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Delicious Ground Beef Carbonara

By Victoria · On: Jan 22, 23 · Last Modified: Jan 22, 23

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Beef carbonara pasta is a great way if you want to try a classic pasta recipe but you can’t eat pork meat. We will add some butter to make the Carbonara pasta creamier and to bring the taste and texture of the original Carbonara pasta.

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Beef carbonara with sprinkled fresh parsley.

This recipe combines tender ground beef with a creamy carbonara sauce making it a satisfying meal. The dish is very easy to prepare and you can have it on your table in under 15 minutes.

This recipe will be quicker to make than waiting for a food delivery from your nearest restaurant.

Basically, we will prepare the beef Carbonara sauce meanwhile you will wait for the pasta to be cooked.

If you’re a pasta lover, you should give a try to this recipe! It is a hearty and flavorful dish that is perfect for any weeknight dinner or for a special occasion.

Some of my guests prefer this recipe over the original Carbonara pasta.

In This Post: show
1 🥰 Why You Will Love This Recipe?
2 🥘 Ingredients and Substitutes
3 👩‍🍳 Step-by-step Directions
4 🏆 Expert Tips. What to Pay Attention To?
5 📋 Recipe Card:

🥰 Why You Will Love This Recipe?

  • It is a perfect recipe for people who cannot eat pork but would still like to try the carbonara pasta recipe.
  • At the same time, by using this recipe, you will avoid eating commercial charcuterie that has various additives that are not healthy.
  • It cooks quickly and is an easy recipe to follow, even if you don’t have too much experience.
  • It will cook faster than you should wait for the food to be delivered from the restaurant.

🥘 Ingredients and Substitutes

Top view of ground meat with cheese, butter and two eggs near spaghetti pasta.
  • Pasta. You can use any type of pasta that you have on hand or that you prefer. If you want the pasta to absorb more sauce, use pasta that has a hole on the inside and that has a rough surface. An example would be “penne rigate”. Also, this sauce goes perfectly with egg-based pasta, such as “tagliatelle”
  • Beef. You can use minced beef. But, for a greater similarity to the original recipe, I decided to cut the meat into small pieces.
  • Cheese. The classic recipe for carbonara is with “pecorino” cheese. But as this cheese has a more intense aroma, I decided to use parmesan cheese instead because it is a friendly cheese that most people prefer.
  • Butter. In the classic recipe, no other fat is added. Only that one that was leaked from the “guanciale”, but because we are using lean meat, we need to add more fat to give taste and density to the sauce.
  • Eggs. Eggs are a classic ingredient in this recipe, and they cannot be replaced. For a better result, I recommend you use the highest quality eggs because the final taste of the recipe will largely depend on the taste of the eggs.
  • Seasonings. The main seasoning for carbonara pasta is freshly ground black pepper, which is used in abundance. The only thing you can do is adjust the salt in the end if it will be needed.

👩‍🍳 Step-by-step Directions

As this recipe will last exactly as long as the pasta will cook, the first step will be boiling the water for the pasta. After you put the water to boil, take another frying pan and melt the butter in it.

Melting butter in a sauce pan on the stove.

After the butter has melted, put the minced meat on it and fry the beef on medium heat until it is cooked. In my case, this step took about 7 minutes.

Quick Note: The smaller you will cut the meat – the faster it will cook.

Ground beef with butter fried on melted butter.

Put the eggs in a bowl, then add the parmesan and freshly ground black pepper.

Top view of two raw eggs with black pepper and parmesan cheese.

Mix well to get a uniform sauce.

Top view of raw eggs mixed with parmesan cheese and black pepper.

When the meat is ready, turn off the heat and wait for the pasta to boil.

Fried ground beef in a sauce pan with melted butter.

Once the pasta has been cooked, remove it from the water and place it over the meat that we just fried in the previous step.

Quick Note: You can turn off the heat on the frying pan with the meat. We don’t need it anymore.

Sauce pan with spaghetti and fried ground beef.

After you moved the pasta from the water to the frying pan with the fried beef, add ⅓ cup of the water in which we boiled the pasta over the egg sauce that we made earlier. Mix quickly so that it does not separate.

Pouring boiled water over egg-parmesan mix.

After this, pour the entire composition over the pasta.

Pouring egg-parmesan sauce over beef and spaghetti.

Mix well for several minutes continuously. Due to the temperature of the pan and the pasta, the egg will cook and create a creamy sauce that will coat the pasta.

Beef carbonara in a sauce pan on the stove.

Serve as soon as possible. For an extra Mediterranean flavor, you can sprinkle a little bit of olive oil.

Also, you can also sprinkle freshly chopped parsley on top of the pasta for extra color and flavor. If you don’t have parsley at hand, you can replace it with fresh basil.

Beef carbonara with sprinkled fresh parsley.

🏆 Expert Tips. What to Pay Attention To?

  • Serve the beef carbonara pasta as soon as you cook it. If it cools down, the sauce will harden and stick to the pasta.
  • For extra creaminess, I will recommend using a whole egg for each serving.
  • For every 1 cup of water, add ¼ teaspoon of salt. Otherwise, you won’t be able to give the pasta a good taste. It will be bland.

📋 Recipe Card:

Beef carbonara with sprinkled fresh parsley.

Delicious Ground Beef Carbonara

Victoria
Delicious beef carbonara pasta recipe in which we will substitute the "Guanciale" with ground beef. We will add a little bit of extra butter to bring the texture and taste to the original consistency.
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2 people
Calories 801 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 7 oz Pasta Spaghetti
  • 5 oz Beef Ground
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 oz Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Olive Oil
  • 1 oz Parmesan
  • ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
  • ⅛ teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  • Put the water to boil for the pasta.
    ⅛ teaspoon Salt
  • In another frying pan, put the butter in it and melt.
    1 oz Butter
  • When the butter melts, put the ground beef on top of the butter and fry it on medium heat. After the meat is cooked, turn off the heat.
    5 oz Beef
  • Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. In a bowl, mix eggs with Parmesan cheese and freshly ground black pepper.
    2 Eggs, 1 oz Parmesan, ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
  • Mix everything well until you get a uniform sauce.
  • After you cooked the pasta, move it over the fried ground beef.
    7 oz Pasta
  • After that, take ⅓ cup of water in which you boiled the pasta and add it over the egg sauce.
  • Mix the egg sauce well and pour it over the pasta.
  • Mix all the ingredients from the pan for a few minutes. During this time, thanks to the temperature of the pan and the pasta, the egg will cook and the pasta will become creamy.
  • Serve while the pasta it is still hot, along with some freshly chopped parsley. You can also sprinkle a little bit of olive oil.
    1 teaspoon Olive Oil

Quick Note

I highly recommend reading the entire recipe to find more tips and notes about this recipe. Read Full Recipe ⇑

Nutrition Estimates

Sodium: 567mgCalcium: 223mgVitamin A: 704IUSugar: 3gFiber: 3gPotassium: 517mgCholesterol: 253mgCalories: 801kcalTrans Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 18gFat: 38gProtein: 37gCarbohydrates: 75gIron: 4mg
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Hey, I'm Victoria, the blogger behind the Go Cook Yummy. I'm running this blog with my husband, Alex, where we share our family recipes that actually work.

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