These easy sheet pan dinner recipes (also known as tray bakes) are so quick to bake up and clean up is a breeze! A complete meal cooked up on one sheet pan. You’ll add these easy one-pan dinners to your weekly dinner rotation for sure.
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What Makes a Great Sheet Pan Dinner
The beauty of sheet pan dinner recipes is that everything cooks at the same time: your meat, vegetables, and even potatoes. This makes dinner prep a breeze and it’s also perfect for meal prep for the week.
It all starts with a good quality sheet pan. You don’t want to worry about your sheet pan warping under the high temperature we’ll be roasting, so you’ll want to make sure that you use a sheet pan that doesn’t flex easily.
The size of the sheet pan can depend on how many servings you are making. For 4-6 servings, I recommend a half-sheet pan. This gives plenty of room to fit everything and leave plenty of room for browning.
For less than 4 servings, you can use a quarter-sheet pan. It’s also a great size for smaller ovens.
Choosing a Protein
Roasting at a high temperature develops a perfect crisp skin on chicken and gives beautiful golden color to fish and other meats. Some options that are perfect for sheet pan dinners are:
- Chicken: Bone-in chicken thighs or legs, boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs
- Fish: salmon filet or steaks, cod, tilapia
- Beef: flank steak cut in strips, ground beef
- Pork: pork chops, pork tenderloin, or sausage
- Tofu: firm or extra-firm tofu
From there, you can mix and match vegetables, spices, and even starches such as potatoes, gnocchi, or pierogies for a complete meal. If you’re practicing keto or low-carb, you can skip the starch option. It’s basically a choose your own adventure!
Tips for Cooking
- Cut your vegetables in roughly the same size so that they cook evenly
- Make sure to spread everything evenly and in a single layer on the pan so it all can brown rather than steam
- Cook similar vegetables together like hardy carrots and potatoes or tender asparagus and broccoli
- Line your sheet pan with aluminum foil for even quicker clean up and it will prevent any food from sticking to the pan
- Double the recipe and cook two sheet pans at once for easy meal prep for the week
Even More Easy Dinner Recipes
- Baked Chicken Leg Quarters
- Tater Tot Casserole (Make-Ahead Freezer Meal)
- Easy Calzones
- Creamy Blended Cottage Cheese Pasta
- Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Rice
Easy Sheet Pan Dinners
When it comes to a simple dinner to feed the family, easy sheet pan dinners can be a great go to meal everyone can enjoy.
With sheet pan dinners, you can easily make a filling and delicious dinner with little to no work. This is great for those busy weeknights when you don’t have a lot of time to stand over the stove and fix a big meal. Not to mention the are easy to cleanup which is always a plus!
These sheet pan dinners are easy to make and delicious. You only need a few ingredients to make them and you can clean them up in no time.
With just 4 ingredients, this Crescent Roll Taco Ring is a quick and easy dinner or appetizer that is sure to be a hit! Also known as a crescent roll taco bake, serve with your favorite toppings for a new taco on Taco Tuesday.
This Sausage and Pierogi Sheet Pan dinner is so easy and budget-friendly with the addition of cabbage. It bakes up quickly for a tasty dinner and one pan clean-up!
Sheet Pan Chicken and Vegetables is a breeze to bake up and it's on the table in 30 minutes and easy clean up!
This no fuss meal will be on the table in less than 20 minutes. Add a salad and some fruit for a complete meal.
Vegetables, Italian sausage or turkey sausage, and seasoning is mixed to create and easy and delicious sheet pan dinner.
A delicious all in one meal that combines the flavors of chicken and veggies mixed with Italian seasoning, Parmesan, and a hint of garlic.
Maple mustard chicken and roasted winter squash make for an easy, healthy one-pan dinner that's on the table in less than an hour.
A quick one pan meal that is full of flavor, this sheet pan dinner is a healthy and delicious weeknight dinner.
Teriyaki chicken pieces and a variety of veggies are baked together on a single sheet pan. The result is a delicious combination of flavors that your whole family will enjoy.
An easy weeknight dinner or dish for your summer entertaining, this sheet pan shrimp boil is delicious.
Serve with flour tortillas and you have a simple and delicious meal that everyone in the family is sure to love.
Bring a little heat to the table with these easy to make vegan buffalo chicken nachos. They are so good they won’t last long!
Ready in just 45 minutes, this honey balsamic chicken is a delicious and easy weeknight dinner meal you are sure to love.
Breakfast for dinner is always a hit and this has it all: potatoes, eggs, and bacon.
Loaded with flavor, this honey mustard chicken is a quick 30 minute meal that will make the perfect weeknight dinner idea.
If you love garlic chicken, you will love this delicious and easy to make garlic parmesan chicken sheet pan meal.
Salmon is always a great weeknight dinner idea that is easy to make and this sheet pan salmon with vegetables will not disappoint.
On the table in just 25 minutes, this sausage and Cajun sweet potato sheet pan dinner is a delicious meal with easy clean up.
A flavorful pork tenderloin roast is combined with green beans, potatoes, and apples for a tasty weeknight dinner.
Oven baked until the chicken thighs are tender and juicy, you can add some tasty vegetables to the pan to make a filling dinner.
Roast up bratwursts, potatoes and vegetables for a yummy Oktoberfest inspired sheet pan dinner. Serve with your favorite beer.
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