Korean Ground Beef
Sweet-and-salty ground beef over rice — Korean beef, Korean Beef Bowl, Korean Beef Wraps, and bulgogi meatballs with green beans for busy weeknights.
★ dinner
dinnerIngredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp crushed red peppers (to desired spiciness)
- 1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced
Instructions
- 1Whisk together brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ground ginger and crushed red pepper flakes in a small bowl. Set aside.
- 2In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown and crumble the lean ground beef until no longer pink. Drain if necessary. Stir in soy sauce mixture, allowing to simmer until most of the liquid has reduced, stirring frequently, about 2-3 minutes.
- 3Serve immediately over steamed rice. Top with thinly sliced green onions.
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A pound of ground beef, soy sauce, and brown sugar turn into dinner in about the time it takes rice to cook. It's the kind of meal kids ask for again on Thursday.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on the nights nobody planned ahead — when the beef is thawed, the rice cooker is on, and everyone is hungry at 6.
Every recipe here starts with browned ground beef and that sweet-salty sauce: the classic Korean beef, the Korean Beef Bowl with garlic, a Korean Beef Rice Bowl with cucumber and ginger, Korean Beef Wraps in butter lettuce, and bulgogi meatballs with jasmine rice and green beans.
Quick Tips
- 1
Drain the fat first
Brown the beef 6 to 8 minutes, then pour off the grease before adding soy sauce and brown sugar so the sauce clings instead of pooling.
- 2
Start the rice early
Jasmine rice needs about 15 minutes plus 10 to steam, so get it going before the skillet ever comes out.
- 3
Grate the garlic and ginger
Use a rasp grater on 3 cloves and a 1-inch piece of ginger so they melt into the sauce instead of burning in chunks.
- 4
Let the sauce reduce
Simmer the beef in the sauce 2 to 3 minutes until it turns glossy and coats the meat.
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