These easy 3 ingredient dinner recipes will make it easy for you to make cheap and delicious meals your family will love without spending a lot of time in the kitchen!
Easy 3 Ingredient Dinner Recipes – Delicious Meals Fast!
This post is dedicated to my friend and neighbor Katie. She came over and we were talking and she said “I need some super easy 3 ingredient or less recipes for dinner“.
As I was telling her about a couple of these recipes she had no idea these recipes could be made, and so easily too! She grew up with a mom who never cooked so she never learned how to cook. She was telling me how she would like to learn now.
If you are new to cooking at home try some of these recipes to get you started and get a good cookbook to help you along the way. Even if you are an old pro try some for those days when you just need something quick and easy!
Easy Creamy Chicken Recipe
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Ingredients
4 boneless chicken breasts
1 can cream soup (cream of chicken, cream of mushroom or cream of celery)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275°.
- Arrange the chicken breasts in a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- Pour the soup over the chicken.
- Cover with foil.
- Bake for 1½ to 2 hours until the chicken is cooked through.
- Serve over rice and or cooked vegetables.
Notes
You can also make this easy dinner recipe in the crockpot. Just dump everything in and cook for 4-6 hours on low.
3 Ingredient Salsa Chicken Recipe
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This easy 3 ingredient salsa chicken recipe is a super easy and delicious crockpot recipe perfect for families. Just 2 minutes’ prep and then toss it in the crockpot!
Ingredients
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6 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless OR 6-8 chicken pieces
2 cups salsa
1 cup shredded cheese (Cheddar or Mexican Blend)
Instructions
- Place the chicken in a crockpot.
- Pour the salsa on top.
- Cook for 1 1/2 – 2 hours on high.
- Place cheese on top and let it melt during the last 10-15 minutes.
3 Ingredient Sweet Pork Chops Or Ribs
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This easy 3 ingredient sweet pork chops recipe makes tangy and delicious pork chops your family will love! It’s also great as a tangy ribs recipe for fall off the bone ribs! Just 5 minutes prep time and the crockpot does the rest!
Ingredients
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4 pork chops (They can still be frozen.) OR 2-3 lbs. pork ribs
12 oz. bottle chili sauce
1 cup grape jelly
Instructions
- Grease a crockpot with oil or cooking spray.
- Place the pork chops in the crockpot.
- In a bowl, mix the chili sauce and grape jelly.
- Pour the mixture on the pork chops.
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours (8 hours if frozen).
These pork chops or ribs will fall of the bone! Super Yummy!
3 Ingredient Ritz Chicken Recipe
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This 3 ingredient Ritz chicken is a super easy baked chicken recipe you can make with less than 5 minutes’ work! Crispy and oh, so delicious! Your family will love it!
Ingredients
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1 lb. chicken (boneless skinless), cut into strips
1/2 bottle of ranch dressing
1 sleeve of Ritz Crackers, crushed (generic is fine)
salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Place the ranch dressing and the Ritz crackers in separate bowls.
- Grease a 9×13 inch pan.
- Salt and pepper the chicken.
- Dip the chicken in the ranch dressing and then dip in the crackers.
- Place in the pan and bake for 25-35 minutes.
3 Ingredient Creamy Chicken Tacos
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This easy 3 ingredient creamy chicken tacos recipe makes creamy and delicious chicken tacos, perfect for families! Just dump everything into the crockpot in the morning and dinner will be waiting!
- Author: Tawra Kellam
Ingredients
1 can Rotel tomatoes OR 1 cup salsa
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 bar( 4 oz.) cream cheese
Instructions
- Place the chicken into a greased crockpot.
- Pour the Rotel or salsa over the top
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- 30 minutes before serving, place the cream cheese on top. There is no need to stir. The heat will melt it.
- Continue cooking for 30 more minutes.
- When ready to serve, stir and break up the chicken.
- Serve with tortillas.
