Whether you’re feeding a hungry family, trying to stretch your grocery budget, or simply wondering what to make with that pound of ground beef in the fridge, you’ve come to the right place.
This collection of 45 easy meals with ground beef is packed with quick weeknight dinners, cheesy casseroles, hearty pasta dishes, one pot meals, skillet recipes, crock pot favorites, and comforting family classics that are simple to make and guaranteed to satisfy.
Easy Meals with Ground Beef
If you love pizza night and comfort food casseroles, this Sheet Pan Pizza Meatloaf combines the best of both worlds in one easy family dinner.
A tender, flavorful meatloaf base is topped with pizza sauce, gooey mozzarella cheese, and crispy pepperoni for a crowd-pleasing meal that's perfect for busy weeknights, game days, or feeding hungry kids and adults alike.
This Beef Enchilada Pierogies casserole is the ultimate easy comfort food dinner, combining frozen pierogies, seasoned ground beef, red enchilada sauce, and plenty of melted cheddar cheese in one simple bake.
Perfect for busy weeknights, this hearty casserole is packed with bold flavor, requires minimal prep, and is guaranteed to become a family favorite.
Soft King’s Hawaiian rolls brushed with butter and sprinkled with everything bagel seasoning get loaded with juicy ground beef tossed in BBQ sauce, savory onions, crispy bacon, melty cheddar, and crunchy fried onions.
Cheesy Queso Ground Beef and Rice is an easy one pot dinner recipe perfect for busy weeknights.
This hearty dish is loaded with ground beef, minute rice, Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies, store bought salsa con queso and shredded nacho cheese.
Pizza Enchiladas are a fun, family-friendly dinner recipe perfect for weeknights.
Rolled flour tortillas are filled with ground beef, pepperoni, green peppers, onions and ricotta and baked with pizza sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni and bacon on top.
Dump and Bake Ground Beef Alfredo is an easy baked pasta recipe perfect for weeknights.
This creamy pasta recipe is made with store bought alfredo sauce, chicken broth, mini penne noodles, cream of bacon soup, ground beef, mozzarella and cheddar cheese, Texas toast garlic bread and bacon.
Imagine all the cheesy, meaty, bacon-packed goodness of a classic bacon cheeseburger layered into a rich, bubbly, and ridiculously easy sheet pan lasagna—your new favorite weeknight comfort food!
French Onion Ground Beef and Rice Casserole is a hearty dish loaded with instant rice, ground beef, diced onions, onion soup mix, beef broth, sour cream, mozzarella cheese and crispy fried onions.
Transform two comfort food classics into one irresistible dish with this sloppy joe shepherd's pie—a hearty, savory mash-up that'll have everyone asking for seconds! This tasty dish is loaded with ground beef, diced peppers and onions all in tossed in a homemade sloppy joe sauce and topped with cheddar, mozzarella and mashed potatoes.
Transform your weeknight dinner game with this irresistible Garlic Parmesan Texas Toast Sloppy Joe recipe—a mouthwatering mashup of comfort food classics! This super easy dinner recipe is made with frozen Texas toast garlic bread slices loaded with ground beef in a creamy garlic parmesan alfredo sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese.
French Onion Hamburger Steaks are an easy ground beef dinner recipe with tender patties loaded with onion soup mix, crispy fried onions and provolone cheese all in a flavourful gravy.
Big Mac Pasta is a hearty baked pasta recipe loaded with ground beef, diced onions, pickles, sesame seeds, Thousand Island dressing and cheddar cheese and topped with chopped hamburger buns and shredded lettuce.
Hamburger Green Bean Casserole is a hearty ground beef casserole recipe loaded with cut green beans, cream of mushroom soup, diced onions, shredded cheddar cheese and French's crispy fried onions.
Crock Pot Hamburger Helper is a hearty slow cooker dish loaded with ground beef, diced onions, diced tomatoes, macaroni, cheddar soup and shredded cheddar cheese.
Ground Beef and Broccoli Casserole is a hearty dish loaded with ground beef, broccoli florets, diced onions, alfredo sauce, Italian seasoning, mozzarella cheese and cheddar cheese.
Mexican Ground Beef Casserole is a hearty dish loaded with ground beef, diced tomatoes, black beans, corn, cheddar cheese and corn tortillas.
Creamy Burrito Casserole is a hearty dish loaded with flour tortillas, ground beef, refried beans, diced tomatoes, shredded cheese, salsa and sour cream.
