Looking for some easy-baked dinner recipes? Whether you're in the mood for a chicken casserole, a hearty pasta dish, or a simple vegetable bake, we've got you covered.
These recipes are all quick and easy to make, so you'll be able to get dinner on the table in no time. Plus, they're all delicious, so your family will be happy too! So go ahead and give one of these recipes a try tonight. You won't be sorry!
What is a baked dinner?
A baked dinner is a type of main dish that includes meat, vegetables, and starch all cooked together in one casserole. Different recipes may use different types of meat or vegetables, but the basic ingredients are fairly consistent.
Baked dinners are popular because they're easy to make and often taste great. They can be served as a weeknight meal or as a more special occasion dish.
Some popular ingredients that are commonly used in baked dinners include chicken, beef, potatoes, rice, carrots, mushrooms, spinach, and cheese. Many different flavor combinations can be used to create interesting and delicious baked dinner recipes.
For example, you might try incorporating some herbs or spices like rosemary or garlic to add more flavor. You can also try experimenting with various cooking methods, such as grilling, roasting, or sauteing your ingredients before adding them to the casserole dish.
Are baked dinners healthier than fried?
That depends on the ingredients and cooking methods that are used. Generally speaking, baked dinners tend to be a bit healthier than fried dishes since they often contain less saturated fat and fewer calories overall.
However, it's still important to be mindful of your portion sizes when eating baked dinners, especially if you're watching your weight or trying to eat healthier.
You may want to opt for leaner cuts of meat, such as chicken breast or turkey if you're trying to cut back on calories. Additionally, using healthier cooking methods like baking, grilling, or broiling instead of frying can also help reduce the amount of fat in your dish.
Why You'll Love These Recipes
- They're easy to make and only use a few ingredients.
- They're delicious and ready in a flash.
- They're hearty meals that can feed a ton of people.
Easy Baked Dinner Recipes:
These delicious recipes are tried and true favorites that my family enjoys and I'm sure your family will as well.
Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken
This Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken recipe makes crispy, juicy, and flavorful chicken every time. It is a weeknight easy recipe that tastes better than fried chicken and requires just a few ingredients.
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Easy Baked Steak and Potatoes
This easy baked steak and potatoes recipe is a delicious one pan variation of the classic combo. Skillet browned steak bakes in the oven with potatoes for a delicious, hearty meal that's sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
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Baked Chicken Thighs in Cast Iron Skillet
These cast iron skillet baked chicken thighs are so easy and absolutely delicious. An easy recipe for crispy skin and juicy chicken, every time you make it!
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Beef Short Rib Rub and Oven Baked Short Ribs
This recipe for beef short rib dry rub and oven baked ribs makes it easy to enjoy delicious BBQ short ribs any time you like!
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Baked Teriyaki Chicken Drumsticks
Baked teriyaki chicken drumsticks make a hearty and satisfying dinner the whole family will love! An easy teriyaki chicken marinade infuses the chicken legs with bold flavors and they cook up juicy and tender in the oven.
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Oven and Air Fryer Chicken Breast on Bone Recipe
Cook up plump, juicy bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts in the oven or air fryer perfectly every time. This simple and easy meal is perfect for easy weeknight dinners but also great for holidays such as Easter or Christmas and other special occasions.
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Slow Cooker Kielbasa Baked Beans
Oh my, these are some of the best slow cooker beans you'll ever eat. All you do is put everything in the Crock Pot, and let it cook. You can leave it all day, just give it a good stir, and your beans are ready to serve. The flavor is just delicious, and they'll go great with burgers, or a steak. Everyone will love these and trust me, they'll come back for seconds. Keep this one in your favorites!
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Baked Parmesan Meatballs
Need an appetizer? Baked Garlic Parmesan Meatballs is an easy oven baked meatballs recipe and is perfect with beef, chicken, turkey and more.
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Oven Baked Soy Garlic Chicken Thighs
This Oven Baked Soy Garlic Chicken Thighs recipe is easy, tasty, healthy, the perfect blend of sweet and savory with soy sauce, garlic, molasses and more!
