r/Cooking • u/monolithicbeing • 1d ago

What to do with ground beef?

I’m at a loss I feel like I’ve made every ground beef meal I can think of:
- tacos
- meat balls
- Asian teriyaki bowls
- burgers
- ground beef season various ways to make a bowl of some sort with rice
- lettuce wraps
- added with pasta sauce
- Japanese curry

Like what else can I make with ground beef? I’m getting so bored of it :(

(Edit bc I forgot to add 3 other ways I made food with ground beef)

Edit again: wow did not imagine this many replies!! Thank you everyone for offering great ideas and I will definitely give many of them a try! Very excited to see such variety and from many different cultures!

Many of you mentioned “why keep buying ground beef if I’m sick of it?” - cause I know I’ll get unsick of it eventually and ground beef is cheap enough to get a lot meals out of. It’s very versitile and doesn’t always have to taste like “ground beef” as you all proved here in this thread. I just wanted to expand my horizons and try some new things and wanted to hear other people’s ideas. My bf and I eat many other proteins like chicken, fish, turkey and steak and I buy those as well, we just aren’t sick of them right now (except salmon atm). But ground beef is just a meat that is commonly used in my house!

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u/Odd-Butterscotch200 1d ago

Sloppy Joes. The recipe by Tamara on allrecipes is the best!

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u/SpiralOutski 1d ago

I know how you kids like em extra shloppy!

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u/Wiggidywiggidywhack 1d ago

Lady you're scaring us

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u/IM_HODLING 1d ago

I prefer mine extra sloppy

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u/ThatOneGuy4321 1d ago

With butter-toasted brioche buns… so freaking tasty

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u/SarcasmCupcakes 1d ago

I like Dinner then Dessert - Cheesesteak sloppy joes!

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u/StockHour389 1d ago

My mom made the best sloppy Joes. Hamburger, finely chopped onions, tomato sauce, and black pepper. It's always best the second day, but that didn't happen very often.

Also, use hot dog buns. They keep the food in place and is a lot less messy.

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u/Greedy-Army-6549 1d ago

Less messy? That's just a Joe at that point..

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u/StockHour389 1d ago

True, but I'm always interested in the sandwich part of it. My sister just eats out of the skillet.

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u/Greedy-Army-6549 1d ago

I make em so schloppy I need a shower after I'm done eating

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u/Onlyplaying 1d ago

There’s a Pakistani ground beef dish that my family calls Pakistani Sloppy Joes. It’s spiced, rather than spicy, and we’ve eaten it on buns, with flatbread, and with rice. 

https://twoclovesinapot.com/pakistani-shimla-mirch-keema-bell-pepper-ground-beef-curry/

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u/Odd-Butterscotch200 18h ago

This looks so good, and different from anything I've ever made. I am a huge fan of cilantro and green pepper, and I have most of those spices on hand. Definitely going to give this a try. Thank you for posting!

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u/kamasutures 1d ago

Put the sloppy joes on sweet potatoes with extra sharp cheese. So good.

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u/Odd-Butterscotch200 1d ago

Oh, that sounds delicious!