Korean Beef

Easy and tasty main meal using ground meat.  You could use any combination of ground beef, turkey, pork or chicken.  I prefer a more saucy alternative so I doubled the recipe for the sauce.  I have it listed below as I preferred it.  Serve over a bed or white or brown rice.  To incorporate vegetables, try adding some broccoli, carrots, pea pods or water chestnuts.  If you add the vegetables, you'll probably want more sauce.  I cooked mine in the cast iron skillet.  Before serving, let it sit for about 15 minutes in the pan with the heat turned off.  This helped thicken the sauce a bit. 

1 pound lean ground beef (or other ground meat)
6 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
4 teaspoons sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon pepper
6 green onions, thinly sliced

In a large skillet, cook ground meat and garlic over medium heat 6-8 minutes or meat is mostly cooked.  Be sure to break up any large pieces of meat to create a crumbly texture.  While meat is cooking, into a small bowl, mix brown sugar, soy sauce, oil, ginger, red pepper flakes and pepper.  Add sauce to meat and heat through.  Right before serving, top with green onions.