Our Best 5-Ingredient Recipes to Ditch the Grocery List
Pantry looking a little sparse? These simple recipes are for you
If you're pressed for time, shopping for groceries can be an unpleasant and drawn-out experience. Not to fret: we have rounded up our favorite 5-ingredient recipes so you can be in and out of there in a pinch and start cooking. No grocery lists required.
When you've got hungry mouths to feed, weeknight dinners can be tests of speed as much as skill. Grab what you've got lying around in your pantry to whip up a pitch-perfect olive oil and garlic spaghetti in less than 20 minutes. Using fewer ingredients can also highlight the simple nature of certain dishes, like super simple fried chicken or olive oil crackers.
From pork fillet with seared broccoli and cracklings to wok-fired garlic shrimp, here are our best 5-ingredient recipes to try today.
Rita Sodi's Spaghetti with Garlic and Olive Oil
Rita Sodi, a native Florentine, is the chef-owner of I Sodi, a restaurant in the West Village where she cooks rustic Italian food including heaping bowls of pasta. This simple dish, full of garlic and salty Pecorino, is surprisingly full flavored with a kick of heat from the extra crushed red pepper. Get the recipe for Rita Sodi’s Spaghetti with Garlic and Olive Oil »
Olive Oil Crackers
Adapted from Anya Fernald’s Home Cooked, this recipe for delicate, whole wheat-flecked crackers makes enough to feed a party, or last all week in your pantry. “The key to [their] crispiness is to roll out the dough extremely thin,” the author writes. If the dough springs back at all while rolling, let it rest at room temperature for 5 minutes, then try again. Get the recipe for Olive Oil Crackers »
Wok-Fried Shrimp with Garlic
Head-on shrimp, quickly stir-fried with garlic, are sweet, spicy and succulent. Serve over rice for an easy weeknight dinner. Get the recipe for Wok-Fried Shrimp with Garlic »
Fresh Soba Noodles
Fresh buckwheat noodles are a staple of Japanese cuisine, second only to rice as the most consumed grain in that country. Here, Sonoko Sakai, author of Rice Craft, shares her technique for making soba from scratch. Get the recipe for Fresh Soba Noodles »
Seven-Minute Soy Sauce Eggs
Kyle Itani of Itani Ramen uses these soy-flavored eggs with runny yolks to top off his home-style chicken ramen. Get he recipe for Seven-Minute Soy Sauce Eggs »
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