3 Ingredient Chicken Cacciatore Recipe
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This easy 3 ingredient Chicken Cacciatore recipe makes a delicious Italian style chicken dinner your family will love! With just 5 minutes prep time, it’s a perfect meal for busy families!
Ingredients
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4 boneless skinless chicken breasts or 4–8 chicken pieces
1 bottle spaghetti sauce
2–3 cups vegetables like zucchini, mushrooms and onions
Instructions
- Grease the crockpot.
- Add the chicken.
- Pour spaghetti sauce over the top.
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- One hour before serving, add vegetables and continue cooking.
- Serve over pasta.
3 Ingredient Beef Tacos Recipe
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This easy 3 ingredient beef tacos recipe makes tasty classic style ground beef tacos that every family loves! Just dump everything into the crockpot in the morning and at dinner time, serve on taco shells with your favorite taco toppings!
Ingredients
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1 lb. ground beef
1 pkg. taco seasoning (or homemade taco seasoning)
1 can Rotel tomatoes and green chilis
Instructions
- Place everything into a greased crockpot.
- Cook 5-7 hours on low. Stir every few hours to break up the beef. (You can do this beforehand if you will be gone all day).
- Serve on taco shells.
- If desired, garnish with taco toppings like lettuce, cheese and tomatoes.
3 Ingredient Barbecue Meatballs
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This easy 3 ingredient barbecue meatballs makes an easy and delicious crockpot meal! It’s quick and easy for you and the kids and family will love it!
Ingredients
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25 frozen fully cooked meatballs (half of a 32 oz. bag)
1 cup grape jelly
1 cup barbecue sauce
Instructions
- Pour the sauces into a crockpot.
- Stir until combined.
- Add the meatballs.
- Stir until they are coated with the sauce.
- Cook on high for 3 hours.
- Serve over rice.
Notes
You might also like to make our BEST Homemade Barbecue Meatballs Recipe, which is one of our readers’ most favorite easy recipes. It has more than 3 ingredients but is super easy and oh, so delicious!
3 Ingredient Sausage Biscuits and Gravy
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This easy 3 ingredient sausage biscuits and gravy is a tasty crockpot recipe that is quick and easy to make. Biscuits and gravy are not just for breakfast – It makes a great dinner, too!
Ingredients
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1 lb. breakfast sausage
2 cans refrigerator biscuits (20 biscuits)
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
Instructions
- Brown the sausage in a frying pan.
- Drain.
- Place 1 can of biscuits in the bottom of a greased slow cooker.
- Top with half of the browned sausage
- Pour 1 can of cream of mushroom soup over the top.
- Repeat with the remaining sausage and soup.
- Cook 4 hours on low.
Notes
You might also like our regular homemade Biscuits And Gravy Recipe. It is also pretty quick and easy to make, but has a much richer, homemade flavor.
3 IngredientDr. Pepper Pulled Pork
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This easy 3 ingredient dr. pepper pulled pork recipe is a simple way to make tender pulled pork in the crockpot. With just 5 minutes of preparation time, it’s a quick and easy meal your family will love!
Ingredients
1 can Dr. Pepper
1 packet onion soup mix (or homemade onion soup)
1 (2-3 lb.) pork roast
Instructions
- Grease crockpot.
- Place the pork roast into the crockpot.
- Sprinkle pork with onion soup mix.
- Pour the Dr. Pepper over the pork until it is almost covered in the crockpot.
- Cook on high for 4-5 hours.
- Drain juice and shred.
- Serve on buns with barbecue sauce, if desired.
Ranch Chicken and Potatoes Recipe
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Ingredients
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4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
4 large potatoes, cubed
2 cups ranch dressing
paprika (optional)
Instructions
- Place the chicken into a crockpot.
- Add potatoes
- Cover in ranch dressing and sprinkle with paprika, if desired.
- Cook 4-5 hours on low. If you like firm potatoes, cook for less time and if you like soft potatoes, cook longer.
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