Dinner made easy – a ground beef and barbecue mixture is loaded into refrigerated biscuits and baked in these BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups.
Originally posted August 27, 2008
I am all about making things easier in life. There are always to do lists and places to be. And sometimes, dinner doesn’t need to be complicated – just easy.
This is what I like to call a cheater recipe. You take a few prepackaged ingredients, a few minutes, and dinner is done and on the table. It’s not fancy or sophisticated, but it’s easy, it’s fast, and it’s something the whole family will love.
These BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups are your answer on those days when you just need easy.
What Ingredients are in BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups?
These BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups only take a few ingredients:
- Ground beef – I like to use a fairly lean ground beef so that I don’t have to drain the meat. Just know that if you don’t use a lean ground beef, you may need to drain some fat off before adding the barbecue sauce.
- Onions – I put these in right with the ground beef so that they get softened perfectly while the beef cooks.
- Barbecue Sauce – you can use any prepared bbq sauce for this recipe, but make sure that you use one you know you like. When there are so few ingredients, each ingredient tends to stand out more.
- Brown Sugar – you can leave this out if you want, but it just brings in a little bit of sweetness – not too much at all.
- Refrigerated Biscuits – for the biscuits, you’ll just want to make sure you get the large biscuits, and that there are 8 in the package.
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese – I love to use freshly grated cheddar, as I think that it melts better.
How to Make these BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups
- Start by browning the ground beef and onion at the same time. This gives the onion time to soften.
- Add the barbecue sauce and the brown sugar and cook it for another minute or two to make sure it is all combined and blended.
- Take your refrigerated biscuit dough and separate it into 8 biscuits. Slightly flatten them, then press them into a lightly greased muffin tin.
- Divide the ground beef mixture between the cups that you just formed. They might seem like very full, but it should all fit.
- Divide the cheese among the cups and sprinkle the cheese.
- Bake the cups until the biscuit is lightly browned.
More Easy Ground Beef Recipes
Puffed Up Pizza Casserole
Taco Casserole
Beef Enchilada Casserole
Cabbage and Beef Bundles
Easy Sloppy Joes
Tools Used to Make These BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups
I like to use a nonstick muffin tin for this recipe. Then these biscuit cups should pop right out.
To cook the ground beef, I like to use either a nonstick skillet or a cast iron skillet.
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BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8 cups 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
Dinner made easy – a ground beef and barbecue mixture is loaded into refrigerated biscuits and baked in these BBQ Beef Biscuit Cups.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 1 (16 oz) can Grands Refrigerated Buttermilk or Flaky Biscuits
- 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400ºF. Grease 8 muffin cups.
- Place a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the ground beef and the onion. Cook until the ground beef is browned, breaking it up as it cooks. Stir in the barbecue sauce and brown sugar; cook for an additional minute or two, then remove from the heat.
- Separate the biscuit dough into 8 biscuits. Flatten each biscuit slightly then press into the bottom and up the sides of the prepared muffin cups.
- Divide the beef mixture between each biscuit-lined cup. Sprinkle each with cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the biscuits are golden brown, about 10-12 minutes. Cool for 1 minute before removing from the muffin cups to serve.
Recipe Notes:
Adapted from Pillsbury Dough Magic
Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 323
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 846 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 31 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 17 g
- Cholesterol: 43 mg
Angela says
I just had to give these a try! My very picky 4 year old loves them, and so do I!! Thanks!
TheKeilShpeel says
I love that you are all about easy.
Jenny May says
I am all about something easy at times.
Working full time and a little family now
does not provide as much as any of us
would want for cooking.
I made these last night just to “try”..
had to leave out the onions due to my
allergy to them, but added garlic instead,
they were extremely tasty.
Anything a two year old who we have a
hard time getting to eat any other meat but
ham is great.. and these were great and
fast and delicious for lunch today too.
Thanks Deb..
Linda F says
Pre packaged food is not all nasty and I think there is absolutely a place for it in busy lives!!! My favourite store cupboard saviour is flavoured tinned tomatoes, no nasties, no flavour compromise, no stress!!!
