21 Must-Make Ground Pork Recipes To Add To Your Arsenal (2024)

Try out something new with these 21 Crazy Delicious Ground Pork Recipes! Everything from pizzas, burgers to meatloaves, soups, spring rolls, and more. Whether it’s a dinner, a lunch, or a party you are lookingfor an appetizer for, everything is here!

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In myprevious post I told you that even though I’m a meat lover, usually only chicken, turkey, and beef can be found in my fridge. While that’s entirely true talking about my food choices, this statement has also some lie in it. I totally forgot that MY fridge is actually OUR fridge and it belongs to my hubby too, ha! Well, at least a part of it. A smaller part.

With that being said, other kinds of meat also make it into our kitchen. Lamb, pork, sometimes even duck orgoose. However pork is the most popular choice because it’s crazy cheap where I live(sometimes Lithuania is called a country of pork) and it’s used in the majority of the national Lithuanian dishes. My hubby really loves it, especially in the ground form. While I myself am not too much of a fan, lean ground pork is quite delicious so I often share a meal with my hubby (it’s easier than making a separate dinner for myself).

Lately, though, I am kinda sick and tired of the same ground pork recipes over and over. If I am making a sacrifice for my husbandcooking with ground pork, at least I get to choose the recipe! Fair enough, right? Yesterday I browsed through like a hundred of various food blogs and picked the best (in my opinion) ideas to put into practice.

In this list you’ll find everything from burgers to spring rolls, meatloaves, soups, pies, and more! Believe me, there is nothing better than cooking and trying out a new delicious dish!

1. Pork Burgers With BBQ Sauce

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Who doesn’t love a juicy burger? Ground pork patties withbacon mixed ingenerously slathered withthe sweet and sour barbecue sauce!

Recipe by:Yummy Addiction

2. Pork Chili With Bok Choy

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This is a great bowl of healthy chili. It’s spicy and refreshing at the same time. The bok choy is an amazing addition! Touchdown!

Recipe by:There’s a Cook In My Kitchen

3. The Godfather Meatball Sub

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The ultimate meatball sub with giant meatballs, smothered in sauce and cheese, in a toasted ciabatta bun with pesto sauce. A meatball sub worthy of The Godfather!

Recipe by:Jo Cooks

4. Pork Sticky Rice Balls With Quick Tteokbokki Sauce

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These sticky rice balls featuring ground pork and served with an outstandingTteokbokki sauce are spicy, tangy, and sweet!

Recipe by:Lady And Pups

5. Pork Empanadas

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These so called Pork Empanadas better known as Kibinaiin my countryhave a thin, melt-in-your-mouth crust and a delicious filling made of pork, leek, onion, dill and parsley!

Recipe by:Yummy Addiction

6. Easy Ground Pork Stir Fry

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One large frying pan, half and hour of your time and this amazing ground pork stir-fry packed with mushrooms and veggies will be on your dinner table!

Recipe by:Frugal Nutrition

7. Three Cheese Pizza With Pork Sausage And Egg

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A delicious three cheese pizza featuring pork sausage and egg, with mozzarella, asiago, and parmesan cheese!

Recipe by:The Charming Detroiter

8. Caramelized Apple and Fennel, Pork Sausage Rolls

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Juicy, slightly sweet, slightly spicy and well seasoned ground pork filling mixed with deliciously caramelized apple and roasted fennel spice, wrapped in a golden brown, buttery, flaky puff pastry!

Recipe by:The Flavor Bender

9. Ground Pork Mapo Tofu

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This ground pork mapo tofu is a straight up Asian comfort food. Packed full of ground pork, firm tofu, ginger, green onions, hoisin sauce and garlic chile sauce!

Recipe by:Nutmeg Nanny

10. Lumpia (Filipino Spring Rolls)

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Lumpia or Filipino spring rolls is the traditional Filipino food, similar to fried egg rolls. It’s an easy and delicious appetizer for dinner parties or just as a snack!

Recipe by:Yummy Addiction

11. Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

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This bacon wrapped meatloaf will become a family favorite for sure!Meatloaf is back and better than ever, full of flavor, some hidden veggies, and wrapped with delicious thick cut bacon!

Recipe by: Jo Cooks

12. Vietnamese Meat Pies “Pâté Chaud”

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A delicious recipe for Vietnamese Meat Pies, also called Banh Pate So, which are based on the French Pate Chaud.

Recipe by:Eat Little Bird

13. San Choy Bow (Chinese Lettuce Wraps)

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Chinese Lettuce Wraps made with pork, loads of hidden crunchy vegetables in a tasty savoury brown sauce, bundled up in fresh lettuce!

Recipe by:Recipe Tin Eats

14. Pan-fried pork and chives buns

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Delicious soft buns filled with chives and minced pork being pan-fried and then steamed to perfection!

Recipe by:What To Cook Today

15. Pork Pie with Beer and Crispy Phyllo Crust

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AGreek ground meat pie, also known askimadopita. Inside this pie is a delicious filling made of veggies, ground pork, dark malty beer and cheese. Outside there are crispy layers of phyllo dough.

Recipe by:I Food Blogger

16. Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

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These delicious pork and chicken stuffed cabbage rolls simmered in tomato sauce are popular in many countries all over the world!

