Ground Meat Recipes

Top Chef judge Gail Simmons first met Andrew Carmellini in 2002, when he was chef de cuisine at Café Boulud. She was working for chef-owner Daniel Boulud at the time and spent hours hanging out at the café, usually because its kitchen always had the best staff meal. One of the things she loved about Carmellini’s menu was the changing section highlighting a specific world cuisine. Carmellini left Café Boulud in 2005 and went on to open many of New York’s most successful restaurants, including Locanda Verde, where his lamb meatball sliders caused a national frenzy. Simmons’s own recipe owes a debt to his meatballs, as well as to her honeymoon trip to Vietnam. The combination of lemongrass, a few dashes of fish sauce and tons of fresh herbs creates a salty brightness to crave year-round. Slideshow: More Meatball Recipes

Keep things simple in the kitchen with quick-cooking ground chicken. Browse through our recipes for corn-chicken chili, chicken burgers with spicy peanut sauce, chicken and sun-dried-tomato meatballs and more.

Food & Wine’s Justin Chapple amps up the filling in stuffed shells by including ground pork. Make sure to use your favorite prepared tomato sauce here. Slideshow: More Pork Recipes

Baking meatloaf in a Bundt pan creates lots of crispy surface and keeps the inside tender and moist. Slideshow: More Meatloaf Recipes

Here is a collection of our favorite appetizing and flavorful ground lamb recipes that are sure to please. These dishes include Mediterranean style dishes and spices like cumin really bring out the savory flavor.

Kofta represents a number of different (but similar) dishes that span across many cultures—from Asia to the Middle East. Usually, the recipe consists of ground meat mixed with spices and formed into balls. These kofta ideas showcase the range of variations, from cod kofta to ground lamb kebabs.