Korean Beef Bowl
Sweet & spicy Korean Beef Bowls! These bowls are packed with delicious flavor and ready in 20 minutes or less. The perfect balance of savory, sweet, and spicy... and delicious with or without all your favorite toppings!
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Servings: 4
Calories: 928kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups rice
Beef
- 1 Tablespoon oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger minced
- 3 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon sriracha
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 4 green onions sliced
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Garnishes
- 2 green onions sliced
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1/2 cup cucumbers sliced
- 1/2 cup matchstick carrots
- 1 fresno pepper OR jalapeño OR serrano, sliced
Instructions
- Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in a medium skillet over medium heat.
- Add the ground beef and cook until browned and crumbled, about 6-7 minutes.
- Add 4 cloves minced garlic and 1 Tablespoon minced ginger. Cook, stirring, 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- Add 3 Tablespoons soy sauce, 2 Tablespoons brown sugar, 1 Tablespoon rice vinegar, 1 Tablespoon sriracha, 1 teaspoon fish sauce, and 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, until meat has absorbed some of the sauce.
- Stir in 4 sliced green onions and 1 teaspoon sesame oil and cook 1 minute more.
- Remove from heat; serve over rice and garnish with sesame seeds, additional green onions, sliced cucumbers, carrots, peppers, or garnishes of your choice.
Notes
Tips for Success
Use fresh ingredients - Seriously, fresh ginger and garlic make a HUGE difference in this recipe. They add such great flavor to the meat... I would only use ground versions in a pinch.
Adjust the flavor profile - Easily adjust the sweetness, the salt level, or the spice level by adding more or less of certain ingredients. This recipe really is for everyone!
Wait on the sesame oil - Add the sesame at the end, when you stir in the green onions. This helps preserve the delicious sesame flavor.
Switch up the garnishes - We love doing a build your own Korean Beef Bowl Bar so everyone can choose the garnishes they like!
Nutrition
Calories: 928kcal | Carbohydrates: 160g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 1067mg | Potassium: 811mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 3058IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 104mg | Iron: 5mg