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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Garlic Sesame Noodles
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
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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.
My mouth is watering when seeing this.
One of the best meals I’ve ever cook. Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe with us.
This meal was so good. I subsituted the beef for shrimp and doubled the sauce, my whole family loved it ( including my picking daughter and step-son) they wanted seconds needless to say there was none left over. Will definitely be cooking again. Thanks for the post!
Do you have any information regarding nutritional info. for this dish? 🙂
Nutritional information is provided only for select and new recipes at this time. However, if it is not available for a specific recipe, I recommend using free online resources at your discretion (you can Google “nutritional calculator”) to obtain such information. Hope that helps!
Nothing better than a good noodle pull! These look absolutely ahhhhmaze. My fam is going to fall in love!
This looks fantasic and yummy!
Love simple noodle dished like this! I haven’t tried cooking with Yaki-Soba before but would love to try (:
Can I use any other type of noodle besides refrigerated Yaki-Soba? I can’t seem to find them near me. Thanks!
Yes, of course. You can use any type of noodles of your choice.
If I wanted to substitute the oyster sauce, what would I use? I have quite a few family members that really don’t like it.
Here is a great list of possible substitutes.
http://www.newhealthadvisor.com/Oyster-Sauce-Substitute.html
Hope that helps!