Description
Tired of the same old boring Sloppy Joes? Change things up with this Korean twist.
Ingredients
- ½ cup rice vinegar
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons raw cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon sriracha sauce
- 1 small cucumber, thinly sliced
- ½ small red onion, sliced into petals
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ⅔ cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic puree
- 1 teaspoon ginger paste
- 6 sesame seed burger buns
Instructions
- Bring rice vinegar
- water
- sugar
- and sriracha to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook until sugar has dissolved
- about 2 minutes. Place cucumber and red onion in a flat-bottomed dish and pour vinegar mixture over the top. Set aside to pickle as you prepare the bulgogi.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until no longer pink
- about 5 minutes. Drain and discard grease; return beef to skillet. Add soy sauce
- brown sugar
- green onions
- sesame oil
- sriracha
- garlic
- and ginger. Cook
- stirring occasionally
- until sauce begins to thicken
- about 8 minutes.
- Serve bulgogi mixture on hamburger buns topped with the pickled cucumbers and onions.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 6