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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!
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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I make this recipe but I also add a whole bag of chopped Cole slaw and cook it down. It tastes amazing. Teriyaki sauce and dark soy sauce.
Love that!
This was delicious! I added onion and broccoli and lessoned the amount of PB based on previous reviews. It will definitely be made again.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Delicious!
I’ve made twice and the whole family loves. We all love peanut butter so this sauce is awesome!
Only things I change is an extra teaspoon of soy sauce and a couple of tablespoons of noodle broth to thin the sauce.
Excellent recipe!
Wonderful!! Thanks for letting me know, Robyn! 😀
Made this for dinner this evening. It was tasty for sure!! The only modification from the recipe directions I made was to substitute rice vermicelli for the ramen noodles for a gluten free version. This recipe will go into our weeknight meal rotation.
I’m so glad you liked it! 😀 Thanks for your review, Ruthie!
Sorry. Definitely not fan. I know it is peanut sauce but it’s way to strong. I doubled the sauce and cut the peanut butter to 4 spoons. Still too much.
It had a great taste to it, and honestly, I love peanut sauce. Unfortunately, it just seemed a little bit too thick, not sure if I did measurements wrong or what I did. I even added a little bit of teriyaki sauce, but unfortunately that didn’t help. I definitely want to try this again maybe with a thinner sauce!! 😊
Hi! Did you use creamy peanut butter? I think you could for sure thin the sauce next time before adding it in… perhaps a little water could work.
I absolutely loved this. I saw a comment that said double the sauce, so I did. Phenomenal. I didn’t even know I liked ramen. I made it with my husband in mind. I added onions to the pepper and cooked those to my liking First, then cooked the beef. I’ll definitely make this again. Thank you!
Excellent!! So glad you liked it!! I appreciate your 5-star review, Carrie!
Really enjoyed this recipe. I mixed all the ingredients together then added it to the beef and peppers. I think I will use slightly less PB next time and maybe a bit more soy sauce.
Fantastic! I’m glad you enjoyed it, Michelle! Yup, you can definitely tweak the sauce a bit next time. 😀 Thanks for your review.
Yum, yum, yum! This is going into my regular meal rotation. The peanut sauce was to die for!
I’m thrilled you enjoyed it, Beth!! Thanks for your review!