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5-Ingredient Recipes: 21 Easy Dinner Ideas with 5 Ingredients or Less

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Letter from the Editors

Dear Cooking Enthusiast:

When you need to get dinner on the table, it's best that as few ingredients as possible stand between you and the finished product. Recipes with 5 ingredients or less are great because theyll save time and money on preparing dinner. This collection of 5-Ingredient Recipes: 21 Easy Dinner Ideas with 5 Ingredients or Less is chock full of dinners, side dishes and desserts that will get rave reviews.

Recipes with short ingredients lists not only take less time and effort to make, they also help to cut your grocery bill. Some of the recipes in this collection require as few as 3 ingredients, and once you taste them, you wont believe they were so easy. This list of dinner menu items with 5 ingredients or less will become your go-to source for memory-making meals.

From the pull-apart bread your friends will rave about, to the last bite of Mamas Pizza Casserole to disappear at a family dinner, these recipes will fill every mealtime with mouthwatering magic. You dont need a bunch of ingredients to make a memorable meal, these easy peasy dishes practically cook themselves.

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Table of Contents

Delicious Dinner Recipes

Poor Man Layered Cabbage Casserole

By: Jordan Sward, RecipeLion Original Recipe

Even those who don't care for cabbage will love this beefy unstuffed cabbage casserole recipe. With just 5 basic ingredients plus the cheese on top, its the definition of a budget-friendly recipe. Plus, it makes enough to feed a hungry crowd so you may even have leftovers!

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 (10-3/4-ounce) can condensed tomato soup
• 1 cups water
• cups raw white or brown rice
• 4 cups cabbage, shredded
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 cups shredded cheese (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Brown beef in a skillet and drain fat. Add onion and saut until translucent. Add soup, water, and rice, cover and let simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Spread cabbage in bottom of a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish. Layer beef mixture on top, spread evenly but don't stir.
4. Cover and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until rice is cooked. If desired, sprinkle cheese on top and bake for another 10 minutes.

4-Ingredient Pork Chop Casserole

By: Mandy from South Your Mouth

As far as easy dinner recipes are concerned, this pork chop casserole is about as simple as they come. What's even better is that the flavors packed into this casserole dish are so mouthwatering, no one will be able to resist a second helping.

Ingredients

• 4-5 bone-in pork chops
• Salt & pepper
• 2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 (10.5-ounce) cans condensed French onion soup
• 1 cup uncooked long-grain rice

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Season pork chops liberally with salt and pepper. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown pork chops on each side (do not cook through, just sear the chops on each side).
3. Add soup and rice to a 13x9-inch baking dish and stir to combine. Arrange browned pork chops on top of rice in a single layer. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake for one hour.

Stupid Chicken

Don't be fooled by the name of this dish... it may be stupidly easy to prepare, but the end result is brilliantly delicious. If you've been looking for a foolproof slow cooker chicken recipe to add to your collection of easy weeknight dinner ideas, this is it!

Ingredients

• 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
• 1 (28-ounce) can Italian-seasoned diced tomatoes
• 1 envelope Herb and Garlic Recipe soup mix (Liptons or similar)
• Hot cooked rice or pasta
• Parmesan cheese, grated

Instructions

1. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces. Mix chicken, tomatoes and soup mix together, and pour into slow cooker.
2. Cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.
3. Serve over rice or bow tie pasta and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Notes

If you have an oven, you can do this in an oven-browning bag. Bake for about 45 minutes at 350 degrees F.

Zucchini and mushrooms are nice additions to the recipe.

4-Ingredient Dump and Go Russian Chicken

By: Libby from Cooking with Libby

Simply mix together these basic ingredients and let your slow cooker do the work for you! This chicken has just the right hint of tanginess mixed with a sweet element that will have you going back for seconds. Since its cooked in the slow cooker, the chicken comes out perfectly moist and juicy.