Korean beef bowl for two
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Serves:
2 Servings
Serving Size:
½ recipe (390 g)
Dinner
This delicious Korean Beef Bowl uses on-hand, simple ingredients, and comes together in about 20 minutes!! It’s sure to become a weekly favourite!
Ingredients
Serves: 2
- ½ cup (125 mL) quinoa
- 1 cup (250 mL) water
- 2 tsp (10 mL) canola oil
- ½ lb./227 g tri-tip, sirloin or striploin steak, thinly sliced against the grain
- 1 cup (250 mL) sliced cremini or shiitake mushrooms
- 5 tsp (25 mL) reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp (15 mL) minced fresh ginger
- 1 Tbsp (15 mL) rice vinegar
- 1 Tbsp (15 mL) honey
- 1 tsp (5 mL) hot sauce (such as Gochujang or Sriracha), optional
- 2 tsp (10 mL) sesame oil
- 1 cup (250 mL) thinly sliced carrots
- 1 cup (250 mL) thinly sliced zucchini
- 2 Tbsp (30 mL) sliced green onions
- Toasted sesame seeds
- 2 Tbsp (30 mL) kimchi, optional
Instructions
- Bring quinoa and water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Once boiling, cover and reduce heat to low and cook for about 12 minutes.
- Heat oil in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef, searing quickly about 1 minute per side; remove from pan.
- Lower heat to medium; add mushrooms to the skillet and cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix soy sauce, garlic, ginger, vinegar, honey and hot sauce. Pour over cooked mushrooms. Return beef to skillet, along with any juices and bring mixture to a low simmer. Simmer for about 2 minutes before turning off heat and setting pan aside.
- Heat sesame oil in a separate non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add carrots and zucchini and cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes to soften slightly.
- Serve beef and veggies over hot cooked quinoa. Top with green onions and sesame seeds.
Tips
- Nutrition know-how: Kimchi is a Korean fermented cabbage that is thought to be beneficial to our gut health. If you like, you could add 1 Tbsp per serving of kimchi to this bowl. The live bacteria created in the fermentation process and the vegetables used to make kimchi both feed our healthy gut bacteria.
- Budget friendly: You can use extra-lean ground beef instead of steak. Simply cook the ground beef with mushrooms for 8 to 10 minutes, draining any fat before continuing to follow the remainder of the recipe as written.
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| Amount | % Daily Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories 460 | |||
| Fat 16 g | 21 % | ||
| Saturated Fat 2.5 g + Trans Fat 0.1 g | 13 % | ||
| Cholesterol 55 mg | |||
| Sodium 590 mg | 26 % | ||
| Carbohydrate 49 g | |||
| Fibre 6 g | 21 % | ||
| Sugars 14 g | 14 % | ||
| Protein 33 g | |||
