Ground pork recipes

Pork chili with mushrooms, green pepper, celery, and kidney beans in a garlic-rubbed skillet. A milder, more nuanced chili that swaps beef for ground pork and adds earthy mushrooms.

Chinese lobster sauce made with ground pork, fermented black beans, garlic, ginger, and egg ribbons. A savory Cantonese-style sauce for shrimp, tofu, or rice despite having no lobster.

Danish frikadeller meatballs: traditional pan-fried Scandinavian meatballs from twice-ground veal and pork, served with browned butter, potatoes, and stewed cabbage.

Lean pork breakfast patties made with ground pork loin, bran flakes, apple juice, fennel, and rosemary. Broiled sausage patties with Italian-herb flavor and less fat than store-bought.

Old-school stuffed green peppers packed with seasoned ground pork, rice, crumbled bacon, and onion, then slow-simmered in a smoky paprika tomato sauce. Hearty, hands-off comfort food for six hungry folks.

Authentic Bavarian Weisswurst made from ground veal and pork shoulder, seasoned with mace, mustard seed, white pepper, and parsley. Stuffed into hog casings and poached for a traditional Munich breakfast sausage.

Thai tapioca soup with ground pork, crab meat, garlic, and fish sauce in a savory pork broth. Silky tapioca pearls thicken this fragrant bowl, served over lettuce with fresh cilantro.

Authentic Cajun boudin sausage stuffed with ground pork, liver, rice, onions, green onions, and a kick of red pepper. A Louisiana festival staple you can make right in your own kitchen.

Homemade breakfast sausage patties from ground pork with sage, thyme, cumin, and a kick of cayenne. Season the night before, fry up golden brown in the morning. Makes 6.

Chinese steamed translucent dumplings (fun gor) filled with shrimp, ground pork, dried mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and water chestnuts in a wheat starch wrapper.

Authentic New Mexican chili with cubed beef chuck, pork, mild and hot ground chilies, amber beer, and a long simmer. Serve beans on the side, Southwest-style.

Georgia-style barbecue moppin sauce with butter, vinegar, Worcestershire, paprika, and cayenne. A thin, tangy basting sauce for smoking poultry and pork.

Roast ham with crackling slow-roasts a fresh ham or pork shoulder at low temperature, scoring the rind into a crackling-crisp golden crust. Three ingredients, no basting required.

Homemade chicken sausage patties seasoned with cinnamon, allspice, tarragon, and white wine. Ground fresh from chicken thighs and pork fat for juicy, herby results.

Braised pork shoulder with ground coriander, white wine, new potatoes, and mushrooms. A one-pot Dutch oven braise with warm spice and fork-tender meat.

Homemade Sai Oua: ground pork packed with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime, cilantro root, and dried chilies, stuffed into natural casings and charbroiled. Northern Thai sausage done right.