Beef Ramen

Name: Beef Ramen
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, very thinly sliced; a 5 cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and thinly sliced; 1 lemongrass stick, trimmed to 10 cm and crushed; 2 × 400 ml cartons of fresh beef stock; 2 star anise; 4 tbsp soy sauce; juice of 1 lime; 2 mild fresh red chillies –1 whole and 1 thinly sliced into rings; 20 g fresh coriander, leaves picked and stalks reserved; 200 g ramen noodles; 100 g shiitake mushrooms, sliced; 500 g baby spinach leaves; 225 g lean beef escalopes, sliced wafer thin; 2 baby pak choi, finely sliced; 100 g sugar snap peas, halved; 25 g fresh beansprouts; 1 × 40 g packet of toasted nori seaweed crisps, shredded

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Neven Maguire's Midweek Meals

By Neven Maguire

Published 2020

About

Making ramen at home doesn’t need to be complicated. This easy ramen recipe is ready in just 30 minutes – a quick fragrant broth with noodles and plenty of crunchy vegetables. The beef will cook on its own when stirred through the noodles and broth, but you can add it with the spinach if you prefer.

Ingredients

2 garlic cloves, very thinly sliced
a 5 cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and thinly sliced

Main course

Method

Put the garlic, ginger and lemongrass in a pan with the stock, star anise, soy sauce, lime juice, whole red chilli and coriander stalks. Bring to a simmer over a medium heat and cook for 15 minutes to allow the flavours to infuse, then strain into a clean pan. This can be covered with cling film and kept in the fridge or is perfect for freezing.

Add the ramen noodles and shiitake mushro