Description
Savor Korean ground beef and rice bowls, a culinary journey through Seoul’s street-food charm. Sizzling seasoned beef nestled on fluffy rice creates a perfect harmony of spicy, sweet, and umami flavors you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Beef Mixture:
- 1 pound (454 grams) lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
Sauce:
- 1/4 cup (50 grams) packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (60 milliliters) reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons (10 milliliters) sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Serving:
- 2 cups (370 grams) hot cooked white or brown rice
- Sliced green onions for garnish
- Sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high temperature and crumble ground beef with minced garlic, cooking until meat browns completely and no pink remains.
- Remove excess fat from the skillet after meat is fully cooked.
- Create a savory sauce by whisking brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, grated ginger, red pepper flakes, and ground black pepper in a separate mixing bowl.
- Pour prepared sauce over cooked beef, allowing mixture to simmer for 2 minutes to help flavors meld together.
- Prepare steamed white rice as a base for the beef mixture.
- Transfer rice to serving bowls and top generously with seasoned Korean-style beef.
- Enhance presentation by sprinkling fresh green onion slices and toasted sesame seeds over the beef.
- Serve immediately while the beef remains warm and rice is fluffy.
Notes
- Trim excess fat from ground beef to reduce greasiness and create a leaner dish.
- Select low-sodium soy sauce for a healthier version without compromising flavor intensity.
- Swap ground beef with ground turkey or plant-based crumbles for lighter protein alternatives.
- Toast sesame seeds briefly in a dry pan to enhance their nutty aroma and add depth to the final presentation.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: Korean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 500
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 700 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 50 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 30 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg