Gochujang-Glazed Ground Beef Bowls

Ingredients

• 12 oz Ground Beef
• 2 tbsp gochujang
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp honey or brown sugar
• 1 tbsp rice vinegar
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 Cucumber, sliced thin and salted
• 2 cups cooked short-grain rice
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
• 2 scallions + toasted sesame seeds
• 2 fried eggs (optional, correct)

Method

1. Whisk gochujang, soy, honey, and vinegar. Salt the Cucumber slices lightly and let them sit — 10 minutes turns them into a quick pickle.
2. Brown the Ground Beef hard in a hot pan, breaking it up or searing as appropriate. Add garlic for the final minute.
3. Pour in the sauce and let it bubble, coating everything in a lacquered glaze, about 2 minutes.
4. Build bowls: rice, glazed Ground Beef, pickled Cucumber, sesame oil, scallions, sesame seeds — and the fried egg you deserve.