The 10 Most Popular Recipes of May 2020

We’ve all spent the past few months finding a new cooking routine at home. For many of us that means cooking all the time, which is why it’s no surprise that this month readers embraced super-easy, satisfying meals more than ever. From simple chicken skillets and foil-packet meals to keep on repeat throughout the summer to our most irresistible loaf of banana bread yet, here are the 10 most popular new recipes we published this month.

Add this chicken to your meal plan ASAP. This skillet has it all: impossibly juicy chicken (thanks to a garlic butter drizzle), ultra-crispy skin, and the option to nestle just about any vegetable (fresh or frozen!) under the meat.

Get the recipe: Garlic Butter Chicken Thighs

There’s nothing you can’t partner with this maple-sweetened tahini sauce. It makes everything from simple slaws to grilled chicken taste at least 10 times better. 

Get the recipe: 3-Ingredient Lemon Tahini Sauce

With their crisp outsides, fluffy-soft centers, and frizzled onion companions, there’s a good chance these potatoes will quickly remind you of diner-style home fries.

Get the recipe: Amelia’s “Restaurant” Potatoes with Frizzled Onions

Made with an unlikely combination of seasoning packets, butter, and pepperoncini peppers, this certainly isn’t your grandmother’s pot roast. But it’s much, much easier — and it just may become your new favorite.

Get the recipe: Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast

Be sure to serve this weeknight winner with rice, couscous, or some bread so none of that luscious sauce goes to waste.

Get the recipe: Jamie Oliver’s 5-Ingredient Creamy Mustard Chicken

Here, chicken breasts, red onion, bell peppers, and pineapple are smothered in barbecue sauce and tucked into a foil packet for the ultimate smoky-sweet 30-minute meal.

Get the recipe: Pineapple BBQ Chicken Foil Packets

Classic banana bread is good, but nothing comes close to matching what happens when you add a toasty, chocolatey swirl throughout your loaf.

Get the recipe: Nutella Swirl Banana Bread

With just five ingredients and 30 minutes on the clock, this foil-wrapped chicken and potato dinner is one of the easiest weeknight meals you’ll make all summer.

Get the recipe: Garlic-Butter Chicken and Potato Foil Packets

You can skip the pot of boiling water: Instead of boiling the tortellini separately, you’ll simmer it directly with the veggies and bacon, where it soaks up all the sweet and smoky flavors.

Get the recipe: Tortellini with Asparagus, Peas & Crispy Bacon

This recipe is everything you love about classic chicken fajitas, wrapped up into a fuss-free, all-in-one foil packet. As it cooks on the grill, the bell peppers and onions caramelize and the chicken becomes perfectly moist and tender. 

Get the recipe: Chicken Fajita Foil Packets