38 Best Ground Beef Recipes for Easy Weeknight Dinners
With a pack of ground beef in the fridge, you're already halfway to dinner.
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There are a few reasons why ground beef makes such a great dinner staple: It's relatively inexpensive, it's versatile, and it's tasty. But if you've been cooking the same old same old week after week (hello pasta sauce) it can also get boring.
Enter these recipes! From weeknight burgers to mouthwatering Sunday lasagna, this mix of classic simple ground beef recipes and some innovative ground beef (without pasta) will have your family running, not walking, to the dinner table.
Tamale Pie
If you're suffering some of the what's-for-dinner blahs, try spicing it up with a Tex-Mex meal! Tamale pie is one of our favorites.
It cooks largely on its own, and we haven't known leftovers to last longer than a day, max.
Beef Taco-Style Stuffed Peppers
These simple, healthy peppers are a 5-star ground beef recipe that makes an easy main dish—pair it with a salad!
Easy Weeknight Salisbury Steak
This classic easy ground beef dish is pure comfort food—and fun to make as well!
Best-Ever Easy Sloppy Joes
Skip the cans or the seasoning packets. A few fresh ingredients makes a far tastier joe without much more effort.
Beef-and-Pineapple Tacos with Mojo Beans
Give taco night a twist! The fruit and slaw add a surprising amount of flavor to your classic tacos.
Slow-Cooker Meatballs
Making this Italian favorite just got even easier.
The Perfect Burger
One of the easiest and simplest meals is also one of the most satisfying: a burger! We'll show you some techniques for making a better patty, and for getting it grill-perfect every time.
Beef and Raisin Empanadas
Using readymade pie crusts helps keep these delicious savory-sweet hand pies easy to make.
Classic Weeknight Meatloaf
For a comfort-food dinner filled with flavor, you just can't beat meatloaf.
Meatball-and-Spinach Baked Ziti
Looking to switch things up on pasta night? This hearty baked dish comes together in about an hour.
Beef Burgers with Jalapeños, Cheddar, and Crispy Pepperoni
Want to get a little spicy with dinner? This burger is the one!
The Best-Ever Bolognese Sauce
Make this long-cooking sauce on a Sunday afternoon and enjoy it over spaghetti or in lasagna.
Lasagna Bolognese
Need to feed a crowd? Look no further than this classic, extra-tasty casserole.
Slow Cooker Spinach-and-Parmesan Meatballs
Pair ground beef and sausage with spinach and breadcrumb for these easy, delicious meatballs, which you can pair with a side dish, put in a sub, or snack on as an easy hors d'oeuvre.
Get the recipe for Slow Cooker Spinach-and-Parmesan Meatballs.
Worcestershire-Glazed Burgers
All you really need for these simple burgers is some Worcestershire sauce to give it the right amount of tangy goodness.
Cheeseburger Pizza
Pizza, meet cheeseburger. Tastebuds, meet heaven.
Cuban-Coffee Chili
Similar to picadillo, this richly flavored South American chili is a surefire winner.
Beef and Stout Skillet Pie
Store-bought crust simplifies this flavorful one-pan beef pie.
Herbed Meatball Soup
Make this delicious, comforting dish and serve for a weeknight dinner or freeze for a future gathering. To save time, serve only the meatballs, along with a ready-made dipping sauce such as a lingonberry.
Southwestern Burgers
We love this flavorful recipe, which adds green chiles, thick slices of onion, and Monterey Jack cheese to the mix.
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