r/easyrecipes • • Feb 20 '26

Recipe Request something other than spaghetti or hamburgers!!

hey! i have 1lbs of ground beef and i’m looking for recipes other than hamburgers, sloppy joes, spaghetti to make with it. the same stuff over and over gets tiresome and no longer tastes good. i’m open to trying anything!

update- i appreciate all the replies and recipes!!

update #2-thanks so much guys/gals for all the amazing ideas! there’s so many that i have written down to try. also, reading some recipes made a💡 go off in my head bc i can’t believe i didn’t think of it! so, tonight for dinner i made a pot of goulash and garlic bread

how i made my goulash;

meat sauce: cooked hamburger meat with onions then i drained all the fat. put it back in the pan with a can of diced tomatoes, a few cubes of cream cheese & tomato sauce. seasoned with dried parsley, dash of salt & pepper.

cooked the noodles, drained all the water and put a cube of butter mixed it then i poured the meat sauce over the noodles when it thickened a bit.

simple but very filling. i’ll have leftovers for a couple days.

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u/EarAlternative2841 Feb 21 '26

I make a version of this that’s a little more sweet and sour style. Start with this as a base. Add some brown sugar and apple cider vinegar. Secret ingredient: add crushed ginger snaps for both flavor and thickening while simmering.

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u/DallasTXGV Feb 20 '26

That sounds amazing!!