Sometimes you just need to finish dinner and relax without thinking about the dishes. Sheet pan dinners are so easy and they make cleaning up a breeze. You will save a bunch of time if you toss everything on one sheet pan and pop it in the oven.
We have gathered over 45 of the best sheet pan dinners to make your life a little easier. From chicken, pork, and beef to salmon, shrimp and vegetarian meals, we have covered all the bases. You can keep these recipes in your rotation for several month’s worth of weeknight meals.
If you’re new to sheet pan dinners then let me explain what they are. They are a busy, over-tasked persons best bet for a simple, satisfying dinner that leaves plenty of time for all the other things you need to do. Sheet pan dinners are a fast way to cook a full dinner in one pan. It leaves you with only one sheet pan to clean when the meal is finished cooking.
Now that’s an easy dinner!
A bonus with sheet pan dinners is having all the flavors combine together while everything cooks. It creates a medley of deliciousness as the meal cooks.
Tips for the best sheet pan dinners.
- Line the sheet pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil for even faster clean up.
- Use the right size sheet pan. If you crowd everything on a small pan then your dinner will steam instead of bake. Doubling a recipe? Use two sheet pans.
- Cut the vegetables consistently so they cook evenly.
- Give some ingredients a head start. Bone-in meats and thicker cuts take longer to cook. So do dense vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and winter squash. Let these ingredients cook for a while before adding things that cook quickly.
- Add a light layer of fat. Coat the ingredients with a fat like olive oil, coconut oil, leftover bacon grease or even butter (if melted). A light coating of fat will prevent the ingredients from drying out. It will also encourage a deeper caramelization of the food.
- If you use a silicone mat for a sheet pan dinner, don’t use the same mat for baking desserts like cookies. The silicone will absorb the savory flavors of your dinner. That will leave your cookies tasting like chipotle chicken and potatoes. 😓
This collection of easy sheet pan dinners is sectioned by the type of protein for your convenience. The sections include:
Pork
Chicken
Beef and lamb
Seafood
Sausage and brats
Vegetarian
Scroll down to find inspiration for the best sheet pan dinner for tonight's meal.
Pork
Pork sheet pan dinners from pork chops to pork tenderloin. Pork goes with so many things and makes a delicious, healthy dinner. Serve your pork sheet pan dinner with a roasted beet salad.
Chipotle Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner
This Chipotle Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner has a medley of flavors! Tender, juicy pork chops, sweet apple wedges, and fingerling potatoes roast to perfection on one sheet pan. We LOVE all the sweet, spicy, savory flavors in this dinner.
Fall Sheet Pan Pork Tenderloin with Honey Balsamic Roasted Vegetables
Dinner just got super quick and easy thanks to this fall sheet pan meal featuring roasted pork, carrots, golden beets, red onion, Brussels Sprouts, and parsnips.
Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Vegetables {Easy Sheet Pan Dinner Recipe}
This flavorful pork tenderloin sheet pan dinner is one the table in under an hour and is complete with green beans, baby potatoes, and apples.
Best Oven Baked Pork Chops
These baked pork chops make a delicious sheet pan meal, complete with sweet potatoes and green beans. The pork chops are smothered in a flavorful dry rub, and you can switch up the vegetables to use your favorites.
Sesame Sheet Pan Pork Fajitas {Whole30, Paleo, Keto, GF}
A one-pan wonder recipe, Sesame Sheet Pan Pork Fajitas is an easy 20-minute dinner that tastes like a labor of love. Paired with an amazing marinade, the homemade seasoning takes this Whole30, Paleo, Keto, and gluten-free meal to the next level.
Sheet Pan Boneless Pork Chops with Garlic Broccoli ~ From Val's Kitchen
Sheet Pan Boneless Pork Chops with Garlic Broccoli is a simple yet flavorful meal that comes together easily on one sheet pan.
Maple Balsamic Pork Tenderloin Sheet Pan Dinner
Moist and flavorful pork tenderloin cooked right along with fresh green beans and potatoes. It's a perfect sheet pan dinner that will have your whole family asking for more!
Chicken
Chicken sheet pan dinners are fast, easy and budget-friendly meals. You will find bone-in, boneless, white meat, dark meat, and even whole chicken dinners. Yes, you can do all that on a sheet pan. Serve your chicken sheet pan dinner with a tossed green salad.
Sheet Pan Chicken Dinner
Only thirty minutes until dinner with this easy Sheet Pan Chicken Dinner! Tender, juicy chicken thighs, buttery Yukon potatoes and tender fresh asparagus.
