Easy Korean Ground Beef Recipes

KOREAN BEEF USING GROUND BEEF

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat and brown hamburger with garlic in the sesame oil.
• Drain fat and add brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, red pepper and ground pepper.
• Simmer for a few minutes to blend flavors.
• Serve over steamed rice and top with green onions.

KOREAN GROUND BEEF

Steps:

• In a wide pan over medium heat, heat vegetable oil. Add garlic and ginger and cook until aromatic.
• Add ground beef and cook, breaking apart with the back of a spoon, for about 3 to 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Drain excess fat.
• In a bowl, combine soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, and red pepper flakes. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add to the pan.
• Continue to simmer until beef is cooked through.
• Add green onions and cook, stirring to distribute, for about 1 minute.
• Serve over steamed rice and garnish with green onions and toasted sesame seeds. Serve hot.

EASY KOREAN GROUND BEEF

Steps:

• In a small bowl, prepare the sauce by whisking together the soy sauce, honey, cornstarch, and red pepper flakes. Set aside.
• In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• Add the beef and cook, stirring, until no longer pink, breaking it up into crumbles as you cook, about 5 minutes.
• Drain the beef. Return it to the skillet. Add the garlic and the ginger to the skillet and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Stir the sauce into the beef. Cook for 2 more minutes, until heated through and the sauce thickens.
• Off heat, drizzle the dish with sesame oil, sprinkle it with green onions, and serve.

KOREAN GROUND BEEF AND RICE BOWLS

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook the ground beef and garlic breaking it into crumbles over medium heat until no longer pink.
• 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.

EASY BULGOGI (KOREAN BBQ BEEF)

Steps:

• Combine yellow onion, white and light green parts of green onions, soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds, garlic, sesame oil, red pepper flakes, ginger, and black pepper in a bowl until marinade is well mixed. Add steak slices to marinade; cover and refrigerate, 1 hour to 1 day.
• Heat a skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, cook and stir steak and marinade together in the hot skillet, adding honey to caramelize the steak, until steak is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Garnish bulgogi with green parts of green onions.

KOREAN BEEF BOWL

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, red pepper flakes and ginger. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add ground beef and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks; drain excess fat. Stir in soy sauce mixture and green onions until well combined, allowing to simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes. Serve immediately, garnished with green onion and sesame seeds, if desired.

KOREAN BEEF AND RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and garlic over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until beef is no longer pink, breaking up beef into crumbles. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix brown sugar, soy sauce, oil and seasonings., Stir sauce into beef; heat through. Serve with rice. Sprinkle with green onions. Freeze option: Freeze cooled meat mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally.

EASY KOREAN GROUND BEEF AND RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the ground beef. It's okay to let it sit and brown really well before stirring it -- the brown will make more flavor!
• When the beef is almost cooked through add the garlic. Cook until the ground beef is is no longer pink.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, ground ginger, and red pepper flakes.
• Add the sauce mixture to the ground beef, and cook for another minute.
• Remove the skillet from the stove. Serve the beef over hot cooked rice with chopped green onion and sesame seeds as garnish.
• This is a great dish to add some stir-fried vegetables to.

KOREAN GROUND BEEF AND RICE BOWLS

Steps:

• Cook rice as per package instructions. I usually make Instant Pot brown rice.
• While rice is cooking, preheat wok or large deep non-stick skillet on medium heat. Add ground beef and cook breaking into pieces and stirring constantly, for about 5-7 minutes. Drain fat if desired. I have to say I used Instant Pot frozen ground beef, so I cooked it less time. It is a miracle recipe!
• Towards the end of browning ground beef, add onion, ginger and garlic. Cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove beef onto plate and return skillet to the stove.
• Swirl oil to coat, add bell pepper and saute for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add zucchini, eggplant and tomato; saute for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add soy sauce, rice vinegar, maple syrup, pepper and red pepper flakes. Stir and cook for 1 minute. Add cooked beef and stir. Turn off the heat and sprinkle with green onion; stir again.
• Fluff rice with a fork and serve Korean ground beef over it.

GROUND BEEF BULGOGI

Steps:

• Combine beef, garlic, onion, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, plum extract and black pepper in a large mixing bowl. You could marinate for 30 minutes but it's not necessary because we are using ground beef.
• Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat, add cooking oil and swirl to coat. Add the ground beef mixture, stir fry and break down the meat into little pieces. Keep cooking until there's no moisture and everything is fulled cooked, about 8 to 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• When you hear the sizzling and all the moisture from the beef is gone, toss in chopped green onions. Turn off the heat. Add sesame seeds and oil, toss one last time.
• Serve on top of warm cooked rice, cauliflower rice, quinoa or any starch of your choice. Garnish with some sesame seeds and green onion if you'd like to. Enjoy!

EASY KOREAN GROUND BEEF BOWL

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef and cook, stirring and crumbling into small pieces until browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain excess grease.
• Add garlic, ginger, and sesame oil, stirring until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir in soy sauce, brown sugar, and red pepper. Cook until some of the sauce absorbs into the beef, about 7 minutes. Add 1/2 of the chopped green onions.
• Serve beef over hot cooked rice; garnished with sesame seeds and remaining green onions.