30 Must-Have Skillet Dinner Recipes {30mins or Less}

Skillet dinner recipes for your weeknight menus! From chicken or beef to sausage and shrimp, if you’re looking for easy one pan dinners, you’ll want to add all of these skillet dinner recipes to your weekly meal plan. Dinner is ready in 30 minutes or less – Try one tonight!

by Christina Cherrier

Christina Cherrier

Christina Cherrier is a recipe developer and editor for Eatwell101 since 2011. She specializes in savory recipes, quick dinner options, and holiday menus. She is a professionally trained cook and worked as a consultant in the hospitality industry.

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Published Mar 20, 2021

Skillet Dinner Recipes: 30 Skillet Recipe Ideas for Dinner

1. 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!
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2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Pepper Steak Stir-Fry

This pepper steak stir-fry recipe is a restaurant-quality beef stir-fry you can make in less than 20 minutes, using simple and fresh ingredients.
Cooking time: 10 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 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

8. 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

9. 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!
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10. 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

11. 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

12. Cajun Shrimp Skillet

This Cajun shrimp recipe is the perfect base for a low carb or paleo meal. Shrimps are ready in less than 15 minutes - The whole family will love it!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

13. 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

14. 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

15. Lemon Garlic Butter Salmon with Zucchini Noodles

Light, low carbs and ready in 15 minutes - Dinner perfection!
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16. 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

17. Cowboy Butter Chicken with Zucchini Noodles (15-Minute)

Easy and delicious butter chicken recipe with zucchini noodles - You'll want to sip the sauce by the spoon!
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18. Creamy Garlic Pesto Chicken

This easy pesto chicken recipe is delicious, creamy, simply amazing!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

19. 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

20. Creamy Garlic Pork Chops

This creamy garlic pork chops recipe is a must-try dinner idea! A perfect pork recipe for all of your family and friends!
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21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Garlic Butter Chicken with Pineapple

This pineapple chicken is so tender and juicy bursting with savory sweet flavor!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

25. 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

26. Sausage Taco Cauliflower Rice Skillet

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

27. Buttery Garlic Herb Chicken and Lemon Parmesan Cauliflower Rice

These chicken thighs and cauliflower rice recipe are the best low-carb and gluten-free dish for dinner!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

28. 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

29. Taco Chicken Tenders with Lemon Garlic Butter Zucchini Noodles

These flavorful and juicy Taco Chicken Tenders are a perfect dinner for the busiest of weeknights.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

30. Garlic Butter Herb Pork Chops with Zucchini

These garlic butter pork chops make a complete Paleo meal that is quick, easy and effortless.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

31. Italian Sausage and Peppers Skillet

Easy and full of flavor - Cooked in one pan for an easy weeknight dinner.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

32. Stuffed Chicken Breast with Mozzarella and Spinach

Seriously cheesy and bursting with flavors, this quick dinner for two is perfect for a busy night.
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

33. Pan Seared Salmon with Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce

Hearty yet delectably healthy, this creamy salmon recipe is ready in under 20 minutes.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

34. Sausage, Pepper and Cauliflower Fried Rice

A nutritious blend of flavors for a delicious dinner ready in 20 minutes.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

35. Spicy Tahini Tofu Stir Fry

Try our tofu stir fry recipe and dinner will be done before you know it!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

36. Zucchini Noodles with Shrimp Sauce

Get your new go-to recipe for when you want to cut some carbs.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

37. Garlic Lemon Chicken Breasts with Green Beans

These pan-seared chicken breasts need less than 30 minutes to make from scratch!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

38. Skillet Creamy Chicken with Garlic Mozzarella Sun-Dried Tomato

On the look-out for for a quick inexpensive yummy dinner?
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

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