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Impressive mince recipes for cosy cooking

Mince meat is hard to beat. It's an affordable crowd-pleaser that can make a myriad of dishes.
Bowl of beef mince taco rice topped with mince, shredded lettuce and spicy salsa

Beef taco rice

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Our collection of best mince recipes tick off cross-continental cuisines, using beef mince, pork mince, chicken mince and lamb mince. From an Italian chicken mince ragù with rigatoni and NY-style meatball subs to Sichuanese spicy lamb mince dumplings and fragrant stir-fried pork mince recipes hailing from Thailand, there’s almost no savoury mince recipe we don’t cover. And of course we have a classic Aussie beef burger using premium mince then topped with pickled beetroot.

Here are our best mince recipes to cook when only comfort will do, but you still want to impress.

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Lamb koftas with beetroot salad

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Burgers with pickled beetroot

Photo: Chris Court

Spiced lamb larb with crisp vermicelli

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Baked pork and veal meatball sub

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Tiny chicken meatball and orzo soup with silverbeet and feta

Photo: William Meppem

Rigatoni with chicken ragù and green sauce

Photo: Kristoffer Paulsen

Sunda’s Thai-style chicken larb

Photo: Craig Wall

Burghul with spiced lamb

Photo: William Meppem

Turkish flatbread with minced beef and yoghurt

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Spicy Sichuan-style lamb dumplings with chilli oil

Photo: Alicia Taylor

How to make kibbeh

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Noodle soup with chicken mince and chive dumplings

Photo: Benito Martin

Shaanxi-style lamb with cumin and celery

Photo: William Meppem

Beef mince koftas with green couscous and pistachio nuts

Photo: William Meppem

Italian sloppy Joes

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Sichuan-style green beans with pork mince

Photo: Will Horner

Beef mince and chorizo chilli con carne

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Paola Toppi’s pasta with ragù

Photo: Ben Dearnley and William Meppem

How to make beef mince sausage rolls

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Nakano Darling’s guide to making gyoza

Photo: Chris Court

Spiced chicken mince Martabak with sweet onion sambal

Photo: William Meppem

Meatball recipes using mince

Photo: Earl Carter

David Thompson’s stir-fried minced beef with chillies and holy basil (Neua pat bai grapao)

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Minced pork noodles

Photo: William Meppem

Stir-fried beef mince with red chilli and egg

Photo: William Meppem

Lamb dolmades

Photo: William Meppem

Beef taco rice

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