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Spicy Ginger Noodles

Recipe by Mason Fit
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Spicy Ginger Noodles

About This Recipe

Instant noodles with a spicy ground beef, ginger, and bok choy stir fry.

Ingredients

  • 3 packs (95g each) Trader Joe's Knife Cut Squiggly Noodles
    or comparable instant noodles
  • 2 teaspoons Olive Oil
  • 2 heads (5 oz each) Bok Choy
  • 4 Green Onions
  • 1 oz Peeled Ginger
    about a 4" piece
  • 1 pound Extra Lean Ground Beef
    or your choice of mince
  • 2 Tablespoons Coconut Aminos, or low sodium soy sauce
    sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
    sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons Crunchy Chili Onion, or your choice of chili oil
    sauce
  • 3 Sauce Packets from the Noodles
    sauce

Instructions

  1. Prep: Bring a pot of water to a boil for the noodles. Thinly slice the bok choy and green onions (separate the white and green parts), cut the ginger into matchsticks, and mix the sauce ingredients together.
  2. Heat a teaspoon of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and cook for 2-3 minutes until a nicely browned crust forms on one side. Flip the beef and push to one side of the pan.
  3. In the other half of the pan, add the other teaspoon of oil followed by the ginger and white parts of the green onion. Cook until fragrant before breaking the beef apart and mixing everything together. Fully cook the beef before adding the sauce and bok choy. Stir everything together and cook until the bok choy begins to wilt, about 2 minutes.
  4. Cook the noodles for 4 minutes. Reserve about 1 cup of water from the noodles and drain the rest. Toss the noodles with the stir fry, using the reserved water as needed to thin the sauce and bring everything together.
  5. Garnish with the remaining sliced green onion and extra crunchy chili onion, if desired.

💡 Notes & Tips

  • If you're using instant noodles without a sauce packet, add 2 extra tablespoons of coconut aminos and 2 teaspoons of toasted sesame oil to your sauce. Momofuku sesame miso noodles are the closest 1:1 swap for the TJ's noodles that also come with a sauce packet.
Source: This recipe is from Mason Fit. Used with attribution. Full original recipe with photos and notes available at the source link.
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