If you ever need some convincing to add beef to your meal plan, these recipes are sure to do the trick. From ground beef casseroles to stir-fries to slow cooker roasts, these were our most popular recipes with beef from 2017.

This is one of the best beef recipes I made this year. It stretches a pound of sirloin into hearty sandwiches topped with tangy pickled onion, Dijonnaise, and greens, to feed the whole table.

Steak dinner always feels like a luxury, but what really makes it so great is that with no more than 15 minutes of hands-on cooking, it's totally doable any night of the week.

Get out your Dutch oven and keep this one close by all winter. It is the ultimate cozy, comforting dinner, with tender pieces of beef, rich gravy, and melt-in-your-mouth carrots, potatoes, and onions.

To make this classic more weeknight-friendly, these ground meat and rice cabbage rolls are cooked on the stovetop in just one skillet, from start to finish.

This meaty weeknight casserole channels those ground beef tacos you loved as a kid. It has a cheesy beef and bean base laced with warm spices, and then is topped as a classic taco should be, with lettuce, tomato, and creamy Greek yogurt.

Make beef brisket in the slow cooker just once and there's a good chance you'll stick with this method for a long time to come. It is stunningly easy, and the low, slow cooking transforms this otherwise tough cut into one that is melt-in-your-mouth tender.

Quick-cooking ground beef is the star that makes this classic dinner totally doable on a weeknight. Serve it with noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes to soak up all the creamy gravy.

If you love the sweet-savory flavors of Korean barbecued meats, this beef and broccoli bowl was made with you in mind. For maximum flavor the sauce also doubles as a marinade.

Inspired by a takeout favorite, this weeknight recipe features ground beef that's cooked until the edges are nice and crispy, quick stir-fried veggies, and an irresistible sticky orange sauce. You'll definitely want plenty of rice to soak up the extra sauce.

Forget takeout — this weeknight favorite is so much better. It's a fried rice and beef and broccoli mash-up that comes together in a single skillet with crisp-tender broccoli, savory ground beef, and fragrant, garlicky rice.