15+ Flavor-Packed Ground Pork Recipes

Garlic-Miso Pork Noodle Bowl Recipe

Pick up unpasteurized miso—fermented soybean paste—for the best probiotic boost. Look for it near the refrigerated tofu products at your grocery store.

Mexican Meatballs Recipe

These Mexican ground pork meatballs are an easy and economical way to bring a little Mexican flair to your dinner table. 

Perfect Day Pork & Black Bean Nachos Recipe

Layers of seasoned ground pork, tortilla chips, shredded Mexican cheese, black beans and scallions, baked and topped with salsa and chipotle sour cream.

Korean-Style Pork and Rice Recipe

Gochujang is a spicy, deeply savory sauce made from Korean chiles, fermented soybeans, and salt. It adds a mild heat to the finished dish so kids can still enjoy. Use the sauce as a marinade or baste for grilled meats, a dipping sauce for kebabs, or a stir-in for sandwich spreads. The pork mixture would also be fantastic in an East-meets-West sloppy joe: Pile on a toasted hoagie roll with a carrot and radish slaw, sliced green onions, and a squeeze of fresh lime.

Asian Pork Lettuce Wraps Recipe

White Chili with Avocado Cream Recipe

Try this recipe for a flavorful and satisfying white chicken chili. 

Taco Truck Lettuce Wraps Recipe

Flavorful as a taco truck, but healthy enough to become part of your regular rotation. We keep calories in check by blending a mixture of higher calorie (but oh-so-flavorful) Mexican-style chorizo with leaner ground pork for the meat filling. And then we keep it light by tucking the filling into sweet, fresh butter lettuce leaves—like a cross between a taco and a lettuce wrap. The quick-pickled carrots and jalapeños add authentic taco-truck flavor. Be sure to use fresh Mexican-style chorizo sausage (found near other refrigerated bulk sausages) instead of dry-cured Spanish-style chorizo.

Pork and Charred Pineapple Sliders Recipe

Hawaii’s traditional Kalua pork requires a beach pit, a whole hog, and a day’s worth of smoking. Our weeknight version delivers all the flavor with a fraction of the effort—no shovel required. Pineapple pulls double duty in this recipe—caramelized rings add smoky sweetness, while the just-tangy-enough pineapple juice makes the slaw a tasty stand-alone side dish. Save time by picking up a peeled and cored pineapple in the produce section—the flavor is far superior to canned rings.

Szechuan Green Beans with Ground Pork Recipe

The Szechuan Green Beans with Ground Pork recipe is characteristic of the hot and spicy cuisine from the Szechuan province. You can substitute lean ground chicken or turkey for pork and asparagus for green beans.

Sweet-and-Sour Sesame Bok Choy with Pork Recipe

Our Asian stir-fry takes full advantage of bok choy's richly verdant leaves and crunchy core.

Italian Wedding Risotto Soup Recipe

Mix up traditional Italian Wedding Soup by substituting orzo for risotto.

Pork Sliders with Smashed Avocado Recipe

For smaller sandwiches like these, we prefer to smash the avocado into a spread before assembling so that no slippery slices are lost on the journey from plate to mouth.

Pasta Pork Bolognese Recipe

This pasta bolognese recipe, made with ground pork, red wine, and grated carrot will be a quick dinnertime favorite.

Brown Rice Noodle Bowls with Tofu, Pork, and Kimchi Recipe

Little bits of crisped pork belly offer chewy bites in the bowl, but easier-to-find ground pork is delicious, too. If you happen to have some leftover cooked pork shoulder, you can toss that in the soup as well.

Bev's Famous Meatloaf Recipe

This homestyle meatloaf recipe features both ground beef and ground pork sausage, green bell pepper and onion, and a sweet tomato topping.  Serve with mashed potatoes and green peas to round out the meal.

Clams with Pork and Golden Garlic Recipe

Ground pork and clams are a common combination in Chinese recipes. Marcia Kiesel sautés the two quickly with slivers of garlic, then adds black-bean chile sauce (easy to find at supermarkets) to create a dish with deep, briny flavor and some heat.

Pecan-Crusted Pork Burgers With Dried Apricot-Chipotle Mayonnaise Recipe

Ground pork is becoming more common in the meat case. You can also ask your butcher to grind it. Usually the lean-to-fat ratio is similar to ground chuck. We find French hamburger buns at Publix grocery stores.