Description
Quick Asian Beef Ramen Noodles is a flavorful one-pan dish featuring ground beef caramelized in a savory soy-hoisin sauce, mixed with tender ramen noodles and crunchy bean sprouts. Perfect for a fast and satisfying weeknight meal with a delicious Asian twist.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 2 packets ramen or other instant noodles, discard seasoning
- 1 tsp oil
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 200g / 7oz beef mince (ground beef)
- 1 1/4 cups (315 ml) water, plus more as needed
- Big handful bean sprouts
Sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Oyster sauce (or Hoisin sauce)
- 2 tsp Hoisin sauce (or more Oyster sauce)
- 1 tbsp mirin
Garnishes (optional)
- Finely sliced green onion / shallots
- Sesame seeds
Instructions
- Mix Sauce: Combine dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, and mirin in a small bowl and set aside.
- Sauté onion and garlic: Heat oil and sesame oil in a medium skillet over high heat. Add sliced onion and minced garlic, cooking for 1 1/2 minutes until they start to turn golden.
- Cook beef: Add beef mince to the skillet, breaking it up as you cook until it changes from pink to light brown.
- Caramelise beef: Pour the prepared sauce over the beef and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until it is well caramelized and coated with sauce.
- Add water and noodles: Push the beef to one side of the skillet, add 1 1/4 cups water, then place ramen noodle cakes into the water.
- Cook ramen: Let noodles cook for 45 seconds, then turn over. Continue cooking for another 30 seconds, then untangle the noodles and toss them through the beef mixture.
- Add bean sprouts: Add bean sprouts and toss for 1 minute or until the sauce reduces slightly to coat the noodles and the noodles are cooked through. Add a splash of water if needed to finish cooking the noodles.
- Serve: Serve immediately garnished with sliced green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
Notes
- Use any brand of instant or ramen noodles but avoid extra-large packets unless breaking them to fit the pan.
- Substitute fresh or dried rice or wheat noodles prepared per package instructions, using about 2 packed cups, tossed through the caramelized beef with a splash of water.
- Ground beef can be replaced with ground chicken, turkey, pork, lamb, kangaroo, or veal.
- If dark soy sauce is unavailable, regular soy sauce can be used; the color will be lighter but flavor still good.
- Vegetarian oyster sauce versions exist and can substitute the oyster sauce for a vegetarian version.
- Mirin can be substituted with Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry. For a non-alcoholic option, use 1/2 cup water plus 3/4 cup low sodium chicken broth instead of water and omit the mirin.
- Total noodle cooking time should follow package instructions; add a little extra water if noodles need longer cooking.
- To scale up the recipe, use a larger skillet and break noodle cakes if necessary to fit.
- Using low sodium soy sauce can reduce sodium content by about 175 mg per serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 550 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 850 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 55 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 30 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg
