Make this year’s Christmas feel extra magical – without shaking the kitchen upside down! Set the table with showstopping Christmas main dishes that are so easy, some of them cook themselves!
‘Tis the year to make Christmas dinner feel effortless and iconic – kinda like Santa’s velvety suit! These mouthwatering Christmas entrees look fancy and some of them basically cook themselves! From drop-and-go Instant Pot recipes, flavorful marinades, and shatteringly crispy secrets, this is your sign to text everyone they’ll need to wear their stretchy pants!
If you’re going big, make it easy with a full holiday feast made of tantalizing Christmas Appetizers, crowd-favorite Christmas Side Dishes, and zero-stress Christmas Desserts! They’re all part of my Christmas recipes neatly organized for you! By the end of the night, everyone’s belly will be as full and jolly as Santa’s!
1. Instant Pot Red Braised Pork Belly
Who has time for patience during the holidays?? Create caramelized, melt-in-your-mouth pork belly in half the stovetop time with this Instant Pot Braised Pork Belly! Just hit a button and let your Instant Pot do the hard work to create a succulent Christmas dinner!
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2. Crispy Chinese Lemon Chicken
Turn sour lemons into golden, glistening Christmas dinner with this crispy Lemon Chicken! Super crunchy, juicy, and tossed in a sweet-tangy lemon glaze that makes every piece disappear faster than Christmas cookies!
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3. Gochujang BBQ Ribs
Make the most succulent BBQ pork ribs—no grill required! These oven-baked Korean Gochujang Ribs get smothered in a sweet-and-spicy gochujang glaze, then slow-baked until juicy, tender, and basically falling into your mouth. They cook faster than grilling and cleanup is literally tossing the foil—a true Christmas dinner miracle!
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4. Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp
Serve plump, juicy shrimp tossed in a garlicky butter sauce that sends the whole family to Hawaii for Christmas dinner! This 30-minute Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp takes pantry staples and turns them into an irresistible holiday entree everyone eagerly devours!
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5. Spicy Pork Bulgogi
Ain't no party like a Korean BBQ party—especially during the holidays! Load up the table with all the meats, stack the lettuce wraps, scatter the banchan, and let everyone build their own Christmas dinner plates! Fire up the grill, because the smell of sizzling Korean Spicy Pork Bulgogi is the festive “come thru!” text your whole crew can smell from the driveway.
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6. Eggplant Tofu Stir-Fry
This Eggplant Tofu Stir-Fry gives any Christmas entrees a serious run for their money! Charred, smoky eggplant gets tossed with crispy golden tofu in a sweet-savory sauce that turns even the loudest tofu haters into believers. It’s an easy, crowd-pleasing stir-fry—and one of my most popular recipes—for a very good reason!
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7. Char Siu Pork
Skip the ham this year! This roasted Char Siu Pork is the holiday showstopper you bust out when you want jaws to drop! This slow-roasted pork is festively red and baked until it's succulently tender and the sticky glaze turns glossy and caramelized. Christmas dinner just got a whole lot merrier – and yummier!
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8. Honey Walnut Shrimp
Sweet, savory, and irresistibly crunchy—this Honey Walnut Shrimp is so easy you’ll wonder why it wasn’t part of your Christmas menu years ago! The battered shrimp is light and airy, then tossed in a sweet and creamy sauce, and finished with as many candied walnuts as your merry little heart desires!
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9. Spicy Chicken Bulgogi
Skip the boring chicken dinner this year and spice up the holidays with this Spicy Chicken Bulgogi! It's sweet, fiery, and charred until deliciously smoky – no grill required! The spicy marinade does all the hard work for bold flavor & it’s literally as easy as tossing everything into a blender!
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10. Beef Bulgogi
This melt-in-your-mouth Beef Bulgogi is the holiday entrée that makes you look like you tried way harder than you did. Create the marinade in the blender, sear the beef for 10 minutes, then watch your family enjoy the smell of a glorious Christmas dinner about to be served! Pile it over a bed of fluffy rice, stuff them into tacos, or load 'em up on nachos – there's no wrong answers here!
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11. Miso Butter Salmon
Need dinner NOW and only have 15 minutes to pull off a Christmas miracle? This seared Miso Butter Salmon is an umami-bomb of flavor all your seafood lovers will beg for next year!
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12. Char Siu Chicken
This is not your basic backyard BBQ chicken—this is Chinese BBQ chicken dressed up for the holidays! This juicy Char Siu Chicken is baked until succulently tender and glistening this its vibrantly red glossy glaze. It's a festive chicken dinner that easily becomes the family's highly requested Christmas tradition!
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13. Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken
Serve a mouthwatering chicken your family will talk about till next Christmas! The secret to these Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken Thighs is in the zesty marinade! It keeps the chicken SUPER juicy and flavorful cooks up in only 15 minutes!
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14. Korean Kalbi Short Ribs
Serve beautifully charred, melt-in-your-mouth Kalbi short ribs – no grill required! Just throw the marinade ingredients into a blender, let it do all the hard work, then sear the ribs for just 10 minutes! Fall-off-the-bone ribs are always the first to disappear at any Christmas dinner!
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15. Chicken Adobo
Turn simple pantry staples into a savory chicken dinner that hits the table in just 30 minutes! This braised Filipino Chicken Adobo is cozy, comforting, and totally beginner-friendly—solid proof that you don’t need fancy ingredients or big holiday budgets to serve a Christmas dinner everyone remembers!
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16. Ginataang Laing
This rich and creamy Laing is a Filipino classic that deserves a spot on your holiday table! Smoky taro leaves and juicy morsels of pork simmers in creamy coconut milk until tender and infuses with enough spicy chilies to keep you on your toes!
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17. Crispy Szechuan Shrimp
Juicy shrimp coated in a light, crisp batter and fried till perfectly golden, then tossed in a tongue-tingling Szechuan peppercorn seasoning that wakes up every taste bud at the table! This crispy Szechuan Shrimp is the kind of festive entrée you serve when you want Christmas dinner to feel exciting, bold, and just a little unhinged—in the best way possible!
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18. Teriyaki Chicken
Make a mouthwatering Teriyaki Chicken dinner with only 5 ingredients – in 30 minutes! This savory Japanese classic is so easy and insanely delicious, you'll toss that bottled teriyaki sauce straight into the Christmas donation bin!
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19. Mapo Tofu
Tofu isn't just for vegetarians – especially when it shows up this hot & spicy! This Mapo Tofu is made of creamy tofu swimming in a fiery chili sauce with tongue-tingling Sichuan peppercorns and morsels of ground meat. It hits the Christmas dinner table in 30 minutes, preferably with hot steamy rice!
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20. Vietnamese Braised Pork (Thit Kho)
This caramelized pork belly gets slow-braised in a garlicky, savory sauce until it’s fall-apart tender! Stir in hard-boiled eggs, then pile everything over hot steamy rice with plenty of that savory sauce drizzled on top. It's a cozy Christmas dish that feels like a warm hug in a bowl.
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21. Crispy Beijing Beef
This crispy Beijing Beef is easy to make ahead of time, freeze, then fry up on the day of for a super easy Christmas dinner! Get the secret tips to create the crispiest beef that stays crunchy for hours! So, put down the food delivery app, you deserve more holiday cheer than soggy limp takeout.
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