This Quick and Easy Korean Ground Beef and Rice Bowl is an easy solution to your dinner problem! If you are looking for a quick and easy meal that is full of flavor then you are going to LOVE these Easy to make Korean Beef Rice Bowls. You can have dinner done in under 20 minutes!
The sweet and salty mix in this Korean Ground Beef Rice bowl dish is amazing, and you can make this so quick and easily that it is perfect for those nights when you really do not want to cook. If you are looking for an amazing easy ground beef recipe then make this one!
Korean Ground Beef and Rice Bowls
Easy Korean Rice Bowls
If you are looking for ground beef recipes that are quick to make I am going to highly suggest making this one. Not only is it easy to make, but it has a restaurant quality flavor that everyone in my house loves.
I know what it is like to be standing in the kitchen trying to figure out what to make for dinner, that is quick, easy and will be a tasty meal. There are many times that that is exactly my life on replay at dinner time. I get you, and that is why I have recipes like this that require minimal ingredients and minimal time but still delicious.
Many times when you make a quick and easy recipe it seems to be lacking in flavor and they taste quick and easy. Here we strive to not have meals that way and that is exactly how these Korean rice bowls taste. They taste like a meal you would get at a restaurant but quickly made in your kitchen at home!
What is Korean Beef?
Korean beef is a thin sliced beef that is marinated and then cooked and served over rice sometimes with veggies.
That process takes a while and I don’t have that amount of time on a busy night to make Korean beef bowls the traditional way. As much as I wish I did, I don’t so I had to come up with a solution to have a quick easy meal with the asian comfort food flavor I love.
Bring on these easy to make Korean Ground Beef and Rice bowls!
Instead of marinating sliced beef, we use ground beef and cook it in the sauce that has the same seasonings a marinade would have. Then we end up with the same amazing flavor but a much shorter cook time.
What Is the Best Rice for Korean Rice Bowls?
We use brown rice for them but you can use white rice or jasmine rice if you want to and that is what you have on hand.
What Veggies do you serve with Korean Beef Rice Bowls?
To make it a fully rounded meal you can add veggies to your ground beef Korean bowls if you want to. I like to toss a bag of snow peas in the microwave when I am cooking the ground beef and then add it to the top of the bowl.
If you are wanting to add veggies to the ground beef mixture while it is cooking you can do that too. When I do that I use zucchini, carrots, broccoli, and bell peppers. You can leave them as chunks or as I like to do, shred them and mix them in with the ground beef.
If you are adding veggies and they are high water content veggies, I suggest cooking them ahead of time in a microwave steamer before adding them to the pan. The water they release when cooked will thin out the sauce.
I always top our Korean Beef bowls with green onions when I am plating the meal. When you are cutting the green onions use a pair of kitchen shears, it makes it a lot easier to cut than using a knife.
Can I use Chicken with this Recipe?
Yes you can. If you have ground chicken you can change that out for the ground beef and it will be a tasty dish too!
Korean Beef Rice Bowl Ingredients
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 cups Cooked rice, for serving
Korean Beef Rice Bowl Directions
Cook your rice according to the package. You will need to have 2 cups of cooked rice for the full 4 servings this recipe makes.
Combine the brown sugar, soy sauce, oil, pepper flakes, sesame seeds and ginger together in a small bowl.
Cook the ground beef and garlic in a pan over medium heat. Making sure you break up the beef as it cooks. If you are wanting to add veggies to the mixture then you will want to do that here.
Once you have browned the beef add the sauce to the pan and mix well. Continue to cook the korean ground beef for 5 minutes.
Remove the pan for the heat and stir in some of the the green onions.
In a bowl spoon in some rice, then top the rice with the Korean ground beef mixture and sprinkle with green onions.
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Korean Beef Rice Bowl
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger grated
- 1 pound ground beef
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 2 cups Cooked rice for serving
Instructions
- Start cooking your rice according to the package. You will want to have 2 cups of cooked rice total for this recipe.
- Combine the brown sugar, soy sauce, oil, pepper flakes, sesame seeds and ginger together in a small bowl.
- Cook the ground beef and garlic in a pan over medium heat. Making sure you break up the beef as it cooks. If you are wanting to add veggies to the mixture then you will want to do that here.
- Once you have browned the beef add the sauce to the pan and mix well. Continue to cook the korean ground beef for 5 minutes.
- Remove the pan for the heat and stir in some of the the green onions.
- In a bowl put 1/2 cup of rice, then top the rice with the koren ground beef mixture and sprinkle with green onions.
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Delicious! I cooked some broccoli and carrots with it for the last 5 minutes, covered. This made too much liquid and thinned out the great flavor. Next time I will cook the veggies separately. Very tasty! Thank you.
Oh yummy!
Awesome recipe! Easy too. I added coleslaw mix to it at the end. So good. I definitely will make this again.