The One Pan Recipes in this collection can all be made with just one or two pans/bowls/skillets. For example, we’re talking sheet pan dinners, one-bowl cakes, one-pan recipes, slow cooker things, one-pot stews, etc. These are the kinds of things you’ll find in this corner of My Kitchen Little. These space-saving recipes are low-maintenance and won’t have you running all over your kitchen to get the job done.
In sum, this collection is designed to maximize your space and save your kitchen from a messy disaster. Easy does it, over here.
Ethiopian Doro WatSoy Caramel Green Bean BundlesColombian Chicken StewMediterranean Sun Dried Tomato ChickenCheesy French Onion Chicken with PotatoesEasiest Creamy Chicken Enchilada SoupGiant Brussels Sprouts Frico with BalsamicCurried Turkey and Sweet Potato SoupSingapore Street NoodlesCider Braised Pork & ApplesPeachy Potsticker and Tomato SkilletSweet Corn and Peach GazpachoJezebel Chicken Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Mushroom SauceRoasted Chicken with GrapesSheet Pan Mini MeatloavesHungarian Mushroom SoupChipotle Brown Sugar Pork Chops and ApplesTuscan Mushroom Ravioli SoupCreamy Tuscan Ribollita with SausageBourbon & Apple French Onion SoupMarry Me ChickenCocoa Curry Pork ShoulderSpatchcock Roast Chicken with Potatoes5 Ingredient Salmon and ChorizoEasy Baked Fish and ChipsSesame Seared Tuna with Snap PeasChocolate Mirror Glaze (no gelatin!)Marinated Butter Beans with HalloumiMexican Black Bean StewHomemade Alice Springs Chicken Crispy Skin Salmon with Dijon SaucePork Chops with Scallion SalsaRoasted Salmon and Gnocchi Chicken with 40 Cloves of GarlicTriple Pepper Cheesesteak SkilletSheet Pan Shrimp and Sausage BakeWest African Peanut StewSuper Easy Chicken and Chorizo Enchilada Skillet Best Creamy Tortellini and Sausage Soup Hungarian Chicken PaprikashGarlicky Lemon Pepper Roasted AsparagusThai Beef with Basil (Pad Krapow)Golden Risotto With MushroomsChili Garlic Chicken with TangerinesChipotle Potato ChowderIndian Butter Chicken Thai Style Peanut Curry Chicken and NoodlesEasy Chicken CacciatoreCajun Style Chicken Fricassee with Andouille 6Crispy Szechuan Beef with Peppers Toasted Garlic Zuppa Toscana Warm Squash and Radicchio SaladGreek Style Chicken Spanakopita Pot Pie 5Easy Chicken Tinga TacosHarvest Chicken and Stuffing SkilletAutumn Sausage, Apple & Red Cabbage Bake Chipotle Garlic Butter Chicken Sheet Pan Chicken Tikka MasalaGarlicky Orange Chili Squash with SageSimple Roasted Salmon and Veggies Tunisian Harissa Chicken & Olive SkilletTexas Style Oven Roasted Beef BrisketBasque Style Braised Chicken and ChorizoRoasted Honey Garlic Pork LoinSlightly Spicy Mississippi Pot RoastEasy Creamy Chicken and Rice CasseroleSmashed Margarita Chicken Ham and Swiss Pretzel MeltsSummery Green Curry Chicken & Corn ChowderWhiskey Cream Salmon & Corn SkilletRoasted Veggie Caprese Salad with Crispy ProsciuttoSticky Maple-Balsamic Pork Chops with PlumsSmoky Chorizo Chicken & Rice SkilletSlow Cooker Carne Asada Tacos with Cilantro Lime Cream Easy Asian Chicken Noodle Soup with ShrimpChipotle Brown Sugar Salmon & PotatoesCoconut & Lemongrass Braised ChickenHealthier Chocolate Hazelnut Zucchini BreadCreamy Garlic Shrimp & Artichoke ToastsSpringtime Roasted Cobb Salad Saucy Meatball Sub SkilletOne Bowl Texas Chocolate Cake with Milk Chocolate ButtercreamTunisian Lentil Stew with Crispy ChickpeasWinter White Cioppino with Salty Scallion OilGolden Cauliflower Gratin with HazelnutsIncredible Slow Cooker MarinaraJalapeno Crusted Grilled Turkey, Apple and Cheese SandwichesBerry Crumble Picnic CakeCoconut Red Curry Drip BeefShoyu Chicken from Aloha Kitchen CookbookRed Wine & Pomegranate Short RibsSlow Cooker Feta & Chickpea Masala Cookoff Winning Texas-Style ChiliNacho-Topped Green Chicken Chili Pumpkin Peri-Peri Mussels with Smoked SausageKorean-Style Beef with KimchiCreamless Lemon Cream Angel HairBest Roasted Broccoli with Parmesan and Pine NutsEasiest Hands-Off Spaghetti and MeatballsBest Ever One-Bowl Banana Bread Raw and Roasted Radishes with Blistered Green Beans Grilled Summer Squash with Hazelnuts & ParmesanPoached Fish in Tomato-Fennel BrothCorn in a Salted Honey Butter Bath
Mastering One-Pan Recipes: Tips and Tricks
Let’s be honest. One Pan Recipes are truly things of beauty, and joys forever. As long as I’m cooking, I will never tire of discovering fresh one-pan recipes to share with you guys here on My Kitchen Little. This collection really leans on a few key tactics, just as our 30-Minute Recipes and Minimal Ingredient Recipes collections do. Let’s take a closer look at the art of cooking with just one pan, shall we?
Order matters.
Unlike recipes that bounce around from one pot, pan or cooking vessel to the next, single-pan cooking requires that you pay close attention to a recipe’s steps. The directions and their chronology matter. For example, if you’re going to prepare a saucy, one-pan chicken dish, it’s very important to make sure to brown the chicken BEFORE you begin to build the sauce.
Why? This is because the chicken needs a dry pan in which to brown – it needs to make contact with the pan with zero sauce or liquids around to mess with the Maillard reaction (that’s the browning effect that is SO delicious). Once you’ve got that down, you can scoot your chicken out of the pan for a few minutes while you create a sauce. The sauce will pick up the flavors of that chicken, the brown bits (or fond) acting as their own amazing ingredient, and it will be amazing.
What’s more, when you slide the browned chicken back down into the bubbling sauce, you can pour the fatty, succulent juices into the pan as well. This is ANOTHER ingredient that you didn’t have to buy. In sum, fond plus resting juices are tow major keys to achieving lots of flavor in a single pan. And this couldn’t happen if we reversed the order of directions. ORDER MATTERS.
Invest in a set of pots and pans that you love, and that are going to last
This is pretty self-explanatory, yes? If you’ll notice, almost all of the recipes pictured on this site live in the same handful of pots and pans. Do I have a million props, tools, pots, pans, and pieces from years of working in food? Yes. But do I want to deal and fuss with those things every night when I’m trying to cook food fast? Nope. Sure don’t.
This being the case, I really just keep a handful of major workhouses that I know will always get the job done for me. I have detailed the exact products that I use weekly here in this post.
