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Want something healthy, delicious & simple to make? Need easy recipes that fit the keto, low-carb, and gluten-free lifestyles? Well, here are 50 easy 5 ingredient recipes and meals. I’ve sorted these into groups so that you can have low ingredient recipes for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, sauces, and snacks.
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Do these have exactly 5 ingredients?
Most of these recipes have exactly 5 ingredients, but you’ll notice that a few have 6-7 listed. That’s because I decided that it was best to assume that most people have the following in their pantries:
- Sea Salt or Regular Salt
- Black Pepper
- Granular Keto Sweetener that is a 1:1 replacement for regular sugar like Swerve, Besti Monk Fruit Erythritol, or So Nourished Organic Granular
Beef & Pork Minimal Ingredient Meals
1. Air Fryer Frozen Meatballs
Air Fryer Frozen Meatballs
2. Ninja Foodi Pot Roast
This is the ultimate dump & go meal. You simply add the roast to your Foodi or crock-pot cooking pot, throw in the spices and broth, then cook. I love having this with keto mushroom risotto, sauteed string beans, and keto creamed spinach.
Ninja Foodi Pot Roast Recipe
3. Keto BBQ Ribs
Make BBQ baby back ribs in a slow cooker or pressure cooker. This one includes just 4 ingredients and pairs well with my cauliflower mac and cheese.
Keto Ribs (Slow Cooker or Instant Pot)
4. Marinated New York Strip Steak
Did you know that you could use greek yogurt to marinate and tenderize meat? Well, this easy steak recipe uses yogurt with simple spices to keep this steak juicy. Depending on what I have on hand, I eat this with chimichurri sauce on top.
Marinated Boneless New York Strip Steak Recipe
5. Keto Coffee BBQ Pork Belly
This Keto Coffee Barbecue Pork Belly is perfectly crispy on the outside while being tender and juicy on the inside. The coffee flavor, paired with the sweet and savory barbecue flavor is a match made in heaven. This would pair well with keto coleslaw.
Keto Coffee Barbecue Pork Belly | Peace Love and Low Carb
6. Whole30 Pulled Pork
With less than 10 minutes of prep time and the pressure cooker doing all the work, this easy Whole30 and Paleo recipe will become a weekly meal! If you’re not on Whole30 and have a few more ingredients, an alternative is my keto pulled pork that is covered in a sugar-free BBQ sauce.
Easy Whole30 Pulled Pork | Paleo + Keto Pressure Cooker Recipes
7. Easy Keto Tomato Pork Chops
These easy keto creamy tomato pork chops are a delicious and quick dinner option. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes. The sauce is perfect on zucchini noodles too!
Easy Keto Creamy Tomato Pork Chops Recipe – 4 ingredients, 15 minutes!
8. Cabbage and Smoked Sausage
Cabbage and Smoked Sausage is a delicious one-pot meal with just 4 ingredients and can be on the table in 30 minutes or less.
Cabbage and Smoked Sausage
9. Easy Keto Instant Pot Chile Verde
This Easy Keto Instant Pot Chile Verde is so simple to make with only a few ingredients. Even though it takes less than an hour in the pressure cooker, it still has a wonderful slow-cooked flavor.
Easy Keto Instant Pot Chile Verde – Beauty and the Foodie
5 Ingredient Chicken Recipes
1. Air Fryer Chicken Legs
These are generally the best cut of chicken for people on a budget. They’re also quite fatty making them foolproof to cook. I love to spice these up to add flavor and make a budget-friendly meal.
Air Fryer Chicken Legs
2. Pressure Cooker Whole Chicken
This Easy Pressure Cooker Whole Chicken recipe requires just 5 ingredients and cooks in less than 40 minutes. Don’t have a pressure cooker, just use the same spices, but make your whole chicken in an air fryer.
Easy Pressure Cooker Whole Chicken Recipe
3. Air Fryer Roasted Whole Chicken
This recipe uses just four ingredients. It’s also ready in about an hour.
Air Fryer Roasted Whole Chicken
4. Air Fryer Dry Rub Chicken Thighs
Add your favorite dry rub to chicken thighs for this easy low ingredient keto recipe.
