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Easy Weeknight

Need a quick bite?  Check out these recipes that are all easy to prepare and lightning fast, but don't sacrifice flavor for speed.  With a few time-saving hacks, you'll find the taste-to-effort-ratio of these dishes ridiculously high.  You may find yourself making them even when you're not pressed for time.

  • Firecracker chicken with wilted greens and dried chilies.
    Firecracker Chicken
  • Nanohana dressed with a tangy sauce.
    Nanohana with Mustard Miso Sauce
  • Chicken and Avocado Rice Bowl from above.
    Chicken and Avocado Bowl
  • A red plate holds verdant broccolini and tender chicken.
    Chicken & Broccolini Stir-Fry
  • Tight angled shot of the plated lemon pepper chicken salad, showcasing glossy chicken strands, cucumber crunch, and black pepper specks.
    Lemon Pepper Chicken Salad
  • Sliced and marinated tuna in a bowl with rice.
    Hyugadon (Sesame Marinated Tuna Bowl)
  • Closeup of Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard, quick pickled cucumbers and turnips crowned with feathery dill on a white plate.
    Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard
  • A towering mound of Japanese Sweet Potato Salad.
    Japanese Sweet Potato Salad
  • Chicken and persimmons cooked in a miso ginger glaze.
    Miso Glazed Chicken with Persimmons
  • Batons of potato cooked with pancetta and coated in a silky egg sauce.
    Patate Alla Carbonara
  • A comforting fall dish of rice and sweet potatoes.
     Japanese Sweet Potato Rice
  • Sweet potatoes and chicken in a sweet and sour teriyaki sauce.
    Sweet & Sour Teriyaki Chicken with Sweet Potatoes
  • Spicy sauce enrobes tender chicken and al dente pasta.
    Chicken Curry Pasta
  • Sukiyaki Don features the flavors of Sukiyaki in an easy rice bowl.
    Sukiyaki Don
  • Succulent, spicy salmon fillets served with rice and lemon.
    Tandoori Salmon
  • Tender steak topped with shiitake mushrooms, melted Gorgonzola, and fresh herbs, plated on a black dish for serving.
    Steak with Gorgonzola Shiitake Sauce
  • A stack of crispy chicken nuggets with spicy dipping sauce.
    Naked Chicken Nuggets
  • Tender lettuce dressed in oyster sauce.
    Cooked Lettuce with Oyster Sauce
  • A plate of Chili Lime Shrimp garnished with cilantro and lime.
    Chili Lime Shrimp
  • A plate of stir fried noodles with pork and scallions.
    Shio Yakisoba
  • A bite of Negiyaki balanced on chopsticks, ready to eat.
    Negiyaki (Japanese Scallion Pancakes)
  • Succulent shrimp with basil and black pepper.
    Basil and Black Pepper Shrimp
  • Sea bream, snap peas, and cherry tomatoes.
    Pan Fried Sea Bream
  • Hamaguri no Sakamushi, a Japanese dish of sake-steamed clams, is plated here with opened shells and a light broth, finished with aromatic sansho leaves for a clean, herbal contrast.
    Sake Steamed Clams (Hamaguri No Sakamushi)
  • A hearty bowl of Mapo Zucchini glistens with spicy, umami-rich sauce, the tender squash and pork topped with a fragrant sprinkle of Sichuan pepper.
    Mapo Zucchini
  • Spicy mentaiko and creamy butter adorn these steamed potatoes.
    Mentaiko Butter Potatoes
  • Slippery glass noodles, tender shrimp, bright herbs, and crunchy toasted rice powder make this salad a textural feast.
    Yum Woon Sen (Glass Noodle Salad)
  • Refreshing marinated carrots and ginger.
    Carrot Ginger Salad
  • Tenderloin slices with mushroom wine cream sauce.
    Tenderloin Steak and Creamy Mushroom Sauce
  • Taiwanese style glazed pork chops.
    Five Spice Glazed Pork Chops
  • A bowl of stir fried bean sprouts with sesame seeds.
    Stir-Fried Soybean Sprouts
  • Piquant Sweet and Sour Eggplant.
    Sweet and Sour Eggplant
  • Dipping crusty bread in Piperade.
    Piperade
  • A bowl of savory kabocha squash pasta.
    Kabocha Squash Pasta with Browned Butter
  • Japanese sweet potatoes get the hash treatment.
    Japanese Sweet Potato Hash
  • Spicy and rich Taco Mapo Tofu.
    Taco Tofu
  • Crispy, cheesy, buttery blue cheese and apple quesadilla.
    Apple & Blue Cheese Quesadilla
  • Gloriously glazed Teriyaki Tomatoes.
    Tomato Teriyaki
  • Tangy and savory, shrimp and pineapples are a perfect pair.
    Pineapple Shrimp
  • Close view of crispy zucchini pancakes.
    Crispy Zucchini Pancakes

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I started No Recipes back in 2007 as a place to share original dishes I'd created with friends. It's since evolved into something much bigger than I could have imagined, but as it grew, the focus shifted from inventing dishes to improving classics. In the spirit of how No Recipes began, I'm bringing back my weekly original recipes for all of my supporters and friends!

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  • Firecracker chicken with wilted greens and dried chilies.
    Firecracker Chicken
  • Japanese Seafood Curry from above.
    Seafood Curry
  • Sliced and marinated tuna in a bowl with rice.
    Hyugadon (Sesame Marinated Tuna Bowl)
  • Closeup of Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard, quick pickled cucumbers and turnips crowned with feathery dill on a white plate.
    Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard
  • Chicken and persimmons cooked in a miso ginger glaze.
    Miso Glazed Chicken with Persimmons
  • Batons of potato cooked with pancetta and coated in a silky egg sauce.
    Patate Alla Carbonara

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