Ground Pork Ramen

Ground Pork Ramen

  Ready in : 20 mins
  Preparation time : 5 mins
  Cooking time: 15 mins

Ground Pork Ramen requires roughly 20 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 548 calories, 27g of protein, and 34g of fat. This gluten free and dairy free recipe serves 4 and costs $1.2 per serving. It is brought to you by spoonacular user maplewoodroad. If you have soy sauce, vegetable oil, ground pork, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a reasonably priced main course.

Ingredients

ramen

ramen

9 oz

vegetable oil

vegetable oil

2 Tbsp

ground pork

ground pork

1 lb

celery

celery

4 stalks

garlic

garlic

1 Tbsp

oyster sauce

oyster sauce

3 Tbsp

soy sauce

soy sauce

3 Tbsp

chili paste

chili paste

4 servings

cilantro

cilantro

1 c

lime wedges

lime wedges

4 servings

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    While you’re chopping your veggies and collecting the other ingredients, cook ramen noodles (without using the seasoning packet). Before you drain them, scoop out about half a cup of the water and set aside. This liquid will become part of the sauce. 

    seasoning mix

    seasoning mix

    ramen noodles

    ramen noodles

    water

    water

  2. 2
    Drain the noodles and rinse in cold water, so they’ll stop cooking. Cooked ramen should be springy but not spongy. 

    pasta

    pasta

    ramen noodles

    ramen noodles

    water

    water

  3. 3
    Heat a tablespoon of vegetable oil over high heat in a sauté pan and brown the ground pork. Use a wooden spoon to break apart any clumps. Do not season the meat with salt and pepper. 

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    vegetable oil

    vegetable oil

    ground pork

    ground pork

    meat

    meat

    wooden spoon
    wooden spoon
    frying pan
    frying pan
  4. 4
    Cook the pork until it’s browned or even let it cook until it’s crisp, your preference. 

    pork

    pork

  5. 5
    After about 8 minutes, the pork should have nicely browned and can be removed from the pan. 

    pork

    pork

    frying pan
    frying pan
  6. 6
    Add another tablespoon of vegetable oil to the same pan and sauté the celery and/or any other vegetable you’re using for about two minutes.

    vegetable oil

    vegetable oil

    vegetable

    vegetable

    celery

    celery

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    frying pan
  7. 7
    Add garlic for another 30 seconds. 

    garlic

    garlic

  8. 8
    Add reserved pasta water to the pan and stir in three tablespoons of oyster and soy sauce each. 

    water

    water

    soy sauce

    soy sauce

    oysters

    oysters

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    frying pan
  9. 9
    Use a wooden spoon to scrape off the burnt pork bits (the best stuff) from the bottom of the pan. 

    pork

    pork

    wooden spoon
    wooden spoon
    frying pan
    frying pan
  10. 10
    Add the pork back into the pan and then add the noodles.

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    pasta

    pork

    pork

    frying pan
    frying pan
  11. 11
    Finally, add some heat like hot sauce, chili paste, sriracha, hot pepper flakes, etc, and mix everything well. 

    chili paste

    chili paste

    chili pepper

    chili pepper

    hot sauce

    hot sauce

    sriracha

    sriracha

  12. 12
    Sprinkle with some chopped cilantro, garnish with lime wedges, and serve. I love to squeeze some lime juice over everything. It gives the dish a light, refreshing touch that mingles nicely with the spiciness and the umami flavor provided by the oyster and soy sauces. 

    lime wedge

    lime wedge

    lime juice

    lime juice

    cilantro

    cilantro

    oysters

    oysters