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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Look so yummy!!
Made this for dinner tonight and it was a total hit with my boys! Thank you for providing such great recipes that are easy to follow for my household 🙂
We love that, Amber! Thanks for sharing with us! 🙂
This was so delicious and easy to make!! I will definitely be making again!! I would probably serve with sautéed green beans tossed with red pepper flakes! It was yummy!!
That sounds amazing, Jackie!
Easy, yummy weeknight dinner. Made this for my family tonight. They loved it. Substituted ground pork for the beef. My husband said it was like a deconstructed potsticker.
So happy to hear that your family enjoyed it so much, Shannon! 🙂
Would other asian noodles work in this?
Sure!
I made this for dinner last night. We loved it! Sometimes dishes like this can be too salty but this one came out perfect. Instead of beef, I used ground pork and added some shrimp at the end. Also subbed chicken broth for the beef.
Added shiitake mushrooms, chopped spinach and broccoli. It was really tasty!
Thank you so much for sharing your version, Karen! 🙂
Thought I would mention an alternative to ramen I found when I had to give up glutton. I missed it so much! It’s called “Miracle Noodle Shirataki Konjac Pasta” if you want to check it out on Amazon. The angel hair variety is the closest thing I’ve found to ramen and it’s really good! Can’t wait to try it with this recipe!
Hello! Can you substitute the fresh ginger for powdered or paste?
Yes, absolutely! The ratio for dry to fresh spices/herbs is typically 1:3. Hope that helps!
I made this last night and everyone loved it! I did add mushrooms and wilted some baby bok choy. I also did a low sodium organic tamari substitute for the oyster sauce as some others mentioned. Will definitely make again!
Thanks for sharing your version of it, Dana!
This was just fabulous. Our son whipped it up for us while we cleaned out closets! Win Win!!!
This recipe was very easy and quick to make. My 3 kids loved it! My son said “mom you get an A+ for this dish!” Thank you for coming up with these recipes and sharing them. We live busy lives, and kids take up a LOT of time. These quick and easy recipes are MUCH appreciated!
We love that, Caroline! It’s so great to hear that you and your family are enjoying these recipes. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I just love this recipe!! I grew up on Top Ramen and it became very boring and not very filling either. Something like this would be an easy to do, cheap meal for anyone!! Thanks so much!!!
How important is the oyster sauce? Would it taste alright without it?
Most people use reduced sodium soy sauce as an oyster sauce substitute. You can also add half a teaspoon of sugar to the soy sauce, if you wish. But as always, please use your best judgment when making substitutions and modifications.
Nobody liked it. More for me, though! Definitely a different flavor than we’re used to. (Maybe I did something wrong? Idk)
Very quick, easy and delicious. But use a low sodium soy.
I made this tonight for my family and it was so yummy, everyone came back for seconds!! I added fresh coriander with the green onions and sesame seeds at the end, Perfect!! I love your recipes and have been making them for a long time, everyone has been a winner, thank you Chungah 🙂
You are so welcome, Janet! We’re so glad your family enjoyed it so much!
I make a chow mein with similar ingredients (oyster sauce FTW) so I thought this looked good and it was! I added some chopped bok choy for a little veg content. Also I think next time I’ll break up the ramen so the noodles are shorter…with long noodles it’s hard to get it well combined.
Such a great and easy-to-make recipe. We substituted the regular ramen with millet and brown rice ramen and it turned out amazing.
Sounds amazing! Thanks for sharing, Ashley!
I have just discovered this recipe and can not wait to cook it. It sounds so yum abd easy to put togethet
This came through just on time – I unexpectedly ended up having two grandchild to feed last night and stir fried ramen popped into my mailbox. Thank you, they ate a full dinner and then asked to take home the rest. These are “Chicken nugget” and “Mac & Cheese” kids, so this is now a keeper.
Glad we came through just in time! 🙂
I made this around evening time for my family and it was so yummy, everybody returned for quite a long time!! I added new coriander with the green onions and sesame seeds toward the end, Perfect!! I love your plans and have been making them for quite a while, everybody has been a champ, thank you Chungah