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This beef ramen noodles recipe is super comforting and comes together fast! You’ll love the tender ground beef with an addictive sweet and savory peanut sauce. Ready in only 30 minutes!
Try my Ground Beef Lo Mein or Honey Garlic Shrimp next.
I love making Asian-inspired recipes. My ground beef bowls (with rice), beef and broccoli, and my beef and noodles (made with ramen and sirloin) are very popular whenever I feature them on Instagram, so I decided to create a sort of hybrid of the two. In my opinion, you can never have too many quick and easy beef recipes. 🙂
This one’s a bit different because I used peanut butter. I looove a good peanut sauce! I also added some soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sriracha sauce (it’s not too spicy mixed in with the other ingredients – don’t worry, but also feel free to add more if you do want it spicy!), garlic, and ginger.
This is the perfect recipe for a busy weeknight. It’s cheaper and faster than getting takeout. I seriously had troubles stopping eating this when the photos were done!
How to make this beef noodle bowl (overview):
Brown the beef in a skillet. Meanwhile, boil the water to cook the ramen. Drain the beef of any excess fat and stir in the sauce ingredients, then add the red bell pepper to the skillet and cook for a few minutes until tender-crisp. Add the noodles to the skillet along with a splash of the water they were cooked in, then season with salt & pepper if needed and garnish with chopped scallions. (Full ingredients and instructions are in the recipe card below)
If you’re not a fan of red bell peppers, feel free to leave them out. I just added it for a bit of color, crunch, and freshness. You could sub for another veggie if you prefer!
If you love ramen, try my chicken ramen noodle stir-fry, or you might like this easy chicken ramen recipe (soup).
Will you make this ground beef and ramen noodles recipe?
Questions? Let me know in the comments!
Beef Ramen Noodles
Ingredients
- 1 pound extra lean ground beef
- 1/2 red bell pepper chopped
- 3 heaping tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon sriracha sauce or to taste
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 3 packages ramen noodles seasoning packets discarded
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Scallions chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Add the beef to a skillet over medium-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned (about 8 minutes). If there's a lot of excess fat, spoon most of it out.
- Meanwhile, boil a pot of water for the ramen noodles.
- Take the skillet off the heat and stir in the sauce ingredients (peanut butter, hoisin sauce, sriracha sauce, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic).
- Return the skillet to the heat and add in the red pepper (you will probably need to turn the heat down a bit). Continue cooking for a few more minutes, stirring often, until the pepper is tender-crisp.
- The noodles only take about 3 minutes to cook, so I recommend adding the noodles to the boiling water just as you add the red pepper into the skillet.
- Once the noodles are done, add 4 tablespoons (or so) of the cooking water into the skillet prior to draining them. Drain the noodles and add them to the skillet.
- Toss well and season with extra salt & pepper if needed. Top with scallions if desired. Serve immediately.
Notes
- I like to keep a piece of fresh ginger in the freezer (just in a ZipLoc bag or Tupperware container) so that I always have some on hand. It's also much easier to grate when frozen. I use my Microplane grater to grate it (thanks to my friend Meghan for the life-changing tip!).
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Nutrition
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This was great. I seasoned the beef a bit with the miso and spice packet from my ramen and also added cut up bok choy. I thought the hoisin and peanut butter created a really nice creamy sauce. Two thumbs up for a quick and tasty meal.
I’m so pleased you liked it!! Thank you!
Is there any substitute for the Hoisin sauce?
Hi! I can’t really think of one. It’s a very distinctive flavor. Maybe bottled teriyaki sauce if you happen to have some, but it isn’t really the same thing.
Do you have any recommendation for meat substitutes? I ‘d like to try this with Beyond Mean ground, and wondering if you’d given it a try?
I haven’t tried it, but I think it should work. 🙂 I believe others have tried that as subs in a few of my recipes. Let me know how it goes!
Im going to try this today. Beats nachos on Football Sunday. Thanks!
Enjoy!! 🙂
Made this tonight for dinner. Kids all loved it. The only thing I did differently was add broccoli. Super flavorful and super easy! Thanks for the recipe.
That’s great!! You’re very welcome.
DELICIOUS AND EASY , THANK YOU FOR GREAT RECIPES.
You’re very welcome! 😀
Peanut and seed allergies what would you suggest in place of peanut butter. Thanks
I don’t have a good sub unfortunately.
Sunflower seed butter is a great substitute
This sounds delicious! Any specific type of ramen to use, or would any kind of prepackaged noodles work with this?
Hi! I just buy whatever the grocery store happens to have and then discard the flavor packets. I’m in Canada and unfortunately options for more gourmet ramen are somewhat limited.
Hi There,
I made this recipe this afternoon. My 19 year old Son enjoys ramen noodles, so when I saw the post earlier this week, I made a mental note to come back to it and make it this weekend. This dish is easy and tasty, just as it was stated. I do not peel my ginger first. I just don’t think it is necessary. Some folks may choose to peel, but not me. Thanks for this awesome and simple recipe!
I’m so glad that it worked out! 🙂
Do you peel the piece of ginger before you freeze it?
I don’t. I find the peel protects it from freezer burn. I basically grate the first bit and discard it and then grate the rest into the recipe. 🙂