What Can I Make With Ground Beef?
Ground beef of one sort or another almost always seems to be on sale at one of the stores in town. It’s also usually one of the cheapest meats to buy and pretty versatile. I usually keep a few packs of it in my freezer and use them for anything from burgers and meatloaf to spaghetti with meat sauce, but to be hones, we are starting to get a little tired of the same standard hamburger dishes.
I’m looking for some fresh recipes and ideas that use ground beef - will you help me and my family out? Please post your favorite recipes as a comment below.
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January 14th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
For the Dough:
2 (6.5-ounce) packages pizza crust mix (recommended: Betty Crocker)
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning (recommended: McCormick’s)
1 cup hot water
For the Filling:
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 pound lean ground beef
1/2 pound hot Italian sausage, casings removed
1 (2.5-ounce) jar sliced mushrooms, drained (recommended: Green Giant)
1 (2.25-ounce) can sliced black olives, drained (recommended: Early California)
2 1/2 cups marinara sauce, divided (recommended: Prego)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (recommended: Kraft)
For the dough:
In a large mixing bowl, combine pizza crust mixes, Italian seasoning, and hot water. Stir about 20 times until a ball forms. Split ball in half and cover each with plastic wrap; set aside.
For the filling:
In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, add the oil and cook ground beef and sausage, stirring frequently to break up clumps. Cook until no longer pink but not totally cooked through, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in mushrooms, olives, cheese and 1 cup of the marinara sauce; set aside.
Unwrap dough and put onto 2 parchment lined baking sheets sprinkled with cornmeal. Press out into 2 (12-inch) circles about 1/4-thick; pinch together any holes. Spoon the meat mixture into center of each dough round. Slide the second dough circle off the parchment to top the meat mixture. Crimp the edges together.
Warm the remaining marinara sauce in the microwave. Spoon some sauce on the plate and serve a hot slice of pizza on top.
Lightly spray baking sheet with cooking spray; Place on prepared baking sheet and bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
This is a quick and easy stuffed pizza.
January 14th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
This is easy and cheap to make. I take out the mushrooms if I am making it for the kids. I made it “skiney” once with Lean Ground Beef, fat free sour cream and mayo. I liked it but it just wasn’t the same!
Ground Beef Stroganoff
1 pound ground beef
1 can mushrooms, drained
1/2 teaspoon mustard powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 cup beef broth
1 (16 ounce) package wide egg noodles
In a skillet, add ground beef, mustard and garlic powder. Cook until meat is browned, stirring occasionally. Drain fat. Stir in sour cream, mayonnaise, and beef broth and cook over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve over hot noodles. Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water until done. Drain. Serve sauce over hot noodles.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
id make some tasty hamburgers with all that extra ground beef
January 31st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
My family likes this cheap and easy casserole.
Needed:
1 pound of ground beef
1/2 cup onions chopped up small pieces
1 cup of cheese
1 can of Campbell’s Cream of Chicken with Herbs soup
1 small bag of frozen mixed veggies
1 32-oz bag of tater tots
Preheat Oven to 375 degrees
1. Ground beef and add onions and brown altogether
2. Layer ground beef & onion mixture on the bottom
of a rectangle cooking dish like a 13×9
3. layer cup of cheese on top of meat mixture
4. layer bag of frozen veggies on top of cheese.
5. Mix soup in a bowl with about 1/2 the can of water
to thin the soup just a little & up and add evenly
on top of the casserole.
6. Add bag of frozen tater tots on top evenly spread
out.
7. Put casserole in oven for 1 hour and it will feed
several people.
February 25th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Here’s a yummy recipe for Taco Quiche:
8 flour tortillas
1 lb. hamburger
1 clove garlic, minced
8 eggs
1 package taco seasoning
2 c. cheddar cheese, grated
1 c. onion, chopped
1 small head lettuce, shredded
2 1/2 c. milk
1 can sliced olives (opt.)
2 medium tomatoes (opt.)
1 c. sour cream
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 13×9x2-inch baking dish with the tortillas. In a skillet, cook
hamburger, onion, and garlic with taco seasoning. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Spread beef
mixture over tortillas. Sprinkle cheese on top. Beat eggs and milk together and pour over the top.
Bake for 45 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Serve with sour cream, tomatoes,
lettuce, and olives.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Another thing you can do with ground beef is brown it and add it to some rice. (our favorite is Jasmine Rice)
fry some chopped onions and add those. Season to taste! Salt, pepper, whatever. We like to use some Italian Seasoning. It gives it a nice flavor!
Keep posting and I will keep coming back!
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
My favorite is Goulash, though I can never make it quite as good as my grandma did.