Last updated on February 19th, 2018 at 09:16 pm
Mongolian Beef Ramen Noodles – a copycat recipe of the popular PF Chang’s Mongolian Beef with green peppers and ramen noodles. So simple to make and so delicious, you’ll want to forget about takeout!
What can I say other than I was really craving Mongolian beef, it’s one of my favorite dishes. And I just so happen to have had a big bag of ramen noodles I bought from Costco. I used my original recipe for PF Chang’s Mongolian Beef but I modified a bit because I wanted more sauce for the ramen noodles. I love ramen noodles but here I am at my age, and I’m not going to tell you my age, and I can honestly say that I can probably count on one hand how many times I’ve had ramen noodles. I know it’s supposed to be a thing for college students, but when I went to university I lived at home and when I wasn’t eating on campus I was eating my mom’s home cooked meals so I missed out on all the ramen noodle craze.
MY LATEST VIDEOSMaybe I need to make up for it now? Just saying. Anyway this Mongolian beef is unbelievable, it’s so good and you wouldn’t believe how easy it is to make.
HOW TO MAKE MONGOLIAN BEEF RAMEN NOODLES
Start by cutting your flank steak into small pieces, I like mine really small thin pieces. Add the cornstarch and steak pieces to a ziploc bag and close the bag then just shake the bag to make sure all the beef pieces get coated in the cornstarch. No need to season this with salt and pepper because the sauce we’re going to make for this has plenty of salt from the soy sauce.
Fry the beef first in some vegetable oil, about 3 minutes or so until the beef is nicely browned. You’re going to want to do this in batches, 2 or 3 because you don’t want the beef pieces sticking to each other. You don’t want to overcook it. Then just because I wanted some veggies I added a bell pepper, though if you look at the radio of beef to pepper it’s pretty pathetic, but hey I’m all about the meat. You just want to saute the pepper for a couple minutes until it softens up a bit, but I still like mine with a bit of crunch to it.
In the same skillet add all the sauce ingredients and bring to a boil. Once it’s boiling, turn the heat down to a simmer and cook for about 10 minutes until the sauce thickens a bit and reduces by a quarter. Now all you have to do is add the beef and peppers back to the skillet and toss everything together. It’s so good, at this point you can eat this with rice if you want.
But if you want to go down the ramen noodle road, then just add your cooked ramen noodles to this, toss everything together really well, top with chopped green onions and enjoy. I used only 8 oz of dry noodles but there is enough beef in here to add a lot more noodles.
This really is one of my favorite dishes and it’s so good I was tempted to eat right out of the skillet. If you’ve never tried Mongolian beef you should try this recipe, you’ll love it.
If you love this dish, try these similar recipes:
- PF Chang’s Mongolian Beef Copycat Recipe
- Beef Broccoli Noodle Stir Fry
- Easy Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
- Crockpot Mongolian Beef
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- 1 1/2 lb flank steak
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 green bell pepper sliced into thin strips
- 8 oz ramen noodles uncooked
- 3 green onions chopped
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 3/4 cup soy sauce low sodium
- 2/3 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 1/4 cup chicken broth low sodium, or no sodium added
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- Slice the flank steak into small thin pieces against the grain. In a large ziploc bag add the starch and the beef to it. Close the ziploc bag and shake really well until each pieces is coated with cornstarch.
In a non stick skillet heat the oil. When the oil is hot, add beef and cook until browned. It will take 2 or 3 batches because you don't want the steak pieces to stick to each other. Also if you need more oil after the first batch feel free to add more. Remove beef from skillet to a plate and empty the oil from the skillet.
- Add the bell pepper to the skillet and saute it for a couple minutes just until it gets soft. Remove the pepper from the skillet to a plate and set aside.
- In that same skillet add sauce ingredients, the sesame oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, chicken broth and red pepper flakes. Stir and cook over medium heat until sauce thickens a bit and reduces by about a quarter. It took me about 10 minutes until the sauce thickened and reduced. You don't want to reduce it too much because you need more sauce for the noodles.
- In the meantime cook the ramen noodles according to package instructions.
- Return the beef and bell pepper to the skillet and toss in the sauce. Add the cooked ramen noodles to the skillet and toss everything together. Top with green onions and serve.
You can find ramen noodles in the Asian aisle of your local grocery store. You could also use any other Asian style noodles.
Since there's a lot of soy sauce in this recipe, I strongly recommend using a low sodium soy sauce.
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
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Our entire family enjoyed this! We all agreed to add this to our dinner rotation.
Yay, glad you guys enjoyed it!
I make this as well as a chicken one, I also add grated carrots, mushrooms celery, all diced. if you don’t have ramen noodles you can use thin spaghetti, with a dash of garlic butter
. VERY TASTY.
That sounds fantastic! Glad you enjoyed the recipe 🙂
I love this recipe! Thank you so much for sharing.
This dish looks delicious, I would love to eat it but it will not be possible at the moment but I would salveipara to do at another time.
This was such a great recipe!!! And super easy! My family loved it so much, I added it to the weekly rotation:)
This was so so good!! Loved it!!
Thankyou this was pretty great. It was a little bit too sweet, otherwise excellent. If you don’t like very sweet dishes you might want to halve the sugar, or even take it down to 1Tbsp.
I struggled getting the sauce to thicken, any advice?
Are you waiting long enough? It can take about 10 minutes for it to thicken.
Sorry for being slack on leaving feedback – I’ve made this more than 5 times now and it is a definite favourite in our house! I add extra capsicum (peppers) to bulk up the veg a bit more, and a tiny bit more chilli. We absolutely love it, thank you!
Thank you for commenting, we really appreciate it!
Just made this for supper tonight, everyone LOVED it. Did also add some fresh broccoli along with the bell pepper. Yummy
Can I use dry fried noodles to make this dish?
Sure you could use fried noodles if you want to change it a bit. Enjoy!
I buy the ramen noodle packs.Of course they come with different seasoning packets.Do you use the seasoning packets also or leave them out?
I was just using the ramen noodles on their own but you could certainly keep the packet as it can be used as seasoning for something else give.
Loved the recipe! Not sure what I did, but I had way more sauce than I thought I would. Had to add a little cornstarch slurry to thicken. Maybe a bit less sesame oil next time? But I will be making again!!
Thank you very much for the recipe. I tried it for the first time just now and it was absolutely delicious! May I put this on my blog? I will add it on Monday, with your permission, and also provide a link to this recipe. I will use my own photos, which won’t be as nice as these, but they can always see them here 🙂 Thanks again and have a great weekend!
Sure, go ahead. Glad you liked the recipe.
Thanks so much 🙂
I’ve used your recipe with great success. Thank you!
My son, however, likes to fiddle, and has made alterations, such as using tofu cubes, marinated in whatever he is in the mood for, in place of the beef, or adding finely shredded cabbage to the bell pepper in the pan to ‘bulk up’ the volume of the dish. He has also used super thinly sliced chicken breast(which I’ll admit, was fantastic) as well.
You’ve helped me teach my son how to cook! Thank you!
That’s awesome! 🙂
Wow this is absolutely fantastic. As good as any good Asian restaurant. My husband is picky—he loved it!!! The even better part, no exotic ingredients or expensive ingredients, and oh so easy. Thank you so much.
Made the recipe for the first time last night. It is great as is. We eat Asian several times a week and this will become one of our favorites. Considering trying chicken but the original is perfect.
So glad you tried it out and enjoyed it Kat. Thanks for posting your comment