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Easy last-minute dinner recipes – Only have a few minutes to get dinner on the table? These last-minute dinner recipes will help you get a quick, delicious meal ready without prep or planning. From steak and potatoes to salmon in foil, here are our 12 simple dinner ideas that are easy to throw together at the last minute. Enjoy!
Easy Last-Minute Recipes: These 12 Easy Recipes Are Perfect for Last Minute Dinners
1. Garlic Butter Steak and Potatoes Skillet
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The best pan-seared steak with potatoes recipe you'll ever have - Simple, juicy, and so flavorful steak recipe with garlic butter sauce!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
2. Easy Oven Baked Chicken Bites
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Try our juicy oven baked chicken recipe! Boneless chicken breasts are cut in small bites and deliciously seasoned before baked in the oven until tender!
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3. Salsa Fresca Chicken Bake
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This crazy good chicken breast bake with salsa Fresca is so quick and easy to make - a guaranteed hit for tonight!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
4. Bell Pepper Chicken Bake
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This belle pepper chicken bake is an incredibly easy chicken dinner, packed with super fresh flavors.
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
5. Garlic Butter Parmesan Pasta
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This spicy garlic butter pasta recipe is another quick pasta dinner with a ton of flavor!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
6. Salmon Foil Packets with Pineapple and Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
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This easy juicy Salmon Foil Packets is easy to make, tastes delicious, and is ready in under 20 minutes!
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Comfort food at its finest! This easy skillet gnocchi recipe takes only 15 mins to make and is perfect for weeknight dinners.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
8. Garlic Butter Shrimp in 10 Minutes
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This easy garlic butter shrimp recipe is an amazing flavor combination of garlicky, buttery goodness.
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9. Grilled Steak Kabobs
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So juicy and delicious grilled steak Kabobs - Your BBQ parties just won’t be the same without them!
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10. Cajun Shrimp Skillet
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This Cajun shrimp recipe is the perfect base for a low carb or paleo meal. Shrimps are ready in less than 15 minutes - The whole family will love it!
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11. Instant Pot Sweet-and-Spicy Chicken
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This Instant pot chicken recipe is ready in 30 minutes - Sweet, spicy, and fork-tender!
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12. Honey Garlic Salmon Baked in Foil
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Flaky honey garlic baked salmon is dinner perfection in just 20 minutes. This salmon recipe is baked on a sheet pan for an easy dinner everyone will love!
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13. Instant Pot Green Beans with Lemon Garlic Butter
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Instant Pot Green Beans Recipe - These delicious Instant Pot green beans cook in only 5 minutes, yet taste like they have been slow-cooked all day long!
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Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 10 min Cook time: 15 min
The best pan-seared steak with potatoes recipe you'll ever have - Simple, juicy, and so flavorful steak recipe with garlic butter sauce!
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Ingredients you need for the Garlic Butter Steak and Potatoes Skillet
1 1/2 lb (650g)flank steak, sliced against the grain (or ribeye steak, tenderloin,strip loin, strip steak…)1 1/2 lb (650g) baby yellow potatoes, quartered1 tablespoon olive oil3 tablespoons butter, divided5 garlic cloves, minced1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped1 teaspoonfresh rosemary, chopped1 teaspoonfresh oregano, choppedSalt and fresh cracked pepperCrushed red chili pepper flakes, optionalThe marinade1/3 cup soy sauce (or coconut amino for paleo and gluten-free)1 tablespoon olive oil1 tablespoon hot sauce (we used Sriracha)Fresh cracked pepperWant aprinter-friendly version of the recipe?
Directions
1. To preparethe garlic butter steak recipe with potatoes wedges: In a large bowl, combine the steak strips with soy sauce, olive oil, pepper, and hot sauce. Set aside and allow steakstripsto marinate while you cook potatoes.
2. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, mix 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter. When butter is melted, add potatoes wedges. Cook for about 4 minutes, stir and cook an additional 4-5 minutes until potatoes wedges are golden and fork-tender. Transfer sauteed potatoesto a plate and set aside.
3. Keep the same skillet over medium heat and add the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter, garlic, red chili pepper flakes, and fresh herbs. Lay the steak strips in one layer in the skillet, keeping the drained steak marinade for later. Cook thesteak strips on each side for 1 minute each, until nicely browned – adjust timing depending on how you like your steak.
4. Right before the Garlic Butter steak is done, you can stir in the reserved marinade if you like and cook for one minute. Add the potato wedges back to the garlic butter steak pan and heat through. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper if necessary.
5. Remove from heat and serve immediately your steak and potatoes, garnished with more crushed chili pepper, fresh herbs, and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese over the potatoes if you like. Enjoy!
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