Dinners in twenty minutes or less
Every dinner on the site that's done in twenty minutes, from stir-fries to egg dishes, grouped by where it comes from.
These are the dinners whose total time, from starting to prep to eating, is twenty minutes or less. Times are our estimates for a home kitchen; your stove and knife skills will move them a little either way.
Chinese 11
- Egg drop soup15 min
- Gai lan with oyster sauce15 min
- Garlic bok choy15 min
- Leftover-rice fried rice15 min
- Tomato and egg stir-fry15 min
- Charred king oyster mushrooms and green pepper20 min
- Ginger and spring onion prawns20 min
- Hot and sour shredded potatoes20 min
- Scallop and egg white fried rice20 min
- Scallop, shrimp and cucumber stir-fry20 min
- Yangzhou fried rice20 min
Italian 11
- Lemon garlic spaghetti15 min
- Stracciatella15 min
- Burro e Parmigiano (Roman buttered noodles)20 min
- Buttery Parmesan pasta shells20 min
- Crispy skillet gnocchi with tomato and mozzarella20 min
- Goat cheese ravioli in black garlic and lemon butter20 min
- Lemon ricotta pasta20 min
- Margherita flatbread20 min
- Pumpkin tortelloni in crispy sage butter20 min
- Spaghetti aglio e olio20 min
- Tomato and mozzarella flatbread pizzas20 min
Modern & fusion 10
- 15-minute shrimp with crispy leftover rice15 min
- Crispy-skin salmon with lemon-caper brown butter15 min
- Curried cauliflower rice20 min
- Garlic shrimp rice bowls20 min
- Garlic squid ribbons20 min
- Ginger sesame veggie noodles20 min
- Grilled scallops on the half shell with garlic butter20 min
- Peanut lime rice noodles20 min
- Seared scallops with prickly pear and jalapeño20 min
- Walnut miso Chinese broccoli20 min
Japanese 8
- Kamatama udon15 min
- Abalone and shiitake in ginger dashi20 min
- Buri teriyaki (yellowtail teriyaki)20 min
- Kyoto yudofu20 min
- Mentaiko pasta20 min
- Sake-steamed clams with scallions20 min
- Unagi don (glazed eel rice bowl)20 min
- Yaki udon20 min
Korean 8
- Bibim guksu20 min
- Cold kimchi noodles20 min
- Crisp Korean sundae with scallion vinegar20 min
- Jjolmyeon20 min
- Kimchi fried rice with fried eggs20 min
- Makguksu20 min
- Soy-glazed Korean rice cakes20 min
- Yukhoe20 min
American 7
Indian 4
Mexican 4
- 15-minute crispy mushroom quesadillas15 min
- Crispy black bean tacos20 min
- Smoky black bean tacos20 min
- Tacos placeros20 min
Thai 4
Australian 2
East African 2
- Kitfo20 min
- Sukuma wiki20 min
Hong Kong 2
Spanish 2
British & Irish 1
- Buttered peas with mint10 min
Italian-American 1
Pacific Islands & Hawaiian 1
- Shoyu ahi poke15 min
Portuguese 1
- Amêijoas à Bulhão Pato20 min
Vietnamese 1
On the home page, set Meal to Dinner and Time to 20 minutes or less, then add what you have, and the quick ones that suit your fridge rise to the top.