Ground Beef Bulgogi Bowls with Spicy Aioli

These ground beef bulgogi bowls are quick and delicious. Packed full of flavor, they're the perfect easy weeknight meal!

Beef bulgogi is a Korean dish that is typically made with thinly sliced beef that has been marinated in bulgogi sauce. This ground beef bulgogi recipe includes a sugar free bulgogi sauce that is cooked right into the meat to save time on prep but still pack a punch of flavor!

With cauliflower rice, carrots, and cucumbers, the veggies balance the beef perfectly and stand up to the sauce without becoming soggy. The result is a quick, easy, and flavor-loaded meal in a single bowl.

We first had these through a Hello Fresh order, but they included rice, sugar, and sour cream, as well as whatever was in the pre-made bulgogi sauce. Once I tasted them, I immediately set my sights on making a grain free, dairy free, sugar free version.

The end result is the perfect ground beef bulgogi bowl - easy to make, quick enough for a weeknight, and a taste that will make you want to eat them again and again.

I recommend a ground round for a less beefy flavor or a ground sirloin for a more beefy flavor for this recipe.

Ground beef or ground chuck will have too high of a fat content for this recipe. Check out my types of ground beef post to learn more!

Heads up! This recipe assumes you've already got bulgogi sauce on hand. Head over to this post to see how to make it in 5 minutes if you haven't already!

Here's how to get these lovelies on the table for dinner in just 30 minutes:

1. Quick pickle cucumber.

In a medium bowl, combine the vinegar, coconut sugar, and a few pinches of salt. Trim the ends from cucumber. Using a vegetable peeler, shave cucumber lengthwise into ribbons, rotating until you get to the seedy core; then discard the core. Add the peeled ribbons to the bowl with the vinegar mixture and toss to coat, then set aside to pickle.

2. Cook cauliflower rice.

In a skillet or pan, heat 2 teaspoon coconut oil over medium heat. Add the cauliflower rice and stir to coat. Cover and cook, 5-7 minutes or until tender.

3. Cook carrots.

Remove cauliflower rice from pan and return pan to stove. Add 1 teaspoon coconut oil, then add the carrots and cook, stirring just until tender, 2-3 minutes. You're looking for them to be crisp-tender, so we still want them to have a little bit of crunch to them!

4. Cook beef.

Remove carrots from the pan and set aside. Return the pan to the stove and turn the heat up to medium-high. Add the ground beef to the pan and sauté, breaking up as it cooks.

When meat is mostly cooked through, drain, then return pan to the stove, add the scallion whites and half the sesame seeds to the pan and stir to combine.

Add the beef bulgogi sauce to the pan and bring to a simmer. Cook 2-3 more minutes or until meat is cooked through and sauce has thickened, then remove from heat.

5. Make spicy chili aioli.

While the beef is cooking, combine your mayo and your chili paste (I use Sambal Olek) and stir. Add water a bit at a time until sauce is at a drizzling consistency of your liking. (If you want to learn about making homemade mayonnaise, you can do that here.)

6. Finish and serve.

Now it's time to put it all together! Drain your cucumbers and add cauliflower rice, carrots, and cucumbers to each bowl. Divide the meat between the bowls as well.

Top everything with the spicy chili aioli, then sprinkle with the green parts of the scallions and the remaining sesame seeds.

Serve and enjoy, knowing you're getting all of the flavor with none of the guilt!

These ground beef bulgogi bowls are a grain free and sugar free alternative to the Hello Fresh recipe here. Looking for more ground beef recipes? Check out my roundup of 7 Paleo Ground Beef Recipes!

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