104 no ground beef recipes

Ground beef browned and simmered with uncooked noodles, tomato sauce, and onion soup mix in one pot. No stirring until the end. American-style goulash that practically cooks itself.

Maritime Madness is a retro East Coast ground beef casserole bound with oatmeal, cream of mushroom soup, ketchup, and sage. Mix, bake, brown. No browning the meat first.

15-minute one-skillet beef and noodle dinner where egg noodles cook right in a saucy mix of ground beef, salsa, tomato sauce, and sweet corn. One pan, no draining, no fuss.

Microwave pizza casserole: ground beef, egg noodles, pizza sauce, and pepperoni cooked in minutes, then topped with melty mozzarella. All the flavor of pizza, no oven. A fast, kid-friendly weeknight dinner.

No-bean Texas-style chili with ground beef, ground chile peppers, green chiles, and fresh tomatoes. Fat is skimmed after chilling for a leaner bowl.

San Antonio chili made Texas-style with coarse ground beef chuck, no beans, no tomatoes. Slow-simmered with chili powder, cumin, oregano, and cayenne, thickened with cornmeal.

Enchilada torte stacks flour tortillas, spiced ground beef and cheddar into a layered casserole, cooked entirely in the microwave in about 25 minutes. All the enchilada flavor with no rolling and no oven.

No-fuss beef chili with just 6 ingredients: ground beef, kidney beans, tomato sauce, water, soup mix, and chili powder. One skillet, 40 minutes, done.

Authentic Texas chili (chile con carne) with coarsely ground beef, six tablespoons of chili powder and jalapeño heat. No beans, just bold beef and spice.

Plain basic chili, a Texas-style chili con carne made with cubed beef, not ground, simmered low in chili powder, beef broth, and crushed tomatoes until fork-tender. No beans, no filler, just rich, beefy chili.

Low-carb beef chili made with ground beef, green beans instead of kidney beans, tomato juice, bell peppers, and red onion. Diet-friendly with no added sugar.

Quick ground beef in tomato soup sauce with onion, green pepper, and carrot served over noodles. A fast, no-fuss weeknight dinner using pantry staples.

Texas-style no-bean chili with ground beef chuck, pork, and cubed beef simmered in beer with bold spices and thickened with masa harina for competition-worthy flavor.

Authentic no-bean Texas red chili spiked with tequila and simmered low and slow. Coarse ground beef, ground chiles, cumin, and cayenne build layers of smoky, fiery heat in every spoonful.

Romanian mititei-style sausages made with ground beef and pork, garlic puree, and baking soda for tender texture. No casings needed, shaped by hand for the grill.

Classic ketchup meatloaf with ground beef, breadcrumbs, onion, egg, and oregano. A simple, old-school comfort food recipe that bakes in one hour with no fuss.