Easy peasy take-out style sesame noodles for those busy weeknights! It’s a simple, quick 30-min meal the whole family will LOVE!

Garlic Sesame Noodles - Easy peasy take-out style sesame noodles for those busy weeknights! It's a simple, quick 30-min meal the whole family will LOVE!

Remember when I went to Brooklyn a few weeks back?

I had that epic pizza slice. With actual pizza toppings.

I know. It was kind of insane.

But.

Garlic Sesame Noodles - Easy peasy take-out style sesame noodles for those busy weeknights! It's a simple, quick 30-min meal the whole family will LOVE!

I didn’t just go for the pizza.

I mean. I did.

But I also went to attend an exclusive LEAN CUISINE tasting experience hosted at the Museum of Food and Drink.

Aka. MOFAD.

Garlic Sesame Noodles - Easy peasy take-out style sesame noodles for those busy weeknights! It's a simple, quick 30-min meal the whole family will LOVE!

 

I know.

There’s a legit museum of food and drink.

And I was fortunate enough to explore their popular exhibit, Chow: Making the Chinese American Restaurant.

The takeout boxes were hanging so beautifully from floor to ceiling, yet my eyes were glued to the fortune cookie dispensary.

Garlic Sesame Noodles - Easy peasy take-out style sesame noodles for those busy weeknights! It's a simple, quick 30-min meal the whole family will LOVE!

Except.

Well, it didn’t quite fit in my travel bag to bring back to Los Angeles.

I did, however, fit 27 fortune cookies into my purse…

That I inhaled on the flight back home.

Garlic Sesame Noodles - Easy peasy take-out style sesame noodles for those busy weeknights! It's a simple, quick 30-min meal the whole family will LOVE!

No, but really, it was such a treat to meet the LEAN CUISINE team of highly trained chefs.

I listened and watched in awe as they prepared a recipe inspired by their newest dish, learning about the nutrition and care that goes into each of their recipes.

And the highlight of the night was clearly this.

Their newest flavor of all: Garlic Sesame Noodles with Beef, made completely from scratch using fresh, quality ingredients – and something I really needed to faceplant myself into.

Garlic Sesame Noodles - Easy peasy take-out style sesame noodles for those busy weeknights! It's a simple, quick 30-min meal the whole family will LOVE!

I got so excited, I immediately hopped on a flight back to LA with all those “stolen” fortune cookies.

But really, I needed to make this noodle dish for myself.

I tried to stick to the original recipe as much as possible, with garlic noodles, flank steak (LEAN CUISINE chefs used prime rib beef), carrots, bell peppers, and garlic with a soy garlic sauce.

So I’ll be here, skipping date night and eating up all these garlic noodles, and all of my fortune cookies for dessert.

Garlic Sesame Noodles - Easy peasy take-out style sesame noodles for those busy weeknights! It's a simple, quick 30-min meal the whole family will LOVE!

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Garlic Sesame Noodles

Garlic Sesame Noodles

Easy peasy take-out style sesame noodles for those busy weeknights! It's a simple, quick 30-min meal the whole family will LOVE!
4.8 stars (17 ratings)

Ingredients

  • 2 5.6-ounce packages refrigerated Yaki-Soba, seasoning sauce packets discarded
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound flank steak, thinly sliced across the grain
  • 1 red bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 carrot, thinly sliced
  • 1 head broccoli, cut into florets
  • 1 green onion, thinly sliced
  • ½ teaspoon sesame seeds

For the sauce

  • ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 4 cloves, garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoon browns sugar, packed
  • 1 tablespoons sambal oelek, ground fresh chile paste, or more, to taste
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Instructions

  • In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, sambal oelek, oyster sauce, ginger and sesame oil; set aside.
  • In a large pot of boiling water, add Yaki-Soba until loosened, about 1-2 minutes; drain well.
  • Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add steak and cook, flipping once, until browned, about 3-4 minutes; set aside.
  • Stir in bell pepper and carrot to the skillet. Cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 3-4 minutes.
  • Stir in Yaki-Soba, broccoli and soy sauce mixture until broccoli is tender and the sauce is slightly thickened, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in steak until heated through and evenly coated in sauce, about 1 minute.
  • Serve immediately, garnished with green onion and sesame seeds, if desired.

Notes

*Yaki-Soba is ramen-style noodles and can be found in the refrigerated aisle of your local grocery store.

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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by LEAN CUISINE. As always, I only partner with brands that I love and truly believe in, allowing me to create more quick and easy recipes to get us through the week without breaking the bank. All opinions expressed are my own.