Ground Beef Stir Fry is an easy weeknight dinner recipe loaded with ground beef, snow peas, orange bell pepper, green onions and sesame seeds all cooked in a garlic, ginger, honey and soy sauce mixture.
Smash Burger Tacos are a delightful fusion of two classic foods made with flour tortillas topped with ground beef patties, cheese, onions, pickles, shredded lettuce and homemade copycat Big Mac sauce.
Ground Beef Fajitas are a simple weeknight meal with cooked ground beef, bell peppers and onions all seasoned with a homemade fajita spice blend and served on flour tortillas.
Hobo Casserole is a layered ground beef and sliced potato casserole loaded with diced bell peppers, onions, sour cream, cream of mushroom soup, cheddar cheese and French's crispy fried onions.
Beef Enchilada Casserole is an easy ground beef casserole recipe loaded with corn, black beans, corn tortillas, enchilada sauce and cheddar cheese.
Hamburger Mac and Cheese is a creamy ground beef macaroni dish loaded with heavy cream, cheddar soup and shredded cheddar and mozzarella cheese.
Sloppy Joe Tacos are hearty ground beef tacos with sloppy joe sauce and baked with cheese.
Pizza Casserole is a delicious baked rotini pasta loaded with ground beef, pizza sauce, pepperoni and mozzarella cheese.
Taco Casserole with Doritos is an easy ground beef casserole recipe loaded with Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies, salsa, cheddar cheese soup, corn, crumbled Doritos nacho chips and shredded cheese.
BBQ Meatloaf is a hearty ground beef dinner recipe loaded with crushed BBQ flavoured potato chips, BBQ sauce and shredded cheddar cheese.
Ground Beef Fried Rice is an easy dinner recipe made with long grain rice and loaded with ground beef, diced bell peppers, peas, sesame seeds and eggs.
Ground Beef Alfredo is a creamy pasta recipe loaded with hamburger meat, garlic puree, Italian seasoning and parmesan cheese.
Hamburger Hashbrown Casserole is an easy ground beef dinner recipe loaded with shredded hashbrown potatoes, cream of mushroom soup and shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
French Fry Casserole is a hearty ground beef casserole made with cream of mushroom soup, cheddar soup, diced onions, green peppers and shredded cheese all topped with crinkle cut fries.
Cowboy Cornbread Casserole is an easy ground beef casserole recipe loaded with bacon, baked beans and corn with Jiffy cornbread baked on top.
Cheeseburger Subs are an easy family friendly dinner recipe loaded with ground beef, shredded cheddar cheese on a bun spread with a special mayo sauce.
Tex Mex Meatballs are an easy dinner recipe made with ground beef, crushed corn chips, taco seasoning and cheese cooked in a sauce made with tomato sauce and salsa.
Fried Tacos are an easy ground beef dinner recipe using flour tortillas filled with taco beef and shredded cheese before frying.
Walking Taco Casserole is an easy ground beef dinner recipe loaded with diced onions, Fritos corn chips, shredded nacho cheese blend, lettuce and diced tomatoes.
Cheeseburger Sliders are mini sandwiches made with crumbled ground beef and diced onions tossed in ketchup, mayo and mustard all loaded onto dinner rolls and topped with shredded cheese.
Taco Ring is an easy ground beef dinner recipe using Pillsbury crescent rolls and loaded with shredded cheese and Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies.
Hamburger Steak is an easy stove top dinner recipe of ground beef patties and onions cooked in brown gravy.
Cheeseburger Pie with Bisquick is an easy ground beef dinner recipe loaded with shredded cheese, diced onions and diced tomatoes.
One Pot Sloppy Joe Ground Beef and Rice is an easy stove top dinner recipe made with ground beef and minute rice all tossed in sloppy joe sauce and loaded with shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
Cheeseburger Casserole with Potato Chips is an easy ground beef dinner recipe with a Bisquick base loaded with hamburger meat, diced onions, tomatoes and cheese all topped with ruffled potato chips.
Tater Tot Hotdish is an easy ground beef casserole recipe loaded with canned veggies, cream of mushroom soup, cheddar cheese and topped with tater tots.
Meatloaf and Stuffing Casserole is an easy ground beef dinner recipe with a meatloaf base topped with stove top stuffing.
John Wayne Casserole is an easy ground beef casserole recipe with a biscuit base and loaded with diced tomatoes, corn, taco seasoning, cream cheese, mozzarella and cheddar.
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