A dish that’s popular in Japan is donburi, which means bowl or rice bowl. These easy-to-make dishes are served over rice for a whole meal in one bowl. This ginger ground beef version comes together in minutes and has a complex flavor that you might not expect from such a short ingredient list.

There’s some ginger, some soy sauce, and some mirin, a sweet Asian cooking wine that gives a sweet flavor with a bit of acidity. There’s also some brown sugar in the recipe, too, for a little more sweetness.

Paired with the beef in ginger sauce is some frozen peas. Donburi is a little like bubble and squeak in some regards as you can make it from just about anything. This makes it a great dish to use up leftovers and bits from other recipes. So, if you don’t love peas or if you have some other frozen veggies you need to use up add those instead.

I could see adding broccoli, zucchini, or mixed veggies to the beef for a colorful and flavorful meal.

Aside from the flavor the thing I love the most about this dish is how quickly you can go from ingredients to a table-ready meal. In fact, if you have some leftover rice to use up then the beef takes less than 15 minutes to make. For a quick dinner you pretty much can’t beat this recipe.

The last step before serving is to sprinkle some chopped green onions over the top to add even more flavor. Great meals don’t have to take forever to make- as this ginger ground beef donburi proves!