This vegan Korean beef dish is truly elite. Before going vegan I loved Korean food, specifically Korean beef. Unfortunately most Korean BBQ restaurants don’t too many hearty vegan options, so I decided to make my own with Meatless Farm’s plant-based ground beef. It tastes so realistic thanks to the authentic Korean flavors including ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, scallions, and chili flakes.
Plant-Based Korean Beef + Easy to Prepare
I spend a lot of time cooking, so I LOVE meals like this because of how little time is spent. All you need to do is:
- Find a vegan ground beef alternative. To be honest, there are no vegan ground beefs on the market that I am in love with. I chose Meatless Farm because it’s lighter than other meat alternatives that are heavy and oily. It still has canola oil and unspecified “natural flavors” which I can’t trust. If you’re a new vegan and are looking for realistic alternatives to help you through the transition, the meat alternatives are fine. If you’ve been vegan and are looking for everyday options, try crumbled tofu, lentils, or mushroom walnut meat (finely chopped mushrooms & walnuts) cooked with the same ingredients.
- Cook with authentic Korean flavors. To the ground beef, mix in minced garlic, ginger powder, sesame oil, and soy sauce. Here’s what’s in my pantry:
$4Emperor's Kitchen Minced Garlic
(Amazon)
(Amazon)
$4Simply Organic Ginger Powder
(Amazon)
(Amazon)
$12Napa Valley Sesame Oil
(Amazon)
(Amazon)
$8San-J Tamari
(Amazon)
(Amazon)
- Top with Korean flavors. Sprinkle chopped green onions and red chili flakes on the final product.
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Vegan Korean Beef
This vegan Korean Beef bowl is packed with authentic Korean flavors including red pepper flakes, scallions, tamari, and ginger.
Ingredients
- 1 container Meatless Farm plant-based ground
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 tbsp brown sugar can sub agave, maple syrup, monkfruit, or coconut sugar
- 1/4 cup tamari can sub for regular soy sauce or coconut aminos
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- cooked rice OR cauliflower rice
- sliced green onions topping
- sesame seeds topping
Instructions
- add sesame oil to your pan and sauté the garlic. after a few min, add the defrosted beef and sauté over medium-high heat breaking the meat up as you go along for 10ish min
- mix in the brown sugar, tamari, ginger, red pepper flakes, sea salt & pepper. combine well
- serve over a bed of rice and top with sesame seeds and chopped green onion. add extra red pepper flakes on top if you want!
