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Mince recipes are ideal for weeknight dinners. They’re cheap, easy to cook, and mince goes a long way. These simple but impressive mince recipes are tasty weeknight dinners that will keep the family full.
Whether they’re fast for a quick after work meal, or a prep ahead and freeze dish for convenient reheating when you can’t decide. These savoury mince recipes are great every day of the week. Looking for more weeknight dinners?
Beef and pea hand pies
Savoury mince and peas inside flaky pastry creates a tasty meal for the family.
Italian meatballs
Reconnect with childhood memories and sit down with a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs.
Pork noodle stir fry for one
A speedy singe serve dinner you’ll love.
One pan layered burrito bowl
The kids will love this burrito meets lasagne dinner.
Mince & rice stuffed capsicums
Stuff your face with these!
Pork burgers with easy slaw
Spice up burger night with miso and chilli.
Savoury mince
This savoury mince is so tasty and versatile.
5 ingredient dan dan noodles
An easy 20-minute dinner for camping trips or at home on the stove!
Meatball sub
Sink your teeth into a saucy sanga.
Air fryer lamb kofta with green tahini
Bring your A-game to the dinner table with this quick & healthy meal.
Pork mince stir fry with crisp green beans
A fast, fresh & gluten-free dinner.
Easy beef stroganoff
We’ve given classic beef stroganoff a family-style upgrade with a one-pot cooking method that includes pasta and mince to deliver a dinner fave from kitchen to table in 30 minutes.
Gozleme
A tasty market stall favourite you can make at home.
Slow cooker chilli con carne
A family favourite.
Julie Goodwin’s rissoles with sweet potato mash
A masterful meal with budget-friendly mince.
Beef and mozzarella meatballs with fennel and silverbeet
Add a fresh twist on the classic pasta and meatballs.
Swedish-style baked meatballs
Easy to prepare and a guaranteed family favourite, these Swedish meatballs with a twist can be delicious on their own, or scale it up and make it a hearty pasta sauce.
Greek meatballs with fetta, oregano and risoni
A speedy pasta and meatballs dish made in the pressure cooker.
Pork larb with rice noodles
Those delicious Thai larb flavours, served with rice noodles to make a flavour-packed, budget-friendly dinner.
Pork noodle balls with Asian salad
It’s fragrant, simple and quick!
50/50 Bolognese
Lentils are added to the beef mince in this delicious spaghetti bolognese.
Two ways with Parmigiana-style mince
Use this easy weeknight recipe to turn one kilogram of mince into dinner for two nights, saving meatloaf leftovers for a cheat’s gozleme.
Chow mein
Fast and delicious, chow mein is a dreamy midweek feed.
Beef rissoles and mash
This rissoles recipe is the perfect pick for a versatile dinner the kids are sure to love.
Chilli chicken san choy bow
There’s an allure to san choy bow that everybody seems to love, yet few people actually cook it at home.
Slow cooker meatballs
A set-and-forget recipe for busy days and lazy nights.
Air fryer cheeseburgers
The family will love these hearty homemade burgers.
Pork larb
This quick dish is tantilising with pork, cooked in spicy chilli, garlic and fish sauce.
Classic beef burger
Why order takeaway when you can enjoy these at home?
Chicken koftas with fig and seed pilaf
Fragrant koftas with crunchy pilaf for a tasty weeknight meal.
Quick shepherd’s pie
This classic comfort food recipe that’s healthy, hearty and filling.
Pork and sage meatballs with cabbage and pear
Have a ball.
Crispy fried pork dumplings
For something so small, dumplings sure pack in a lot of flavour!
Lemon chicken rissoles
What do you call this, darl? Rissoles.
Chicken san choy bow
Dinner all wrapped up.
Larb gai (spicy chicken salad)
Not for the faint-hearted.
Lamb and mint meatballs with risoni
Juicy lamb meatballs with risoni and passata to create a mouth-watering winter meal.
Lamb and bean nachos with salsa fresca
Take your taste-buds to Mexico with these cheesy lamb and bean nachos and zesty salsa fresca – easy to make and super delicious!
The green turkey burger
Take this delicious lettuce wrapped burger to the next step and veg it up! Replace turkey patties with pan-fried haloumi or fried flat mushrooms.
Mongolian lamb mince with wombok
A quick and easy mince dish packed with classic Asian flavours, this beautiful recipe is perfect for midweek family dinners. Serve with rice or noodles for a filling meal.
Spicy lamb, spinach and fetta pizzas
Packed full of flavour and spice, this Moroccan style lamb pizza is perfect for lunch – They’d also make great party and picnic food.
Paprika and lime pork enchiladas
Spicy, sour, tangy paprika and lime pork enchiladas – this deliciously fresh and flavoursome Mexican inspired dish is ticking all the boxes!
Lebanese meatball pocket
Experience authentic Lebanese flavours at home with these quick and easy meatball pockets! Full of fresh ingredients, this makes a great family lunch or dinner.
Thai-style sticky pork and broccolini
Invoke the spicy and juicy senses of Thai cuisine with this quick to prepare sticky pork salad. Perfectly suited as a summer dish.
Spiced lamb sausage rolls
Your guests will be reaching for more with this gourmet version of classic sausage rolls. Crunchy, golden pastry compliments the tender lamb filling just begging to be dipped in tomato sauce and gobbled up.
Chicken, minted pea and ricotta meatballs
The addition of fresh mint, peas and ricotta adds a wonderfully fragrant and creamy note to these delicious chicken meatballs. Served in a rich tomato sauce over fresh pasta, it makes a great family meal.
Nepalese pork mince curry
Nepalese pork mince curry
Chicken, preserved lemon & spinach sausage rolls
You can decorate the rolls at the end of step 4, by marking the tops with a flat-bladed knife in a criss-cross pattern. Note
Keema with green chilli and tomato
To freeze complete recipe to the end of step 2. Transfer to an airtight container. Label, date and freeze for up to three months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Reheat in a saucepan and continue from step 3. Note
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