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70 amazing meals you can make with mince

Mmmm mince - there's no other meat quite as budget-friendly, convenient or versatile. Bulk it out with vegies or legumes, then serve on rice or with toast and you have dinner sorted.

70 recipes
Mixed meatball spaghetti.
EASY

Meatball spaghetti

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Tacos meet cottage pie.
EASY

Adam Liaw's taco pie

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Spicy lamb naan pizza and Indian pickle.
EASY

Spicy lamb naan pizza and Indian pickle

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Meatball stroganoff with semolina and cornichons.
EASY

Meatball stroganoff with semolina and cornichons

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Potato and tahini soup with spiced lamb and zucchini.

Potato and tahini soup with spiced lamb and zucchini

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Adam Liaw's red wine mince on toast.
EASY

Red wine mince on toast

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Sticky Korean beef sausage rolls with kimchi.
EASY

Korean beef sausage rolls with sticky kimchi ketchup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Hoisin mince and noodles.
EASY

Hoisin mince and noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Minced pork with chillies, Thai basil and fried egg
EASY

Minced pork with chillies, Thai basil and fried egg

  • < 30 mins
The can't-be-beat, benchmark Australian-Italian spag bol.

Italian-Australian spaghetti bolognese recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Pasta bake meets cheeseburger - with extra pickles.

Cheeseburger gnocchi bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
A quick but flavour-packed midweek dinner.
EASY

Spicy chicken miso soup with a poached egg

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Persian pan kebabs with saffron rice.

Persian pan kebabs with saffron rice recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
meatballs

Meatballs in chipotle sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Adam Liaw's easy cheeseburgers.
EASY

Burger recipes: Easiest-ever cheeseburgers

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Cheat's meat pies: Beef, caramelised onion and mushroom pot pies.
EASY

Beef, caramelised onion and mushroom pot pies

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Slurp to it: Sichuan dan dan noodles.

RecipeTin Eats' dan dan noodles

  • Nagi Maehashi
Pork menchi katsu with apple katsu sauce.

Pork menchi katsu with apple katsu sauce recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Meatloaf meets parma.
EASY

Parmigiana meatloaf

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Tex-Mex tacos meet fried rice.
EASY

Taco fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Mince with oyster sauce. Just add greens and steamed rice.
EASY

Mince with oyster sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Use this recipe as a starting point for whichever protein you choose.
EASY

Neil Perry's sang choy bao

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Tony Tan's 'Chinese bolognese'.
EASY

Beijing-style noodles with minced pork (aka Chinese bolognese)

  • < 30 mins
  • Tony Tan
Sticky mustard beef stir-fry.
EASY

Sticky mustard beef and noodles

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Hokkein bolognese.
EASY

Hokkien noodle bolognese

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Prawn wonton soup.

Prawn wonton and noodle soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Lamb and harissa pizza.

Spicy Middle Eastern lamb pizza recipe with yoghurt

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Middle Eastern meatballs with coriander leaves

Middle Eastern meatballs with coriander leaves

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Stephanie Alexander
When building the perfect burger with the lot, it's all about the thickness of the layers.

Aussie burger with the lot

  • Adam Liaw
Beef, ricotta and rosemary meatball tray bake.
EASY

Beef, ricotta and rosemary meatball tray bake

  • Jessica Brook
Middle Eastern one-tray wonder with lamb koftas, torn falafel and a bed of dates and grains.

Persian lamb kofta traybake with torn falafel, dates and grains

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Banh mi meets meatloaf.

Vietnamese chicken and lemongrass meatloaf with spicy glaze

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Lasagne spaghetti

Adam Liaw's lasagne spaghetti

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
cr: Bonnie Savage Karen Martini recipe - Maltese Rice

Karen Martini's Maltese-style baked rice

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Neil Perry's buffalo mozzarella lasagne.

Adam Liaw's buffalo mozzarella lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
A soft, yielding burger bun offers contrast to the meaty patty, but what about trying it within a crispy lettuce leaf instead?
EASY

Low-carb cheeseburger lettuce wraps recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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