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50 one-dish wonders ready in one hour or less

Don't relegate the casserole pot to the weekends. These midweek-friendly saucy stews, soups and suppers will be on the dinner table, pronto.

50 recipes
This one-pot wonder will warm you up.
EASY

Warm chickpea and rice one-pot wonder with yoghurt and greens

  • Katrina Meynink
This chicken shawarma is a one-tray wonder.
EASY

Chicken shawarma traybake with sweet potato, feta and cranberries

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Katrina Meynink gives creamy chicken casserole a makeover.

Creamy one-pan chicken with charred lemon and crispy prosciutto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
One-pan wonder: Roast chicken marylands and haloumi cheese with added fresh honeycomb (if you're feeling extra).
EASY

One-pan chicken and haloumi bake with honey and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Chicken meatballs with coconut rice, herbs, bok choy and spicy mayo.

Chicken meatball and coconut rice traybake with spicy gochujang mayo

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Family dinner: Substitute the chicken for quail if you prefer.

Braised chicken with spiced rice, cranberries and dill

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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Perfect for entertaining: Braised chopped chicken with soft tortillas.

Spiced chicken tortillas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Braised lamb chump chops with jalapenos, potato and paprika.
EASY

Braised lamb chump chops with potato and jalapeno

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
One-pot wonder: Baked eggs with chorizo sausage and cooling labna.

Baked eggs with spicy sausage and labna

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Pepperoni potatoes.
EASY

Pepperoni hasselback potato traybake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Cacio e pepe meets spaghetti and meatballs.
EASY

Cacio e pepe spaghetti and meatball pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Spiced chickpea stew topped with roast pumpkin wedges.
EASY

Chickpea and roast pumpkin casserole

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Braised chicken with Dutch creams, speck and tarragon.

Braised chicken with dutch creams, speck and tarragon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Neil Perry's Middle Eastern chicken casserole.
EASY

Middle Eastern braised chicken with green olives

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Braised sweet potato, pumpkin and parsnip with cous cous.
EASY

Sweet potato, pumpkin and parsnip with chickpeas and spinach

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
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Smoky chickpea, aubergine and tomato one pot.

Smoky chickpea, eggplant and tomato one-pot casserole taco filling recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Rachel Khoo
Tagine of prawns, and potatoes.

Prawn tagine recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Salmon and noodle one-pan wonder.
EASY

Salmon with coconut milk, glass noodles and herbs recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Speedy salmon on a bed of garlicky mushrooms and spinach.
EASY

Roasted salmon with garlic, mushrooms and spinach

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's vegetable paella.

Vegetable paella

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Chicken veloute stew.
EASY

Chicken veloute stew recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Curried rice with chicken and cauliflower.
EASY

One-pan chicken curry rice

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Rachel Khoo's yoghurt and turmeric seafood soup.
EASY

Yoghurt and turmeric seafood soup recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Rachel Khoo
Chicken and ratatouille.
EASY

Chicken and ratatouille

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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When properly cooked, chickpeas are tender but never mushy, with a delicious, nutty flavour no other dried legume has.
EASY

Chorizo and chickpea soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw's garlic butter roast chicken

Garlic butter roast chicken

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Fish in a flash.
EASY

One-pan ling with butter, bacon and peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
One-tray wonder: Lamb meatballs with moghrabieh.

Middle Eastern meatball and giant cous cous traybake

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Braised chicken with ras el hanout and dates looks impressive but is simple to prepare.

Braised chicken with ras-el-hanout and dates

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Moroccan vegetable tagine.
EASY

Moroccan vegetable stew

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
The perfect blokes night in. Red hot duck curry and Thai green bean and peanut salad. SHD SUNDAY LIFE Picture by KATIE QUINN DAVIES SLIFE120902
EASY

Hot red duck curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Kate Gibbs
Blue-eye in a spicy broth with clams, asparagus and peas.

Blue-eye in a spicy broth with clams

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Flash in the pan: Chicken with mustard cream sauce.

One-pan chicken with mustard cream sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Put soup pasta to use in this one-pot wonder.

One-pan harissa chicken, olives and smoked tomatoes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
One-tray wonder: Baked sweet potato and sausages.
EASY

Baked sweet potato and sausages with salsa verde and sour cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's fish pot pies

Neil Perry's fish pot pies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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