48 Simple One-Skillet Meal Recipes Everyone Will Rave About

Looking for some easy one-skillet meal ideas that are healthy and fast? You got it! These easy one-skillet meal recipes are all of that and more: Perfect for busy weeknights when you want to get dinner on the table quickly and easily. With these one-pan recipes, you can make flavorful, nutritious meals in one skillet, with minimal mess and effort. From hearty stir-fries to sautéed chicken, beef, pork, and everything in between, you’ll find something that the whole family will love. Let’s get cooking! Everyone will love these delicious one-skillet meals. Try one of these easy recipes tonight! 

by Sidney Yang

Sidney Yang

Sidney is part of the Eatwell101 family since 2014. As an editor, she shares her enthusiasm for food, cooking tips, and entertaining across more than a thousand written articles published on Eatwell101.

View full profile →

Updated Mar 1, 2023

1. Asado Chicken Breast with Sauteed Lemon Zucchini

Delicious Asado chicken breast recipe is a winner for dinnertime! Forget dry chicken: Boneless chicken breasts are marinated then grilled and served with sauteed lemon zucchini.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

2. Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken and Green Beans Skillet

This one-skillet Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken recipe is a snap to fix. The chicken thighs and green beans are cooked with lemon garlic butter sauce in the same pan. So addicting!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

3. One Pot Chicken and Vegetables Skillet (Healthy & Low Carb)

Our one pot chicken and vegetables recipe takes 20 minutes to make and will wow your family with its amazing flavor! Super easy to make, this chicken breast and vegetables recipe is also excellent for meal prep.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

4. Blackened Shrimp and Asparagus Skillet (20 Minutes)

These delicious blackened shrimp and asparagus take less than 20 minutes to make! Get the secret to this restaurant quality dish you can easily make at home!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

5. Garlic Butter Cod with Lemon Asparagus Skillet

This cod and asparagus recipe will have you enjoy a delicious and nutritious dinner! Garlic butter cod with lemon asparagus - Healthy, tasty, simple and quick to cook!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

6. Lemon Garlic Steak and Broccoli Skillet

This tender and juicy beef Steak and Broccoli Recipe make a quick and delicious meal for any day of the week!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

7. Garlic Butter Chicken and Potatoes Skillet

This garlic butter chicken and potatoes skillet is the easiest and tastiest weeknight dinner - One skillet for amazing flavors!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

8. Garlic Butter Steak and Potatoes Skillet

The best steak and potatoes recipe you'll ever have - Easy to prepare, you'll want to make this flavorful dish a regular in your meal rotation.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

9. Parmesan Spinach Mushroom Pasta Skillet

This parmesan spinach mushroom pasta skillet is super quick and impossible to mess up - The ultimate win for vegetarian weeknight dinners!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

10. Garlic Butter Sausages and Broccoli Skillet

This easy sausage and broccoli skillet recipe is super nourishing and easy to make - On the table in 25 minutes.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

11. Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken Tenders Recipe

The best chicken tenders recipe ever! You'll make this chicken tenders recipe with green beans recipe at least once a week when you realize how much everyone loves it!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

12. One-Pan Creamy Parmesan Chicken and Rice

This creamy parmesan chicken and rice is dinner perfection in less than 25 minutes! All the flavors of chicken risotto in the comfort of your kitchen!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

13. One Pan Shrimp and Asparagus

Easy and flavorful, buttery garlic-y shrimp and asparagus are ready in 20 minutes. The whole family will beg for seconds on this one!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

14. Cheesy Garlic Burgers with Lemon Butter Zucchini Noodles

These garlic butter burgers with zucchini noodles make a delicious low-carb/keto dinner you'll remember for a long time. A super twist on the classic beef burger recipe!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

15. Garlic Butter Chicken with Cauliflower Rice

Quick, Healthy dinner with Garlic Butter chicken and cauliflower rice — The ultimate gluten free/low carb dinner.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

16. Smoked Sausage with Sweet Potato Stir-Fry

This smoked sausage and sweet potato stir-fry is a perfect weeknight dinner idea!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

17. Garlic Butter Salmon with Lemon Asparagus

This seared salmon recipe with asparagus makes a delicious and nutritious dinner. Healthy salmon is quick to cook and ready in under 15 minutes!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

18. Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp with Zucchini Noodles

This Lemon garlic butter shrimp recipe with zoodles is an easy and simple shrimp recipe that cooks in one skillet in just 10 minutes.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

19. Garlic Butter Shrimp with Lemon Parmesan Cauliflower Rice

This Garlic Butter Shrimp is Super nourishing and easy to whip up. The shrimp and cauliflower rice combination is a winner!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

20. Garlic Chicken and Zucchini

This garlic butter chicken is perfect for a quick and easy weeknight dinner. Garlic butter chicken is delicious with its side of zucchini cooked straight in the same pan for easy cleanup. You'll ❤️ the flavors!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

21. Garlic Butter Salmon and Lemon White Beans

This garlic butter salmon and white bean recipe is an easy and delicious weeknight meal everyone will love.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

22. Easy Cajun Pork Chops with Lemon Garlic Zucchini

Juicy Cajun Pork Chops with Lemon Garlic Zucchini ready and on your table in less than 20 minutes!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

23. Sausage Taco Cauliflower Rice Skillet

A nutritious low-carb, keto, paleo main dish for dinner.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

24. Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Lemon Asparagus

This chicken bites and asparagus recipe is a winner for dinnertime. So much flavor and so easy to throw together!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

25. Garlic Butter Steak Bites with Lemon Zucchini Noodles

These garlic butter steak bites with lemon zucchini noodles have so much flavor and are so easy to throw together!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

26. Garlic Butter Ground Turkey with Cauliflower

This Ground Turkey Cauliflower is a rich and indulgent bowl of comfort with a healthy twist!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

27. Cheesy Turkey Meatballs with Asparagus

These cheesy turkey meatballs recipe are easy, nourishing, and just melt in your mouth.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

28. Garlic Butter Turkey Meatballs with Zucchini Noodles

These turkey meatballs make an easy and nourishing skillet meal that keeps carbs low and morale high for dinner! Turkey meatballs are lighter than regular meatballs and perfect for meal prep!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

29. One-Pot Beef Stroganoff

This beef Stroganoff recipe is cooked in only one pan and makes the most comforting dinner!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

30. Honey Mustard Pork Chops and Potato Skillet

Juicy honey mustard pork chops with potatoes melt in your mouth, literally. This pork and potato recipes is the bomb!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

31. Garlic Butter Sausages with Lemon Green Beans

This easy sausage recipe with green beans is a complete dinner made in just one-pan!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

32. 15-Minute Lemon Garlic Butter Steak with Zucchini Noodles

This grilled steak recipe with zucchini noodles has so much flavor and is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to mess up. You next favorite steak recipe!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

33. Garlic Butter Pork with Lemon Asparagus

This garlic butter pork and asparagus recipe is super flavorful and so easy to throw together - A total winner for dinner!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

34. Lemon Garlic Butter Steak with Spinach

Lemon garlic butter steak recipe - Tons of flavor and so easy to make - A quick low carb dinner you’ll be crazy about.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

35. Fried Cabbage with Sausage

This fried cabbage and smoked sausage recipe is just the perfect way to put dinner on the table in under 30 minutes, using just one pan!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

36. Lemon Garlic Butter Salmon with Zucchini Noodles

Light, low carbs and ready in 15 minutes - Dinner perfection!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

37. Garlic Herb Butter Chicken Thighs with Asparagus

This garlic butter chicken thighs recipe is delicious and super nourishing. Skin-on bone-in chicken thighs are cooked in one skillet for easy prep and cleanup!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

38. Garlic Butter Shrimp and Broccoli Skillet

This garlic butter shrimp and broccoli skillet recipe is quick, simple, and big on flavor!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

39. Cheesy Turkey Meatballs with Cauliflower Rice

Turkey meatballs are juicy and tender, stuffed with cream cheese and mozzarella cheese, and serve over cauliflower rice for a delicious dinner! A rich and indulgent plate of comfort with a healthy twist!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

40. Creamy Ground Beef and Cauliflower Rice Casserole

This ground beef casserole skillet is a rich and nourishing bowl of comfort with a healthy twist! Try our ground beef casserole tonight!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

41. Asado Chicken Breasts with Sautéed Garlic Spinach

This Asado chicken breasts recipe with spinach is perfect for lunch, dinner, or even for meal prep. You'll love the flavors!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

42. Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Zucchini Noodles

These delicious chicken bites recipe is so juicy and tender you'll eat them hot right off the pan!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

43. Chicken Burrito Bowls with Cauliflower

This chicken burrito bowl with cauliflower is tasty and super nutritious. Plus, it comes together quicker than getting takeout!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

44. Garlic Butter Pork Bites with Lemon Green Beans

Ready in 30 minutes or less, this garlic butter pork bites and green beans skillet is a weeknight winner!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

45. 10-Minute Pizza Zucchini Noodles with Marinara Sauce & Pepperoni

A complete low carb meal you will feel great about eating!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

46. Paprika Chicken Thighs with Lemon Zucchini Skillet

These easy and succulent paprika chicken thighs take only 25 minutes and are so addicting!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

47. Egg Roll Bowls with Chicken and Cabbage

This chicken egg roll bowl recipe is super easy to make, and so nourishing. All of the great flavor of Egg Rolls, without the carbs!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

48. Garlic Butter Steak and Green Beans

Quick and easy Steak Recipe with Green Beans- Your new favorite weeknight meal, cooked in just one pan.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

Tips for making a meal with one skillet

Each recipe is different, but here are a few tips on how to cook with just one skillet:

• Choose your ingredients wisely and make sure they are compatible with one skillet cooking. Stick to proteins, vegetables, grains, and seasonings that cook quickly and at the same temperature.
• Preheat your skillet over medium-high heat before adding any ingredients.
• Start by cooking more time-intensive ingredients first, such as proteins or root vegetables.
• Use a little oil to help keep ingredients from sticking and to help them develop a nice color when cooking.
• Add vegetables that are quick-cooking or already cooked and simply need to be warmed up.
• Add a little liquid, such as broth, wine, or tomato sauce, to help the ingredients cook evenly and to add flavor. If there are some brown bit to the bottom of the skillet, that how you deglaze them, plus it adds flavor!
• Taste and adjust seasonings as necessary before serving. Serve hot and enjoy you one-skillet meal!

Did you make one of these one-skillet meal recipes? Please share on your social media using our hashtag #eatwell101!