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55 Sheet-Pan Dinners to Make Life Just a Little Easier

The baking sheet is our weeknight dinner hero.

April 20, 2020

Photo of tomatoes cheese and onions roasted on a sheet pan and being served onto plate.

There are days for simmering and stirring, and there are days for easy sheet-pan dinners. You know, the kinds of recipes that involve a quick chop, a light toss in olive oil, and then slide it all in the oven. The kinds of recipes that don't leave you with a million bowls and pots and pans to clean, just the one sheet pan. But if you're bored with your standard chicken-and-veg situation, we can help. Here are 55 of our favorite foolproof recipes for sheet-pan fish, sheet-pan chicken, sheet-pan rice and beans, sheet-pan cheesy gratin, and more.

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Sheet-Pan Chicken With Tomatoes and Mozzarella
Easy sheet-pan dinners don't get more crowd-pleasing than Pizza Chicken. It's a fresh take on those classic Italian-American flavors that only takes 20 minutes in prep. No chicken in the house? You can make this with white beans, too.
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Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
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Double-the-Mustard Chicken With Potatoes and Greens
Dijon mustard mixed with honey serves as a vibrant marinade for this easy chicken recipe, but then we double down: Whole-grain mustard adds dynamic pops of flavor to the dressing.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
3/55
Roasted Niçoise Salad With Halibut
Jarred marinated artichoke hearts get super-crispy and delicious when roasted, making them the secret star of this simple sheet-pan dinner.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Dana Bonagura
4/55
Sausage and Greens Sheet-Pan Dinner
With crispy mini potatoes and hearty greens that are roasted in a sweet-tart mustard dressing, this is the kind of dinner we want to eat again and again.
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Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
5/55
Roasted Cabbage Steaks With Crispy Chickpeas and Herby Croutons
It’s time we gave cabbage its place in the roasted vegetable hall of fame. This vegetarian sheet-pan dinner will convince everyone at your table.
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Photo by Alex Lau, Food Styling by Susie Theodorou
6/55
Sheet-Pan Chicken Meatballs and Charred Broccoli
Sometimes you just need meatballs, and you need them to be easy. This sheet-pan dinner from Deb Perelman is inspired by Japanese tsukune.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
7/55
Sheet-Pan Roasted Squash and Feta Salad
Feta and bread get roasted alongside winter squash, then tossed with pleasantly bitter greens for a salad that’s equal parts warm and cold, soft and crunchy, and sweet and savory.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
8/55
Sheet-Pan Old Bay Trout and Succotash
Steam a mixture of corn, green beans, and tomatoes in a foil pouch alongside butterflied trout for an easy one-sheet-pan dinner.
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Photo by Ted + Chelsea Cavanaugh, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Laura Rege
9/55
Shawarma-Spiced Tofu Pita Wraps
Tearing tofu into craggy pieces and then roasting with a heap of spices until the edges turn crisp is the key to these intensely flavorful sandwiches.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks
10/55
Herb-Crusted Cauliflower Steaks With Beans and Tomatoes
This is a meatless favorite that you'll want to serve with a steak knife.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
11/55
Sheet-Pan Curry Pork Chops and Sweet Potatoes
Roast halved sweet potatoes and spiced pork chops on one pan, then top with a lemony yogurt sauce, crispy radishes, and tart pomegranate seeds.
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Photo by Marcus Nilsson, Prop Styling by Amy Wilson, Food Styling by Frances Boswell
12/55
Sheet-Pan Potato Hash with Fixins
These shingled sheet-pan taters are somewhere between french fries and potato chips (and heaven). Use russets to achieve a remarkably crispy-meets-creamy texture.
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13/55
Blissed-Out Crispy Cheesy Broccoli Gratin
When you cook broccoli gratin on a sheet pan, every single morsel gets an ample coating of crunch.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
14/55
Summer Pizza With Salami, Zucchini, and Tomatoes
It's a pizza. It's a salad. Here, store-bought pizza dough gets this family-friendly dinner on the table in less than an hour.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, food styling by Rhoda Boone
15/55
Baked Mustard-Crusted Salmon With Asparagus and Tarragon
Gently baking salmon in a low-temperature oven ensures a moist, succulent fillet and only takes about 15 minutes. Cooking asparagus on the same pan makes clean-up a breeze.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
16/55
Freeform Chicken Meatballs With Carrots and Yogurt Sauce
