Crispy Beef Noodle Bowls

chopsticks in a bowl of noodles with crispy ground beef, sautéed coleslaw mix, and a hoisin sauce

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5 from 4 votes

Caramelized hoisin ground beef, cabbage, and carrots with soy and sesame squiggly noodles.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: crispy beef noodles, ground beef and ramen, high protein noodles, hoisin ground beef, trader joe's recipe, trader joe's squiggly knife cut noodles

Servings: Servings

Calories: 350kcal

Author: Mason Woodruff

Ingredients

3 cups Coleslaw Mix
2 teaspoons (10g) Olive Oil
1 pound Ground Beef 96/4
2 packs (95g each) Trader Joe's Squiggly Knife Cut Style Noodles or Momofuku Noodles, instant ramen, etc.

For the Crispy Beef Sauce

2 Tablespoons Hoisin Sauce
2 Tablespoons Coconut Aminos or low sodium soy sauce
2 Tablespoons Rice Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Sriracha
1 teaspoon Chinese Five Spice
4 cubes Frozen Crushed Garlic or 4 cloves garlic
2 cubes Frozen Crushed Ginger or 2" piece fresh ginger
¼ cup Water

Instructions

Bring a pot of water to a boil. Drop the noodles in the boiling water after adding the sauce to the ground beef in step 4.
Heat the olive oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add the slaw mix and a pinch of kosher salt. Cook until the veggies pick up a bit of color, about 3-4 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
Add the ground beef to the same pan and brown on both sides for 2-3 minutes each until a crust forms before breaking apart and fully cooking.
While the beef cooks, mix the sauce ingredients together. Add the sauce to the cooked ground beef, stir everything together, and reduce until no liquid remains and the beef is crispy on the bottom. Avoid stirring too often and give the beef time to get crispy. (Start cooking the noodles while the sauce reduces.)
Reserve about ½ cup of the water from the noodles before draining the rest. Add the sauce packets that come with the noodles, the crispy beef, and the slaw mix to the noodles. Toss everything together and serve with sliced green onion and toasted sesame seeds (or TJ's chili crunch seasoning).

Notes

If you're using another noodle option without a sauce packet, try adding a couple teaspoons of toasted sesame oil and a tablespoon of coconut aminos or low sodium soy sauce instead.

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