Recipe by:Yummy Addiction

17. Slow Cooker Sriracha Meatballs

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Slow Cooker Sriracha Meatballs. Porkmeatballs tossedin a sweet and spicy sauce.The perfect appetizer for game day!

Recipe by:Chef Savvy

18. Spicy Pineapple Cauliflower Pork Fried Rice

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We love this spicy pineapple cauliflower pork fried rice recipe because there are few ingredients, less than 10, and it is quick and easy to execute as well!

Recipe by:Real Simple Good

19. Easy Pork Potstickers With a Chilli Dipping Sauce

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These pork potstickers with a chilli dipping sauce are filling, tasty, & easier than you think! Use premade dumpling wrappers to be ready in under an hour.

Recipe by: The Cook Report

20. Low & Slow Weekend Bolognese

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A slow-cooked bolognese with bacon, ground pork, and red wine!

Recipe by:Girl Gone Gourmet

21. Lasagna Soup

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All the flavors of traditional Lasagna but in a bowl! Perfect for those times when you’re craving lasagna but lack the time.

Recipe by:Jo Cooks

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FAQs

What to use to make ground pork? ›

Ground pork is usually made from pork shoulder, also known as pork butt or Boston butt, and sometimes includes trimmed ends of the loin. When sold at the supermarket pre-ground and packaged, ground pork is not often labeled with fat and lean percentages (the way ground beef is).

What cut to make ground pork? ›

Ground pork is made from pork butt — which is the term for the shoulder — plus trimmings from the loin and other cuts. Ground pork tends to be a bit lower in fat than pork sausage, which usually includes a bit of extra loin fat.

What is the difference between ground pork and ground sausage? ›

Key Differences

Seasoning: Ground pork is typically unseasoned, while sausage is seasoned with a variety of herbs and spices. Texture: Ground pork has a finer texture, while sausage has a coarser texture due to the addition of fat and other ingredients.

What is the best pork for grinding? ›

Fresh ground pork is also best from the shoulder. The loin is the animal's back muscle from the hip to the shoulder. The loin includes some of the most tender and popular cuts. Center cut chops are from the middle of the loin and include rib and loin cuts.

What is ground pork good for? ›

Typically, ground pork is added to lean ground beef, which has less fat (and flavor) than regular ground beef. This works especially well for meatloaf, meatballs, and casseroles. The next time you're at the grocery store, reach for the ground pork.

How do you keep ground pork moist? ›

One of the most powerful techniques for keeping thinly sliced and ground meat moist and tender is applying baking soda before cooking.

Can I make my own ground pork? ›

Buying, Grinding and Storing Ground Pork Meat

Making homemade ground pork is an easy process to always have ground pork at home whenever you crave fresh meatballs. This simple tutorial will show you how simple it is buying, grinding and storing ground pork meat at home for many future dishes.

How do you make ground pork taste like beef? ›

Add some Impossible Beef. It has hemes that give a red meat flavor. Or you can add ground walnuts, soy sauce, some tomato paste, nutmeg, black pepper, cumin, sh*take mushroom paste and maybe carmelized onions paste. I once created a beef substitute using something similar to that mix.

How long does raw ground pork last in the fridge? ›

Fresh, uncooked pork can be refrigerated about as long as other meats: three to five days. This is regardless of whether it's a roast or pork chops. Raw ground pork should also only be kept in the fridge for one to two days. Once cooked, pork dishes should be kept for two to three days in the fridge before tossing.

Why is ground pork so cheap? ›

Pigs reproduce quickly and have large litters of piglets. Since they eat like pigs they gain weight fast. So once the profit is taken from the bacon and other prime pork cuts, the ground pork also needs to be sold so the price is lowered.

Does ground pork taste like hamburger? ›

Whereas pork gives a lighter flavor, ground beef will provide the depth of flavor needed in a slow cooked dish.

Is ground pork better than hamburger? ›

In beef, there is 14% iron per 100g when compared to the 4% in pork meat. Another big difference is that beef has a high amount of vitamin B12 and B6 when compared to pork. Although pork has far more thiamin than beef, beef is highly more valuable in vitamin structure.

Why is it called pork butt? ›

In colonial New England, butchers packed inexpensive cuts of meat into large barrels, called butts, for storage and transportation. The shoulder meat packed into these barrels became known as pork butt, and the name stuck.

What kind of pork to grind with venison? ›

Remember adding pork butt, you are adding meat as well. The pork butt is not pure fat, probably only 30-40 percent fat. Usually when I add pork butt I will go with 70% venison and 30% pork butt.

Which part of pork is most expensive? ›

The belly, loin, and ham are the major drivers of the value of hogs, making up close to 75% of the total cutout value. Typically, the belly or the loin is the most valuable primal cut.

Can you use pork belly for ground pork? ›

The secret to this dish is procuring the fattiest, most succulent piece of skin-on pork belly you can find and using only the top half of it.

Can you use pork shoulder for ground pork? ›

Ground pork is generally made from pork shoulder or pork butt and sometimes includes some pork loin. Supermarkets or butchers often label it with its fat percentage, similar to the way you'll see ground beef packaged.

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