Top 20 Best Beef Recipes
Different cuts of beef -- particularly steaks and roasts -- are notoriously delicious when cooked just right, which makes cooking beef a daunting task for some.
With these beef recipes you'll find a great dish to cook, whether it's with roast beef, ground beef or steak cuts.
Roast beef recipes
1. Rosemary-Braised Beef Roast
Few dishes are as appealing in cold weather as finely braised meat in a rich, luscious sauce. If you are using rump roast, look for a well-marbled piece. The roast is also excellent with other braising cuts, such as rib-end.
2. Spiced Boneless Prime Rib Roast
A boneless prime rib roast impresses guests and is easy to carve into thin slices. The spice-and-herb rub makes side condiments unnecessary.
Ground beef recipes
3. Best Beef Burger
Try this delicious burger at your next get-together -- whether indoors or out!
Stir-fries
11. Thai Home-Style Spicy Beef and Green Beans
This is a popular Thai home-style stir-fry made with ingredients typically found in a Thai pantry.
12. Beef Sirloin Stir-Fry with Orange-Garlic Sauce
Serve this fresh, attractive and garlicky stir-fry with rice and a green vegetable.
13. Chinese Crispy-Fried Beef with Peppers
For this crowd-pleasing Chinese dish, use thin-skinned and contrasting coloured peppers -- pair red hot peppers with light green Cubanelles or green hot peppers with red shepherd peppers.
14. Beef and Green Onion Stir-Fry (pictured above)
Make the most out of fragrant and mild spring green onions with this northern Chinese home-style stir-fry, where the onions star as the main vegetable.
15. Beef and Pine Nuts in Sweet Black Pepper Sauce
This is a simplified version of a dish from Hong Kong can also be garnished with fresh lily bulbs and asparagus.
Soups
16. Quick Beef and Vegetable Borscht
Beef borscht usually requires hours of simmering tasty yet tough cuts of beef to tenderness, but with ground beef, you can get the flavour quickly. Serve this nutritious soup with Russian pumpernickel or rye bread.
18. Braised Beef Shank with Mushy Peas
Beef shank is a stewing and soup cut with lots of flavour and an appealing, toothsome texture. It usually comes sliced; two regular slices or one large one are all you need to lend tremendous flavour to this thick split pea stew.
More easy beef recipes
19. Garlic Beef Kabobs with Chive Yogurt
Serve these flavourful kabobs in warmed pitas with sliced tomato, lettuce and the chive yogurt. The kabobs are hot and peppery, so if you prefer them mild, reduce the pepper.
20. Tostadas with Beef
These tasty tostadas make a lively appetizer. You can use tostadas (3- to 4-inch/8 to 10 cm rounds) imported from Mexico for the best flavour and nicest presentation, but you also can make up to 48 smaller bites by putting the toppings on nacho chips.
With these beef recipes you'll find a great dish to cook, whether it's with roast beef, ground beef or steak cuts.
Roast beef recipes
1. Rosemary-Braised Beef Roast
Few dishes are as appealing in cold weather as finely braised meat in a rich, luscious sauce. If you are using rump roast, look for a well-marbled piece. The roast is also excellent with other braising cuts, such as rib-end.
2. Spiced Boneless Prime Rib Roast
A boneless prime rib roast impresses guests and is easy to carve into thin slices. The spice-and-herb rub makes side condiments unnecessary.
Ground beef recipes
3. Best Beef Burger
Try this delicious burger at your next get-together -- whether indoors or out!
4. St. Patrick's Day Meat Loaf
This hearty meat loaf, surrounded by roast potatoes, is inspired by the flavours of Ireland.
5. Chorizo Patties
Many South American feasts, especially in Argentina and Chile, involve a mixed grill, including chorizo (sausage). Here the flavour of Argentinian chorizo is replicated in a patty.
6. Shiitake Beef Burgers with Hoisin Garlic Sauce
Serve these delectable mushroom burgers with hot mustard on toasted buns.
Steaks
7. Tomato Braised Steak
For this saucy, stylish version of Swiss steak, any simmering steak cut will do, such as cross rib or blade, but you can also use more tender round marinating steak. Serve with boiled or mashed potatoes and green vegetables.
8. Steak and Arugula Sandwiches
Add some zing to the traditional array of tea sandwiches with these up-to-date fillings.
9. Grilled Flank Steak with Pebre
There are few meals more innately South American than one including a large cut of grilled beef, served with salads and sauces. In Chile, they have a piquant fresh herb salsa, similar to Argentinian chimichurri, called pebre, which serves as a marinade and condiment for this juicy steak. Flank steak is more tender if it's not cooked past medium-rare. If you like your beef more well done, choose a top sirloin grilling steak instead.
This hearty meat loaf, surrounded by roast potatoes, is inspired by the flavours of Ireland.
5. Chorizo Patties
Many South American feasts, especially in Argentina and Chile, involve a mixed grill, including chorizo (sausage). Here the flavour of Argentinian chorizo is replicated in a patty.
6. Shiitake Beef Burgers with Hoisin Garlic Sauce
Serve these delectable mushroom burgers with hot mustard on toasted buns.
Steaks
7. Tomato Braised Steak
For this saucy, stylish version of Swiss steak, any simmering steak cut will do, such as cross rib or blade, but you can also use more tender round marinating steak. Serve with boiled or mashed potatoes and green vegetables.
8. Steak and Arugula Sandwiches
Add some zing to the traditional array of tea sandwiches with these up-to-date fillings.
9. Grilled Flank Steak with Pebre
There are few meals more innately South American than one including a large cut of grilled beef, served with salads and sauces. In Chile, they have a piquant fresh herb salsa, similar to Argentinian chimichurri, called pebre, which serves as a marinade and condiment for this juicy steak. Flank steak is more tender if it's not cooked past medium-rare. If you like your beef more well done, choose a top sirloin grilling steak instead.
10. Grilled Steak with Mushrooms and Peppers
Celebrate summer at the grill with juicy well-aged steak, topped with grilled vegetables tossed in a tasty vinaigrette. We're using small tenderloin steaks and we're generous with the vegetables, but larger strip loin or rib-eye steaks would be just as nice.
Celebrate summer at the grill with juicy well-aged steak, topped with grilled vegetables tossed in a tasty vinaigrette. We're using small tenderloin steaks and we're generous with the vegetables, but larger strip loin or rib-eye steaks would be just as nice.
Stir-fries
11. Thai Home-Style Spicy Beef and Green Beans
This is a popular Thai home-style stir-fry made with ingredients typically found in a Thai pantry.
12. Beef Sirloin Stir-Fry with Orange-Garlic Sauce
Serve this fresh, attractive and garlicky stir-fry with rice and a green vegetable.
13. Chinese Crispy-Fried Beef with Peppers
For this crowd-pleasing Chinese dish, use thin-skinned and contrasting coloured peppers -- pair red hot peppers with light green Cubanelles or green hot peppers with red shepherd peppers.
14. Beef and Green Onion Stir-Fry (pictured above)
Make the most out of fragrant and mild spring green onions with this northern Chinese home-style stir-fry, where the onions star as the main vegetable.
15. Beef and Pine Nuts in Sweet Black Pepper Sauce
This is a simplified version of a dish from Hong Kong can also be garnished with fresh lily bulbs and asparagus.
Soups
16. Quick Beef and Vegetable Borscht
Beef borscht usually requires hours of simmering tasty yet tough cuts of beef to tenderness, but with ground beef, you can get the flavour quickly. Serve this nutritious soup with Russian pumpernickel or rye bread.
17. Autumn Beef Borscht
You can cut all the vegetables for this rich, Eastern European-style soup the night before to cook the following day while you're at work.
You can cut all the vegetables for this rich, Eastern European-style soup the night before to cook the following day while you're at work.
18. Braised Beef Shank with Mushy Peas
Beef shank is a stewing and soup cut with lots of flavour and an appealing, toothsome texture. It usually comes sliced; two regular slices or one large one are all you need to lend tremendous flavour to this thick split pea stew.
More easy beef recipes
19. Garlic Beef Kabobs with Chive Yogurt
Serve these flavourful kabobs in warmed pitas with sliced tomato, lettuce and the chive yogurt. The kabobs are hot and peppery, so if you prefer them mild, reduce the pepper.
20. Tostadas with Beef
These tasty tostadas make a lively appetizer. You can use tostadas (3- to 4-inch/8 to 10 cm rounds) imported from Mexico for the best flavour and nicest presentation, but you also can make up to 48 smaller bites by putting the toppings on nacho chips.
Photography, Kevin Hewitt (Beef and Green Onion Stir-Fry).