Five-Ingredient Dinners: 100+ Fast, Flavorful Meals by America's Test Kitchen

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Soups
    • Ingredients: rotisserie chicken; parsley stems; parsley; carrots; celery; egg noodles
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  • Prosciutto-wrapped chicken with asparagus

    • dgiles on September 24, 2021

      This dish was amazing, especially given how easy it is. I made it exactly to the recipe except I used picante provolone instead of fontina and didn't have it with asparagus. It was flavorful and incredibly juicy. Overall, this is a great cookbook.

    • jay.moe on January 15, 2023

      Quick and easy meal to make but still tastes great. No asparagus or fontina at the store, substituted green beans and swiss cheese. No need to salt the chicken as the prosciutto is salty.

  • Hearty potato leek soup with kielbasa

    • AndieEats on October 18, 2022

      Comforting, cold weather. Subbed in two small, chopped white onions for 1lb of the leeks because I didn't pick up enough lol. 10oz kielbasa from the freezer, plus 1/4t fennel seeds. Served with slices of homemade caraway loaf. It would be tasty with chickpeas, carrots, and cabbage too.

  • Salmon and rice with cucumber salad

    • flavia_oiq5zc on April 22, 2026

      Absolutely loved this recipe. It was so simple to make.

  • Seared scallops with squash and sage butter

    • rachael_lw60td on February 15, 2026

      This worked with little scallops too! Delicious! I also made sautéed kale and red onions to serve with. No leftovers!

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  • ISBN 10 1948703920
  • ISBN 13 9781948703925
  • Linked ISBNs
  • Published Aug 17 2021
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 280
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher America's Test Kitchen

Publishers Text

Test cooks share their favorite low-effort, high-reward complete weeknight dinners, most ready in an hour or less.

Imagine surveying your pantry or fridge and realizing you already have every ingredient you need to make any number of fast, flavor-packed meals. Sounds like a dream? These back-pocket dinners make it a reality, with recipes that transform foods such as a rotisserie chicken, a baguette, hummus, or quinoa into full meals using just five ingredients (plus salt, pepper, and fat) that require little in the way of planning.

What these recipes lack in ingredients, they more than make up for in flavor and creativity. We use simple techniques to our advantage to coax the maximum amount of oomph out of each component:

• Turn rotisserie chicken into a cheesy, melty tart with frozen spinach, Brie, and store-bought crust • Shape lemony meatballs from ground chicken and quinoa--given a flavor boost from garlicky hummus that doubles as the base for a sauce • Get resourceful with our Grilled Tofu with Charred Broccoli, Peanut Sauce, and Crispy Shallots, repurposing the often drained-away shallot frying oil to coat the broccoli before grilling for an added layer of savoriness

With each recipe, a test cook's commentary gives an inside peek into the recipe creation process, whether offering a tip for using a high-impact ingredient like red curry paste or oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes (we help you compile a treasure trove of useful flavor bombs) or an imaginative technique (such as mincing carrot tops for a garnish). These recipes and tips will have you looking at your pantry with fresh eyes.

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