371 ground beef recipes

Fiesta casserole layers tortilla chips with taco-seasoned ground beef, tomato sauce, and cheddar cheese, baked until bubbly. A crowd-pleasing Tex-Mex weeknight dinner.

Mexicali rice casserole with ground beef, double salsa, tomato soup, sour cream, and melted cheddar on top. A cheesy, crowd-feeding Tex-Mex weeknight dinner.

Restaurant-style spaghetti and meatballs inspired by Little Joe's in L.A. Three-meat meatballs in a simmered tomato sauce with red wine, basil, and oregano. Worth every minute.

Big-batch spaghetti and meatballs for feeding a crowd. Homemade tomato sauce and 48 baked meatballs that freeze beautifully. Easy to double or triple for potlucks and parties.

Meatloaf and mashed potato roll bakes seasoned ground beef wrapped around a creamy potato, bacon, and mushroom filling. A retro one-pan dinner with built-in sides.

Pimblett's shepherd's pie: ground beef (technically cottage pie) with thyme, sage, carrots, and Dijon under a nutmeg-scented mashed potato crown. A classic British pub pie baked bubbling golden.

Sloppy ziti with lean ground beef and food-processor chopped vegetables in a chili-spiced tomato paste sauce. A healthier, sneaky-veggie twist on sloppy joes tossed with pasta.

Kahlua chili: ground beef chili spiked with coffee liqueur, served Cincinnati-style over spaghetti with cheddar and onion. The coffee-and-cocoa background note that makes it work.

Hearty hamburger and pearl barley soup with cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes in a balsamic-spiked beef broth. A frugal, freezer-friendly one-pot meal that stretches a pound of beef across six bowls.

Kraut burgers, also called bierocks or runzas, tuck a savory ground beef, cabbage, and onion filling inside soft baked bread dough. A hearty Great Plains hand pie, brushed with butter and great for packing in lunches.

Beef and barley stew bakes in one casserole with ground beef, pearl barley, tomatoes, water chestnuts, and frozen mixed vegetables. Hearty, hands-off oven dinner.

7 can soup: dump-and-simmer hearty beef chili-style soup made from a pound of ground beef and seven pantry cans. Tomato, chili, corn, and mixed vegetables in 40 minutes flat.

Hearty baked ziti with ground beef and Italian sausage in spaghetti sauce, tossed with pasta shells and smothered in melted mozzarella. A big-batch family dinner with serious meat and cheese.

Chili spaghetti with ground beef, tomato sauce, pimentos, and melted cheddar stirred right in. A Cincinnati-style one-pot chili pasta that comes together in under an hour.

Banquet meat loaves are a 50-serving, banquet-scale recipe for tender ground beef loaves bound with sauteed onion, celery, eggs and breadcrumbs moistened with beef stock. Bake-ahead, slice and reheat for caterers and large gatherings.

Juicy beef patties seasoned with sauteed onions, garlic, nutmeg, and coriander, seared in a hot skillet and served on buns with fresh toppings.