Indulge your taste buds with a quick and flavorful 20-Minute Meal. Beef Udon Noodles. Made with crispy beef, vibrant veggies, and chewy udon noodles perfectly coated in a mouthwatering sweet and spicy umami sauce.
These Beef Udon Noodles effortlessly combines textures and flavors, creating a satisfying and delicious meal in just minutes. It’s the ideal blend of savory and sweet, making it a go-to weeknight meal.
Recreating takeout meals at home is one of my favorite things to do! It’s really a game changer when you learn to make your favorite dishes at home. I don’t know what’s better, making it anytime you want without having to pay or being able to make as much as you want.
When my family and I visited Metairie, LA we visited a restaurant that served delicious Kimchi Udon noodles. Thinly sliced beef stir fried with spicy kimchi and soft chewy udon noodles. It’s absolutely delicious and began my love for udon noodles. I have a recipe where I recreated that but this week I wanted to switch things up and I used my Mongolian Beef noodles as a base.
The fun thing about stir fry noodles is that there is no right or wrong way to make it. You can customize and add your favorite veggies. As long as it tastes good, have fun with it.
What’s are udon noodles?
Udon noodles is a thick noodle made of buckwheat flour, used in a variety of Japanese cuisine. They’re a soft and chewy noodle that are perfect for stir fry and noodle soups.
If you’re a fan of my Mongolian Beef, then you’re going to love these Beef Udon Noodles. They’re basically the cousin of that original recipe with a few adjustments. Still easy and delicious.
What You’ll Need To Make Beef Udon Noodles
Steak- your choice of beef. I used flank steak
Onions- I used both green and sweet onions
Udon Noodles- highly recommend these Udon Noodles from Ka-Me
Thai Chili Peppers- optional, but adds a nice kick, and some color.
Red Bell Pepper- optional, but this adds
For The Sauce
- Oyster Sauce
- Hoison Sauce- optional but I love the taste it adds.
- Dark Soy Sauce- for color
- Light Soy Sauce- I use low sodium soy sauce.
- Sesame Oil
- Sugar- I used brown sugar. But granulated sugar will work fine.
- Warm Water- about 3 tbsp. This will help the sugar dissolve.
- Red Pepper Flakes, optional. But I like to add an extra kick.
- Sriracha
- Garlic- grated into the sauce. You can also use garlic paste.
- Ginger- grated into the sauce. You can also use garlic paste.
More Beef Favorites:
California Smash Burger
Mango Beef
Pineapple Steak Bowl
Steak Sandwich
How to Make Beef Udon Noodles
The recipe starts by preparing the beef. As mentioned, I used Flank steak. Cut it into thin slices against the grain. Season with garlic powder, black pepper, a drizzle of oil baking soda and cornstarch. Mix until well combined. Allow to marinate for at least 10 minutes.
While the beef marinates, prepare the veggies. Cut green onions into 4ths. Thinly slice sweet onion and set to the side.
In a small bowl, combine oyster sauce, brown sugar, dark and light soy sauce, warm water, red pepper flakes, Sriracha, grated garlic and ginger. Mix until the sugar dissolves and set aside.
In a large skillet, add oil and shallow fry beef over medium high heat on both sides for about 3-4 minutes. Once the edges begin to get crispy, flip and cook for an additional 2 minutes and remove from the pan.
Drain excess oil until there’s about 1 tbsp left. Reduce the heat to medium then add in Thai chilis and onions and sautè for about 3-4 minutes, then add in minced garlic. Sautè for about 2 minutes.
Add in back in the beef, Udon noodles and the sauce. Break up the noodles gently with a spatula and toss the noodles and beef with the sauce. Add in more green onions and cook for an additional 3 minutes. Add in cornstarch slurry if needed.
Serve warm and enjoy!
Recipe variations
Feel free to customize these noodles to your liking. Here are a few ideas:
- Make it with shrimp. Don’t eat red meat? Feel free to make these Udon noodles with shrimp.
- Add veggies. Feel free to add your favorite veggies. Mushrooms, peppers or carrots would be perfect.
More fall recipes to try
Spicy Thai Basil Fried Rice
Easy 20-minute Chili Garlic Ramen
Air Fried Hennessy Wings
Crispy Fried Chicken Sandwich
If you try my Beef Udon Noodles I’d love to hear your feedback. Please be sure to leave a comment, and/or tag me on Instagram @cookwithci. I would love to see your recreations and hear your thoughts.
20 Min Beef Udon Noodles
Ingredients
- 2 packs Udon noodles
- 1/2 lbs Flank steak thinly sliced, against the grain
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 sweet onion sliced
- green onion
- dried Thai chilies use to your discretion
- 1/3 cup water
Marinade
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
For the sauce
- 2 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Hoison Sauce
- 1 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 3 tbsp warm water
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1-2 tbsp brown sugar
- red pepper flakes
- Sriracha
Toppings
- sesame seeds
- green onions
- Sriracha
- limes
Instructions
For the sauce
- In a small bowl, combine oyster sauce, Hoison sauce, dark and light soy sauce, sugar and warm water. Mix until the sugar is fully dissolved then add in minced ginger and garlic. Mix until fully combined then set aside.
For the beef
- Thinly cut beef against the grain into 1/4" strips.
- Heat 1/2 cup of oil in a wok or large pan over medium high heat. Shallow fry the beef for about 3 minutes on both sides. Remove beef from the oil and drain the excess oil, leaving about 1 tbsp.
- Sautè onions, white part of the green onion, red peppers and chili peppers in rendered beef fat until the onions begin to soften. Add in green onions and minced garlic. Sautè until the garlic is fragrant. about 2 minutes.
- Add in Udon noodles and pour in the sauce and water. Slowly break the udon then toss until it's coated. Return beef back into the pan. Add in more green onions and toss until the sauce covers the beef, noodles and veggies.
- Add a little more dark soy sauce for color, if needed. Toss together.
- Top with sesame seeds, green onions and Sriracha if desired and enjoy!
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