Ground Beef Bulgogi Bowl
If you love the Bulgogi flavor and you want to cook an easy and inexpensive dish for dinner, then the Ground Beef Bulgogi Bowl is for you.
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Frying pan big enough for 2 lbs of ground beef
- Small frying pan
- Measuring Cups (½, ¾) and Spoons (tsp and Tbsp)
- Mixing spoon and cooking spatula
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef 80% or 85% is fine
Bulgogi Marinade
- ½ Cup Brown Sugar
- 5 Cloves Smashed Garlic
- 3 Stalks Chopped Green Onion
- 1 Thumb Sized Ginger Slices
- 1 tsp Gochugaru
- 4 Tbsp Sesame Oil
- ¾ Cup Soy Sauce
- ¾ Cup Water
Toppings
- 2 Tbsp Sesame Seeds
- 2 Stalks Chopped Green Onion
- Over Easy Eggs *Optional
Instructions
- Place all ingredients of the marinade in a mixing bowl. Mix well.
- Thoroughly mix in ground beef. This can be done with a spoon but by hand is the best.
- Preheat a frying pan at a medium low heat.
- Add marinated ground beef once pan is heated to temp. and carefully spread over the surface, but do not stir or chop up, as when when browning.
- Allow bottom to cook (5 - 10 minutes) just until it forms some texture and not to the point of crusting.
- It is easier to flip ground beef over in three sections. Still refrain from stirring or chopping up the ground beef.
- Allow bottom to cook (5 - 10 minutes) just until it forms some texture and not to the point of crusting.
- Reduce heat to medium low. Now that you have a cooked top and bottom, break up the ground beef into chunks by splitting it down the uncooked center. Bigger bite sized chunks are better.
- Allow time to simmer to tenderize and soak up the flavor. Occasionally, gently stir until serving. (15-20 minutes)
Roasting Sesame Seeds
- Preheat a small frying pan at a medium heat.
- Place sesame seeds into the pan when pan is heated to temp.
- Either carefully toss and swirl seeds by using the pan handle or by using a wooden spoon (3-5 minutes). Remove from heat by placing the seeds in a small serving bowl.
Serving
- Either drain or serve ground beef using a slotted spoon. Place serving over a bowl of steamed rice. Topping this with an over easy egg is delicious but optional. Sprinkle roasted sesame seeds and chopped green onion and serve.
Notes
When mixing the ingredients for the marinade, the order of adding does not matter. Although adding the wet ingredients last gives you a cleaner opportunity to pick out any impurities of the other ingredients.
Through the cooking process, I find that a bamboo spatula works great (for ground beef and sesame seeds).
You can drain before serving or serve with a slotted spoon.
3-5 minutes cook time is perfect for roasting the sesame seeds. A good stopping point is when you start smelling the nuttiness of the seeds.