Beef recipe collection

A succulent meat loaf made with oats, cream cheese, chili peppers and salsa.

Mexican Meatloaf swaps breadcrumbs for cornmeal and adds pickled jalapeños, black olives, and chili powder to a ground beef and veal blend. Feeds 8 in about 1 hour 15 minutes.

Mexican meatball patties stuffed with Monterey Jack cheese, mixed with chorizo, green chiles, and crushed pretzel crumbs, baked inside bell pepper quarters.

Mexican pita pockets stuffed with seasoned ground beef, beans, salsa, cheddar, lettuce, and tomato. A taco-meets-pita mashup that holds together better than a tortilla. Ready in 30 minutes.

Mexican pot roast stuffed with bacon-wrapped garlic, rubbed in mustard, and braised in beer with jalapenos and cilantro. Fork-tender beef with a spicy blended sauce.

Mexican sausage stew braises beef brisket and hot Italian sausage with cinnamon, allspice, beer, and beef stock, then thickens with sweet potato and corn. Topped with melty Monterey Jack and cilantro.

Mexican spaghetti pie with a Parmesan-egg pasta crust topped with chili-spiced ground beef, kidney beans, cheese, olives, and crushed tortilla chips. A Tex-Mex casserole mashup.

Mexican-style bow ties: hearty pasta salad with seasoned ground beef, kidney beans, corn, tomatoes, cheddar, and a zippy yogurt-salsa dressing, topped with crushed tortilla chips. Warm or cold crowd-pleaser.

An exotically spiced spaghetti sauce with meat -- This is a very adaptable sauce which can be used in any recipe requiring tomato sauces.

Microwave meatloaf with ground beef, bread crumbs and a ketchup glaze, ready in under an hour without heating up the oven. Classic comfort food on weeknight time.

Microwave beef stroganoff with thin-sliced sirloin, cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, and paprika over egg noodles. Weeknight dinner in under 25 minutes.

A tasty and succulent beef dish that can be made in your oven or in a slow cooker.

Microwave meatloaf shapes seasoned ground beef into a ring around an inverted custard cup and cooks in 15 minutes flat. A weeknight shortcut for tender meatloaf without firing up the oven.

Tender beef meatballs swimming in tangy-sweet pineapple sauce with crisp green peppers, ready in under an hour with microwave magic.

Microwave Swiss steak with round steak braised in tomato soup, celery, onion, and green pepper. The 1970s comfort food classic, sped up to dinner-table fast.

Classic Midwestern chili with ground beef, kidney beans, tomatoes, and a heavy hand of chili powder added in two stages. A no-fuss, simmered-low bowl that freezes beautifully.