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Instant Pot Korean beef and rice is so flavorful, and one of those easy recipes where you can make the beef and rice all in the Instant Pot. Since this recipe can all be made in the Instant Pot (yes even the rice) at the same time, it cuts down on the amount of dishes that you will have to do. Also, since most of the ingredients can already be found in your pantry it makes this a very budget-friendly recipe.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our Instant Pot Korean beef and rice, you need the following ingredients:
- Sesame oil
- Lean ground beef
- Minced garlic
- Brown sugar
- Soy sauce
- Ground ginger
- Salt
- Pepper
- Crushed red peppers
- Beef broth
- White rice
- Water
- Butter
- Green onions
- Sesame seeds (optional)
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Our Instant Pot Korean Beef and Rice
- Get out your Instant Pot and press the SAUTE button and wait for the inner pot to heat up.
- Then add in the sesame oil and let it heat up for a minute.
- Now, add the ground beef and minced garlic inner pot and let it cook for about 5 minutes, until the beef is MOSTLY browned but still a little pink.
- Next, add in the brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes (remember you are choosing how spicy you want this dish based on how much you put in!).
- Mix everything together well and be sure to scrape the bottom of the pot to avoid receiving the BURN error during the cooking process.
- Once that is done, pour over the beef broth but DO NOT mix it in.
- Now, press the CANCEL button to turn off the SAUTE function.
- Next, place the trivet in the pot right on top of the cooked beef.
- Using a strainer of your choosing, rinse the rice until the cool water runs clear.
- Then, in an oven safe pan that fits into the Instant Pot, add in the rice, water, butter and salt and mix it all together. (I like to use a 7 inch cake pan that is about 3 inches deep for this.)
- Once that is put in the Instant Pot, place the lid on the Instant Pot, turn the valve to the SEALING position and press the MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK button and set the timer for 7 minutes.
- The Instant Pot will take about 10-15 minutes to come to pressure and then the 7 minute timer will appear.
- After the timer is done, allow the Instant Pot to do a natural release for 8 minutes then turn the valve to the VENTING position to release any remaining pressure.
- Remove the lid from the Instant Pot and use oven mitts to take the pan out of the Instant Pot.
- Fluff the rice with a fork and mix up the beef mixture.
- Now just serve the Korean beef over the rice and top it with the diced green onions and sesame seeds.
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Instant Pot Korean Beef and Rice
This Instant Pot Korean beef and rice makes a deliciously sweet, savory, and effortless one-pot dinner for the family.
Serving servings
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- salt and pepper, to taste
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, more or less to taste
- ½ cup beef broth
- 1 ½ cup white rice, uncooked
- 1 ¾ cup water
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 5 green onions, diced
- sesame seeds, optional topping
Instructions
- Push the SAUTE button and wait for the pot to heat up. Add in the sesame oil.
- Add in the ground beef and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes, until it's mostly not pink anymore. We don't want to fully cook it.
- Add in the brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, salt and pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes.Mix well. Scrape the bottom of the pot so that you don't get a BURN error.
- Pour the beef broth on top, but don't mix it in.
- Cancel the SAUTE function.
- Place the trivet in the pot, right over the beef.
- Rinse rice under cold running water until the water runs clear.
- In an oven safe pan that fits in your Instant Pot (I used a 7-inch cake pan that is 3 inches deep and fits perfectly in my 6 quart Instant Pot), add rice, water, butter, and salt. Mix together.
- Place lid on pot and press MANUAL (or PRESSURE COOK) and set timer for 7 minutes.
- Allow 10-15 minutes to come to pressure before it starts the countdown cook timer.
- Once it is finished cooking, do a natural release of the pressure for 8 minutes. Remove the lid.
- Wearing oven mitts, remove the pan of rice. Fluff rice with a fork.
- Mix the Korean beef. Serve over rice topped with diced green onions and sesame seeds.
Notes
We love to serve Korean Beef and Rice with stir-fried vegetables on the side.
Nutrition
Calories: 588 kcal · Carbohydrates: 85 g · Protein: 32 g · Fat: 13 g · Saturated Fat: 5 g · Cholesterol: 78 mg · Sodium: 1331 mg · Potassium: 606 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 27 g · Vitamin A: 237 IU · Vitamin C: 4 mg · Calcium: 73 mg · Iron: 4 mg
Did You Make This Recipe?We’d love to hear your thoughts! Leave a review or a question in the comment section below the post.
Have you done this with brown rice? If so, do you change the cooking time and/or water amount?
Do you use low sodium soy sauce or regular in this? Wondering if it will be too salty with regular.
Either one will work just fine. Soy sauce is ususally high in sodium.
More water and a longer cooking time is needed for brown rice. So you would need to make a few changes to the recipe.
I was disappointed by this recipe. I followed the instructions but I could not taste any of the spices. I felt like I was eating plain ground beef and rice.
This was wonderful! I grabbed the 4″ deep aluminum pan at Gygi’s and now I’m making this for the second time. Going to up the red pepper flakes as my family wanted a little more kick. Thank you!
I can’t believe this came out of my kitchen. It was AMAZING! So easy to put together. I enjoy using my IP.
Thank you for sharing this recipe and I will Definitely make AGAIN.
I’m looking for the original Korean beef bowl recipe, not the instant pot version, is it still on your site? I can’t find it.
Here is the link for our Korean Beef and Rice – https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/korean-beef-and-rice/
Is it possible to do this recipe without the rice? It looks real tasty but I already have a lot of leftover rice that I’d like to finish before cooking more
This was VERY good. I did do the rice on the stovetop and just all the other stuff in the pot. The person that said it has no flavor is off their rocker. Tons of flavor. YUM!
Woah. It worked well, AND the rice cooked perfectly too!
Surprisingly simple and tasty. I’m now skipping making Korean BBQ ribs and using this recipe instead; a tenth of the effort, and three quarters of the taste! FYI, if you’re using a Pyrex dish for the rice, add an extra minute to the cook time. Also, I cook with avocado oil to avoid burning the sesame oil when sauteeing. Before I pressure cook the dish, I throw in my sesame oil.
Can you double this recipe? Would the cooking time change?
You can double the recipe if you have a bigger Instant pot, cooking time will stay the same.