Ground pork/5 recipes

Ground pork peanut butter cookies made with lard, browned pork, cinnamon, and orange zest. A savory-sweet heritage cookie recipe unlike anything in your cookie jar.

Ma-po's pork brains is a traditional Sichuan offal stir-fry pairing silky poached pork brains with crispy ground pork, chili nam yuey, ginger, and Shaoxing wine. A regional classic for adventurous eaters.

German-style veal and pork meatballs served over braised red cabbage and potatoes with a lemon-caper pan sauce. A rustic one-skillet-and-pot Bavarian dinner with Worcestershire-spiked gravy.

Popular in Holland, these steak roll-ups, which resemble small birds, are often prepared by the butcher and cooked at home.

Hearty Southwestern meatball soup with beef and pork meatballs, rice, tomato paste, and fresh coriander simmered in a rich beef broth. Sopa de albóndigas at its finest.

Homemade pork sausage loaded with triple coriander: whole seeds, ground spice, and fresh cilantro. Includes step-by-step casing and linking instructions for DIY sausage makers.

Vietnamese-style soup with cucumber cups stuffed with seasoned ground pork, ginger, garlic, and fish sauce, simmered in chicken broth with carrot matchsticks and quail eggs.

Sopa de Albondigas, a traditional Mexican meatball soup with beef and pork meatballs mixed with rice, simmered in a tomato beef broth. A hearty, comforting bowl of homemade soup.

Galloping horses (Ma Hor) is the classic Thai appetizer of sweet-savory ground pork and peanuts mounded on fresh pineapple. Sweet, salty, fragrant, with garlic-forward heat.

German meatballs made with ground beef and pork, browned and simmered on a bed of sauerkraut. Worcestershire sauce and Italian breadcrumbs give these a savory kick. One skillet, one hour.

Italian meatball sandwich: pork-and-beef meatballs simmered for an hour in a long-cooked red wine tomato sauce built on salt pork, garlic, basil, and marjoram. Piled in a crusty roll with Parmesan and roasted peppers for a proper Sunday sub.

Stageline chili is a no-bean, big-batch Texas-style chili with chopped brisket, ground pork, green chiles, beer, and a shot of tequila. Simmered low for 2 to 3 hours and feeds 20.

Bite-sized caribou meatballs made with ground pork, oatmeal, mustard, and a kick of hot sauce. Pan-fried crispy in minutes. Makes 5 dozen crowd-pleasing appetizers.

Cevaps are Balkan skinless grilled sausages made from a spiced blend of beef, lamb, and pork. Smoky, garlicky, and loaded with cracked black pepper heat.

Homemade Italian sausage with ground pork, fennel, garlic, parsley, and red pepper flakes. DIY recipe, casings optional, makes 2 pounds.

Chinese-style eggplant stir-fry with spicy ground pork, chile oil, hoisin, soy sauce, and Chinese black vinegar, finished with a cornstarch glaze. Ready in 20 minutes and deeply savory.