GROUND BEEF MONGOLIAN NOODLES
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Easy to make Ground Beef Mongolian Noodles is sweet, spicy, and perfect for busy weeknights! You can make these mongolian beef noodles in 30 minutes or less and it tastes even better than the restaurant version.
GROUND BEEF MONGOLIAN NOODLES
There is no food group that I love more than pasta! Recently, I’ve been enjoying Asian flavors and wanted to create an easy beef noodle recipe and came up with these mongolian beef noodles. This recipe can be made so quickly, it has become a staple on our weeknight table.
Mongolian beef noodles
I modeled my recipe after PF Chang’s Mongolian Beef with a sweet soy glaze, garlic, and green onions. However, instead of flank steak, I used lean ground beef. This is the perfect dish to satisfy all your quick fix Asian/Chinese food cravings and it’ll make your house smell amazing while cooking!
If you notice, there’s no salt in the beef and sauce mixture. Hoisin sauce tends to be salty and I haven’t found a low-sodium version of it yet. That’s also the reason I recommend using low-sodium soy sauce for this recipe.
🛒 Ingredients you’ll need
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- lean ground beef
- fresh ginger minced
- garlic clove minced
- brown sugar can reduce to 1/3 or 1/4 cup
- beef broth
- low sodium soy sauce low sodium
- hoisin sauce if you can find low-sodium, I recommend it.
- black pepper
- red pepper flakes optional
- noodles – linguine, fettuccine, or spaghetti
- cornstarch
- water
- green onions sliced
🍳Equipment you’ll need
- 5 quart braiser or large skillet
- pasta pan
- measuring cups and spoons
- Wood Stirring Spoon
- Bowls
Mongolian ground beef noodles
- For the ground beef – I used 90% lean ground beef. You can also use ground turkey, pork, or chicken.
- For the minced garlic. I recommend fresh garlic or jarred minced garlic in water instead of dried granulated garlic or dried garlic powder. Fresh has much more flavor than dried.
- For the ginger– If there’s one ingredient that you simply must use fresh, it’s ginger. Dried ginger tastes nothing like fresh ginger. Ginger is a root, and it adds so much flavor to recipes. A little ginger goes a long way! It’s in the produce section of your grocery store. It’s inexpensive, and you’ll need a very small knob. Furthermore, it’ll last 3 to 4 weeks on the countertop.
- For the soy sauce. I highly recommend you use low-sodium soy sauce.
- For the hoisin sauce. Hoisin is an Asian barbecue sauce that can be found in the International food section at your grocery store. There’s really no substitute for hoisin.
- Red Pepper. A reader recommended Assi brand red pepper, which is an authentic Asian brand. If you want to try it, you can purchase it here.
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Ground Beef Mongolian Noodles
Equipment
- 5 quart braiser or large skillet
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 4 teaspoons fresh ginger minced
- 6 cloves garlic clove minced
- ½ cup brown sugar can reduce to 1/3 or 1/4 cup
- ½ cup beef broth
- ½ cup low sodium soy sauce low sodium
- 4 tablespoons hoisin sauce if you can find low-sodium, I recommend it.
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
- 10 ounces noodles linguine, fettuccine, or spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
- 4 medium green onions sliced
Instructions
- In a large skillet with high sides brown the ground beef on the stovetop. Add the ginger and garlic the last 2 minutes of browning the ground beef. Break up the meat as it cooks.
- While the ground beef is cooking, cook the pasta according to the package instructions. (I recommend you do not salt the water.) Drain.
- Drain the ground beef and return it to the skillet along with the soy sauce, beef broth, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, pepper, and hoisin sauce. Stir to combine.
- Dissolve the cornstarch in the water and add it to the ground beef mixture. Stir and bring the mixture to a low boil. After the sauce has thickened slightly add the drained noodles to the beef mixture. Stir to combine.
- Allow the noodles to sit in the sauce a few minutes to absorb flavor. Serve hot with a garnish of sliced green onions.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
It was delicious. Instead of spaghetti, I had lo-mein noodles on hand. I am a diabetic, so 1/2 cup of sugar was not an option, I use 1/4 cup of monkfruit. I’ve also cutout meat, I substituted with ground “meatless” meat. I will make this again, next time cut down on the ginger, my husband thought it over powered the dish. With all my substitution, it makes a nice vegetarian dish and was quite delicious! Thank you for a nice, middle of the week recipe.
I love your substitutions. I’m not a big meat eater either. I’m going to try it your way!
Delicious!!! I did reduce the brown sugar to 1/4 cup and used low sodium soy sauce and it was delicious. I will make this again!!!
Love this quick, easy recipe. I will just cut the sugar in half next time. I did make it all in one pot, the same way I do my spaghetti and meat sauce … I cooked the noodles first, then rinsed and drained them in the sink. Rinsed out the pasta pot with hot water, put it back on the burner, and made the meat and sauce in the same pot, then added the noodles back in at the last minute. I’m too lazy to wash two big pots if I don’t have to. 😊 Thanks for a great recipe that we will enjoy over and over again.
This was good but we didn’t love it. I don’t think my sauce got thick enough to coat the noodles and beef so the flavor wasn’t outstanding. I followed the recipe except I added carrots and broccoli for added substance and to make it go farther.
The flavors in this dish were amazing. Unfortunately, we had to toss it after a few bites. It was way too spicy, even for my teens who enjoy some heat. I wanted to make a full pound of pasta so I increased the sauce by half, but kept the red pepper flakes at 1/2 teaspoon and it was still too hot. Please list the red pepper flakes as optional. I hope to try this recipe again.
I will make that change. Thanks for the feedback.
Most recipe ingredients are always optional.
This the most amazing flavorful Asian dishes I’ve ever made. Hubby loved this more than takeout! I agree with the cook, in that, using low sodium is the way to go. I did not, because I always like to try the recipes “as is” to judge for myself. Next time I’ll use low sodium.
I loved this recipe… I did, however, only use 2 t. of fresh ginger as it is very strong. That was perfect. Also, I only used about 2 T. of brown sugar. I didn’t want it super sweet. The hoisin sauce is sweet too so 1/2 c. of brown sugar seemed too sweet. I used thick spaghetti and that worked out great. I think a few more green onions would be great too. Wonderful recipe.
I used stir fry beef grounded, only did 1/3c brown sugar, grounded carrot, squeeze jar of ginger and garlic. Followed the recipe and this dish was perfect. Not sweet at all.
I have made this dish 3 times in the last month. We love it!!! And my daughter, who is very picky, loves this dish!! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
This is absolutely delicious! I made it exactly as written. I used linguine and took suggestions and used low sodium soy sauce, I used regular hoisin sauce and it was not too salty. My fussy hubby loved it and asked me if he could have the leftovers the next night. Definitely will become a new go to.