26 Delicious Ground Beef Recipes

These top-rated ground beef recipes, from Salisbury steaks and meatloaf to delicious meatballs, burgers, and ground beef casseroles, will please your family any night of the week, and most are easy to fix and economical in the bargain.

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Juicy Baked Burgers

The Spruce / Diana Chistruga

Worcestershire and steak sauce add flavor to these juicy burgers, along with a little garlic powder and cayenne pepper. Serve them with your favorite sauce or flavored mayonnaise, with or without cheese.
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Spicy Pasta With Ground Beef and Tomatoes

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This combination of spicy ground beef and pasta makes a delicious, satisfying family meal. Enjoy it as-is or add a cheese topping and pop it in the oven to melt the cheese.
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Beef Enchilada Casserole

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This easy Mexican style casserole is made with condensed soups, enchilada sauce, chili peppers, ground beef, cheese, and tortilla chips.
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Easy Ground Beef Casserole With Potatoes

The Spruce

A quick and easy whole-meal casserole with lean ground beef, potatoes, carrots, cream of mushroom soup and cheddar cheese.

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Sloppy Joe Macaroni and Cheese Casserole

Diana Rattray

This great tasting family casserole is a meal in one dish. The "sloppy" part of this macaroni and cheese recipe is tasty sloppy Joe -- a ground beef layer is followed by a creamy and rich homemade macaroni and cheese layer, then topped with bread crumbs and baked to perfection. This casserole will likely be a hit for kids and adults alike!
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Instant Pot Lasagna

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This instant pot lasagna recipe takes much less time to prepare than a conventional lasagna baked in an oven. It's made with ground beef, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses, marinara sauce, and no-boil noodles. Best of all, it won't heat up the kitchen on a warm summer day.
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Classic Hungry Jack Beef and Biscuits Casserole

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This mixture of beef and beans is well-seasoned and makes a great everyday family dinner. With a biscuit topping, it's a complete meal in one dish.
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Easy Unstuffed Cabbage Skillet Dinner

The Spruce

Cabbage rolls are one of those all-time favorite comfort foods. The most time-consuming prep steps are avoided with this easy skillet version of the dish. There's no need to fuss with whole cabbage leaves and the task of stuffing them. If you crave cabbage rolls but don't have the time, try this delicious skillet recipe.

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Skillet Salisbury Steaks with Mushrooms

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This is an easy and flavorful ground beef recipe. Steaks are made with ground beef and seasonings and served with an easy gravy with mushrooms and a dash of red wine.
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Crock Pot Pizza Pasta Casserole

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This delicious meal combines pizza flavors and two kinds of cheese to make a fabulous sauce for pasta. The sauce is cooked in the slow cooker. Combine the sauce with the pasta and cheeses and finish the dish in the slow cooker -- or transfer everything to a baking dish, top with the remaining cheese, and bake the casserole in the oven.
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Taco Soup for the Slow Cooker

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

Taco seasoning and similar spices flavor this hearty, beefy taco soup. Top this delicious slow cooker soup with tortilla chips or strips, or garnish with shredded cheese or sour cream.
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Instant Pot Sloppy Joes

The Spruce Eats / Diana Rattray

Make Instant Pot sloppy joes and enjoy an effortless family dinner or potluck dish. Simply brown the ground beef, then combine all the ingredients in the pot. Let it cook, and in about 45 minutes, you're ready to build sandwiches.

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Taco Casserole

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

Taco seasonings, tomato sauce, corn chips, lean ground beef, cheese, and taco toppings turn this Mexican favorite into an easy weekday dinner.
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Glazed Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf

Diana Rattray

This offbeat bacon-wrapped meatloaf is enhanced with fresh grated Parmesan cheese, Cajun spices and a tasty barbecue sauce glaze. Serve this meatloaf with mashed potatoes and your favorite side vegetables.
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Italian Meatballs

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

These delicious Italian-style meatballs are perfect to serve with spaghetti sauce and pasta or as sandwiches. Make these meatballs and simmer with spaghetti sauce on the stovetop or slow cooker.
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Cabbage Rolls with Ground Beef and Rice

The Spruce

These top-rated cabbage rolls are easy to fix and delicious! Stuffed with ground beef and rice, they make a satisfying weeknight meal.

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Baked Ziti Recipe With Ground Beef

The Spruce

In this recipe, cooked ziti is baked to perfection with ground beef, peppers, tomatoes, seasonings, and mozzarella cheese.
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Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce

Diana Rattray

Bolognese is a classic Italian meat sauce that tastes great on wide pasta like pappardelle or in homemade lasagna. The long cook time is shrunk down when made in a pressure cooker.
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Keto Meatloaf

The Spruce Eats / Leah Maroney

Made of a mixture of ground beef, chorizo, and pork rinds, this keto meatloaf is beyond meaty and is grain and gluten-free. A wrapping of bacon adds even more savory flavor to the main dish.
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Crock Pot Sweet and Sour Meatballs

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

Sweet and sour meatballs are super easy to prepare and cook with a simple Asian-style sauce and pineapple.

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Unstuffed Cabbage

The Spruce

Ground beef, tomatoes, and cabbage combine to make a great-tasting casserole. Make it a meal with rice or a tossed salad.
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Mom's American Chop Suey

The Spruce

This macaroni and ground beef dish is a comfort food for many people. This version is made with lots of ground beef, tomatoes, and tomato sauce.
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Easy Burrito Casserole

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This burrito casserole is made with all the great flavors of a beef and cheese burrito. The ground beef combination includes burrito seasoning, refried beans, cheddar cheese, and tortillas.
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Crescent Beef Stroganoff Bake

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This ground beef stroganoff is baked to perfection in a simple crescent roll crust. The ground beef and mushrooms are combined with sour cream and then topped with shredded cheese just before baking.

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Spanish Rice

The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This Spanish rice is an easy, tasty skillet meal. Serve this delicious rice dish with cornbread or biscuits and a tossed salad.
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Stuffed Peppers With Ground Beef and Rice

The Spruce

These classic stuffed peppers are filled with a ground beef and rice mixture and baked to perfection. The bell peppers are topped with tomato sauce and optional cheese.

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