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  6. 22 Beef Dinners in 30 Minutes or Less

22 Beef Dinners in 30 Minutes or Less

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Leah Goggins April 24, 2022
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Cheesy Ground Beef & Cauliflower Casserole
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These quick and delicious recipes make ground beef, sirloin and flank steak accessible any night of the week—you'll need just 30 minutes to whip up these dinners. There's something you'll love in this mix of dinners, so gather the family around the table for saucy sloppy joes or impress pals with steak seared in your cast-iron skillet. Recipes like our Lemon-Garlic Steak & Green Beans and Cheesy Ground Beef & Cauliflower Casserole are sure to be winners in your kitchen.

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Cheesesteak Salad

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Inspired by the Philly cheesesteak, this salad features the flavors of the East Coast classic without the hoagie roll. Adding Worcestershire sauce and the steak drippings to the dressing gives it even more umami.

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Cheesy Ground Beef & Cauliflower Casserole

Cheesy Ground Beef & Cauliflower Casserole
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Ground beef and cauliflower combine to create a hearty weeknight casserole that both kids and adults will love. Serve with tortilla chips and sour cream.

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Lemon-Garlic Steak & Green Beans

Lemon-Garlic Steak & Green Beans
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For a steak that's deliciously tender, flavorful and not too fatty, we reach for strip (also known as New York strip or shell steak). It has less than half the saturated fat of a rib-eye but is more tender than leaner sirloin. Here, we cook green beans in the same pan used to sear the spiced steak. All those delicious drippings add richness to the beans—plus there's one less pan to wash!

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Steak & Vegetable Stir-Fry with Black Bean-Garlic Sauce

Steak & Vegetable Stir-Fry with Black Bean-Garlic Sauce
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Quick-cooking and full-flavored skirt steak is perfect for stir-fries. Just be sure to slice it across the grain so the steak stays tender as it cooks.

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Beef & Bulgur Sloppy Joes

Beef & Bulgur Sloppy Joes
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This twist on the classic sandwich has all the sweet-and-savory flavors you crave in a sloppy Joe, but by swapping in some bulgur for half of the ground beef you cut some saturated fat and get an extra gram of fiber in each serving (the whole-wheat bun and veggies add 6g more). Serve these healthy sloppy Joes with a side of napkins—you'll need 'em!

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Caesar Salad with Grilled Steak

Caesar Salad with Grilled Steak
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Traditional Caesar salad dressing uses egg yolk to make it creamy. Here we use mayo instead for the same rich results without the raw egg.

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30-Minute Mini Meatloaves with Whipped Cauliflower & Green Beans

Mini Meatloaves with Whipped Cauliflower and Green Beans
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Comfort food but make it fast! This recipe incorporates a number of pantry ingredients and shortcuts like frozen cauliflower and steam-in-the-bag green beans to cut way down on prep time. Baking the meatloaf in a muffin tin reduces cook time by more than half and makes portion control easy.

 

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Chickpea & Beef Burgers with Whipped Feta

Chickpea & Beef Burgers with Whipped Feta
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Chickpeas add fiber to this blended burger, but the real joy here is the light and fluffy feta sauce that tops the whole shebang.

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Easy Cauliflower Shepherd's Pie

Easy Cauliflower Shepherd’s Pie
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With lots of veggie shortcuts and a cauliflower-mash topping instead of spuds, you can have this comfort-food staple in a fraction of the usual time—and save carbs too! Cook the veggies from frozen; no need to thaw. Swap ground turkey for the beef if you prefer.

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Ginger Beef Stir-Fry with Peppers

Ginger Beef Stir-Fry with Peppers
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This vibrant, colorful dish is great for those who love a little heat. Adjust the amount of chile-garlic sauce according to your preferred heat level. To smash ginger, use the side of a chef's knife or the flat bottom of a sturdy mug. Serve with rice, if desired.

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Sloppy Joe-Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

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Take sloppy Joes to a new level with tender sweet potatoes standing in for the bun. Sweet potatoes pair perfectly with the tangy, flavorful filling of ground beef, black beans and spices. Chopped dill pickle sprinkled on top adds crunch to this quick weeknight dinner the whole family will love.

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Pizza Sliders

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Mini burgers make a fun, kid-friendly meal. Italian herbs, marinara and melty mozz give them the appeal of pizza.

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Pan-Seared Steak with Crispy Herbs & Escarole

Pan-Seared Steak with Crispy Herbs & Escarole
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This easy dinner takes just 20 minutes to prepare, meaning that seared steak can be a weeknight meal. Cooking herbs in the pan with the steak releases their aroma, infusing it into the meat while creating a crispy garnish. After the steaks and herbs are pan-seared, the escarole is cooked in the same skillet, so this healthy dinner requires minimal cleanup too.