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Easy Baked and Breaded Pork Tenderloin
Mom's Baked Chicken Kiev
Mom's Baked Chicken Kiev is so juicy and flavorful! Garlic butter, your favorite herbs, in a crispy parmesan coating. You will not be disappointed!
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Baked Meatloaf Burgers
Baked Meatloaf Burgers are a delicious and different way to serve fresh made meatloaf or use up your leftovers. Formed into patties or sliced and baked, covered in barbecue sauce! Absolutely delicious!
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Oven Baked Alfredo Chicken
Oven Baked Alfredo Chicken is a delicious weeknight dinner option, especially if you enjoy alfredo sauce! Easy to prepare, this dish will not disappoint!
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The Best Baked Stuffed Shells
This is The Best Baked Stuffed Shells recipe you will ever come across. Ground meat, ricotta cheese, mushrooms baked in tomato sauce and covered in cheese! Dinner doesn't get better than that!
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Cheesy Oven Baked Western
This Cheesy Oven Baked Western is a favorite for breakfast or even dinner! Full of ham, onions, peppers, cheese and surrounded by egg! Total perfection!
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Cheesy Salsa Baked Chicken
Cheesy Salsa Baked Chicken is the perfect weeknight dinner because it's quick and easy to make. Keep a can of condensed cheddar cheese soup, salsa and cheese on hand and chicken never tasted so good!
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Raspberry Balsamic Baked Chicken
Raspberry Balsamic Baked Chicken is so flavorful and tasty! A great way to use up your raspberries or a fabulous excuse to buy them!
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Crispy Baked Chicken Thighs
Extra Crispy Baked Chicken Thighs use baking powder and chicken seasoning for crispy skin and the best juicy, oven roasted or oven fried chicken thighs!
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How to Make French Onion Chicken Bake
French Onion Chicken Skillet Recipe is made with chicken breasts, circled by onions in a wonderful gravy, served over mashed potatoes or rice.
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Creamy Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings
These Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings are prepared with a secret ingredient that makes them crispy on the outside and oh-so juicy on the inside. Slather them in a creamy garlic parmesan sauce for a wing recipe that will earn you rave reviews.
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Baked Garlic Balsamic Steak
Baked Garlic Balsamic Steak is a wonderful and easy recipe! Baked in the oven, with a few ingredients, this steak recipe satisfies, every time!
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Crispy Baked Caesar Chicken Recipe
Crispy Baked Caesar Chicken Recipe is coated with caesar salad dressing, potato chips, crispy fried onions, parmesan cheese and more! This baked caesar chicken recipe is a keeper.
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Baked Italian Zucchini Casserole
This Baked Italian Zucchini Casserole is an easy and delicious vegetable side! The crunchy, cheesy topping finishes this casserole off beautifully!
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Garlic Oregano Baked Chicken Breast
Garlic Oregano Baked Chicken Breast is so easy to make. With or without the skin, with oregano or sage, basil or thyme, this dish will not disappoint!
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Easy Baked Steak and Potatoes
This easy baked steak and potatoes recipe is a delicious one pan variation of the classic combo. Skillet browned steak bakes in the oven with potatoes for a delicious, hearty meal that's sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
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Cheesy Baked Vegetable Chicken
Cheesy Baked Vegetable Chicken started as a way to use up vegetables, especially zucchini, from our garden. Now this is our favorite fridge cleaner recipe!
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Parmesan Chicken Thighs
Parmesan chicken thighs are coated with panko parmesan breading and then baked to golden brown perfection. They're so easy and so delicious.
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Easy Honey Roasted Chicken Thighs
Easy Honey Roasted Chicken Thighs are baked in an oven or air fryer, and as a bonus includes the best recipe for a whole, oven baked, crispy honey chicken.
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Shrimp Stuffed Salmon
Succulent garlic shrimp and cheeses make the stuffing in this baked stuffed salmon recipe. Easy to make for weeknight meals but perfectly elegant for spcial occasions.
