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Active Time
30 minutes
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Total Time
30 minutes
Swap in any kind of ground meat and any kind of vegetable for this saucy, clean-out-your-pantry rice noodle stir-fry.
Ingredients
4 servings
Step 1
Whisk ginger, garlic, tahini, soy sauce, mirin, vinegar, and ¼ cup sesame oil in a medium bowl until smooth; set sauce aside.
Step 2
Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over high. Break up meat into pieces with your hands and scatter in an even layer across skillet. Cook, undisturbed, until well browned underneath, about 5 minutes; season with 1/2 tsp. salt. Continue to cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon or spatula, until cooked through, about 2 minutes. Add carrots and white and pale green scallion parts; season with 1/2 tsp. salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until combined and warmed through, about 1 minute.
Step 3
Meanwhile, place noodles in a large pot of boiling salted water. Immediately remove pot from heat and let noodles sit until tender, 5–10 minutes, depending on their shape. Drain and transfer to a large bowl
Step 4
Pour reserved sauce and 1/2 cup hot water into skillet and reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring constantly, just until sauce starts to bubble and is smooth, about 1 minute. Pour over noodles in bowl and toss to coat, adding more hot water if needed to loosen sauce.
Step 5
Divide noodle mixture among bowls. Top with sliced scallion greens, sesame seeds, and/or seaweed, if desired. Drizzle with sesame oil before serving.
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Reviews (7)
Back to TopAnyone who frequently prepares Asain- American type food knows that most dishes call for a little meat- about 1/4 lb- and lots of vegetables. It's also healthier to stir fry the veggies separately in a little garlic and ginger, and also to remove the pork with a slotted spoon and pour off the oil. We found the sauce to be cloying, too much Mirin and Tahini. A lighter sauce would have worked just a well.
Ross in NC
NC
2/18/2022
Really good and quite easy. The dish pictured looks like egg noodles or something other than rice noodles. My rice noodles, when combined with the sauce clumped up. It was very difficult to divide into three servings. I will use different noodles next time, but there will be a next time!
allyenw
Evergreen, CO
11/19/2020
The sauce is fantastic and easy to make. Make sure you do brown the meat as they say, it makes all the difference. Also make the rice noodles according to the directions on the package rather than how they say in the recipe.
libermama
Chesapeake VA
10/22/2019
I made a few adjustments to the sauce. It could use more liquid, even. I don't think it needs the meat, veggies only is fine. It was filling and pretty good. Nice to get rid of some things in the fridge.
laurenh19
Tacoma, WA
8/23/2019
A mishmash of Asian flavor ethnicities. With a different sauce leaning mainly towards Thai flavors the basic meat/vegetables/noodle format would be better. As it is the sauce strange at best.
dave_caldwell1
Seattle
12/4/2018
Super delicious (and very filling!) Had to make a couple adjustments based on ingredients I had at home, but would definitely use this recipe as a base again!
kellykrater9718
Hawaii
10/23/2018
This was deliciously rich. We used ground turkey instead of pork and it was really good. Beware that the sauce curdles when you combine everything, but still seems to go on smoothly. My 6 year old loved it!
Yummy2Cookie
Phoenix, AZ
6/18/2018
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