Ninja Air Fryer Chicken Thighs
5. Easy Filipino Chicken Adobo
This Filipino chicken adobo recipe isn’t your traditional style. It’s made by boiling out the liquid in the marinade and browning the meat until it’s caramelized.
Filipino Chicken Adobo Recipe
6. Garlic Parmesan Chicken Tenders
With just five ingredients and five minutes of prep time, these baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken Tenders will be your new easy dinner. I love that it is largely a sheet pan meal.
Garlic Parmesan Chicken Tenders – Low Carb, THM S, Keto
7. Stuffed Caprese Chicken
Low Carb Stuffed Caprese Chicken Hasselback Recipe is a great gluten-free and grain-free dinner option to indulge in.
Stuffed Caprese Chicken Hasselback
8. Low Carb Chicken Stuffed Poblanos
These low carb chicken stuffed poblanos are a breeze in the air fryer. With only 4 ingredients you have this delicious keto appetizer with less than 5g net carbs!
Low Carb Chicken Stuffed Poblanos – 4 Ingredients In The Air Fryer
9. Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas
Super easy and flavorful chicken fajitas made quickly in the Air Fryer! You can eat these as part of a keto burrito bowl or as tacos with my cheese tacos shells.
Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas
10. Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenders
This easy baked bacon wrapped chicken tenders recipe needs just 3 common ingredients – chicken, bacon, and cheese!
Baked Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenders Recipe – 3 Ingredients
11. Mesquite Chicken
This mesquite chicken marinade is freezer friendly and packs a smokey punch that will brighten up any chicken meal! This marinade is perfect for grilling, baking, or sauteeing your chicken!
Mesquite Chicken Marinade
Seafood
1. Air Fryer Frozen Cajun Shrimp & Broccoli
This recipe uses minimal ingredients, but also cooks from frozen.
Air Fryer Frozen Cajun Shrimp & Broccoli
2. Crispy Skin Salmon
Don’t miss out on the crispy skin by throwing it away. Learn how to make pan-seared salmon easily with this 5-ingredient recipe.
Crispy Skin Salmon Recipe
3. Pan-seared Halibut
If you’re looking for ways to cook halibut or are a keto pescatarian, then you’ll love this Easy Pan-Seared Halibut recipe. It takes just a few minutes and a few spices to make.
Easy Pan-Seared Halibut Recipe
4. Seared Scallops
A quick recipe for seared scallops that is done in minutes. It uses a hot pan, butter or ghee, and salt and pepper.
Pan Seared Scallops Recipe
5. Cast Iron Shrimp
This shrimp takes just three ingredients and a hot pan. You can vary the spice mix to add variety to the dish and keep the ingredients simple.
Pan Seared Shrimp Recipe (Cast Iron Shrimp)
6. Air Fryer Salmon
This easy recipe for air fryer salmon takes less than 10 minutes to complete. While I make this in an air fryer, you can easily make this in a skillet.
Ninja Air Fryer Salmon Recipe
7. Honey Garlic Butter Shimp
This 5-ingredient Honey Garlic Butter Shrimp is dinner made easy in only 15 minutes. Plus, it’s mess-free because it uses only one pan. This recipe uses regular honey (a sweetener great for gluten-free and Paleo). To keep this keto-friendly, just swap the honey for the honest syrup, just like I did in my keto version of Honey Sriracha Wings.
Honey Garlic Butter Shrimp Skillet
8. Air Fryer Tilapia with Herbs & Garlic
Get golden brown and flaky fish every time by cooking your tilapia in the air fryer. This one is super easy and can be paired with your favorite keto salad or other vegetables to make a meal.
Air Fryer Tilapia with Herbs and Garlic – Finding Zest
Breakfast & Brunch
1. Air Fryer Eggs
My new go-to way to hard boil eggs!
Ninja Foodi Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
2. Keto Berry Smoothie
Start your day with this delicious berry smoothie recipe. It uses frozen fruit and collagen for a thick, breakfast treat!
