A chicken and rice bowl under a spoonful of sauce, shot from above on a dark table

153 recipes, sorted by how long you’ve got

I have been writing weeknight recipes for six years. High protein, cheap, and mostly done in under half an hour.

Find something for tonight

Tonight’s list

Twenty-four of the 153, grouped by how long they take. Pick the time first, then the food. Every one opens on my Provecho profile.

15 minutes

2 recipes

15min Best Egg Sandwich Sandwich
15min Cheesy Breakfast Quesadilla Breakfast

20 to 25 minutes

11 recipes

20min The Best Tuna Melt Sandwich
20min Chicken Parm Smash Tacos Chicken
20min Pesto Spaghetti Pasta
25min Chicken Chukauni Chicken
25min Chicken Arrabiata Chicken
25min Green Sauce Chicken Rice Bowl Rice bowl
25min Lemon Pepper Chicken Rice Bowl Rice bowl
25min Sumac Chicken Rice Bowl Rice bowl
25min Air Fried Salmon with Avocado Crema Air fryer
25min Air Fried Miso Salmon Air fryer
25min Egg Fried Rice Rice

30 minutes

4 recipes

30min Cajun Chicken Rice Bowl Rice bowl
30min Shawarma Chicken Rice Bowl Rice bowl
30min Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl Rice bowl
30min Bang Bang Chicken Rice Bowl Rice bowl

50 minutes and up

7 recipes

50min Rice Cooker Hainanese Chicken Chicken
55min Caldo Verde Soup
55min Roasted Bell Pepper Pasta Pasta
65min Hainanese Chicken Chicken
75min Starbucks Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites Breakfast
75min Caldo de Pollo Soup
80min Bacon Egg Frittata Breakfast

The other 129 are on my Provecho profile.

Seasoned chicken and charred scallions on a ridged grill pan, shot from above
Sliced seasoned chicken over rice on a red plate

Seven bowls, one method

Cajun, shawarma, teriyaki, bang bang, green sauce, lemon pepper, sumac. Same chicken, same rice, same air fryer. The sauce is the only thing that moves.

Learn one of them properly and the other six are a spice change and a different jar. Six of the seven are on the table in half an hour.

  • Green Sauce Chicken Rice Bowl25 min
  • Lemon Pepper Chicken Rice Bowl25 min
  • Sumac Chicken Rice Bowl25 min
  • Cajun Chicken Rice Bowl30 min
  • Shawarma Chicken Rice Bowl30 min
  • Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl30 min
  • Bang Bang Chicken Rice Bowl30 min

Collections

The 153 sort into twelve of these.

  • High Protein, Low Calorie
  • Easy Meals After Work
  • Indian Recipes
  • Meal Prep
  • Cheap Meals
  • Vegetarian
  • Sandwiches
  • Good Soup
  • Recreating Restaurant Recipes
  • Cooking Basics
  • Air Fryer
  • Potato

Who’s cooking

I am Raunak, known online as chefron. I grew up on my parents’ cooking and every cooking show I could find, and did not make a single thing myself until college. I got there broke. Broke enough that going out with friends meant sitting at the table and ordering nothing, then going home and cooking for myself.

That is where these recipes come from. Cheap, quick, enough protein to actually fill you up, and written down so you can make them again on a Wednesday. I started posting them on TikTok, the views arrived, and six years later the food and the videos are the job.

The recipes live on my Provecho profile. The cooking is on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, all under @chefroncooks.

A cook tipping chopped ingredients from a board into a pot on the stove

Where to find me

New cooking goes up under @chefroncooks.

  • TikTok@chefroncooks
  • Instagram@chefron.cooks
  • YouTube@Chefroncooks
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