Sheet Pan Chicken and Potatoes with Rosemary, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Honey-Balsamic
Sheet Pan Chicken and Potatoes with Rosemary, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Honey-Balsamic ~ Tender, juicy chicken and baked red skin potatoes are accented with rosemary and crowned with a scrumptious, cheesy, sun-dried tomato topping, then finished with a honey-balsamic drizzle. Easy enough for busy weeknights, but so special you’ll want to serve it for company, too!
Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
These easy Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas are tender, juicy and packed full of flavor. You can enjoy a delicious fajita dinner in about 30 minutes. Your family will love the taste and you'll love how easy they are to make! It's time to grab some warm flour tortillas and load them up!
Sheet Pan Za’atar Chicken
An easy, one-pan meal, this sheet pan za’atar chicken with potatoes and green beans is the perfect nourishing dinner for a busy weeknight.
Sheet Pan Balsamic Chicken with Vegetables
This balsamic chicken with vegetables is sweet and sour and super simple. Just 10 minutes of prep time and then the oven will do the rest of the work.
Sheet Pan Piri Piri (Peri Peri) Chicken
This Piri Piri chicken (peri peri chicken) dinner is full of flavorful spices and cooked on just one sheet pan by using the spatchcock method of removing the backbone so the chicken lies flat on the baking sheet. This reduces the cooking time significantly and allows all the ingredients to be cooked on the same baking sheet. Served with green beans and sweet potatoes, it’s an easy complete meal in just 35 minutes!
Sheet Pan Baked Chicken Thighs and Sweet Potato {Gluten Free}
You will ♡ this comforting, easy, filling and over the top delicious Sheet Pan Baked Chicken Thighs and Sweet Potato recipe. It is extremely easy to make with pantry staples and cooks in just 30 mins.
Sheet Pan Barbecue Chicken with Potatoes (Grain Free)
Looking for a healthy and easy weeknight dinner or weekend meal prep recipe? Make this delicious Sheet Pan Barbecue Chicken with Potatoes and Asparagus for a complete meal ready in under 40 minutes.
Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs with Citrus-Chipotle Glaze
A little sweet heat does wonderful things for Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs with Citrus-Chipotle Glaze! A blend of citrus juices (and their zest), the smoky heat of chipotle en adobo, cumin, garlic, and olive oil make a flavorful glaze for your favorite vegetables, and of course, the chicken thighs.
Sheet Pan Smoky Parmesan Chicken Tenders & Veggies
Sheet pan smoky Parmesan chicken tenders & veggies is a super flavorful, naturally gluten-free, easy sheet pan dinner recipe — you can swap the veggies out with what you happen to have on hand, too!
Sheet Pan Stir-Fried Chicken Teriyaki
This Sheet Pan Stir-Fried Chicken Teriyaki with Pineapple is so flavorful, and just the thing for busy weeknights!
Beef or Lamb
Beef and lamb sheet pan dinners make hearty and filling meals. Serve these sheet pan meals with a bacon and blue cheese wedge salad.
Broiler Kebab Sheet Pan Meal » Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen
Broiler kabob sheet pan meal: Get the game plan for a complete Persian comfort food meal in just 20 minutes! Complete with video and step by step tips for timing your meal.
Sheet Pan Zesty Lamb Chops and Cauliflower
Lamb chops and cauliflower:A quick and tasty one-pan supper that's perfect for any season
Sheet pan Greek bifteki with potatoes
Sheet pan Greek bifteki (beef burger) stuffed with feta and cooked in the oven with potato wedges – a super-easy recipe that’s ready in under 30 minutes.
Sheet Pan Flank Steak Fajitas
Sheet pan flank steak fajitas are cooked under the broiler for a fast and easy one-pan dinner, with bell peppers and onions.
Cilantro-Lime Flank Steak Sheet Pan Dinner with Spicy Peanut Sauce
This easy flank steak sheet pan dinner cooks up quickly and is SO flavorful! A delicious healthy recipe that’s perfect any night of the week!
Seafood
Seafood sheet pan dinners are so fast and easy. Most seafood cooks quickly so dinner will be ready in no time. We have salmon sheet pan dinners, as well as cod, shrimp, and prawns. Serve these seafood sheet pan dinners with a simple cucumber salad.
One-pan Cod with Chorizo and Chickpeas
Make this sheet pan cod with chorizo and chickpeas once and it will become a regular at the dinner table. Healthy, quick and above all packed with flavor!
Honey Mustard Salmon with Veggies {for two}
Perfectly portioned for two, this easy salmon dinner is great for weekday dinner or date night alike!
Sheet Pan Shrimp with Pineapple
This Sheet Pan Shrimp with Pineapple has all the flavors of a stir fry except that it is made in a sheet pan!
Baked Cod Sheet Pan Dinner - Belly Full
This Baked Cod Sheet Pan Dinner is beautiful, healthy, and delicious. Using fresh veggies – asparagus and cherry tomatoes in this case – it’s a simple recipe that happens to be low carb and gluten-free. Plus it’s super quick to make with easy cleanup, perfect for a weeknight dinner!