Shaping meatballs into perfect spheres is too fussy for a weeknight meal. Instead, drop dollops of spiced ground chicken onto a sheet pan and roast with carrots until both are golden brown.
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Photo by Laura Murray, Food Styling by Mariana Velasquez
17/55
Warm Winter Vegetable Salad With Halloumi
One bowl and one baking sheet is all you need to achieve sweet, creamy squash, crispy pita chips, and chewy, charred cheese. Fresh mint and a splash of vinegar perk up the final dish.
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Photo by Stephen Kent Johnson, Prop Styling by Kalen Kaminski, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich
18/55
Slow-Roasted Salmon With Harissa
Slow-roasting salmon is a sure-fire, never-fail technique for tender, flaky fish. Coating it with harissa paste ensures it’s flavorful too.
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Photo by Nicole Franzen
19/55
Tandoori Chicken and Vegetable Sheet-Pan Supper
No tandoor oven? No problem. This recipe for chicken and vegetables marinated in yogurt and spices is cooked on a single sheet pan in a regular home oven.
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Photo by Marge Perry
20/55
Sheet-Pan Cuban Rice and Beans
Rice and beans is the perfect low-cost pantry meal. Here it gets even easier, since it's all made right on a sheet pan. We promise, it works.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
21/55
Sheet-Pan Steak Fajitas
Put your broiler to work for sizzling steak fajitas that cook on one sheet pan in just 10 minutes.
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22/55
Panko-Crusted Roast Chicken Thighs With Mustard and Thyme
Slather bone-in thighs with a Dijon-thyme butter, coat in breadcrumbs, and slide it all into the oven for an effortlessly crispy roast chicken sheet-pan dinner.
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23/55
A Vegetarian’s Dream Sweet Potato Dinner
Roast sweet potatoes and crispy roasted mushrooms come together with lentils and a dill-spiked feta-tahini sauce in this satisfying vegetarian recipe.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Astrid Chastka, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
24/55
Our Favorite Meatloaf
We tried a lot of meatloaf recipes in our test kitchen to create the ultimate version. We promise it won't disappoint.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
25/55
Sheet-Pan Pasta Bake With Chicken and Kale
So much more crispy topping per bite than your standard pasta casserole.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone
26/55
Mango-Chutney Chicken With Roasted Carrots And Zucchini
The whole family gets what they want with this easy, customizable sheet-pan dinner.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
27/55
Sheet-Pan Cumin Chicken Thighs With Squash, Fennel, and Grapes
Cumin-rubbed chicken cooks alongside sweet roasted grapes, fennel, and squash in this simple yet flavorful one-pan dinner.
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28/55
Broiled Cod With Fennel and Orange
A zesty mayonnaise spread is the secret to the super-flavorful and moist fish in this simple sheet-pan recipe.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
29/55
Sheet-Pan Paella With Chorizo, Mussels, and Shrimp
You'll need two pans to make this genius weeknight version of the Spanish classic. (The second is used merely to cover the first as the dish steams in the oven.)
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Photo by Alex Lau, Food Styling by Sue Li
30/55
Roast Sausage and Fennel with Orange
Roasting Italian sausages on a bed of sliced fennel and red onion is two kinds of genius: sausage drippings flavor the vegetables and you only have one pan to clean when dinner is done.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Kate Schmidt
31/55
BBQ Pork Chops with Herb-Butter Corn and Sweet Potatoes
You don't have to fire up the grill to enjoy a taste of barbecue. This pork chop dinner makes use of the broiler to get those smoky, charred flavors on the table anytime you want them.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Kate Schmidt
32/55
Fish Packets With Snap Peas, Tomatoes, and Herb Butter
An easy herbed butter infuses fish and vegetables with rich flavor in this family-friendly dinner.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Michelle Gatton
33/55
Sheet-Pan Grilled Cheese
The hands-down easiest way to serve grilled cheese to your whole family at once.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Mariana Velasquez
34/55
"Tzimmes" Chicken With Apricots, Prunes, and Carrots
Roast cumin and cinnamon-rubbed chicken on a baking sheet with carrots, dried apricots, dried prunes, and lots of garlic.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
35/55
Sheet-Pan Chicken Saltimbocca with Roasted Potatoes and Crispy Kale
This Italian-inspired dish is fancy enough to make you want to write the menu out in cursive. But it's easy enough to make on a weeknight.
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36/55
Spiced Chicken with Spaghetti Squash, Pomegranate, and Pistachios
