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Korean beef recipe
This Korean beef recipe is as simple as dinner can get!
I’m a huge fan of Asian flavors and you won’t be missing that at all in this Korean beef recipe.
The flavors of this dish will be dancing a happy dance all over your taste buds.
I want to say this tastes exactly like Korean bulgogi but with ground beef.
This is a mouth-watering, extremely simple recipe that you must try and get on your dinner table, ASAP!
Korean beef is also a great meal-prep recipe! It makes a decent amount and you can divide it up on a bed of rice for lunch or dinner.
It reheats marvelously!
How to make Korean beef
It is actually really simple to make.
The ingredient list is short and all you have to do is cook the ground beef and break it apart into pieces then mix in the sauce and you’re done!
Seriously, easiest dinner ever.
Can I make this with ground pork?
You sure can!
Can I mix this with noodles instead of rice?
That would be delicious!
I suggest mixing the Korean beef with rice noodles and tossing it all together with the sauce!
How can I make this vegan?
You can make this vegan by substituting the meat for tofu or another plant-based protein.
How long will this keep?
This should keep for at least five days in the refrigerator in an airtight glass container.
Other recipes with Asian flavors:
Everything but the Eggroll Bowl
Air Fryer Asian-Glazed Chicken Thighs
Korean Beef
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (59 ml) low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons (24 g) packed dark brown sugar
- ½ yellow onion, diced
- ½ teaspoon fresh ginger, minced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 pound (454 g) lean ground beef
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix the soy sauce, brown sugar, onion, ginger, garlic and red pepper flakes together.¼ cup (59 ml) low-sodium soy sauce, 2 tablespoons (24 g) packed dark brown sugar, 1/2 yellow onion, 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger, 3 cloves garlic, 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- In a skillet, on medium high, cook your ground beef with the sesame oil until well done.1 pound (454 g) lean ground beef, 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- Pour in the soy sauce mixture over the meat and combine together. Let it simmer for a few minutes.
- Serve over white rice.
Thanks for the recipe. I really wanted to love it. And while my boyfriend did, it was way too much soy sauce for me. I think I would have been ok with about half the ammount. I will make it again because I love how quick and easy it is, but try with less soy. Thanks!!
This is a favorite dish for us and I make it often.
Great recipe! Easy to follow instructions and easy to make. Turned out delicious!! I used toasted sesame oil…everything smelled so wonderful while it was cooking. Will definitely make this dish again.
My husband (a good Jewish boy) absolutely fell in love with this recipe the first time I made it. I’m making it again. Food really is a great uniter.
I don’t know what’s up with the onion guy, but my fiance and I cooked this recipe tonight and loved it. The only thing we did differently is substitute red onion for yellow and it turned out great. A much appreciated twist to our normally “boring” ground beef recipes.
Following Pinterest recipies is a great way to ruin good food. Why wouldn’t you sauté your beef with the 1/2 onion? At what step do you add onion? In the already cooked beef? so annoying with the way some of these people manage to promote their self acclaimed “cooking sites”. THANK YOU NEXT.
i’m sorry this is how you feel towards my recipe. how is adding in an ingredient at a later step than what YOU would personally do a “great way to ruin good food?” – i mean, sheesh, if you want to add in the onion at the same time as you cook the beef, then go for it. at the end of the day, it all gets added and it all gets cooked together. bye felicia.
@your, loser
I made this again this time with chicken thighs…YUMMY.
Made this for dinner tonight, so good! Did half the amount of brown sugar and it was just the right amount of sweet for us. So easy to make, will definitely add it to my list of quick dinners.
Having so much fun on your website! I think this will be another great meal to prep for my new-mama and her hubby and be delicious for both of them, easy to prepare, customizable and not have a negative effect on her breast milk. She has Celiac so I only have to substitute Coconut Aminos for the soy sauce and slightly back off the garlic and red pepper so that new baby doesn’t object. ;) She and hubby are very healthy eaters so they can either have this atop white or brown rice or even cauli-rice. Thank you!
This was definitely yummy! I did agree with it being slightly sweet so I added a tiny bit of rice vinegar and that did the trick!