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Korean Ground Beef and Rice Bowls are so incredibly easy to make and will become a family favorite! This makes the perfect weeknight meal.
Such a simple meal with all the flavor! Try these different variations of Korean beef in these recipes: Korean Ground Beef Stir Fry or Slow Cooker Korean Beef.
Korean Ground Beef and Rice Bowls
This right here is my boys favorite weeknight meal. They beg me to make it every week. Since we have been so busy with Lacrosse we have been having it every week. It requires minimal ingredients and requires little effort to make.
Easy, minimal ingredients, and my kids devour it. This meal became my new BFF.
The ground beef takes only minutes to brown but you still get that delicious Korean flavor in this meal. The brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and ginger combination is the best.
It helps take the flavor to next level with the simple kitchen ingredients. The best part is that because we love Asian flavors so much I always have these ingredients on hand. All I have to do is buy a pound of ground beef each week.
You guys are going to love this meal just as much as we do! It is so delicious when served over rice and I even like to add some veggies to my bowl to make it a well rounded meal.
Sprinkle with some sesame seeds and freshly chopped green onions and you have about the easiest meal that you will ever make! You will make this again and again!
How do you make Korean Ground Beef and Rice Bowls?
- In a large skillet cook the ground beef and garlic breaking it into crumbles over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain the grease.
- In a small bowl whisk brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, red pepper flakes and pepper. Pour over the ground beef and let simmer for another minute or two.
- Serve over hot rice and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.
What temperature should ground beef be cooked to?
The interior of a raw hamburger usually does contain bacteria, and is safest if cooked well done.The USDA sets the minimum safe temperature for ground beef at 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
Can you make this with chicken?
Yes! This is a great chicken flavor as well. Sauté your chicken with all the ingredients. Cook until it is no longer pink.
What is the best rice to use?
- White rice
- Brown rice
- Jasmine rice
Looking for more simple ground beef recipes?! Here you go!
- Salsa Verde Beef and Mushroom Enchiladas
- Beefy Baked Tacos
- Beefy Enchilada Nachos
- Cheesy Baked Ziti
- Classic Baked Spaghetti
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Korean Ground Beef and Rice Bowls
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef 90% lean
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups hot cooked white or brown rice
- sliced green onions and sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
- In a large skillet cook the ground beef and garlic breaking it into crumbles over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain the grease.
- In a small bowl whisk brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, red pepper flakes and pepper. Pour over the ground beef and let simmer for another minute or two.
- Serve over hot rice and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I have been using this recipe for a year now and love it! It never fails. But today… I just had to comment that this recipe is amazing with crunchy Fried onions on top! I had some leftover from Thanksgiving, and adding it to your recipe kicked it up a notch! Especially with a little sriracha yum! Thank you so much.
Sounds delicious!! I need to try it this way!
Delicious!
So easy!
My boys are protein fiends… they are devouring this. I made four pounds and it’s almost gone!
We LOVED this recipe! Served with steamed broccoli and it was delicious!
I was looking for a recipe to use leftover ground turkey and this came up. It was SO GOOD. This will definitely become part of my dinner rotation.
Is this spicy?? 🌶️
It’s actually on the sweeter side! The base of the sauce is soy sauce and brown sugar. 😊 I add some red pepper flakes for extra flavor, but I don’t find that this makes the dish too spicy.
Can i use light brown sugar i dont want to go to the grocery store again
That should work fine!
I used thin round steak slices and cut them into but size pieces. I also added apple cider vinegar to give it a little more tang. Followed the rest of the recipe. We enjoyed it. Will do it again.
This was delicious and enjoyed by all 3 kids! A win!!! I cut the sugar in half based on previous comments.
It is good about that I have salad with beef together mixed a sauce or whatever about beef and rice together with sauce
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just made this and it was sooo good loved it!
I’ve made this twice now, the first time I doubled the recipe and it was so easy! The 2nd time I doubled it but cut down on the sugar, just a personal preference. This recipe is so good and my entire family loves it so much!!!! Highly recommend giving it a try.
My first time ever making this and it is really good.
Okay. I’m confused. A first time visitor, I was interested in learning more about your blog journey, etc. I clicked the “READ MORE ABOUT ME” tab, and was instead taken to a recipe compilation – no mention AT ALL about you.
Every other recipe blogger having a “READ MORE ABOUT ME” type tab does just that. They provide more details about themselves, often including where their love of cooking came from, life before blogging, especially if it’s now a full time job, and their family. It allows us to connect with the blogger. For example, Jo, from Jo Cooks, is of Romanian descent, married, with 1 fur baby, and was a computer programmer, prior to becoming a full time blogger. Chris, from The Cafe Sucre Farine, was a teacher, has been married to her husband Scott for 40 years, and has several children & grandchildren, whom we often hear about, in the body of her posts. Her daughter Lyndsay frequently answers the questions asked under the “Comments” section, and most often is the one to send out the pdfs for the gift tags, which are available for many of Chris’s recipes. Her husband Scott does all of the photography.
“READ MORE ABOUT ME” is, or should be, your bio. Or am I missing something?
BTW, I love the looks and simplicity of this recipe, and have already transferred it, and a couple of others, to the “Notes” app on my phone.
Regards, from a snowy, 28°F, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 (very) early morning.
Hi! I’m not quite sure what link you clicked or where it lead to but here is my about me page: https://therecipecritic.com/food-blogger/ Thanks so much for following along!
THIS SERVES 2! It was so delicious, no way would it serve 4 people. Thankfully I was only serving the two of us, as we ate the entire thing!
This recipe saved my night & tasted fantastic!
I was looking for a good recipe for hamburger and rice cause that’s what I had and we’re on disability.
When I found this it was perfect cause I had all the spices, I just had to borrow some garlic from my neighbor. I can’t even explain how easy and quick this recipe is my GF was so happy. The flavors are amazing. Instead of crushed red peppers, I used a Korean hot sauce and the next time I used siracha sauce and its all just amazing.
You can use other meats too. I’ve used frozen sweet bar-b-que chicken strips. Also fresh fish, but if you’re going to use raw fish, don’t use fresh water fish. You only want to use salt water fish because fresh water fish has parasites that ocean fish don’t have. However smoked and steamed trout goes really good with this.
So be creative with this and you’ll have some memorable dishes. Just remember to write down what you used in the recipes. Have a great time and good eating