Keto Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas
Look at these mouthwatering shrimp fajitas! Seasoned with Taco seasoning and baked on a sheet pan to perfection, these shrimp fajitas just want to jump into your mouth! Dinner is ready in 15 minutes!
Thai Chili Sheet Pan Salmon
This Thai Chili Sheet Pan Salmon just might become your new favorite weeknight meal. What’s not to love? Minimal preparation, easy clean-up, and a healthy, flavourful supper all baked on one pan in less than 20 minutes.
Sheet Pan Chorizo and Prawns
Sheet Pan Chorizo and Prawns is an easy, delicious and flavorsome dinner to turn out with minimal effort and just one pan. This recipe is simple to scale up or down depending on how many people will be gathering around the table.
Sheet Pan Asian Salmon
ASIAN SHEET PAN SALMON 5 minutes of prep time + 25 minutes in the oven = a hearty, healthy Asian salmon dinner that your family will love; and you’ll enjoy making! I can’t wait to share with you my secret for getting this simple dinner on the table in just 30 minutes.
Sheet Pan Low Country Shrimp Boil (oven bake no boil)
Sheet Pan Low Country Shrimp Boil is a fast oven-baked weeknight family dinner. Ready in 35 minutes, great for easy dinner parties or a fun meal prep idea!
Sausage and Brats
Sheet pan dinners with sausage or brats is a super-fast way to get dinner done. It makes the perfect meal to cook for game night. Serve these dinners with some crusty sourdough bread.
Smoked Sausage, Potatoes & Veggies Sheet Pan Dinner
A super easy sheet pan dinner recipe with Smoked Sausage, Potatoes & Veggies. Prep the simple, budget-friendly ingredients in only 15 minutes, pop it in the oven & go relax for a bit. (gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free & whole30)
Sheet Pan Peppers and Brats
Sheet Pan Peppers and Brats are the easy way to serve a hungry family or a game day crowd. The sausages get beautifully caramelized, and the peppers get glossy and lightly charred… provide buns or go low carb, but let people help themselves right from the pan. And don’t forget the grainy mustard!
Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies {GF, Low Cal, Paleo}
Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies! Sugar-free sausage, Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, sweet potato, red pepper and onion baked together on a sheet pan. A quick, healthy and filling 30-minute meal.
Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Sausage and Broccoli
Calling all parents! A 30-minute sheet pan gnocchi meal that your entire family will enjoy. Crispy gnocchi, mild Italian sausage, and broccoli with lemon is a perfect busy weeknight recipe.
Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies
Tasty and healthy meal ready in under 30 minutes! Make this sheet pan sausage and veggies for a mid-week dinner as it’s so easy to throw together, seriously, you will love how easy this is!
Homemade Garlic French Bread Pizza
Here is an easy sheet pan pizza! Homemade Garlic French Bread Pizza - So simple and delicious! Easy to customize with all your favorite toppings. A tasty recipe that both kids and adults will love.
Vegetarian
Here are our favorite picks for vegetarian sheet pan meals. Whether you are serving someone who doesn't eat meat, or you're just making it a Meatless Monday kind of dinner, these sheet pan dinners will make your night. Serve these sheet pan dinners with a watermelon, feta, and mint salad.
Sheet Pan Squash and Mushroom Tacos
Sheet Pan Butternut Squash and Mushroom Tacos! Ready in under 30 minutes - vegan, easy, healthy, and great for meal prep.
Sheet Pan Pizza Recipe with Delicious Homemade Dough
This easy sheet pan pizza recipe with homemade pizza dough is always a hit. Customize your pizza with your family’s favorite toppings for an easy weeknight dinner that everyone will love!
Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Vegetables
This sheet pan gnocchi with vegetables is a deliciously simple dinner idea! Everything cooks together on one sheet pan, and you can add any additional vegetables you like!
Shaved Asparagus Pizza with Brie
Shaved asparagus pizza topped with Brie, garlic, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and nearly a pound of asparagus that you have thinly shredded with a vegetable peeler.
SOME OTHER RECIPES WE ARE SURE YOU WILL LOVE:
- Sheet pan dinners aren’t the only one pan/easy cleanup meals to consider. Try this one-pot chicken orzo for a fast and easy dinner that won’t leave you with a bunch of pots and pans to clean.
- You will need an extra pot to boil the pasta for this Spanish chorizo and shrimp pasta but the rest of the meal can be prepared in the same skillet. It is absolutely full of flavor!
- Our roasted pork chops with honey mustard sauce starts on the stovetop then it gets finished in the oven for a golden crust. Serve it with some sprouted brown rice for a super healthy meal.
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