Keto Mixed Berry Smoothie Recipe
3. Air Fryer Bacon
If you thought that bacon couldn’t get better, then you must try Air Fryer Bacon. For this recipe, I use the Ninja Foodi to crisp sugar-free bacon easily without the hassle, mess, or time of cooking it in a skillet, pan or oven.
Crispy Ninja Foodi Bacon
4. 3-Ingredient Bacon & Egg Breakfast Muffins
These 3-Ingredient Bacon & Egg Breakfast Muffins are low-FODMAP, paleo, keto, Whole30 compliant, low-carb, gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free! You can use these as part of meal prep and enjoy them throughout the week.
3-Ingredient Bacon & Egg Breakfast Muffins
5. Prosciutto Egg Cups
Three ingredients and less than 20 minutes are all you need to make these fabulous Whole30 and Keto friendly Prosciutto Egg Cups! Best of all, you can choose between cooking your egg cups in the air fryer or the oven.
Prosciutto Egg Cups (Air Fryer or Oven)
6. Steak and Eggs
This classic Steak and Eggs at home is such a quick, easy, and hearty brunch meal or breakfast-for-dinner dish using New York strip steaks and sunny side up eggs.
Steak and Eggs, Diner-Style
Soups & Side Dishes
1. Air Fryer Frozen Broccoli
Add some spices to frozen broccoli and throw them in the air fryer.
Air Fryer Frozen Broccoli
2. Air Fryer Radishes
Need a substitute for potatoes? Try radishes.
Air Fryer Roasted Radishes
3. Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts
Garlic and parmesan make the perfect topping for these crispy Brussels sprouts. The air fryer gives them the oven-roasted crunch.
Air Fryer Frozen Brussels Sprouts
4. Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice
Simple, delicious, and keto-friendly, this Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice recipe makes a great low carb substitute for the rice that you typically get at many Mexican takeout spots. It pairs well with my slow cooker boneless pork roast and Indian Shrimp Curry.
Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice Recipe
5. Fajita Vegetables
If you love a good burrito bowl and want to make fajita veggies just like they do at Chiptole, then this recipe is for you. Feel free to use different colored peppers or stick to one type to keep the ingredients list short.
Easy Fajita Vegetables
6. Sauteed Green Beans with Garlic
This is a delicious and easy side dish that is great for your everyday meals. While this recipe includes garlic and shallots, feel free to omit the shallots or swap them with thinly sliced onions.
Sautéed Green Beans with Garlic Recipe
7. Easy Broccoli Cheese Soup
Make the best broccoli cheddar soup in 20 minutes! You won’t believe it’s healthy, cheesy and has only 5 ingredients.
Easy Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe – 5 Ingredients
Easy 5-Ingredient Sauce & Dressings
1. Keto Salted Caramel Sauce
A no sugar added recipe for salted caramel that features browned butter, keto brown sugar, pink sea salt, and heavy cream. I loved having this as a topping to my keto snickers cheesecake bars.
Keto Brown Butter Salted Caramel
2. Keto Whipped Cream
Making a homemade cool whip is super easy. This goes with low-carb strawberry shortcake, nut butter as a snack or easy dessert or as a topping with a bowl of fresh berries.
Keto Whipped Cream (Homemade Cool Whip) Recipe
3. Strawberry Sauce
Make strawberry cheesecake or strawberry topped pancakes with this easy four-ingredient recipe. It tastes like the sweet sauce we’re all used to without adding sugar!
Easy Strawberry Sauce & Cheesecake Topping Recipe
4. Keto Gravy
If you’ve been looking for thick and creamy gravy without starch and flour as thickeners, then this recipe is for you. It uses simple spices and minimal ingredients and can be topped over pressure cooker turkey breast and mashed cauliflower.
Easy Keto Gravy Recipe
5. Keto Blueberry Sauce
This sweet blueberry sauce is keto-friendly and has no added sugar. It’s perfect to serve over waffles, pancakes or cheesecake (like I did in lemon blueberry cheesecake bites)!
Keto Blueberry Sauce Recipe
6. Quick Queso
This recipe for quick Keto queso has 3 ingredients and takes 5 minutes to make. It’s a delicious low carb cheese sauce that’s got just 2g net carbs per serving. You can pair this with keto nachos.
