These quick and simple ground beef rice bowls can be made in under 30 minutes and are a healthy dinner filled with fresh veggies. Simply brown the ground beef, toss in veggies and cover in a soy sauce mix for a perfect weeknight dinner.
My favorite kind of meal has four components. Fast, healthy, filling and flavorful. This ground beef and veggie rice bowl checks all those boxes!
It's one of our go-to meals when we have a busy night of sports. I can chop everything beforehand and then it only takes 20 minutes to put together.
Get my other rice recipes including: Blackstone fried rice, or a cilantro lime rice.
Quick dinners that are also healthy are my favorite. Even the picky eaters in my house enjoy this one!
Serve this mixture over cooked rice and top with my all-time favorite homemade yum yum sauce or your favorite hot sauce.
Take it up a notch even more and make this jasmine coconut rice.
Make it your own by adding your favorite veggies.
🍚Ingredients
This Korean inspired beef bowl recipe is one the whole family will love and uses simple ingredients.
Keep in mind, you can use just about any vegetable in this recipe. This is just what I would recommend.
Fresh Produce: I have found the best produce to use in these bowls are carrots, purple cabbage, red peppers and cucumbers. Zucchini, mushrooms and even a frozen veggie mix would all work.
Rice: Any rice can be used to build these rice bowls. Brown, white, instant or a flavored rice. Just cook according to package directions.
Ground Meat: The recipe calls for ground beef, but ground turkey or chicken can also be used.
Soy Sauce: Make this dish gluten free by using a tamari sauce
Full measurements in the printable recipe card.
🔪Instructions
The most time costuming part for these ground beef rice bowls is chopping the veggies. Once done, the rest is quick.
Step 1: Cook rice according to package directions. Jasmine or basmati rice are great choices. I use 2 cups of uncooked rice for 4 people.
Step 2: Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a small mixing bowl. Set aside.
Step 3: Chop and prep all the veggies. This dish cooks fast so have everything ready to go.
Step 4: Warm a large brasier or another large pan on the stove over medium heat.
Step 5: Add in olive oil and allow to warm up.
Step 6: Add in ground beef and cook until completely browned. (Image 1).
Step 7: Once the beef is completely browned drain any excess juice then add in the carrots, peppers, and cabbage. Save the cucumbers for serving. (Image 2).
Step 8: Pour in the soy sauce mixture and toss to coat everything.
Cook everything together until the soy sauce reduces down and the veggies are slightly soft, but still have a slight crunch to them.
Total cooking time will vary on how soft you want your veggies.
Step 9: Add in green onions. (Image 3).
Step 10: Mix in or serve over cooked rice with diced cucumbers and sesame seeds. (Image 4).
Optional: Top with some sriracha, spicy mayo, or my personal favorite a homemade yum yum sauce.
❓Recipe FAQs
Start of by choosing your favorite rice then add a cooked protein followed by your favorite veggies then top with fresh herbs. Last step would be to add on a coordinating sauce of the perfect rice bowl combination.
The best thing about a rice bowl dish is they can be served hot or cold.
Yes they can! In fact, rice bowls make the perfect meal prep. A lot can be made at one time and then stored for later use.
🐄Other Ground Beef Recipes
📋Recipe
Ground Beef Rice Bowls
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1.5 pounds Ground Beef
- 2-3 Large Carrots - Julienne
- 1 Red Bell Pepper - Diced
- 2 Cups Shredded Purple Cabbage
- 1 Large Cucumber - Diced and saved for serving
- ¼ Cup Diced Green Onions
Sauce
- ¼ Cup Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1-2 Inches Freshly Grated Ginger - Or ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 2-3 Cloves Fresh Garlic - Pressed or minced
- 1 teaspoon Rice Vinegar
- ½ teaspoon Sesame Seed Oil
Serving
- Cooked Rice - Long grain white rice like Jasmine or Basmati
- Sesame Seeds
- Yum Yum Sauce - Optional
Instructions
- Cook rice according to package directions. Jasmine or basmati rice are great choices. I use 2 cups of uncooked rice for 4 people.
- Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a small mixing bowl. Set aside.
- Chop and prep all the veggies. This dish cooks fast so have everything ready to go.
- Warm a large brasier or another large pan on the stove over medium heat.
- Add in olive oil and allow to warm up.
- Add in ground beef and cook until completely browned.
- Once the beef is completely browned drain any excess juice then add in the carrots, peppers, and cabbage. Save the cucumbers for serving.
- Pour in the soy sauce mixture and toss to coat everything.
- Cook everything together until the soy sauce reduces down and the veggies are slightly soft, but still have a slight crunch to them. Total cooking time will vary on how soft you want your veggies.
- Add in green onions.
- Mix in or serve over cooked rice with diced cucumbers and sesame seeds.
- Top with some sriracha, spicy mayo, or my personal favorite a homemade yum yum sauce
This turned out fantastic! I really appreciate a dish that's quick & easy, but so flavorful. Followed your exact recipe. My picky family is looking forward to the next time we make it. Very happy I came across this when searching.
I love that even you picky eaters enjoyed this! Thank you for sharing.
All the flavors go great together. We doubled the recipe so we could have leftovers and I'm sure glad we did!
Thank you Michelle! So glad you enjoyed it. We do that as well. Makes the best leftovers.