7 Quick Recipes You Can Cook In Under 20 Minutes

Cooking is an experience that can open or close doors. The ability to cook delicious dishes is something you learn, but it's never too late to get rid of the laziness and challenge yourself to become an amateur chef. These quick dinner recipes are so easy, delicious and healthy that they will help you relieve that hunger and pamper yourself.

If you have 20 free minutes and don't know what to cook, you can try cooking these recipes that will also give you a chance to impress someone, even yourself!

Do you dare prepare these dishes? You just need a few ingredients and lots of will to learn.

Chicken with lemon zest

Ingredients:

1 cup of vegetable oil

1 cup of flour

Italian bread crumbs

Chicken breast fillets

Lemon zest

2 eggs

Sea salt and pepper

Directions:

Mix the bread crumbs with the lemon zest in a bowl. Cover the chicken breasts with flour and then dip them in the eggs, and then in the bread crumb and lemon mixture. Later on, in a previously heated pan, fry the chicken breasts until golden brown on the outside. Remove the excess oil and serve.

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Beef and broccoli

Ingredients:

2/3 cup of soy sauce

1/2 cup of chicken broth

1/4 cup of honey

2 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar

2 tablespoons of brown sugar

3 garlic cloves, chopped

1 tablespoon sesame oil

2 tablespoon cornstarch

1 teaspoon Sriracha sauce

1 teaspoon ginger

1/4 teaspoon red pepper chopped

1 tablespoon olive oil

450 g hanger steak

1 head of broccoli

Directions:

In a bowl, mix the soy sauce, chicken broth, honey, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, sesame oil, cornstarch, Sriracha sauce, ginger, pepper and 1/4 cup of water. Heat a big pan to medium-high heat, cook the steak, and add the broccoli and soy sauce. Serve and enjoy!

Scallops with butter and lemon

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

500 g scallops

Garlic

Lemon

Salt and pepper

Directions:

Melt a tablespoon of butter in a pan at medium-high temperature. Remove the lateral muscle of the scallops, wash with cold water and drain the water. Season the scallops with salt and pepper, and put them in the pan. Cook them until they are golden brown. To prepare the butter sauce, melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the pan. Add pepper and cook, then add the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Serve the scallops and cover them with the lemony butter.

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Glazed, sweet-and-sour pork chops

Ingredients:

4 pork chops with bone

Butter

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

3 tablespoons honey

2 garlic cloves chopped

1/2 tablespoon oregano

1/2 tablespoon basil

1/2 tablespoon thyme

Pepper (optional)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 392 ºF. Season the pork chops with salt and pepper. Melt the butter in a pan at high temperature and add the pork chops until both sides are golden brown. Then, put the pork chops in the oven and let them cook for 10 minutes. To prepare the sauce, mix the balsamic vinegar, honey, garlic, oregano, thyme and basil in a pan at medium temperature. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until the sauce thickens. Serve the pork chops with the sweet and sour sauce. Enjoy!

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Chicken and lettuce wraps

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil

500 g ground chicken

2 garlic cloves, chopped

1 onion, chopped into cubes

2 teaspoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon wine rice vinegar

Fresh ginger zest

1 teaspoon Sriracha

1 can water chestnuts

2 sliced green onions

1 romaine lettuce

Directions:

Heat the olive oil in a pan at high temperature. Add the chicken and cook. Then, remove the excess oil. Add the garlic, onion, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, wine rice vinegar, ginger and Sriracha. Then add the water chestnuts and the green onions. Season with salt and pepper. Serve this mix in a lettuce leaf.

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Spaghetti carbonara

Ingredients:

220 g spaghetti

4 strips of bacon

4 garlic cloves

3/4 cup parmesan cheese

2 eggs

Directions:

Cook the pasta following the directions on the package. In a small bowl, mix the eggs and cheese. In another pan, heated at medium temperature, fry the bacon strips. Remove the excess oil and add the pasta with the mixture of egg and cheese. Season with salt and pepper and add water until you get the desired consistency.

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Sautéed shrimp and broccoli

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil

700 g peeled deveined shrimp

700 g broccoli

1 tablespoon sesame seed oil

1 sliced green onion

Directions:

In a small bowl, mix the soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, sesame oil and Sriracha. Heat olive oil in another pan to medium temperature, add the shrimp and wait until they are pink. Add the broccoli and cook until it softens. Mix the shrimp and broccoli in the sauce until well covered. Serve and add sesame seeds and onion.

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