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Beef Rice Bowl — 20 min, Tune It 40–60 g Protein
Beef Rice Bowl is a 20-minute soy-glazed ground beef and rice bowl. The TunedCook app has verified two builds for this exact bowl — 40 g and 60 g of protein, both around 700 kcal — by shifting the beef-to-rice ratio (see the full gram-for-gram breakdown under "Verified TunedCook app builds" below). Makes 1 serving.
TunedCook kitchen recipe (from the 20·40·60 video series, filmed 2026-07-17). Cooked and shared directly by the TunedCook team — not adapted from an outside source.
The ingredients below are the creator's own kitchen measurements for this bowl. For the exact, app-verified 40 g and 60 g protein builds, see Verified TunedCook app builds further down the page.
Ingredients (1 serving, higher-protein end of the range)
- Sauce
- beef broth100 ml
- light soy sauce2 tbsp
- dark soy sauce1.5 tbsp
- Splenda (or sugar substitute)1 packet
- Bowl
- lean ground beef (4% fat)219 g
- cooked white rice234 g
- onion, sliced110 g
- green onion, chopped (whites + greens separated)50 g
- neutral oil1 spray
Want an exact protein target instead? See the verified 40 g and 60 g builds below for the precise gram-for-gram breakdown.
Instructions
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Prep Peel and slice the onion. Chop the green onion, keeping the whites and greens separate.
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Prep Measure the beef broth into a small bowl or cup.
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Sauce Stir the beef broth, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and Splenda together in a small bowl until the sweetener dissolves.
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Cook Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat with a spray of oil. Add the green onion whites and let them bloom for a few seconds.
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Cook Add the ground beef and brown it, breaking it apart with your spatula. Leave it in the pan — no need to remove it.
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Cook Add the sliced onion. Stir-fry with the beef until the onion starts to soften.
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Cook Pour in the sauce mixture and toss until it glazes the beef and onion. Tip: Keep the heat high so the sauce reduces into a glaze rather than pooling.
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Finish Microwave the rice until hot, then fold it into the wok. Toss everything together until glossy and combined.
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Finish Top with the green onion tops and serve right away.
Verified TunedCook app builds
The TunedCook app's own named-target solver has computed and verified two builds for this exact bowl, each hitting a protein target at essentially the same ~700 kcal — this is the real "tune it" feature the video is teasing, not a projection.
40 g Protein Build ✓ App-verified
- ground beef, 90/10 (swapped from 96/4)125.9 g
- cooked brown rice (swapped from white)316.6 g
- onion148.8 g
- green onion67.7 g
- beef broth57.5 g
- light soy sauce20.7 g
- dark soy sauce15.5 g
- Splenda (sucralose sweetener)0.6 g
- cooking spray0.1 g
At this lighter protein target, the solver swaps in fattier 90/10 ground beef (instead of 96/4) and brown rice (instead of white) to hit the calorie target without over-diluting the bowl.
60 g Protein Build ✓ App-verified
- ground beef, 96/4 (no swap)228.2 g
- cooked white rice (no swap)203.3 g
- onion95.6 g
- green onion43.4 g
- beef broth104.2 g
- light soy sauce37.5 g
- dark soy sauce28.1 g
- Splenda (sucralose sweetener)1.0 g
- cooking spray0.3 g
No ingredient swaps for this build — the base recipe's own ingredients, just retuned quantities.