Description
Chicken Vegetable Ramen Noodles deliver a delicious and quick noodles meal perfect for a family dinner or easy weeknight meal. This ramen recipe is filled with fresh vegetables and tender chicken for a satisfying and speedy dinner solution.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 packets ramen or other instant noodles discard seasoning
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 200g or 7oz chicken thighs cut into bite size pieces
- 1 1/4 cups or 315 ml water plus more as needed
- 1 carrot cut into matchsticks
- 1 small red capsicum or bell pepper sliced
- 2 cups cabbage finely sliced any type
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Oyster sauce or Hoisin
- 2 tsp Hoisin sauce or more Oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Mirin
- Finely sliced green onion or shallots
Instructions
- Combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
- Heat oil in a large pan over high heat and sauté onion and garlic until they begin to brown, about 1 and a half minutes.
- Add chicken pieces and cook until they start to lose their pink color.
- Pour in the sauce and continue cooking for one minute until the chicken develops a nice caramelized color.
- Stir in the carrot and capsicum and cook for another minute until the chicken is well caramelized.
- Move the chicken and vegetables to one side of the pan, add water, and place the noodles in the water.
- When bubbles appear along the water’s edge, leave the noodles for 45 seconds, then turn them.
- Let them cook 30 seconds more, untangle, then mix the noodles with the chicken and vegetables.
- Add cabbage and stir for about one minute until the sauce thickens and noodles are fully cooked.
- Serve hot topped with green onions if desired.
Notes
- Instant or ramen noodles of any brand are suitable
- avoid extra large packets unless broken
- Chicken thighs give better caramelisation but breast or tenderloin works well too
- Dark soy sauce adds richer color but regular soy sauce is fine
- Mirin can be substituted with Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry
- Adjust water amount as needed for noodle cooking time
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Mains
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 383cal
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 836mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 43g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 63mg