Korean Beef Bowl Recipe

Korean beef bowl is the ultimate weeknight dinner. Flavorful ground beef and rice cooked in a flavorful sauce make an easy meal in only twenty minutes!

Easy and quick recipes are a must for weeknight dinners, especially ones that are bursting with flavor such as Korean beef nachos or Kimchi fried rice and Korean beef lettuce wraps  This Korean beef bowls are also a favorite over here and bet you're going to love them, too.

An easy ground beef and rice recipe for weeknights!

If you have picky eaters at home, then this Korean beef recipe is what you need to make this week. It's a super easy recipe that is ready in only twenty minutes and uses only one pan. You can use leftover rice, microwave rice or cook rice from scratch in a pot while the ground beef is cooking.

My family goes crazy for this Korean ground beef and rice, it's a staple at our home and it's one of the staples we make whenever we have ground beef. It's like the famous Korean bulgogi, but quicker, and inexpensive.

Ingredients

This is such a simple recipe that I'm pretty sure you have the ingredients you need at home already. The ingredients for this recipe are similar to the quick Korean beef and rice I published a couple years ago but the method is different (this one is simpler). For this easy Korean ground beef recipe you need the following ingredients:

• Sesame oil
• Ground Beef
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Soy sauce
• Brown Sugar
• Broccoli and carrots, or any other veggies you fancy
• Green onions and sesame seeds to top

Instructions

Start by browning the beef in a large pan over medium heat. Prepare the rice simultaneously in another pot. Prep your veggies and steam them while the beef is browning.

Once the beef is brown, drain the excess fat (if any) and add crushed garlic and ginger. Cook a bit more and then add brown sugar and soy sauce.

Finish with sesame oil, chopped green onions and, of course, sesame seeds. A full gorgeous meal is ready in twenty minutes and trust me, it's ten times better and cheaper than take-out. This Korean beef bowl recipe is also perfect for meal prep. Just double or triple the recipe (depending on how many meals and how many people you're feeding) and make a week's worth of food in no time!

What vegetables can I use?

What I love the most about this recipe is that you can add whatever veggies you like. The more the merrier! I love adding these vegetables:

• Carrots
• Broccoli
• Bokchoy
• Mushrooms
• Water Chestnuts
• Bamboo Shoots
• Bell Peppers

More recipes:

• Instant Pot Brown Rice Recipe

Tips and notes

• You can use either toasted or regular sesame seed oil for this recipe.
• Cautious about carbs? Serve Korean ground beef and rice over cauliflower rice or zucchini noodles.
• This recipe calls for white rice (ideally, jasmine or basmati). However, you can use brown rice or quinoa too.
• For more flavor, I sometimes sauté one chopped yellow onion before adding the ground beef.
• If you would like your Korean beef and rice to be spicy, drizzle some sriracha when serving.