Ground Beef Recipes

A pound of ground beef is the most dependable dinner insurance there is. These are the recipes American families have leaned on for generations — goulash, Salisbury steak, stuffed peppers, meatloaf — plus a few newer skillet favorites that have earned their place in the rotation.

For the best flavor, brown your beef hard: let it sit untouched in a hot pan until it's deeply crusted before you break it up. And unless a recipe says otherwise, 80/20 beef is the sweet spot — leaner blends dry out, fattier ones need draining.

Every recipe here works with ground turkey or chicken too; check the substitution table on each page for the adjustments that keep things juicy.