Ground Beef Recipes

Ground beef recipes for two casseroles, a stroganoff, and a spaghetti pie.

When cooking ground beef it's helpful to know a little bit about what it is exactly that you are preparing. Ground beef should be exactly what it says, and contain nothing else added such as extra fat. When extra fat is added, it's then called hamburger. That's the main difference between ground beef and hamburger.

To obtain the best value when buying ground beef always purchase the grade of ground beef or amount of fat content that suits the recipe you are making. If the recipe you're preparing allows you to drain of excess fat, then you can use a grade of 70% to 75% lean ground beef. This grade of ground beef will shrink more than the others, so plan accordingly.

You can use 75% to 80% lean ground beef in recipes that you don't want to be greasy. This grade of ground beef is excellent for grilled burgers as the meat is still moist enough to bind, has moderate shrinkage and isn't too greasy for the bbq.

The 80 to 85 percent lean ground beef is excellent for low-calorie diets but because it's less moist than other grades, it's best to add something to the recipe to provide juciness.

Flavorful Casserole

1 pound ground beef
3 tablespoons salad oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 can (10 ounce) cream of mushroom soup
1 can (10 ounce) tomato soup
1 1/4 cups water
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 cup ready cut macaroni
seasoning

Brown meat in oil. Add the onions and celery and cook until tender. Mix in mushroom soup, tomato soup, water, chili powder, and seasoning. Cook macaroni in salted water. Drain and add to meat mixture. Pour into large casserole and bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes.
This ground beef recipe serves 4 to 5 people.

Quick Meat Ball Stroganoff

1 pound ground beef
1 egg
3/4 cup soft bread crumbs
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
dash of pepper
1 teaspoon shortening
1 can (10 ounce) mushroom soup
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon minced onion
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup sour cream

Combine beef, egg, crumbs, 1/4 cup of water, salt, and pepper. Form into balls about the size of golf balls. Brown on all sides in the shortening. Drain of excess fat and push meat balls to one side of pan. Add soup, 1/2 cup of water, ketchup, onions, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic powder. Mix well. Simmer 5 minutes. Blend in sour cream and heat thoroughly. Serve over hot rice or noodles.
This ground beef recipe serves 4 to 5.

Dinner Casserole

1 pound ground beef
1 package onion soup mix
1 can (10 ounce) cream chicken soup
1 can (10 ounce) mushrooms (cut fine)
3/4 cup water
1 1/2 cup cooked brown rice
1/2 cup crumbled potato chips

Brown the hamburger and drain the fat. Place in bowl, add onion soup and mix well. Add chicken soup, mushrooms, water, and rice. Mix well. Add to casserole dish. Top with potato chips. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour.
This ground beef recipe serves 4 to 5.

Some Ground Beef Recipes Submitted by Our Visitors

This ground beef recipe was submitted by Jana of Las Vegas in the United States.

Recipe Name: Taco Burgers

Ingredients and Instructions:

2lbs. ground beef
1 med. chopped onion
1/2 teasp. garlic powder
1 tablsp. taco spice
1 (15oz.)can tomatoe sauce
1 tablsp.worcestershire sauce
2 cups corn chips(crushed)

Brown meat, drain. Add all ingredients except cornchips. Cook 25 minutes covered on low heat. Turn off heat and stir in crushed corn chips. Cover and let sit 10 minutes. Serve on hamburger buns that have been toasted on one side. You then top them off with shredded cheese, chopped tomatoes, sliced avocado, lettuce and sour cream. You may also top it with salsa for a little heat.

This next ground beef recipe was submitted by Laurie who lives in Loveland in the United States.

Recipe Name: Spaghetti Pie

Ingredients and Instructions:

6oz spaghetti noodles
1 lb ground beef
2 T oleo
your favorite spaghetti sauce
1/2 C Parmesan Cheese
2 well beaten eggs
1 C cottage cheese
1/2 c shredded mozzarella cheese

Cook spaghetti according to package. Drain. Stir in oleo, parmesan cheese, and eggs. Form spaghetti mixture into a crust in buttered 10 in. pie plate. Spread cottage cheese over crust. In skillet brown meat then add spaghetti sauce. Heat through. Put over cottage cheese. Bake at 350 for 1/2 hour. Sprinkle mozarella cheese on top and bake 5 minutes longer or till cheese melts.

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Here are some recipes for cabbage rolls which use ground beef.

Taco Salad Recipes
A couple of recipes for Taco Salad sent in by our visitors. We tried the first one and everyone enjoyed it very much.

Crockpot Cheeseburger Sammies
Donna B sent in this ground beef recipe using Velveeta cheese.

Cowboy Casserole
This ground beef recipe was sent to us by Sonda Skillman and is made in a crockpot.

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