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Our Favourite Mince Recipes

From meatballs to chilli, cottage pie to one pot pastas, here are our favourite mince recipes

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Whether its hearty classics you're after, or want to push yourself out of your culinary comfort zone, we've got you covered with our tasty selection of mince recipes.

Swap out fresh veg and storecupboard essentials for whatever you have to hand.

1

Pork Ramen

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If you have time, marinating your soft-boiled eggs adds an extra flavour dimension to this restorative bowl.

Recipe: Pork Ramen

2

Lamb Keema Shepherd’s Pie

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Gently spiced and deeply comforting, this is a delicious hybrid of two classic dishes

Recipe: Lamb Keema Shepherd’s Pie

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3

Mexican Lasagne

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A little ingenuity with a cooking kit and you can get impressive results!

Recipe: Mexican Lasagne

4

Moussaka Pasta Bake

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This pasta bake with a Greek twist won’t disappoint!

Recipe: Moussaka Pasta Bake

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5

Cheeseburger Macaroni Cheese

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We’ve grilled our mac and cheese for speed, but you could cook in the oven if you prefer.

Recipe: Cheeseburger Macaroni Cheese

6

Pork and Kimchi Fried Rice

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A super speedy supper, ideal for when time is short, but you want a flavour-packed meal. If you don’t like spice, leave out the sriracha.

Recipe: Pork and Kimchi Fried Rice

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7

Red Pepper and Lamb Lahmacun

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A little lamb mince goes a long way on these crisp and easy flatbreads, inspired by Turkey’s answer to the pizza.

Recipe: Red Pepper and Lamb Lahmacun

8

Cannellini Bean and Meatball Stew

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You can use all beef mince in this dish if you prefer. If you’re only cooking for two, freeze half for another day.

Recipe: Cannellini Bean and Meatball Stew

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9

Lamb Curry with Butternut Squash and Spinach

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This lamb curry recipes is quick and easy to make - delicious too.

Recipe: Lamb Curry with Butternut Squash and Spinach

10

Chilli and Dumplings

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A fun and easy recipe that the whole family will enjoy.

Recipe: Chilli and Dumplings

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11

Slow Cooker Lasagne

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Let the smells of this layered pasta fill the air as the slow cooker does its job.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Lasagne

12

Greek Lamb Meatball Bake

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If you prefer, you can use beef mince. This meal comes together quickly and taste of Mediterranean sunshine.

Recipe: Greek Lamb Meatball Bake

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13

Bibimbap

Bibimbap
Myles New

This vibrant Korean rice dish is often made to use up leftover cooked vegetables, rice and sometimes meat.

Recipe: Bibimbap

14

Black Bean Cottage Pie

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This cottage pie recipe has been given a chilli con carne twist.

Recipe: Black Bean Cottage Pie

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15

Teriyaki Turkey Balls with Soba Noodles

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Soba is the Japanese name for buckwheat, which gives the noodles a nutty flavour. They’re usually made with wheat flour in addition,so are not gluten free.

Recipe: Teriyaki Turkey Balls with Soba Noodles

16

Nacho Chilli Beef

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Load this nachos recipe up with toppings and deliver to the table for everyone to dig in.

Recipe: Nacho Chilli Beef

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17

Spicy Pork Meatballs

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Gareth Morgans

Make these oven-cooked meatballs healthier and use turkey instead of pork mince

Recipe: Spicy Pork Meatballs

18

Shepherd's Pie

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Good Housekeeping UK

This shepherd's pie recipe is a classic for good reason, it's cheap and tasty.

Recipe: Shepherd's Pie

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19

Pan Lasagne

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Alex Luck

A speedy white sauce helps you get this favourite on the table in record time.

Recipe: Pan Lasagne

20

Kung Pao Turkey Wraps

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Good Housekeeping

Try this healthy, low carb recipe for a simple and delicious meal

Recipe: Kung Pao Turkey Wraps

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An experienced and highly skilled team of food writers, stylists and digital content producers, the Good Housekeeping Cookery Team is a close-knit squad of food obsessives. Cookery Editor Emma Franklin is our resident chilli obsessive and barbecue expert, who spends an inordinate amount of time on holidays poking round the local supermarkets seeking out new and exciting foods. Senior Cookery Writer Alice Shields is a former pastry chef and baking fanatic who loves making bread and would have peanut butter with everything if she could. Her favourite carb is pasta, and our vibrant green spaghetti is her weeknight go-to. Lover of all things savoury, Senior Cookery Writer Grace Evans can be found eating crispy corn and nocellara olives at every opportunity, and will take the cheeseboard over dessert any time (though she cannot resist a slice of tres leches cake). With a wealth of professional kitchen know-how, culinary training and years of experience between them, they are all dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work (and if they don’t – we’ll have the answer for why*) every time (*90% of the time the answer is: “buy an separate oven thermometer”!). 

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