These 9 one pot wonders are dinners to make in a single pan

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How’s this for great? Nine delicious dinner recipes that require but a single pan, pot or dish to make. So, you can get supper on the table in no time, and then cleaning up later is a breeze.

Easy Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole

A bowl of rice with corn and herbs on a striped cloth with garnishes on the side.
Easy Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

This Easy Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole Recipe provides a one-pot wonder with just five ingredients. Plus, it featured ingredients you may have leftover from other dinners. So, it’s economical, too.
Get the Recipe: Easy Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole

Fried Chicken in the Crock Pot

A whole chicken seasoned with herbs and spices in a slow cooker, ready to be cooked.
Fried Chicken in the Crock Pot. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Your Crock Pot, slow cooker or Instant Pot is the ultimate in one post wonders for dinner. Just add the chicken and all the ingredients, set on low for eight hours and dinner is ready later with barely any effort on your part. Get the Recipe: Fried Chicken in the Crock Pot

Honey Chipotle Steak and Potatoes

A fork piercing a piece of a seasoned roasted potato.
Honey Chipotle Steak and Potatoes . Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

This one-pot wonder dinners is a spicy twist on a classic. It combines seasoned potatoes that are roasted and cooked with tender steak bites in a spicy smoky sauce made with honey, chipotle and garlic.
Get the Recipe: Honey Chipotle Steak and Potatoes

Broccoli Chicken Cheese Casserole

A plate of chicken with rice garnished with parsley on a white surface with an orange napkin, wooden utensils, and ingredients nearby.
Broccoli Chicken Cheese Casserole. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

This Broccoli Chicken Cheese Casserole is mixed and baked in a single pan. When done, you’ve got cheesy, yummy broccoli with seasoned chicken on top that you served over a bed of a rice and pasta blend.
Get the Recipe: Broccoli Chicken Cheese Casserole

Easy Pasta Puttanesca

A pan full of spaghetti and tomatoes on a tablecloth.
Easy Pasta Puttanesca. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Let’s call this Pasta Puttanesca a one and a half pan dinner. Yes, you’ll need to boil the pasta separately. But other than that, you’ll mix everything in one pan and then dinner is served.
Get the Recipe: Easy Pasta Puttanesca

Copycat Trader Joe’s Arancini Rice Balls

A person pulling apart a gooey, cheese-filled arancini with more of the fried rice balls and sauce in the background.
Copycat Trader Joe’s Arancini Rice Balls. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

You will boil, cook, mix and fry the arborio rice for risotto in one dish and come away with arancini, Italian rice balls filled with cheese. Serve them with a side salad, and you’ve got a well-rounded dinner.
Get the Recipe: Copycat Trader Joe’s Arancini Rice Balls

Easy Meat Sauce

A pot of tomato sauce with a spoon in it.
Easy Meat Sauce. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

My grandparents would let this sauce recipe gently simmer for hours on Sunday morning. The long, slow cook thickened the texture and enriched the flavors. Then, you have everything you need for Sunday dinner.
Get the Recipe: Easy Meat Sauce

Fast No Rise Pizza Dough

Kneading dough on a floured surface.
Fast No Rise Pizza Dough. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

You don’t even need a pot to make pizza with this recipe. You’ll just mix this fast, no rise pizza dough in a bowl, then transfer to a pizza pan or stone where you’ll shape, and then add sauce, cheese and toppings.
Get the Recipe: Fast No Rise Pizza Dough

Goat Cheese Pizza Sauce

A hand holding a slice of freshly baked pizza with cheese stretching between the slice and the rest of the pizza.
Goat Cheese Pizza Sauce. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

After you’ve made the no rise pizza dough mentioned earlier — or purchased a ball of premade pizza dough from a store or restaurant — you’ll add a pop of unexpected but delicious flavor to your pizza sauce with goat cheese.
Get the Recipe: Goat Cheese Pizza Sauce

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