This easy Korean Beef Bowl is filling, flavorful, and allergy-friendly. It only takes 20 minutes to make and is packed with flavorful beef, rice, cucumbers, carrots, green onion, a fried egg, and drizzled with a delicious spicy mayo. A perfect weeknight meal for busy families, you can cook this meal in one pan, prep the ingredients ahead of time, and the leftovers make for a delicious lunch.
Korean Beef Bowl Ingredients & Adaptions
- Beef: Use your favorite meat — ground beef, ground pork, ground turkey, or ground chicken. We love ground pork and ground beef — sometimes we mix the two together as well!
- Rice: If you prefer to use regular white rice, cook it using your favorite method. For a low-carb option, you can use fresh or frozen cauliflower rice.
- Coconut Aminos: A healthier sauce substitute for soy sauce.
- Ground Ginger: Don’t forget to look in your freezer section for frozen ginger cubes if you want a shortcut for mincing fresh ginger.
- Veggies & Variations: We love the delicious crunch of carrots and cucumbers for this dish. Other great additions would be shredded cabbage, sliced avocado.
- Fried Egg: Don’t skip the sunny side up egg — it really pulls this dish together, packs some extra protein in, and makes it extra filling!
- Spicy Mayo: You can quickly make this sauce by mixing together 1/2 cup mayonnaise and 2 tablespoons sriracha. For a shortcut, we really love Primal Kitchen Spicy Mayo.
Recommended Tools & Products
- HexClad 10″ Stainless Steel Frying Pan: The best pan I’ve ever owned, this high-quality, dishwasher/oven-safe pan features a laser-etched non-stick surface using a patented hexagonal design to provide ideal hybrid cooking performance. Utilizing a tri-ply construction, the cookware has a layer of aluminum encapsulated between two layers of stainless steel for perfect heat distribution. It’s also PFOA-free, non-toxic, and is built to last a lifetime. Worth every penny.
- Meat Mixer/Chopper: One of our most used kitchen gadgets, this masher helps to easily and quickly break up ground beef into perfectly bite-size pieces. It also services as a potato masher.
- Garlic Twister: This magic garlic twister is AMAZING. All you do is throw a few cloves into the container and twist! And getting ALL the garlic out is so easy — just make sure to line up the twist correctly and you can scoop it all right out. It’s also easy to clean, I toss mine right into the dishwasher.
- Herb Scissors: For quickly and evenly chopping your green onions into perfect size pieces.
Why We Love Korean Beef Bowls
I’ve been making versions of this delicious bowl since 2018! It’s a family-favorite recipe for busy weeknights and over the years I’ve modified the recipe to speed it up and fit our dietary needs (gluten-free, soy-free).
- It’s a protein-packed, hearty meal
- You can cook the entire meal in just one pan (just re-use the pan for both cauliflower rice and meat)
- It’s gluten-free, low carb, Whole30, and soy-free
- It takes 20 minutes to pull together
- Perfect for busy weeknights, you can prep all the ingredients up to two days ahead of time
- The toppings make it easy to adapt for each family member
- The leftovers make for a delicious lunch the next day (store the veggies separately from the meat)
Korean Beef Bowl
This easy Korean Beef Bowl is filling, flavorful, and allergy-friendly. It only takes 20 minutes to make and is packed with flavorful beef, rice, cucumbers, carrots, a fried egg, and drizzled with a delicious spicy mayo.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef, pork, chicken, or turkey
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp sesame oil, divided
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 10 oz cauliflower rice
- Fillings: sliced cucumber, shredded carrots, shredded cabbage, sliced avocado, fried egg
- Toppings: chopped scallions, sesame seeds, spicy mayo
Instructions
- a large skillet or wok, heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil over medium-high heat. Add in cauliflower rice and saute for 3-5 minutes, or until rice is tender. Remove from heat and cover to keep warm.
- In a separate large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil over medium-high heat. Add in garlic and ground beef. Cook for about 5 minutes (or until meat is brown), breaking beef into smaller pieces with a spoon or meat masher. Drain most of the fat and add in coconut aminos, ginger and red pepper flakes. Simmer for a few minutes to blend the flavors.
- Divide cauliflower rice among bowls. Top with ground beef. Add in carrots, cucumbers, and a fried egg to each bowl.
- Garnish bowls with spicy mayo, sliced green onion, and drizzle with spicy mayo.
Notes
Korean Beef Bowl Ingredients & Adaptions
- Beef: Use your favorite meat — ground beef, ground pork, ground turkey, or ground chicken. We love ground pork and ground beef — sometimes we mix the two together as well!
- Rice: If you prefer to use regular white rice, cook it using your favorite method. For a low-carb option, you can use fresh or frozen cauliflower rice.
- Coconut Aminos: A healthier sauce substitute for soy sauce.
- Ground Ginger: Don’t forget to look in your freezer section for frozen ginger cubes if you want a shortcut for mincing fresh ginger.
- Veggies & Variations: We love the delicious crunch of carrots and cucumbers for this dish. Other great additions would be shredded cabbage, sliced avocado.
- Fried Egg: Don’t skip the sunny side up egg — it really pulls this dish together, packs some extra protein in, and makes it extra filling!
- Spicy Mayo: You can quickly make this sauce by mixing together 1/2 cup mayonnaise and 2 tablespoons sriracha. For a shortcut, we really love Primal Kitchen Spicy Mayo.