Quick Keto Queso
Simple Wraps & Bread
1. Easy Low Carb Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe
The easiest low carb cauliflower pizza crust recipe requires just 3 ingredients! Learn how to make a cauliflower pizza crust that you can pick up, with crispy edges.
Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe
2. Almond Butter Bread
Low carb, gluten-free, keto, and Paleo Almond Butter Bread is a flourless bread that’s ready for slicing in just 45 minutes from prep time!
Almond Butter Keto Paleo Bread Recipe (5 Ingredients)
3. Flaxseed Keto Wraps
Only 1 main ingredient needed to enjoy the best Keto Wraps you can have. Transform your wish of a Keto or Low Carb Flatbread to Vegan, Grain-free, Gluten-free option for your meals.
Easy Flaxseed Keto Wraps Recipe – Flatbread Low Carb No Carb
Easy 5 Ingredient Low Carb Keto Snack Recipes
1. Copycat Parmesan Crisps
With only 3 ingredients, these cheesy and crispy crackers are so easy to make. Plus, they have added vitamins and minerals because they include nutritional yeast!
3 Ingredient Double Cheese Crackers {Low Carb, THM-S} | My Montana
2. Keto Ritz Crackers
Keto Ritz Crackers are super easy and yummy. Have them with some sliced cheese or a dab of flavored cream or cottage cheese.
5 Ingredient Keto Crackers – BEST Low Carb Keto Ritz Cracker Recipe Copycat Crackers – Easy – Snacks – Appetizers – Keto Friendly & Beginner
3. Keto Pizza Rolls
Sometimes you want to be “good” and stick to your Keto plan, but you are also craving something a bit tempting. Well, these pizza rolls truly deliver fantastic flavors with every bite. These are a great snack version of my crustless pizza!
Three ingredient Fresh Baked Keto Pizza Rolls
4. Keto Everything Crackers
With just 3 simple ingredients, these crackers are easy to make and can stand up to just about any of your favorite dips!
Homemade “Everything” Crackers – Keto, Low Carb and Gluten Free
5. Sour Lemon Gummies
Quick, easy sour lemon gummy snacks made with gut-friendly gelatin. With endless flavor variations, these sugar-free gummies are the perfect keto snack.
Sour Lemon Gummy Snacks | Peace Love and Low Carb
5 Ingredient Dessert Recipes
1. Peanut Butter Cookies
Easy keto peanut butter cookies satisfy any sweet tooth without killing your diet goals. Besides being keto-friendly, they are gluten-free, grain-free, and low carb.
Easy Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
2. Coconut Custard Bars
Coconut Treat Squares (or coconut custard bars) are the perfect treat to curb those sweet cravings.
5 Ingredient Coconut Custard Bars
3. Key Lime Fat Bombs
These Key Lime Pie Fat Bombs are a delicious vegan keto treat to satisfy your cravings for something sweet and tart!
Key Lime Pie Fat Bombs
4. Keto Thin Mint Cookies
5 Ingredient keto Thin Mint cookies. Easy low carb copycat Girl Scout thin mint cookie recipe you will want to make.
5 Ingredient Keto Cookies – BEST Low Carb Keto Thin Mint Cookies Recipe Copycat Girl Scout Cookies – Easy – Desserts – Snacks – Sweets – Keto Friendly & Beginner
5. Keto Peanut Butter Pecan Bars
Make these easy Keto/Paleo/Vegan friendly, no-bake peanut butter pecan bars with 5 ingredients! Includes an optional chocolate drizzle that you can make yourself. But, you can also buy chocolate honest syrup instead.
Easy Peanut Butter Pecan Bars – No Bake { Keto, Low Carb, Vegan, GF}
6. Cheesecake Keto Fat Bombs
These no-bake low carb Cheesecake Keto Fat Bombs are the perfect dessert to help you curb cravings! Plus, they are so easy to make and help you from getting hungry too!
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Denise Browning says
Hi, Davinah! Thanks a ton for including my shrimp dish among these delicious 5-Ingredient recipes. They all look amazing. The best thing is they are all low carb! Enjoy!
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Absolutely! I can’t wait to make your shrimp.