Easy Korean Inspired Beef Bowl
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Whether you are meal prepping for the week, or just looking for an easy dinner recipe, this recipe for an Easy Korean Inspired Beef Bowl is perfect! This Korean beef recipe is packed full of flavor!
An easy Korean beef bowl is perfect for a weeknight dinner, your weekly lunch meal prep, or even a casual dinner party. With just a few key ingredients and a quick cooking time, you won’t find a better recipe for getting a delicious meal ready fast!
These easy, delicious, and customizable Korean inspired beef bowls are perfect for dinner or meal prep! I usually make them on Sunday and then use them to pack lunches for my husband for 1-2 days during the week.
Korean Inspired Beef Bowl Ingredients
- Beef – I typically use a skirt or chuck steak and cut it into pieces. Sirloin or any steak that is great for quick cooking works well here.
- Avocado Oil
- Jasmine Rice
- English cucumber – You could use a Persian cucumber here as well.
- Carrots – If you have pre-cut matchstick carrots available, use those as it will help reduce prep time.
- Rice Vinegar
- Fresh Mint Leaves
- Jalapeno – Optional.
- Lime Juice and a Lime
- Soy Sauce
- Garlic Clovers
- Sugar
Essential Items for this Recipe
My family LOVES jasmine rice but you can easily choose your favorite rice and use it in these bowls. Want to skip the rice? No problem. Substitute some vegetables or even a cauliflower rice.
The quick pickled vegetables might be my favorite part of these bowls. I use cucumbers and carrots but you can easily vary the combinations to include radishes, red onions, and even cauliflower.
If you plan to reheat the meat in this Korean beef recipe, be sure to undercook (shave off 2-3 minutes) it just a bit so that it doesn’t become tough when reheated at a later date.
I also recommend putting the pickled vegetables in a little bowl or container that can be removed as you don’t want to heat those up.
More Easy Beef Recipes
- Pressure Cooker Korean Beef Sliders
- Easy Korean Beef (ground beef recipe)
- Gingered Beef Flatbread Tacos
- Simple Carne Asada Recipe
- Crockpot Beef Stew
Easy Korean Beef Bowls
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb Beef (flat iron, skirt steak, or sirloin), cut into chunks
- 2 Tbsp Avocado oil
- 1 1/2 cup Jasmine rice
- 3 cups water
Marinade
- 3 Tbsp soy sauce
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lime
- 1 jalapeno, minced
- 3 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp Avocado oil
Quick Pickled Vegetables
- 1 English cucumber, sliced into half moons
- 1 cup Carrots, cut into matchsticks
- 6 Tbsp rice vinegar
Herb Salad
- 1/4 cup mint leaves, roughly chopped
- 1/2 jalapeno, sliced
- 1 Tbsp lime juice
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, juice and zest of 1 lime, minced jalapeno, sugar and avocado oil. Add beef and marinate for at least 10 minutes.3 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 lime, 1 jalapeno,, 3 tsp sugar, 2 tsp Avocado oil, 6 cloves garlic,
- Bring water to boil in pot. Stir in rice, cover and reduce heat. Cook for 20 minutes on low.3 cups water, 1 1/2 cup Jasmine rice
- In a medium bowl, combine cucumber, carrots and rice vinegar. Refrigerate until ready to use.1 English cucumber,, 1 cup Carrots,, 6 Tbsp rice vinegar
- Heat 2 Tbsp oil in large pan over medium heat. Add beef, reserving marinade. Cook for 1-2 minutes on each side. Add reserved marinade to the pan and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes. Remove beef and bring sauce to boil. Boil for 2 minutes and then remove from heat.2 Tbsp Avocado oil, 1 1/2 lb Beef (flat iron, skirt steak, or sirloin),
- In a small bowl, combine mint, sliced jalapeno and 1 Tbsp lime juice. Stir to combine.1/4 cup mint leaves,, 1/2 jalapeno,, 1 Tbsp lime juice
- Serve cooked beef with rice, pickled vegetables and herb salad.
Nutrition
This looks so good! Perfect meal to make for my family one night.
This sounds delicious! I love the flavors!
I loved these bowls- the pickled veggies were my favorite part, a must!
LOVE the idea to double the recipe for meal prep – this makes figuring out what to have for lunch way easier!
It seems like an awesome beef recipe and I love to eat beef but I want to add one thing here only consume beef if you do enough exercise because it takes time to digest.