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.
My husband absolutely loves, loves this recipe! So much so that for his birthday he wants me to make this!! 100 percent excellent!!
thank you so much!
I think I did something wrong. 😒 Used fresh ginger and garlic but all I can taste is RAW ginger and garlic. 😕 I am cooking it longer right now but worry that the noodles will be mush.
Made this with ground pork, was very tasty. Will definitely make it again!!!!
Made the Mongolian beef for dinner tonight except I used chicken and chicken broth in place of beef. It came together very quickly, taste was amazing. For me I need to decrease the amount of red pepper and black pepper, it was a tad spicy. I definitely will make this again maybe with beef the next time.
Very tasty and easy to make. It was a hit with the whole family (my toddler and my picky mom included). My husband only barely handled the heat so I would use less crushed red pepper less time. (It wasn’t too hot for me or the toddler though). I’ll be adding it to the weeknight dinner rotation 🙂
This Ground Beef Mongolian Noodles is so delicious! I used Assi Red Pepper Powder and San-J Tamari Soy Sauce that I bought from Karman Foods. Using only authentic ingredients is just different! It’s my fam’s new fave noodle dish.
Ooh thanks for those tips, I’ll try them. I’m happy you liked the recipe.
Just made this for dinner. My family absolutely LOVED it! It’s definitely going into rotation.
Thank You 😊
I’m making this tomorrow. Cannot wait to try. I just happen to have all the ingredients on hand as I’ve been adding different seasonings and spices to my grocery cart each time I shop, so for once I’m prepared to make a delicious sounding recipe. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I’m hungry thinking about it. Let me know how it turns out.
Very good. My husband loved the sauce and I loved the whole thing.
This is delicious! I added broccoli and mixed all the sauce ingredients together, including the cornstarch and water before adding to the ground beef. I omit the red pepper flakes for my daughter and used probably 12-14 ounces of linguini. Yum!