Teriyaki Ground Beef

This ultra-flavorful ground beef is glazed with a mouth-watering, sweet and savory sauce featuring tamari, garlic, ginger, and sesame. Topped with everything bagel seasoning (for flavor and crunch), it's excellent over rice, Asian noodles, or piled into soft lettuce leaves!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Asian

Diet Gluten Free

Keyword everything bagel seasoning, one pan meal, teriyaki beef

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings

Calories 232kcal

Author Robin Miller

Ingredients

1/4 cup tamari sauce or soy sauce, or liquid aminos, or coconut aminos
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoons brown sugar light or dark
1 tablespoon mirin Japanese rice wine, or Shauxing (Chinese rice wine)
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 pound lean ground beef
2 cloves garlic minced, or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger or 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

For Serving

Cooked rice or Asian noodles or lettuce leaves
Everything bagel seasoning

Instructions

In a small bowl, whisk together the tamari sauce, water, brown sugar, mirin, cornstarch, and sesame oil. Set aside.
Brown the beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking up the meat as it cooks. Stir in the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant.
Add the tamari sauce mixture and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, until the sauce thickens and reduces. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
Spoon the beef over rice/noodles (or in lettuce leaves) and sprinkle with everything bagel seasoning.

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