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Our most popular ground beef recipes, all in one place! These easy dinners are proven reader favorites. You are going to love them!
Not Your Average Ground Beef Recipes
Who else grew up alternating dinners between beef and chicken? Sure, we had an occasional pork or fish dinner but the far majority was chicken or beef, specifically ground beef. Our mom would buy ground beef in bulk. Like, she would bring home a huge 10-pound beef roll and then portion it out into 1-pound packs and freeze it and we would have ground beef for days. Thankfully our mom knew how to switch things up so having ground beef never got boring. We would have such a good variety of meals from meatballs, to casseroles, to soups, skillets, and even salads.
We have shared almost all our mom’s ground beef recipes here on Favorite Family Recipes and have added dozens of our own favorites that we have created over the years. I have personally gone through each recipe on our site and found our top 30 most popular ground beef recipes and added them to this list, in order, so you can easily find the best of the best. I’ve am so excited for you to try them all! I know you are going to love them as much as we have!
🩷Erica
Pro Tips on How to Cook Ground Beef
Want to get the most out of these recipes? Here are some expert tips for maximizing the flavor and texture of your ground beef:
- Cook your ground beef in a cast iron skillet to get that perfect brown appearance, texture, and flavor.
- You want browned beef, not gray beef. To avoid this, don’t let it “boil” or “steam” in its own juices. If the beef starts to look like it is drowning, drain off excess liquid.
- If your recipe calls for onion, add it to the skillet along with the beef. You can also sauté the onion in the skillet before adding the beef if you want the onion to soften more.
- Use a flat-edged spatula to break apart the ground beef.
- Avoid stirring constantly. Let it have time to brown up. Break it into pieces and then leave it alone.
- Try to season your ground beef throughout the cooking process with salt, pepper, garlic, and other seasonings depending on the type of recipe you will be preparing.
- When browning beef that is extra lean, you may want to add a little oil to add flavor.
Our Most Popular Ground Beef Recipes
As I mentioned above, this is a ranked list of our most viewed, most loved, and highest rated ground beef recipes… both on our site and on social media. And I’ve gotta say, you guys have great taste because I love every singe one of these recipes. They are all winners! Browse through them all. You can save them, print them, pin them, or just bookmark this page so you can come back to it over and over. You won’t want to lose these recipes!
Now It’s Your Turn to Share!
Now that I have shared all of our reader favorites, I would love to hear from you! Do you have a favorite ground beef recipe that isn’t on this list? Or has one of these recipes become a regular “dinner-rotation” meal for your family? We want to hear all about it! Leave a comment below, leave a review, and share your thoughts! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Some really great recipes here. Love meatballs – sweet and sour or otherwise, they’re always good! Nice, easy recipe for ground beef. Can be used for so many things! So wonderfully versatile!
ooh YUM! Love all these ideas- sloppy joes and shepherds pie are the winners for me though!
Ground beef is a staple in our house & I am always on the hunt for new recipes to try. I make the same things! All of your recipes look so good!! Trying one, this coming weekend!
I can’t wait to try these recipes! They look so delicious and yummy! So excited!
So many great ideas! Can’t wait to try them.
These are all amazing recipes, especially the sloppy joes!
I’m not one to usually comment on posts, but I just have to say that these beef recipes are MONEY. I’ve made several of them (crockpot meatballs, cowboy spaghetti, sloppy joes, beef burrito skillet, etc.) and every single time the dish turns out savory, the meat is NOT dry, and everything comes together perfectly. In fact, just a couple of months ago I made the meatballs for an office work party, and people were raving over them. And I don’t consider myself much of a cook. Keep up the great work, and keep those delicious recipes coming!
Thank you for your helpful comments.