No need for takeout, this Mongolian Noodles recipe is made with ground beef and everyday ingredients. Best of all, it can be ready in just 15 minutes!
Mongolian noodles were one of my favorite meals when I was a kid. I loved going to the Mongolian restaurant and watching them cook it right in front of you. So you can imagine how excited I was when I was looking for a last-minute meal idea and saw this recipe for Mongolian beef made with ingredients I already had in my kitchen!
I tweaked the original recipe to suit my taste and its now a family favorite!
The first time I made this I didn’t have any rice noodles in the pantry but I did have regular pasta so I decided to try that. It was so delicious that I kept it in the recipe but you could easily use rice noodles instead for a more authentic Mongolian noodle dish.
You might also like this Korean Turkey Bowl recipe, Ground Beef and Rice Skillet Dinner, Fast Shortcut Stroganoff, or this Szechuan Chicken on our sister site.
Ingredients
- ground beef – you can also substitute ground chicken, turkey, or vegetarian alternatives
- soy sauce – I recommend low sodium to balance out the high salt content of the hoisin sauce
- hoisin sauce – this is the only “specialty” ingredient in this recipe, if you’ve never used it you can read all about it here
- beef broth
- brown sugar – the sweetness blends perfectly with the other flavors!
- ground ginger
- garlic – I keep a jar of minced garlic in the fridge for easy access (found in the produce section of the store)
- red pepper flakes – add more to make it spicy
- pepper
- linguine, spaghetti, or rice noodles
- green onion (optional!)
How to Make Mongolian Noodles
Web Story step-by-step overview here.
I’m serious when I say this is a 15 minute recipe!
- Start your water boiling on the stove then brown the ground beef in a large skillet. Cook the pasta while you are making the meat and Mongolian sauce.
- After the meat is browned and drained, we add the Mongolian sauce ingredients: hoisin sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, ground ginger, minced garlic, beef broth, red pepper flakes, and black pepper.
At this point your kitchen is smelling pretty darn good, the family might start coming in asking when dinner is ready!
- Drain the noodles and immediately add to the meat and sauce, stirring well to coat. Garnish with chopped green onion and you’re ready to go!
How to make this recipe more authentic Mongolian
If you want to make this meal authentic substitute the linguini for rice noodles and use flank steak instead of ground beef.
Cut the flank steak into strips against the grain and toss in cornstarch before frying, then assemble the sauce and toss everything together.
Even my pickiest eater gobbled these Mongolian noodles up!
FAQs
You can reheat these noodles in the microwave but it tastes best fresh from the stove. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave.
I do not recommend freezing this recipe.
If you try this recipe, please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
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Mongolian Noodles with Ground Beef
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: pasta
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: Mongolian
Description
No need for takeout, this Mongolian Noodles recipe is made with ground beef and everyday ingredients. Best of all, it can be ready in just 15 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- ⅓ cup hoisin sauce
- ⅔ cup beef broth
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 16 oz box of linguine, spaghetti, or rice noodles
- green onion, optional
Instructions
- Start water to boil, once boiling cook pasta according to box instructions.
- In a large skillet, brown the ground beef. Drain and return to skillet.
- Add soy sauce, hoisin sauce, beef broth, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes, and black pepper and stir until combined.
- Add drained noodles and stir to coat.
- Serve with chopped green onion if desired
Notes
- Increase the spiciness by adding more red pepper flakes.
- Use low sodium soy sauce if the sodium content is too high for you.
Keywords: Mongolian noodles
Ella says
Tried this last night and it was delicious! Thank you!
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TK says
Dish sounded sooo good, made it for our community lunch at work tomorrow and they are going to LOVE it!!!!
Melissa Riker says
I hope it went over well!
Cathy pez says
I don’t see anywhere that gives me the amounts on ingredients?
jill says
This looks great….and best of all simple to make. Tomorrow nights dinner!
Melissa Riker says
I hope you love it as much as we do!
Bonnie McCabe says
My husband and I love Asian food. This recipe is SO fast, easy and delicious! I’m making it again tonight!
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Fenyvesi Gábor says
It is delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
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megan says
This was such a simple and delicious meal. Everyone in my family, kids included devoured this and asked for seconds. We ate it with an asian slaw salad (in a bag from the grocery store) it was so good i’m making it again the following week :0) Make this you will not be disappointed
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Todd says
Pretty good, will keep the recipe. I did not add the red flakes, too hot for my gang.
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Melissa Riker says
Glad you liked it!
Michelle Herrera says
So, so good and easy enough for a not so great cook like me! Even my husband ate some and he dislikes most of my cooking! I might make this every week! I used linguini, mmmm.
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Melissa Riker says
I’m so glad you liked it!! Here is another super easy one you might like: https://www.shakentogetherlife.com/creamy-sausage-pasta/
Lisa says
It was not great. Maybe it was the soy sauce I used but we were disappointed
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Melissa Riker says
I’m sorry you didn’t care for it Lisa
Mark says
We loved it. Next time we’ll add some sliced red peppers and possibly mushrooms. We used Asian chili sauce as a condiment and it was great. Will definitely make again.
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Melissa Riker says
so glad you liked it!
Paige says
This was a hit and kid approved. I used porcini bouillon instead of beef broth and honey instead of brown sugar. My beef was super wet so I cooked it at a high heat to reduce…and in fact made the beef very rich and carmelized. I think it would be complete with an egg noodle or rice noodle. Thanks for a great quick recipe!
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Melissa Riker says
so glad you liked it!
AZ Gal says
This was delicious. I used 1 1/2 lbs of ground turkey, added bell pepper and Sriracha for spice. We loved it! Thanks. Resembles Dan Dan Noodles that I often make.
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Melissa Riker says
so glad it went over well!