Welcome to our collection of Recipes with Minimal Ingredients! Almost every recipe on My Kitchen Little has less than 10 core ingredients, but the recipes in this collection, all at 6 ingredients or less (not counting cooking oil and S & P), truly demonstrate the beauty of simple, straightforward cooking by allowing the ingredients, along with some thoughtful, resourceful preparation, to lead the way. We believe that you just don’t need a mile-long ingredient list to make a fantastic dish.
These are our Recipes with Minimal Ingredients, the ones that are always there for you when you need to get something on the table but don’t care to re-stock your pantry or get out dozens of things just to make a single dish. That is simply not necessary. Less is so often more, and here, we’ll prove it … in 6 ingredients or less.
First, I’ll drop my entire collection of minimal ingredient recipes for you to check out. Next, you can scroll down a little further for a few tips and tricks for nailing minimal ingredient cooking – the things I do every day to make big impact on my little ingredient lists.
Also be sure to check out my 30-Minute Recipes, One-Pan Recipes, and my entire collection of Easy Dinners.
Recipes with Minimal Ingredients: The Complete Collection
Tips and Tricks for Recipes with Minimal Ingredients
So, if you’re interested in learning how to work with the food you’ve got, and cooking recipes with minimal ingredients – you’ve come to the right place. As such, this corner of My Kitchen Little is focused on providing recipes that only require a few ingredients to whip up. What’s more, we’re constantly writing and testing recipes to add to this collection. In conclusion, be sure to check back often to see what we’re sharing. Cool? Cool.
Minimal ingredient cooking is a hallmark of our mission here on this site, so we’re never not working on content to share with y’all. If you cook along with us for any length of time, you’ll probably begin to notice our tricks. Yes, I’m talking about the MKL tricks that we lean on time and again to maximize flavor and minimize ingredients. Here are a few examples of what I mean:
Minimal Ingredient Cooking: A Closer Look
- Using one ingredient in multiple ways. Such as in my Honey Mustard Chicken & Brussels Sprouts with Salty Cinnamon Pecan Crumble
- Relying on the cooking method to conjure big flavor, rather than a lot of ingredients. Like with these sandwiches.
- Keeping some key, flavor boosting ingredients on hand at all times. Like in this chicken recipe.