Tartelette says
I bought a Pillsbury appetizer book while waiting in line at the grocery store and I love it…love it! Thesre are really cool for a get together!
Emiline says
Jalapeno. Typo. That makes my skin crawl.
Emiline says
These remind me of Tracy’s Jalepeno Popper Cups! Remember when she made those for the Pillsbury Bake-Off?
I have bought 4 tubes of Pillsbury pizza crust in the past 2 weeks. It’s not bad if you’re in a hurry. They have a new thin crust dough. It’s a little fake tasting, but other than that it’s good.
Mama Goose says
These look awesome. Something my kids will love!
Claire says
My mom used to make these. I don’t think I’d care for them now, but just the thought brings back memories!
The Mediocre Cook says
I wasn’t lying when I said they could be on the menu!. Was running low on time last night and these popped into my head so I threw them together with some leftover ground veal and pork and they turned out awesome. Thanks for helping out with dinner last night Deb!
Sylvie says
They look really tasty!
Dharm says
Nothin wrong with prepackaged stuff every now and again or even often if that is what you like to do! Those look great and I know of many people that will pretend they made everything from scratch. When can I come over for some…??? 🙂
HoneyB says
Hey….I’m all for a little convenience when needed! Especially the biscuits. I also use them in a pizza casserole and it is one of the favored dishes by my family!
Grace says
i’m all for taking a little help from the store, especially when it results in something like this. they look fun and delicious and easy-peasy–what could be better?
Maria says
Deb these look delish!
You have an award waiting for you at my blog ;o)
Maria
x
kellypea says
Poppin Fresh sounds good to me, honey. We had grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches this evening. I figured since my husband was under the weather, my son and I could have something I liked when I was growing up. Your cute little poppin cups look like something I shouldn’t be left alone with too long. Seriously.
And Deborah, thanks for the link on Smittenkitchen and that chocolate cake. My heart is swelling with love for you dear one! Goodness. I couldn’t figure out where the hits were coming from.
Peabody says
My husband saw those somewhere once and has been begging me to make them ever since.
Cathy - wheresmydamnanswer says
Keep it simple and NORMAL!! You have it right. Life is to jam packed and crazy to do anything BUT keep it that way. As a crazy time challenged person I appreciate your recipes.
PheMom says
I’m with you, I’m all about scratch in baking, but my cooking takes more shortcuts. These sound really good!
~Holly says
Yummy! How much fun and easy too! 🙂
Kevin says
Those look so tasty!
noble pig says
You know we can’t make everything from scratch all the time. These look like a wonderful side dish meal! Thanks!
Maria says
Anything in mini is good! I am sure any kid would love these!!
Rosie says
Those look really lovely and sometimes we all need easy delicious food!
Rosie x
Ben says
Hey, this are my kind of recipes. Easy, real and delicious. I also try to avoid pre-packaged ingredients that contain too much crap, but we have to keep it real, right?
Nice recipe 🙂
Courtney says
i agree that its seems prepackaged food is not great in blogging world but sometimes it works and I sure know that my 18 month makes it hard to want to cook sometimes so I would rather that than like you said mcdonalds.
i have made these before and they are great.
ashley says
i generally try to avoid prepackaged products too like canned biscuits, but i’ve seen these a couple times and they really do look very tasty! maybe at our next game night…
Jenny says
Cute! We both had mini on the mind for out post! These look great to me!
Patsyk says
Those do look good! I’m all for making life easier, so if you have to use a packaged ingredient to get fast results then go for it!
My boys would totally love these. I’m marking this one as something I can reheat and stick in their thermos-type container for lunch at school! 🙂
Ryley says
Those do sound good and fast and easy.. The kind of seem like Sloppy joes in a cup!! And they reheated well too??? Hmmm.. Looks yummy to me!!! 🙂
p.s. are you in to cooking contests?? Are you entering any of the cooking contests at the fair this year????
The Mediocre Cook says
I don’t care what anyone says about pre-packaged products. These look really tasty and I think my kids would probably eat them… could be on tonight’s menu!
kat says
Those are totally fun! I can see my four little nephews just gobbling them up.