Ground Beef Recipes

Bob's hot chili: ground beef simmered low and slow with whole tomatoes, tomato paste, red beans, chili sauce, and a kick of cayenne. The classic two-hour chili with serious heat.

A very simple, yummy spaghetti recipe for anyone to make or enjoy! Serving sizes are half a cup each.

Lighthouse casserole packs ground beef, kidney beans, macaroni, creamed corn, mushrooms, and olives in a chili-tomato sauce. A big-batch freezer-friendly weeknight casserole.

Classic meatloaf with shredded cheddar, hidden carrots, and a brown sugar-ketchup-honey mustard glaze. The crowd-pleasing comfort food family staple.

One-skillet beef and barley with ground beef, tomatoes, and chili sauce simmered until the barley is tender. A quick, hearty weeknight dinner in 30 minutes.

Salisbury steak shapes ground beef patties with onion, cracker crumbs, horseradish, and garlic, then pan-sears them and finishes with mushroom gravy. A 25-minute weeknight diner classic.

No-boil overnight lasagna with Italian sausage, ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Assemble the night before and bake it straight from the fridge.

Greek pastitsio layers tender pasta with a cinnamon-and-allspice spiced beef sauce under a creamy feta-and-parmesan bechamel. The Mediterranean baked pasta that eats like a warmly spiced Greek lasagna.

A tasty and scrumptious lasagna made with ground beef and a variety of spices and cheese which gives it a rich taste.

A nice change from my usual meatloaf. Wild rice was a great addition, and the meatloaf was moist and very tasty thanks for the cheddar cheese. Will be making this again.

Loaded chili built on three meats, ground beef, hot Italian sausage, and smoked sausage, with kidney beans, a layered hit of serrano and habanero heat, and a splash of red wine. Thickened with cornmeal and tastes even better the next day.

About half of the beans I used were chili beans. And I used a Guinness beer. I (roughly) seeded the jalapenos and this was surprisingly still spicy. A cheap cut of beef works quite well; the beef chunks get so tender and this is an overall delicious dish. I froze half of it.

Horseradish garlic burgers with thyme, chives, and melted Havarti on toasted onion rolls. Grilled gourmet patties with bold, sharp flavor.

These meatballs were very easy to make, and they had great flavor. We added the meatballs to the spaghetti sauce, and our meal was filling and delicious.

A killer no-bean Texas-style chili with coarse-ground chuck, beer, tequila, whiskey, and six whole jalapeños. Not for the faint of heart.

Swedish meatballs in a creamy dill and mushroom sour cream sauce, served over egg noodles with green beans. Club soda in the meat mixture keeps them light and tender.