Spicy Ginger Noodles

spicy ginger noodles in a bowl with chopsticks

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Instant noodles with a spicy ground beef, ginger, and bok choy stir fry.

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: beef stir fry noodles, bok choy, ginger noodles, ground beef stir fry, high protein instant noodles, trader joe's squiggly knife cut noodles

Servings: Servings

Calories: 480kcal

Author: Mason Woodruff

Ingredients

3 packs (95g each) Trader Joe's Knife Cut Squiggly Noodles or comparable instant noodles
2 teaspoons Olive Oil
2 heads (5 oz each) Bok Choy
4 Green Onions
1 oz Peeled Ginger about a 4" piece of ginger
1 pound Extra Lean Ground Beef or your choice of mince

For the Sauce

2 Tablespoons Coconut Aminos or low sodium soy sauce
2 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Crunchy Chili Onion or your choice of chili oil
3 Sauce Packets from the Noodles see notes*

Instructions

Prep. Bring a pot of water to a boil for the noodles. Thinly slice the bok choy and green onions (separate the white and green parts), cut the ginger into matchsticks, and mix the sauce ingredients together.
Heat a teaspoon of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and cook for 2-3 minutes until a nicely browned crust forms on one side. Flip the beef and push to one side of the pan.
In the other half of the pan, add the other teaspoon of oil followed by the ginger and white parts of the green onion. Cook until fragrant before breaking the beef apart and mixing everything together. Fully cook the beef before adding the sauce and bok choy. Stir everything together and cook until the bok choy begins to wilt, about 2 minutes.
Cook the noodles for 4 minutes. Reserve about 1 cup of water from the noodles and drain the rest. Toss the noodles with the stir fry, using the reserved water as needed to thin the sauce and bring everything together.
Garnish with the remaining sliced green onion and extra crunchy chili onion, if desired.

Notes

*If you're using instant noodles without a sauce packet, add 2 extra tablespoons of coconut aminos and 2 teaspoons of toasted sesame oil to your sauce. (Momofuku sesame miso noodles are the closest 1:1 swap for the TJ's noodles I've tried that also come with a sauce packet.)

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