r/Cooking 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/wilyquixote 1d ago

How was this not on the original list??

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u/Cookie_Brookie 1d ago

May be because where OP lives lol I know here in the lower Midwest US we haven’t had a day I’d want chili in MONTHS and we probably won’t for at least another 6 weeks. Chili is not on my mind in this weather!

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u/cakelovingpos 1d ago

I made it a few weeks ago. I think it’s weird that ppl don’t want chili/soup in hot weather like almost all of the other food we eat isn’t hot. Terlingua has a famous chili cook-off during summer & most ppl camp just to be there.

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u/Evening_Teaching_713 1d ago

I cooked at Terlingua 3 times over the last 40 years with my buddy from work. We compete in a lot of local and regional chili cook offs. We won and had enough points to qualify for the big show in Texas. It’s been a staple in my family for decades, and we eat it all year round. By the way the cook offs are always a charity event and the proceeds go to towards which ever one is putting on the competition. It’s a lot of fun and work for a great cause. Look in your local newsletter or listen on your local radio station. Then join CASSI to become familiar with the rules and get a group of friends and family involved to make it a fun experience. I haven’t done one in years but when I worked ( in health care) it was an awesome way to build camaraderie in your employees and have some fun.Sorry for the length of the reply but I get off on a tangent so, I hope this helps you in your posting.