Korean beef bowl for two

Prep Time:

10 minutes

Cook Time:

15 minutes

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

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.

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.