Spice-rubbed chicken legs get roasted alongside spaghetti squash and onion for an easy sheet-pan dinner that’s bursting with bright, comforting flavors.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
37/55
Sheet-Pan Crispy Fish Tacos with Chili-Roasted Corn
Skip the mess of deep-frying with this brilliant method for making crispy pumpkin seed- and panko-crusted fish for tacos.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone
38/55
Sheet-Pan Eggs
Declare it breakfast for dinner, and cook these sheet-pan eggs so everyone can make their own breakfast sandwiches.
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Michael Graydon + Nicole Herriott
39/55
Grandma-Style Pizza
This old-school, rectangular pizza bakes right in a sheet tray. Top with black olives and onions, or roasted cauliflower and ricotta, or fennel and spicy sausage.
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Sheet-Pan Skirt Steak With Balsamic Vinaigrette, Broccolini, and White Beans
Balsamic-marinated steak cooks over the broccolini and white beans in this sheet-pan dinner, flavoring them with its tasty juices.
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41/55
Sheet-Pan Spaghetti Squash Puttanesca
Rather than pasta, serve the salty and spicy flavors of this classic Southern Italian dish with spaghetti squash "noodles" for a delicious, hearty vegetarian dinner.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Astrid Chastka, Food Styling by Anna Hampton
42/55
Crispy Chicken and Potatoes With Cabbage Slaw
These cumin-spiced chicken thighs and roasted potatoes are balanced by a zippy, jalapeño-spiked alternative to coleslaw.
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43/55
Shrimp Tacos with Pineapple
This easy taco dinner has lots of quick tricks: like cooking the pineapple and shrimp on one sheet pan, and then tossing the filling with the same dressing you used to quick-pickle the onions.
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44/55
Leek-Top Baking-Sheet Hash
Roasted or sautéed dark green leek tops are just as good and way more beautiful than their more popular white onion siblings: tender, totally flavorful—they're the hero of this hash.
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45/55
Crispy Sheet-Pan Broccoli
Three heads of broccoli spread across two sheet pans may seem like a lot. But when broccoli is this tender, crispy, and caramelized, it's hard to stop eating it right off the pan. To make it into a full meal, serve on top of a smear of ricotta or puréed white beans. A hunk of bread on the side is optional, but we know you've been baking.
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46/55
Roast Salmon and Broccoli with Chile-Caper Vinaigrette
Giving the broccoli a head start on the salmon in this one-pan dish lets it get nicely browned, coaxing out its natural sweetness.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
47/55
Rosemary Rack of Lamb With Roasted Potatoes and Carrots for Two
Even a romantic meal of roasted rack of lamb, carrots, and Hasselback potatoes comes together easily with a sheet pan.
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48/55
Parmesan Chicken with Caesar Roasted Romaine
Roasting halved heads of romaine lettuce briefly on a hot sheet pan chars the leafy edges and just softens the inner layers.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Molly Baz
49/55
3-Ingredient Chicken Breasts Stuffed With Ham and Cheese
You'll have your hands free for about 15 minutes while the chicken bakes in the oven—just enough time to whip up an easy green salad.
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50/55
Roast Chicken with Potatoes and Olives
Chicken legs, potatoes, and briny Kalamata olives come together on one-pan in this comforting, ridiculously simple dish.
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Photo by Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott
51/55
Broiled Salmon with Scallions and Sesame
A honey-soy glaze and a turn under the broiler give this salmon a sweet and savory char.
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52/55
Moroccan Roasted Chicken
Toss chicken, potatoes, and onions in a honey-and-spice mixture and roast. Finish the dish with a sprinkling of plump dried golden raisins and apricots.
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53/55
Teriyaki Salmon and Kale Sheet Pan Supper
If a recipe could logically be described as “impossibly easy,” this would be it. If you’ve never experienced crispy kale, you are in for a serious treat. It’s a great snack on its own, but sooooo perfect with the tender salmon.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks
54/55
Fastest Chicken Parm
A fresh, modern alternative to a usually time-consuming classic.
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Andrew Purcell, food styling by Rhoda Boone
55/55
Roasted Hot-Honey Shrimp with Bok Choy and Kimchi Rice
We love the way this cooking method lightly chars the bok choy and intensifies the natural sweetness and juiciness of the shrimp. Add it to your list of must-make sheet-pan dinners.
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