Quick Ramen Noodle Stir Fry
Fast, easy, and budget-friendly using ramen noodles and ground beef for an amazing, saucy stir fry the whole family will love!
You have no idea how much I love a good stir fry. It’s always so quick to whip up, and you can essentially use up anything and everything in your fridge – making it cheap and budget-friendly.
And that’s exactly what this is. It doesn’t require too many ingredients, and by using ground beef and instant ramen noodles, this dish can’t come together any quicker.
The noodles just need 3-4 minutes to get nice and tender while your ground beef gets that beautiful crumble before you stir in the sauciest of all sauces that require only a few pantry staples.
From there, you can stir in those softened ramen noodles to sop up all those saucy bits.
You’ll be amazed as to how quickly this really comes together – 30 minutes or less from start to finish. Not to mention how many requests you’ll get for seconds and thirds guaranteed!
Quick Ramen Noodle Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 2 3.5-ounce packages instant ramen noodles, flavor packets discarded
- ⅓ cup beef stock
- ¼ cup oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha, or more, to taste
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 cup diced sweet onion
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- In a large pot of boiling water, cook ramen noodles until tender, about 3-4 minutes; rinse with cold water and drain well.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together beef stock, oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar and Sriracha.
- Heat sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add ground beef and onion, and cook until beef has browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks; drain excess fat.
- Stir in garlic and ginger until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in beef stock mixture, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet.
- Stir in ramen noodles until heated through and evenly coated in sauce, about 1-2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onions and sesame seeds, if desired.
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This was better than I expected. I hadn’t made Asian dish with ground beef before and I’ve made a lot of Asian dishes. I debated skipping the fresh ginger because my dinner was running late. I’m glad I did not. It really made the meal, in my opinion. Next time I’ll cook the Ramen about two minutes instead of three. They were a little more soggy than I’d like, but still overall a very tasty recipe.
Very tasty and quick recipe. Took to make it fresh at girls lunch everyone liked the flavors. Added red, orange peppers, celery, onion, after cooking beef for additional crunch. Topped serving with peanuts and sweet.mild chilli sauce. Yumm!
Great recipie. I will definitely try it gain with some minor changes. I added some carrots and zucchini for a healthier versions and Added some soy sauce. It was a great dinner.
Very good! Added lots of veggies- red and yellow bell pepper, zucchini, onion,carrot,broccoli. A little red pepper flakes for subtle heat. Was a little on the salty side. I read someone else added honey and I think I’ll try that next time. A little sweet to offset the salt. Still Damn Delicious!
Super delicious and super easy.
Ramen noodle stir fry is a great tasting dish. I made this dish several times and always enjoyed it Easy and fast.
100% better than any takeout!!!
I forgot to add…I double the noodles and sauce but keep the beef to 1 lb. just to stretch the meal for 5 of us
My whole family, 3 teenagers included, love this recipe and ask for it every few weeks!
I can’t I believe I waited so long to try this. Another excellent, delicious recipe.
This recipe is excellent and a family favorite! I sometimes switch it up and use pork sausage in place of the ground beef. Also, double the recipe so you have leftovers for lunch the next day. Amazing and super easy!
Can’t wait to try this!
Copied it andhave to go get a few things that normally I don’t have on hand! I am going to make it probably tomorrow. Thanks for posting it. Sure does look and souncd good!
Sandy Harkcom
Gatesville, Tx.76528
Awesome! Used ground pork and added wild mushrooms & some honey. Just spectacular!
We tried this recipe for dinner and it was awesome.
i tried this recipe for the first time and it was delicious
Wow, this was like Asian-style Hamburger Helper! 😀
So delicious, and so so easy. Didn’t change a thing, but next time I think I’ll sub low-sodium oyster sauce (the brand I used made it a little too salty for me), throw in some mushrooms, maybe some bean sprouts, and double-check the size of my ramen packets (I think I used smaller ones – came out a little meat-heavy – but no big deal, just grab some white rice!). DAEBAK!
This looks FABULOUS (not surprised)! What can I substitute for the Oyster Sauce, as I am allergic to it, but I’d really love to try this recipe!
Your recipes never disappoint! I tripled the Thai meatball recipe from your site and needed a recipe that would use the leftover meatballs. Friends who came for dinner raved about your Quick Ramen Noodle Stir Fry. It’s a keeper!
I used brown rice ramen noodles from Costco, subbed in the meatballs, used Hoisin sauce ( couldn’t find oyster sauce) and added sugar snap peas, slivered carrots and red bell pepper for color and crunch. So good! Sure wish I had leftovers of this!
This was SO good. Increased the ingredients by 50% for my family of four and could have doubled it. No leftovers. Did add a Tbsp of Sambal Olek, 2 c of chopped broccoli and a cup of grated carrot. Yummy!!’