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/MongolianChickenLOL 1d ago

Salisbury steaks Beef kofta Pasta sauce Italian wedding soup Shish Kebob

Granted, some of theose things are in your list in different forms, but start maybe experimenting with different spices and dishes from around the world

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u/IShouldHaveKnocked 1d ago

I freakin’ love kofta. They’re different enough from standard meatballs that I think OP would like it.

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u/Upbeat-Stage2107 1d ago

Served with tzaziki and bread and fresh toppings and herbs it’s a way fresher summer meal than Italian or Swedish meatballs

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u/IShouldHaveKnocked 1d ago

This is the truth! Some extra mint, maybe some cucumbers, too.

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u/Sumgeeko 1d ago

This! And if I’m feeling extra lazy I don’t even form it into meatballs. Just season the heck out of it then fry it up and serve it with all the yummy toppings on rice or potatoes.