Beef mince recipes
Quick and easy to cook, beef mince is a versatile ingredient. Explore over 80 of our minced beef dinners. One pack stretches a long way, making it a good value option.
Simple family favourites: Best-ever lasagne, spaghetti bolognese, beef mince pie, meatloaf and beef burgers
Air fryer dinners: Air fryer beef mince meatballs and beef mince nachos
Unusual inspiration: Harissa beef and crispy potatoes, Cypriot pasta bake, Korean beef bibimbap and Ikea-style Swedish meatballs
Budget mince recipes: Meatball recipes, spiced beef mince with jacket potatoes and beef and bean burgers
If lamb is your favourite, try our lamb mince recipes including meatballs, burgers, kebabs and moussaka.
Showing 1-16 of 88 recipes
Pasta bakes
Blonde ragù pasta bake with prosciutto (nidi di tagliatelle al forno)
Swap out lasagne for this sophisticated yet satisfying blonde ragù pasta bake with prosciutto (nidi di tagliatelle al forno) by Rosie Mackean.
Beef mince
Sloppy joes with coleslaw potato salad
Sloppy joes (saucy beef mince in a burger bun) are perfect comfort food in a hurry. Serve them with our hybrid side: coleslaw potato salad.
Best of the best
Best of the best lasagne
Truly the best lasagne you’ll ever make: a slow-cooked, meaty ragù enhanced by a brown-butter bechamel and layered between al dente pasta.
Mezze
Bulgar köftesi
Food writer Yasemen Kaner-White shares her family recipe for koftesi, Turkish meatballs made with beef and bulgar wheat.
Beef mince
Blue cheese and bacon smash burger
This blue cheese and bacon smash burger consists of two caramelised beef patties – each topped with a rich blue cheese sauce – on a bed of earthy beetroot and finished off with sticky, salty bacon jam. It’s the smash burger of dreams!
30-minute meals
Air fryer meatballs with crispy potatoes
This air fryer meatballs recipe shows how some clever layering can produce several deliciously crisp things at the same time.
Pasta bakes
Meliz Berg’s Cypriot pasta bake (magarina firinda)
A pasta bake to top all pasta bakes. Once you've tried the halloumi béchamel and rich ragu in this Cypriot pasta dish, you'll never look back
Meatballs
Beetroot and beef meatball traybake
Speedy and comforting, this beetroot and beef meatball traybake saves on washing up. Serve with a beetroot-stalk sour cream.
Comfort food
Kiwi beef burger with pickled beetroot and a fried egg
It's the ultimate Kiwi burger recipe: a juicy beef patty topped with homemade pickled beetroot, green tomato chutney and a fried egg.
Harissa
Harissa beef and crispy potatoes
We've topped crispy potatoes with harissa beef and creamy feta. This recipe is ready in less than an hour – it's an effortless way to feed the whole family.
15-minute meals
Tex-Mex inspired cheeseburger
Give homemade cheeseburgers a Tex-Mex twist in this easy recipe. Serve spicy beef patties with zesty slaw, jalapenos and a rich cheese sauce.
Beef mince
Spiced beef mince with jacket potatoes and yogurt
No jacket potato beats this one, which is stuffed generously with spiced beef mince, chickpeas, crunchy salad and yogurt.
Pies
Minced beef and onion pie
This traditional minced beef and onion pie recipe topped with crisp, golden pastry is a real treat on a winter (or bank holiday) weekend.
Casseroles
Mince and tatties casserole
For a new way with mince, try this twist on the classic Scottish mince and tatties dish – it requires just 15 minutes hands-on time
Meatballs
Slow-baked meatballs
These indulgent Italian-American slow-baked meatballs, with a rich tomato sauce and melting mozzarella, will liven up the week.
Subscribe to our magazine
Food stories, skills and tested recipes, straight to your door... Enjoy 5 issues for just £5 with our special introductory offer.
Subscribe
Unleash your inner chef
Looking for inspiration? Receive the latest recipes with our newsletter