Korean Beef Rice Bowl

This Korean Beef Rice Bowl is a hassle-free and delicious dish when you want
something easy, quick, and satisfying. Made with ground beef and a
Korean-inspired sauce mixture of brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and
aromatics, it's served perfectly with rice and Kimchi.

Servings: 2

Author:

Prep Time
5 minutes

Cook Time
10 minutes

Total Time
15 minutes

Course:

Main Course

Cuisine:

korean

Keywords:

easy dinner meal prep Quick Dinner 15-minute meal Korean Beef Rice Bowl

🧂 Ingredients

1 lb. ground hamburger
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup soy sauce
1 tsp. ground Gochugaru pepper

(a.k.a. ground red pepper)
2 tsp. sesame oil
4 cloves garlic

minced
1 tbs. ginger

grated or diced
1 bunch green onion

chopped
1 tsp. Sesame seeds

for garnish

Instructions

1 Combine the brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and ground Korean pepper into a
small bowl and stir to combine. Set aside.
2 Heat a large frying pan to medium-high heat.
3 Place the 1 lb. of hamburger in the pan. Cook and break apart into little bits
with a spatula for 10-15 minutes, until the ground hamburger is fully cooked.
4 Drain the oil from the meat by using a strainer or taking a spoon and spooning
out the excess oil.
5 With the drained meat still in the pan, heat the pan back to medium-high and
throw in the garlic and grated ginger. Sauté for2-5 minutes or until the garlic
is fragrant.
6 Then pour in the brown sugar and soy sauce mixture into the pan. It will meet
the heat with a sizzle. That’s good, as you want the sauce to start caramelizing
in the pan and thickening up.
7 Stir the sauce mixture and meat to combine it well. Let the sauce and meat cook
together in the pan for 10 minutes, or until the sauce thickens up and starts to
caramelize.
8 Take it off the heat and stir in the sesame seeds and green onions.
9 Serve with freshly steamed rice and Kimchi, and serve to enjoy!