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Scallion-Ginger Beef & Broccoli

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Whip up a chef-quality stir-fry recipe at home. This beef and broccoli stir-fry packs in more vegetables and nearly halves the calories of what you would find in a restaurant. And this healthy dinner takes just 30 minutes to prep, so it's about as quick as takeout too. Ginger, which adds a lively kick to this stir-fry, has long been touted for its power to settle stomachs. But that's not its only superpower: preliminary research suggests it may improve blood sugar and inflammation too.

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Chinese Ginger Beef Stir-Fry with Baby Bok Choy

Chinese Ginger Beef Stir-Fry with Baby Bok Choy
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All of the ingredients for this easy beef stir-fry recipe are cooked in one wok (or skillet), so not only is the meal-prep fast for this healthy dinner, cleanup is quick too. Look for Lee Kum Kee Premium oyster-flavored sauce in the Asian-foods aisle of your grocery store. It has the most concentrated oyster flavor.

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Bean & Beef Taco Soup

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This taco soup is filled with quintessential taco ingredients and flavors--from two types of hearty beans, to corn and ground beef--but it's the toppings that really make this soup stand out. Better yet, this healthy soup is easy to make and leftovers freeze beautifully for later.

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Classic Beef Burgers with Cauliflower Buns

Classic Beef Burgers with Cauliflower Buns
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These juicy burgers skip the traditional bread bun in favor of a savory grain-free cauliflower bun that contains a bit of Cheddar cheese. A mixture of onions, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce gives the burger patties tons of flavor, and the addition of a tangy special sauce completes the package for a burger with serious personality. Note: If you would like to make these burgers gluten-free, be sure to check the ingredients for the ketchup and Worcestershire sauce to make sure they're gluten-free.

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Carne Asada Tacos

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These flank-steak soft tacos are so tasty and easy, they should be in everyone's repertoire. Plus they're made with fresh corn tortillas (not fried) and topped with a quick homemade salsa made with avocado, tomato, onion and a bright squeeze of lime.

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Skillet Ravioli Lasagna

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This easy inside-out ravioli lasagna is the ultimate weeknight comfort food--no layering or mixing bowls required. Feel free to swap in ground turkey for the beef. Look for fresh mozzarella balls (also called "pearls") in the specialty cheese section of your grocery store.

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Korean Steak, Kimchi & Cauliflower Rice Bowls

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Using riced cauliflower as the base of these "grain bowls" is an easy (and tasty!) way to up your vegetable servings. If you've ever wondered how to make those jammy eggs served with ramen, here you go! Let them simmer for 3 minutes more if you prefer a hard-set yolk.

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Skillet Steak with Mushroom Sauce

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This steak, broccolini and pea dinner is a one-skillet meal that will be on your table in just 25 minutes! The pan drippings combine with mushrooms, broth and grainy mustard to make a thick and delicious sauce.

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Spicy Orange Beef & Broccoli Stir-Fry

Spicy Orange Beef & Broccoli Stir-Fry
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With fresh broccoli, ginger, red bell peppers and plenty of fresh citrus, this healthy beef stir-fry is sure to become a favorite. And it's ready in 30 minutes, making it the perfect healthy weeknight dinner. Serve with brown rice.

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    1 of 22 Cheesesteak Salad
    2 of 22 Cheesy Ground Beef & Cauliflower Casserole
    3 of 22 Lemon-Garlic Steak & Green Beans
    4 of 22 Steak & Vegetable Stir-Fry with Black Bean-Garlic Sauce
    5 of 22 Beef & Bulgur Sloppy Joes
    6 of 22 Caesar Salad with Grilled Steak
    7 of 22 30-Minute Mini Meatloaves with Whipped Cauliflower & Green Beans
    8 of 22 Chickpea & Beef Burgers with Whipped Feta
    9 of 22 Easy Cauliflower Shepherd's Pie
    10 of 22 Ginger Beef Stir-Fry with Peppers
    11 of 22 Sloppy Joe-Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
    12 of 22 Pizza Sliders
    13 of 22 Pan-Seared Steak with Crispy Herbs & Escarole
    14 of 22 Scallion-Ginger Beef & Broccoli
    15 of 22 Chinese Ginger Beef Stir-Fry with Baby Bok Choy
    16 of 22 Bean & Beef Taco Soup
    17 of 22 Classic Beef Burgers with Cauliflower Buns
    18 of 22 Carne Asada Tacos
    19 of 22 Skillet Ravioli Lasagna
    20 of 22 Korean Steak, Kimchi & Cauliflower Rice Bowls
    21 of 22 Skillet Steak with Mushroom Sauce
    22 of 22 Spicy Orange Beef & Broccoli Stir-Fry

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