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7 One-Pot Chicken Dinner Ideas For Hectic Nights

When cooking is the last thing on your mind.

Posted on

25 April 2017

One-Pot Chicken Dinner Ideas

Some happy days call for elaborate 3-course scrumptious meals and others — for 20 minutes, 5-ingredient comfort food. For the latter, you need one staple ingredient in your fridge — chicken.

Easy to defrost, affordable to buy and delicious to eat — it’s difficult to go wrong with chicken. Check out some healthy one-pot chicken recipes that require little effort and minimal cleanup.

1. One-pot chicken, quinoa, mushrooms & spinach

Seasoned chicken thighs mixed with sauteed mushrooms, spinach and quinoa — just what you need to eat fancy with minimal legwork.

One-Pot Chicken, Quinoa, Mushrooms & Spinach

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2. One-pan lemon chicken & asparagus

It's just a matter of throwing everything on a baking sheet, adding some seasoning and letting the oven do the work for you!

One-pan lemon chicken & asparagus

image credit: Pinterest/Chelsea'sMessyApron

3. One-pan balsamic chicken with veggies

Zesty balsamic marinated chicken served with a medley of season's veggies. It's low calories, has juicy veggies and takes less than 30 minutes — what more can we ask for?

One-pan balsamic chicken with veggies

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4. Pan-seared chicken with spinach & tomatoes

Topped with an easy lemon honey butter sauce that takes three minutes to make, this version of pan-seared chicken is an easy treat for your taste buds.

Pan-seared chicken with spinach & tomatoes

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5. One-pot Greek chicken & rice

Bring some Mediterranean kick to your chicken with this easy-to-make Greek chicken with seasoned rice, tomatoes, hummus and feta cheese — make sure you have enough to impress your office colleagues the next day.

 One-pot Greek chicken & rice

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6. One-pan pesto chicken with veggies

It's boneless, skinless chicken thighs sauteed and served with sun-dried tomatoes, asparagus, cherry tomatoes in a delicious basil pesto sauce. It looks as good as it tastes.

 One-pan pesto chicken with veggies

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7. One pot chicken & potatoes

Chicken + potatoes = ultimate comfort food. And hey, roasted potatoes don't count as calories.

One Pot Chicken & Potatoes

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