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French Onion Beef Casserole
A hearty beef and noodle casserole topped with crispy French onions and baked to perfection, it doesn't get much better than that. Follow this creamy noodle recipe for one very delicious weeknight meal.
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Honey Mustard Glazed Ham
Honey Mustard Glazed Ham is sweet, tangy, and undeniably good. This honey and mustard baked ham recipe has all the smoky saltiness we all love in a ham. Plus the honey mustard ham glaze turns into the most mouth-watering sauce you’ll ever come across.
BBQ Mac and Cheese
This bbq mac and cheese is so much better than the boxed version. Made with 3 kinds of cheese, lots of pulled pork, BBQ sauce and then topped with crumbled cornbread. Baked in the oven till bubbly, then served with your favorite salad.
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Pollo Fundido
These burritos are filled with seasoned, shredded chicken and then baked. Just before serving, cover them in smooth, silky creamy cheese sauce. So delicious and mouth-watering, one won't be enough!
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Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Potatoes
Buffalo chicken stuffed potatoes are loaded with flavor, not work. These Buffalo chicken twice baked potatoes make the perfect meal any time.
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Reuben Crescent Ring with Sauerkraut
This baked Reuben crescent ring appetizer is full of Reuben flavor and wrapped in a tasty, flaky crescent roll crust. It's delicious AND easy!
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Captain Crunch Chicken
Captain Crunch Chicken Breast is the best homemade, breaded, chicken breast, strips, fingers, nuggets or tenders, baked in oven or air fryer recipe around.
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Parmesan Chicken Thighs
Parmesan chicken thighs are coated with panko parmesan breading and then baked to golden brown perfection. They're so easy and so delicious.
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Turtle Backs
Turtle Backs is an easy recipe with baked or barbecued portobello mushrooms, stuffed with ground beef, burger or hamburger, wrapped in bacon!
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Easy Zucchini Pizza Boats
Easy Zucchini Pizza Boats are stuffed with your favorite pizza toppings, baked, low carb and keto too! The perfect delicious snack, appetizer or small meal.
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How to Cook Beef Ribs in the Oven
The Best Oven Baked Beef Ribs recipe shows you how to cook beef ribs that are tender, fall right off the bone, seasoned and slow baked in your oven at 275!
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Loaded Breakfast Burgers
Loaded Breakfast or Brunch Burgers are baked or fried, use potato, bacon, cheese, sausage, pork or beef and more, in one breakfast hamburger!
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Bacon Wrapped Barbecue Chicken
My Bacon Wrapped Barbecue Chicken recipe makes juicy bacon wrapped chicken breasts with brown sugar BBQ sauce, baked in an oven or air fryer.
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Easy Beans, Bacon and Chicken
Easy Beans, Bacon and Chicken is made with baked beans in tomato sauce, bacon and chicken. Fast and fabulous recipe is perfect for any day of the week!
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Easy Buffalo Chicken Drumsticks
Easy Buffalo Chicken Drumsticks or Legs are super easy, baked in the oven, slow cooker or air fryer with the best homemade 3 ingredient buffalo wing sauce!
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The Ultimate Oven Barbecued Ribs
This Ultimate Oven Barbecued Ribs recipe shows you how to slow cook spare ribs and make easy, brown sugar, fall off the bone, oven baked bbq ribs on grill too!
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Simple Sweet and Sour Spareribs
This Simple Sweet and Sour Spareribs recipe has pork spare ribs covered in a wonderful, homemade sweet and sour sauce broiled and baked slowly in your oven.
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Garlic Chicken Thighs
Garlic Chicken Thighs are easy to make and taste great. We love garlic and these baked bone-in, skin on, chicken thighs include a hint of garlic and more!
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Try These Delicious Meals Today
There are endless possibilities for delicious, easy-baked dinners that the whole family will love. With a little creativity and effort, you can have a home-cooked meal on the table in no time.
These recipes are just a starting point - get creative and experiment to find your perfect dish. And don't forget to enjoy the process - baking is half the fun!
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