Monday, October 16, 2023, at 8 pm, with new episodes airing in the same slot.

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What is Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals about?

Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals is all about showcasing easy, clever dishes that make use of staples that you likely have in your home already along with 5 key ingredients.

The summary for the series from Jamie Oliver's website explained his approach and talked all about how he used recipes from his cookbook to demonstrate some 'brilliant tips and swaps' to 'make cooking easier and more affordable'.

Is there a Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals trailer?

Whilst Channel 4 didn't release a trailer for the series, Jamie Oliver shared a couple couple of recipes from the series over on his own YouTube Channel. So, if you just want a taste of the series, check out some of these speedy dishes:

What recipes featured in Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals?

Jamie released a preview of the meals that feature in the first episode of 5 Ingredient Meals on his website.

Episode one saw Jamie showing off a new spin on chicken and chips, a lamb meatball recipe that Jamie said could either be enjoyed as a mezze dish or as a starter and a 'showstopping' fig tart. Spanish chef José Pizarro also dropped by to show how to spice up a humble slice of toast with some zorongollo on toast.

In the second episode, Jamie whipped up a one-pot roast dinner and served up a speedy carbonara designed to help make use of whatever vegetables you've got on hand. He also showed how to make homemade frozen lollipops and feta filo turnovers. Plus, Honey & Co's Sarit and Itamar showed off how to make mushroom sfiha (a flatbread stuffed with flavored mushrooms and a layer of creamy cheese!).

Episode three saw the chef serving up a speedy snack made with frozen veg and elevating store-cupboard staples in two hearty recipes. Plus, Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo is stopping by to make homemade gnocchi, all with five easy ingredients.

In the final episode, Jamie showed us an easy twist on a roast dinner, along with an apple pudding recipe and a comfort food classic. And as a final treat, French food YouTuber chef Alex Aïnouz served up some buckwheat crepes topped with feta, egg and peppers.