Easy Korean Beef Noodles

Korean noodles with beef sauce and cucumber

Create tasty Korean beef noodles with this easy recipe. Ground beef makes a flavorful sauce that perfectly complements tender wheat noodles. With just a few ingredients and basic cooking skills, make a satisfying and delicious meal your whole family will enjoy.

Course Lunch, Noodles

Cuisine Korean

Diet Kosher, Low Lactose

Keyword ground beef, korean beef noodles, korean noodles, makguksu, noodle bowl, quick, quick noodles, somyeon, soy sauce, spring, summer, vermicelli noodles

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Servings people

Calories 509

Author Holly Ford

Ingredients

4 servings Korean vermicelli wheat noodles (makguksu) or soba noodles
1/2 cucumber sliced thinly to matchsticks

Ground beef sauce

2 tsp oil
2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 small onion minced
2/3 lb (300 g) ground beef
1/2 cup (120 ml) soy sauce
1/3 cup (80 ml) water
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp honey
1 slice ginger 1/8-inch thick
pinches pepper
2 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
1-2 green onion chopped

Instructions

Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a pot over medium heat and saute onion and garlic for 2 minutes. Add the ground beef and cook until the beef is browned.
Add soy sauce, water, sugar, honey, and a slice of ginger. Bring to a gentle boil and simmer for 15 minutes over low heat, slightly covered. Remove the ginger slice.
Add the sesame oil, sesame seeds, and green onion to the beef and mix well. Set aside to cool.
Cook vermicelli noodles according to the package directions. Rinse under cold running water and drain. Put in an individual portion of noodles to an each serving bowl.
Top with 2-3 tablespoonful of beef sauce over the noodles and add the cucumber slices. Drizzle more sesame oil if you wish.

Notes

Try with different types of noodles, such as; soba noodles, udon noodles, or rice noodles.
Minced fresh chili can be added to the beef sauce if you like a heat.

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