18 One-Pan Paleo Dinner Recipes

18 One-Pan Paleo Dinner Recipes
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Ground pork with coleslaw mix, yellow onions, ginger, garlic, and scallions in a pan

On nights I want to guarantee both cooking and cleanup are a total breeze, I lean on recipes that come together with a single pot, pan, or skillet. One-pan is basically kitchen code for “easy” — something you can totally appreciate when you’re following a Paleo diet. Since the diet makes eating out and ordering in kind of tricky (although not impossible), it requires a lot of cooking. So when it comes to getting easy Paleo recipes on the table, why not keep delicious grain- and dairy-free dinners as simple as possible and start with a single pan. Here are 18 one-pan Paleo dinner recipes to try.

Credit: Joe Lingeman

Salsa-Simmered Fish

Salsa is used as both a super-flavorful poaching liquid and sauce for flaky cod fillets in a skillet supper that comes together in minutes. Bulk it up with a side of cauliflower rice or a simple green salad.

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Credit: Emma Christensen

Cauliflower Fried “Rice”

To keep dinner quick and convenient I always start this meal with a bag of store-bought cauliflower rice (fresh or frozen will work). This recipe calls for a classic trio of carrots, corn, and peas, but any bite-sized frozen veggies will work. Swap the soy sauce for coconut aminos to keep it Paleo-friendly.

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Credit: Chungah Rhee

Sheet Pan Steak and Veggies

This recipe shows you how to make steak an easy, weeknight-friendly dinner option. Butter is a hot topic of debate in the Paleo community, so when it comes to the herb butter that’s used to finish the steak, be sure to use a grass-fed option — otherwise, swap it for ghee.

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Credit: Lauren Volo

Saucy Skillet Salmon

This bright, saucy skillet meal will show you just how easy it can be to make a fancy salmon dinner any night of the week. I love bulking this up by stirring a few big handful of spinach of other greens into the sauce at the end of cooking or serving it over a bed of cauliflower rice.

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Credit: Joe Lingeman

Paleo Chili

This is as much a Paleo chili as it is a meat-lover’s chili. It skips the beans all together and instead is packed with both crumbled ground beef and seared cubes of chuck, along with plenty of hearty root vegetables.

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