Cooking with ground beef should be straightforward, but there are some pitfalls you can run into along the way. These are ...

Though there are definitely times you should throw out old frozen meat, If you're storing raw ground beef in the freezer, then it will have a shelf life of 2 to 3 months before the quality changes ...

I cooked two batches of meat to show the difference ... and the meat pieces were noticeably tough. The untreated ground beef expelled much more liquid and became tough at the end of cooking.

Pour the just-boiled water ... Put the beef, bacon and vegetables in a slow cooker, sprinkle over the flour and add the salt, herbs and plenty of freshly ground black pepper.

The small patties cooked very fast. They were so thin that ... almost gamey flavor that tasted as much like skirt steak as ground beef. Each patty also had a nice, crusty texture from the skillet.

loosened and combined with ground meat, culinary fat, salt and seasonings. "Since corned beef is already cooked, the boiling time of gyoza can be kept short," said Katsuhiko Yoshida, the chef who ...