Easy Ground Beef from Frozen

We know you're busy, and that's why we developed this easy recipe for cooking ButcherBox ground beef from frozen! Serve up some delicious meals with ground beef and save time with our Cooking from Frozen series!

1. Take beef from freezer
2.Preheat pan to medium/high heat
3. Add cooking oil (olive oil, avocado oil are great options!)
4. Place beef in pan
5. Sear on one side for 1 minute - discuss browning meat for flavor
6. Flip beef in pan and scrape cooked part off into pan
repeat until all beef is cooked and browned
7. Add spices of your choice, including salt and pepper
8. Add tomato sauce - lower temp & simmer
9. Serve however you prefer and enjoy!

[corasmith]

Thank you for posting this! I’m a college student still trying to learn how to cook so videos like these are really helpful—thank u!

[marthapetru]

I have learned more from you then all my 77 years of cooking. I also highly recommend Butcher box meats and service. You for example. From Texas

[cbush]

I want that entire kitchen BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[bellasmom]

I’ve always cooked frozen ground beef this way. I also do a similar recipe but add chopped green pepper after browning the meat before adding the tomato sauce. I serve over rice and sprinkle some grated Romano cheese. Been cooking this recipe for over forty years.

[alysonstover]

Love learning from you how to cook meat (after being a vegetarian for half my life) and watching your videos, thank you!!!

[JillSmith-xnby]

Thank you for this tutorial! A friend told me that it's possible to cook meat from frozen! 😀

[duelhelix]

Thanks dude your a life savor I didn't know how to cook but i did a great job

[meganwachtel]

Great!! Thank yu. It’s my first time making meat sauce and this totally wirked

[homebodyjen]

I should have looked this up last night! I ended up making a frozen steak in the air fryer, which also turned out amazing. A steak from butcher box from a year ago… no difference in quality. Thanks for the tip. I will definitely be using this hack ASAP.

[BillDeWitt]

I do that, but don't scrape it until you are ready to flip it again. The heat continues to penetrate and you can end up scraping more, and the scrapings aren't laying on the pan so long.

[OctoberRust]

I’ve cooked 2 packs of BB ground beef by cooking it on medium heat with a lid. I’ve been doing this with frozen ground beef all my years of cooking. It kinda steams it and you just keep chopping it up with a spatula. By the way, ButcherBox ground beef is delicious.

[nweeezy]

this is a highly useful video on many fronts, kudos

[dayisnd]

This is a game-changer! Awesome 😎 recipe 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[GregCarlet]

Love all these videos you all put out. I end up learning at least one new thing each time. Thanks again!

[TheBillboard]

Thanks so much! Can I do this with frozen ground turkey too?

[brian]

I've done this for years I just thought it was the method for the forgetful home chef not something you'd do on purpose.

[timweissenborn]

Unless that’s 93/7 beef someone’s gonna have the runs in the morning. I do this all the time with 80/20 and their is soo much fat that it has to be drained at least once DURING the process and when the beef is all browned. I will use light olive oil to replace some of the fat that I’ve drained. Trust me.

[shawngroth]

How would you recommend thawing, if you want to make hamburgers, meatloaf, etc.

[BertLiu]

I know this is not the point, but wow, that pan is gorgeous

[welderlife]

I’ve done it this way for years, I didn’t know I was a chef