These Korean beef bowls are packed full of flavor and so quick to make. They’re also paleo, whole30, and can be easily made completely AIP.
There are so many things I love about this dish!
Easy to make
This is a very simple meal and literally takes 20 minutes, start to finish, to make! Such an easy process.
You’re going to start by browning the ground beef, making sure to break it apart as it cooks. While the ground beef is cooking, mix the sauce ingredients together.
Once the ground beef is browned or almost browned, add the carrots (I use pre-packaged matchstick carrots to make my life simpler), then pour the sauce over the beef. Allow that to simmer for a minute or two while you mix the orange juice and arrowroot starch, pour that in and sauté for a minute until the sauce thickens. Top it with green onion and that’s it! Easy peasy!
Affordable
This dish is made with ground beef making it budget friendly.
I am always looking for ways to reduce our grocery bill. As you know, eating healthy is not easy on the wallet, especially if you’re following an allergen free diet.
SO making meals with ground meat is a common occurrence in this house.
Healthy and Delicious!
These Korean beef bowls are a healthy and delicious dish! It’s made from real, whole food and is free from gluten, dairy, soy, and refined sugar!
Gosh, I LOVE a meal that checks off all the allergen free categories and still tastes great! This is definitely a meal that the whole family will love.
If your fam does not follow a strict paleo diet, make some white rice to go with it. OR if you want to keep it grain free, serve with cauliflower rice. I also like pairing it with steamed broccoli because it goes oh so well together!
Korean Beef Bowls (AIP/Paleo/Whole30)
These Korean beef bowls are packed full of flavour and so quick to make. They're also paleo, whole30, and can be easily made completely AIP.
Ingredients
- 1lb ground beef
- 1 tbsp avocado oil
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tsp sesame oil (omit for AIP)
- 1 cup carrots, julienned/matchsticks
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 tbsp tapioca starch
- Green onion for garnish
Instructions
- Mix together coconut aminos, fish sauce, ginger, garlic, and sesame oil (omit for AIP). Set aside.
- Heat avocado oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add ground beef and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks.
- Add carrots and stir in sauce mixture until well combined, allowing to simmer until heated through and carrots are softened slightly, about 2-3 minutes.
- In a small bowl, quickly whisk the orange juice and tapioca starch until combined. Pour over ground beef and cook 1 min or until sauce has thickened.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onions.
- Enjoy!
Hi Rebecca!
I have high blood pressure and Fish Sauce has an INSANE amount of sodium (just 1 tsp has about 1/4 of your DAILY recommended sodium serving). So I usually omit it. Can you think of a good substitute, or should I just leave it out like I usually do?
You can totally omit it, it will still turn out. But if you want to replace that umami flavour, I’m thinking ume plum vinegar may be a good substitute! Just be mindful that it’s also salty, I don’t believe it’s as high as fish sauce though.
I use Apple Cider Vinegar but use 1tbsp
Hi K – Your comment caught my eye because I also have high blood pressure! But this recipe calls for 1 tsp. I agree 1400 mg in a Tbsp of fish sauce IS INSANE! But if you divide that by three and then the fact this recipe really feeds three you can divide it by three again and it comes to under 200mg. I find the fish sauce really helped make the recipe tasty, so maybe that extra amount would be ok? Aldo, I find that coconut aminos have much less sodium I wouldn’t have known that if I hadn’t been exploring AIP, so lucky we now have a soy sauce alternative that we can enjoy with high blood pressure, right?:)
I was surprised everyone LOVED this! And it is the first time any of us had cauliflower rice (which shows in the picture but was omitted from the instructions) I was also surprised it called for putting avocado oil in the beef. But both of the oils – all that fat really made it great. I could not find arrowroot powder so used cornstarch and it still turned out great! Will make again for sure!