Meals with ground beef and rice
Ground beef and rice is a globally popular combination — cheap, filling, and versatile.
From Korean-style rice bowls to simple beef fried rice, here's how to make it work.
Easy meal ideas
Ground beef rice bowl
Brown beef with garlic and soy sauce, serve over rice with any sauce you like.
Korean-style beef rice (bulgogi bowl)
Season ground beef with soy sauce, sugar, garlic, and sesame oil. Serve over rice.
Beef fried rice
Fry day-old rice with cooked ground beef, soy sauce, and a scrambled egg.
Beef and rice stuffed peppers
Mix cooked beef and rice, stuff into halved peppers, bake at 375°F for 25 minutes.
How to stretch these ingredients
- Soy sauce + garlic + a little sugar makes ground beef taste much better
- A fried egg on top of a ground beef rice bowl is always a good idea
- Add any vegetables — frozen peas, carrots, corn — to the beef
- Sesame oil drizzled at the end lifts the whole dish
- Use beef broth to cook the rice instead of water