One-Pot Meals

Avgolemono, a classic Greek sauce flavored with lemon juice and thickened with eggs, adds richness to the tender stewed chicken in this outstanding main course. Pour a chilled Chardonnay, and offer purchased baklava for dessert. See how to joint a chicken.

Ground almonds create texture and thicken the sauce of pollo almendrado—our homage to New York's large Mexican and Central American population.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Raw corn kernels add pops of crunchy sweetness to this quick weeknight pasta.

A crowd-friendly, crisp-edged chicken and vegetable rice from chef José Andrés.

Sizzling shrimp fajitas at home—in one pan and under 30 minutes.

Chicken breasts reach their full potential in this spicy, saucy stir-fry with blistered green beans.

Thinly sliced and cooked hot and fast, pork tenderloin is the juicy, cook-quicking weeknight champion of this vegetable-heavy stir-fry.

This lasagna soup delivers rich, baked-pasta flavor without an oven. Made with Italian sausage and spinach, it’s a fast, weeknight-friendly take on the classic.

This quick-cooking dish that will disappear as fast as it comes together.

Biscuits and gravy, but make it spring.

This brothy bowl will nourish you from the inside out.

Serve it with warm pita, rice, or chips for an under-30-minute dinner.

Spiced, tender meatballs get cooked atop a bed of rice pilaf speckled with pistachios and plump golden raisins in this quick, one-pot dinner.

The heat of pickled chiles brings a welcome zing that integrates well with the salty elements of puttanesca and acts like a counterweight to rich pork chops.

This easy, one-skillet chicken stroganoff features tender chicken breasts, savory mushrooms, and a creamy Dijon-crème fraîche sauce—perfect for weeknights.