These 14 Must Make Mediterranean Ground Beef Recipes are packed with warm, rich flavors and protein. Some of your favorite Mediterranean ingredients are used from hummus, to yogurt, to tahini, to fresh vegetables and paired with ground beef.
Mediterranean inspired recipes are my favorite and I love sharing the ones that I like the most with you guys. You might remember the 15 Must Make Mediterranean Appetizers I shared with you. Today I am sharing my favorite 14 Must Make Mediterranean Ground Beef Recipes with you.
In Lebanese cooking we often using beef of all types, especially ground beef. If you have eaten Lebanese food before you might have tried Kibbeh, ground beef paired with hummus, Beef Kafta Meatballs and Mediterranean Zucchini Boats.
I am a huge fan of the warm spices of the mediterranean like cinnamon, cumin, coriander, sumac and za’atar paired with beef. They compliment each other so well and helps to create a rich flavor in the beef. These 14 Must Make Mediterranean Beef Recipes offer a little something for everyone for lunch or dinner!
14 Must Make Mediterranean Ground Beef Recipes
Lebanese Meat Pies, otherwise known as Sfeehas, are triangles of bread dough that are baked with a rich, warm flavored ground beef mixture. Serve your meat pies with yogurt, hummus and a tabbouleh salad. The leftovers freeze great for later!
Easy Mediterranean Burgers are a flavorful way to mix up hamburger night with Mediterranean flavors. Ground chuck is combined with warm spices, roasted red peppers and parsley and are grilled and topped with roasted red pepper, feta cheese and arugula.
This Greek Beef Pita Pizza is loaded with your favorite Greek ingredients along with flavorful ground beef and a spread of hummus. These make a nice lunch or dinner and are easy to make!
Hummus with Spiced Beef and Toasted Pine Nuts is an easy appetizer, lunch or dinner featuring creamy hummus topped with warm, spiced beef, toasted pine nuts, freshly chopped tomatoes and parsley. It is gluten-free and full of protein.
These spiced lamb and beef kebabs have a complex flavor that comes from a wide range of spices that can be found at most grocery stores!
You just can’t beat a healthy meal of stuffed peppers, especially when they are filled with classic Greek flavors!
This Afghan Style Pumpkin with Yogurt Sauce is rich and earthy. It features sautéed pumpkin and onions flavored with turmeric, ginger, and chiles, which is topped with a ground beef and tomato sauce, and then a garlic and mint yogurt sauce.
Mediterranean Zucchini Boats take summer zucchini and stuff them with a mixture of ground beef and lamb, rice, tomato sauce, cumin, cinnamon and are topped with cheese and fresh parsley. If you have an abundance of garden zucchini this is the perfect way to use them up!
Middle Eastern stuffed eggplant with spiced ground beef, bulgur and pine nuts. This hearty eggplant dish can stand on its own as a one-pan meal with a side salad and warmed pita bread. But it won’t hurt to serve it as a side dish on special occasions!
A staple in Middle Eastern cuisine, hashweh (or hushwee) is a humble, flavor-packed dish made of ground meat cooked in clarified butter, browned rice then seasoned with cinnamon and toasted pine nuts. It is naturally gluten-free and paleo.
Beef Kafta Meatballs make a great dinner or an appetizer at a party. Ground beef {or you can use ground lamb} is mixed together with garlic, onion, parsley, mint and warm, rich spices. These meatballs make a great addition to a rice bowl with your favorite Mediterranean ingredients or paired with Lebanese Green Beans.
Grilled Beef Kafta Kebabs are easy to prepare and use warm, rich Middle Eastern spices. You can eat the beef kebabs in a pita sandwich or on a plate of hummus with pita on the side.
If you haven’t tried Greek baked meatballs in red sauce, you are in for a treat! These are known as Soutzoukakia or Izmir Kofte, and they are the BEST! Flavor-packed meatballs with loads of aromatics, fresh parsley, and a special blend of spices including ground cumin, baked in a special red sauce! Plus, one secret ingredient makes these Greek meatballs extra juicy!
Kibbeh is a Middle Eastern favorite of ground beef, bulgur wheat, cinnamon, cumin and onion baked and served alongside yogurt and other traditional mediterranean favorites.