What to make with ground beef: 100 easy dinners
These are the 100 easiest of the 173 dinners on Dollop built on ground beef. The lists below narrow them down. The quickest is Ramen noodles with ground beef, on the table in 15 minutes, and the cheapest is Instant Pot cheesy ground beef and rice at $1.93 a serving. 66 of them are simple enough for a first try.

Ramen noodles with ground beef
$2.61 a serving
15 min

Ground beef and egg skillet
$3.83 a serving
20 min

Air fryer beef quesadillas
$2.97 a serving
25 min

Air fryer burgers
$2.34 a serving
25 min

Crunchy beef tacos
$3.22 a serving
25 min

Taco salad
$3.72 a serving
25 min

Zucchini and ground beef skillet
$2.99 a serving
25 min

Air fryer meatballs
$2.31 a serving
30 min

Air fryer stuffed peppers
$4.58 a serving
30 min

Air fryer zucchini boats
$3.73 a serving
30 min

Beef taco lettuce wraps
$5.34 a serving
30 min

Ground beef French bread pizza
$2.30 a serving
30 min

Harissa beef and couscous
$3.28 a serving
30 min

Hummus bowls with spiced beef
$4.23 a serving
30 min

Korean-style beef bowls
$2.57 a serving
30 min

One-pot cheeseburger pasta
$2.97 a serving
30 min

Oven-baked burgers
$2.35 a serving
30 min

Philly cheesesteak sloppy joes
$2.70 a serving
30 min

Sheet pan beef nachos
$3.56 a serving
30 min

Sloppy joes
$2.43 a serving
30 min

Taco cauliflower rice skillet
$4.40 a serving
30 min

Air fryer meatloaf
$2.03 a serving
35 min

Beef enchilada skillet
$3.15 a serving
35 min

Cabbage and ground beef skillet
$2.39 a serving
35 min

Gnocchi with beef ragu
$3.06 a serving
35 min

Ground beef and frozen vegetable stir-fry
$2.43 a serving
35 min

Instant Pot beef and noodles
$2.22 a serving
35 min

Instant Pot ground beef stroganoff
$3.39 a serving
35 min

One-pot taco pasta
$2.03 a serving
35 min

Pierogi and ground beef skillet
$2.43 a serving
35 min

Sheet pan beef tostadas
$3.20 a serving
35 min

Sheet pan quesadillas with ground beef
$3.26 a serving
35 min

Cheeseburger pizza
$2.65 a serving
40 min

Crescent taco bake
$2.09 a serving
40 min

Greek ground beef meal prep bowls
$4.68 a serving
40 min

Ground beef and potato skillet
$2.44 a serving
40 min

Ground beef and potato tacos
$2.35 a serving
40 min

Instant Pot spaghetti
$1.98 a serving
40 min

Sheet pan loaded cheeseburger fries
$2.89 a serving
40 min

Sweet potato and ground beef skillet
$3.11 a serving
40 min

Taco pizza
$2.98 a serving
40 min

Taco rice
$2.87 a serving
40 min

Zucchini noodles with meat sauce
$5.33 a serving
40 min

American goulash
$2.16 a serving
45 min

Carne molida con papas
$2.32 a serving
45 min

Instant Pot cheesy ground beef and rice
$1.93 a serving
45 min

Mexican beef and rice
$2.50 a serving
45 min

Sloppy joe casserole
$1.93 a serving
45 min

Taco casserole
$2.43 a serving
45 min

Taco soup
$2.36 a serving
45 min

Sheet pan ground beef and potatoes
$2.48 a serving
50 min

Stuffed pepper soup
$2.27 a serving
50 min

Air fryer taco stuffed sweet potatoes
$3.40 a serving
55 min

Green chile stew
$2.61 a serving
55 min

Hamburger soup
$2.18 a serving
55 min

Pasta e fagioli
$2.14 a serving
55 min

Poor man’s stew
$2.05 a serving
55 min

Hamburger foil packet dinners
$2.43 a serving
60 min

Hearty no-bean beef chili
$4.75 a serving
60 min

Tater tot casserole
$2.41 a serving
65 min

Classic beef chili
$2.84 a serving
70 min

Cheesy hamburger hash brown casserole
$2.43 a serving
75 min

Crockpot beef tortellini
$3.47 a serving
290 min

Crockpot taco meat
$3.03 a serving
390 min

Crockpot ground beef and potatoes
$2.19 a serving
460 min

Crockpot chili
$2.61 a serving
500 min

Microwave Cuban picadillo with rice
$3.19 a serving
18 min

Microwave sloppy joe stuffed potato
$2.82 a serving
20 min

Microwave lazy manti (Turkish pasta with yogurt and spiced beef)
$2.20 a serving
22 min

Beef yaki udon
$3.93 a serving
25 min

Cheddar smash burgers
$3.63 a serving
25 min

Classic cheeseburgers
$2.36 a serving
25 min

Smash burger tacos
$3.00 a serving
25 min

Bacon cheeseburger bowls
$4.69 a serving
30 min

Creamy gochujang beef pasta
$3.07 a serving
30 min

Dan dan noodles with ground beef
$3.18 a serving
30 min

Greek burgers with feta and tzatziki
$3.36 a serving
30 min

Ground beef lo mein
$2.96 a serving
30 min

Microwave taco rice
$2.03 a serving
30 min

Beef and cabbage stir-fry
$2.56 a serving
35 min

Beef crunchwraps
$2.84 a serving
35 min

Beef drunken noodles (pad kee mao)
$4.33 a serving
35 min

Creamy Cajun beef pasta
$3.44 a serving
35 min

Greek beef and orzo
$3.57 a serving
35 min

Ground beef and broccoli
$2.50 a serving
35 min

Juicy Lucy burgers
$2.05 a serving
35 min

Mongolian ground beef
$2.10 a serving
35 min

Mushroom Swiss burgers
$2.78 a serving
35 min

Thai basil beef (pad kra pao)
$3.93 a serving
35 min

Air fryer tacos
$3.01 a serving
40 min

Beef burrito bowls
$3.39 a serving
40 min

Butternut squash and ground beef skillet
$3.22 a serving
40 min

Crispy cheese shell beef tacos
$4.79 a serving
40 min

Hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes
$2.64 a serving
40 min

Soboro don (Japanese beef and egg rice bowls)
$2.75 a serving
40 min

Tortang giniling (Filipino beef omelets)
$3.61 a serving
40 min

Vietnamese caramelized beef rice bowls
$2.94 a serving
40 min

Air fryer beef taquitos
$3.31 a serving
45 min

Air fryer cheeseburger bombs
$2.06 a serving
45 min

Beef-stuffed portobello mushrooms
$4.69 a serving
45 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.
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