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a bowl of instant pot Korean ground beef.

Instant Pot Korean Ground Beef Bowl

Ajoke
Instant pot Korean beef bowl from your pressure cooker to your table in 15 minutes. It is simple, quick, sweet and delicious. This recipe requires little to no prep time and you are guaranteed a flavourful ground beef that melts in your mouth with every bite. This pressure cooker Korean beef recipe is not only good with boiled rice alone, you can serve it in wraps, lettuce cups and veggies as a salad.
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Natural Pressure Release 5 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4
Calories 294 kcal

Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g Lean ground beef
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger minced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil optional

Sauce Ingredients

  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup beef stock
  • ¼ cup Low sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons sriracha or according to preference
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar

Garnish

  • Spring onions
  • sesame seed

Instructions
 

  • To a bowl, add soy sauce, sesame oil, beef broth, sirachi, brown sugar and rice vinegar together and mix to combine.
  • Turn on your Instant pot and select the sauté function, add olive oil (if using) and heat until hot then add the ground beef and cook until brown. then add the chopped garlic and minced ginger and cook for another minute.
  • Add the whisked sauce to the browned ground beef and mix to combine. Deglaze the pot if need be to avoid getting BURN notice. Cancel the sauté function
  • Lock the lid of the instant pot securely and turn the valve to sealing position. Select Manual or pressure cook and cook on high pressure for 3 minutes. Once the cooking cycle is completed, leave the IP to naturally pressure release for 5 minutes then carefully do a quick release for the pressure cooker to completely depressurise.
  • If you need to thicken the beef, turn on the sauté function and stir the beef for another 2 to 3 minutes to reduce the liquid content. Serve as desired and enjoy

Notes

Tips

  • Skip the oil if using ground beef that contains fat, for this recipe, I used a lean mince of 5% fat so as to spare me the need for decanting excess oil.
  • Reduce the sugar used in the recipe for a healthier option.

Nutrition

Calories: 294kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 28gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 320mgPotassium: 528mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 3mg

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