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Home » Recipes & Tips » Easy Dinner Ideas with Ground Beef

Easy Dinner Ideas with Ground Beef

05/24/18 | Main Dish, Recipes & Tips

I love easy dinner ideas with ground beef! Check out this list of affordable and quick meals that are perfect for weeknight dinners, or company. Get all the information you need on cooking with ground beef and easy storage tips and tricks and how I always have it ready in the freezer. #groundbeef #beef #groundbeefrecipes #beefrecipes #quickrecipes #easyrecipes #beefrecipe #beeffordinner

I love easy dinner ideas with ground beef! Check out this list of affordable and quick meals that are perfect for weeknight dinners, or company. Get all the information you need on cooking with ground beef and easy storage tips and tricks and how I always have it ready in the freezer. 

Adding beef back into easy homemade beef stroganoff.

You guys are always wanting quick dinners that are homemade – I have some for you! And I have some ground beef tips and tricks to share as well so be sure to read past the recipes 🙂

Quick Ground Beef Recipes

How to Make Beef Stroganoff: Easy Beef Stroganoff is packed with flavor and so delicious. It’ll be the best homemade beef stroganoff recipe you ever make and the whole family will love it.

Easy Sloppy Joe Recipe: This easy sloppy joe recipe is a total crowd pleaser and this quick, unique and flavorful recipe is sure to be a hit with the entire family.

Korean beef bowl mixture in a grizzly cast iron pan.

Korean Beef Bowls: This Korean Beef Bowl recipe is a quick meal you can have on the table in 30 minutes. Sweet, spicy, and totally delicious. Your family will love it!

Ground Beef Nachos: Ground beef nachos are a quick but satisfying and delicious meal the entire family will love. Make them in less than 15 minutes! Serve them as the main dish or as an appetizer to a tex-mex spread.

Ground Beef Tacos: Ground beef tacos are super easy and delicious! This cooking method gives flavorful, tender, homemade taco meat in minutes.

Ground beef tacos next to toppings and taco meat in a pan.

Easy Ground Beef Recipes

Beef Enchilada Recipe: Easy beef enchilada recipe! This recipe is so good with a completely homemade enchilada sauce that doesn’t take a blender to make. SO EASY! Plus 3 ideas for making beef enchilada freezer meals.

Italian Meatball Recipe: This Italian Meatball Recipe is easy to throw together, fabulous in so many dishes, and you can even store them in your freezer!

Lifting cheesy beef enchiladas out of a pan.

Italian Meatball Soup: Italian Meatball Soup made with homemade meatballs is a family favorite. A hearty broth with vegetables makes it a satisfying meal.

Better than Ikea Swedish Meatballs: This homemade version of Better than Ikea Swedish Meatballs is a comfort food classic. Rich and savory, this flavorful dish is sure to please everyone.

The Best Homemade Lasagna: Don’t be intimidated by making homemade lasagna! This recipe is easy to follow and tastes AMAZING! Use homemade lasagna noodles or some from the store.

One of my favorite things about all of these ground beef recipes is that they are so easy to make ahead or freeze. If you want details on how to prep each of these ground beef meals for the freezer, be sure to check out my Make Ahead Freezer Meals post!

Top view of a finished tray of ground beef nachos topped with cilantro and tomatoes.

I LOVE cooking with ground beef for a few reasons {we always have a freezer full!} and one of those reasons is……it’s easy to cook when it’s frozen.

HA. You think I’m kidding? Nope.

I am the worst at remembering to get the meat out of the fridge the day before I need it, and ground beef just makes my life easier. Pop that frozen pound into the pan with a lid and you can still have dinner ready in a flash.

Raw ground beef in a skillet ready to be browned.

How to use Frozen Ground Beef

  • Place frozen ground beef in a pan over low heat, covered with a lid.
  • When the bottom is lightly browned, flip the frozen ground beef over, scrape the top with a spatula to remove the cooked and thawed ground beef.
  • Repeat flipping and scraping until you can break up the frozen ground beef completely!

I also love that ground beef is super affordable! If you know me, you know I love a deal. We usually have a freezer stocked with ground beef but when we need to buy it, I always buy it in bulk. You can usually find ground beef for a great price during sales. Even if you can’t use it all right away, divide it into 1 pound quantities. Then, put them in a quart-sized freezer bag and make the ground beef as flat as possible. That way they are easy to thaw out!

I hope that this post was helpful and gave you lots of ideas for quick and easy dinners! I know how hard it is to get a meal on the table when you’re tired, the kids are screaming and you forgot to get the ground beef out the night before. These recipes are the answer! Stash whole recipes in your freezer or whip up these quick ground beef recipes in 30 minutes or less. Happy cooking!

Be sure to check out these other great recipes that use ground beef:

  • Southern Chili Recipe from Feast and Farm
  • Cheesy Ground Beef and Rice Casserole from Oh, Sweet Basil
  • Sloppy Joe Sliders from Scratch from I Just Make Sandwiches
  • Italian Beef and Rice Skillet from I Wash You Dry

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