Healthy Korean Ground Beef Bowls (Paleo, Whole30) (2024)

This healthy Korean Ground Beef Bowls recipe is an easy tasty beef dish that has the most amazing sauce made from coconut aminos. It’s a fast weeknight dinner option that is yummy on top of rice, cauliflower rice, salad, or veggies. It comes together in less than 20 minutes!

On nights where I don’t know what to make for dinner, I like making “bowls”. From these Turkey broccoli rice bowls, to these taco zoodle bowls, and especially these healthy Korean Beef Bowls.

Making “bowls” are an easy and fast way to make a complete meal filled with carbs, veggies, and protein. Fast and healthy meals are always on my regular rotation.

I’ve been really loving making these Korean beef bowls lately because they are just so easy and so delicious. You can have a whole meal ready in 20 minutes. A delicious, flavorful, and healthy meal. Yes please.

Why you’ll love this recipe

• It is easy to make and only requires a handful of ingredients that you probably already have at home.
• It is very flavorful! This makes adding veggies in very easy.
• It cooks in 20 minutes! Which is ideal during the weekday.
• It is made with real food, clean ingredients.
• It is great for anyone following a dairy-free, gluten-free, grain-free, Paleo or Whole30 diet.
• It is soy-free and good for those with soy allergies.

Recipe ingredients

• garlic– fresh is best! Garlic gives this dish great flavor.
• green onions– these have a particular flavor that helps season the meat and sauce.
• red pepper– any bell pepper will work but red and orange are best.
• carrots– you can buy them pre-shredded or shred them yourself.
• ground beef– organic 85% lean beef works well here.
• maple syrup– this helps to sweeten the sauce.
• coconut aminos– this provides the main base to the sauce in this recipe.
• sesame oil– this adds good flavor to the dish.
• ground ginger– this adds a pop of flavor to the dish.
• crushed red pepper flakes– to add more or less heat add more or less to the dish.
• cauliflower rice, regular rice, or salad for the base of the bowls.

See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

Additions/ Substitutions

• Instead of green onions, you can use shallots or white onions.
• Instead of maple syrup, you can use honey.
• Instead of coconut aminos, you can use soy sauce. Just know it will no longer be Paleo or Whole30 compliant.
• To add more veggies, you can add shredded kale to the pan along with the shredded carrots.

Step by step recipe instructions

Step 1: Make the sauce.

Mix the maple syrup, coconut aminos, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil, ground ginger, red pepper flakes and black pepper together in a bowl.

Step 2: Cook the minced garlic, onion, red pepper and sesame oil in a frying pan and cook for a few minutes.

Step 3: Add the ground beef to the pan and cook until browned.

Step 4: Add the shredded carrots and coconut aminos sauce to the pan and cook for a few minutes.

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Step 5: Put the Korean ground beef on top of the base of your choice. This can be white rice, cauliflower rice, grilled veggies or salad. I like using white rice or cauliflower rice. If I’m making my own cauliflower rice, I like using this recipe from Minimalist Baker.

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