Wholesome Beef Noodles

Wholesome Beef Noodles are a comfortable, flavorful, and completely takeout dish made higher at residence! This Chinese language-inspired recipe is bursting with daring flavors, tender beef, and vibrant veggies, all for simply 5 Factors per serving. It’s a fast, one-pan meal that the entire household will love.

By flipping the standard noodle-to-veggie ratio, we pack this dish with coloration, crunch, and diet—with out sacrificing that wealthy, savory beef taste you’re keen on. Only a easy marinade, a quick stir-fry, and dinner is prepared in an hour (half of that’s the beef resting within the fridge). Don’t miss our different Weight Watchers dinner recipes!

Why attempt wholesome beef noodles?

• Flank steak marinated in ginger and tamari. Skinny slices of flank steak sit for half-hour in recent grated ginger, tamari, rice wine vinegar, a packet of stevia and somewhat toasted sesame oil, then get a one-minute sear per aspect in a sizzling wok.
• Brown rice noodles, no pot to boil. 4 ounces soak in sizzling water for eight minutes till they’re versatile however nonetheless agency, then go straight into the wok on the finish.
• Extra veggies than noodles. Pink onion, crimson bell pepper, zucchini, carrot and broccoli go in by the cup, stir-fried in batches so that they keep crisp and shiny, with recent basil and sesame seeds on high.
• 5 Factors, one wok. The meat, the veggies and the noodles all come collectively in the identical wok with a sauce that’s simply tamari and rice wine vinegar (the broccoli will get a fast steam on the aspect so it stays shiny inexperienced).

Recipe Overview

• Serving Measurement: 241 g
• Variety of Servings: 4
• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Marinate Time: half-hour
• Prepare dinner Time: 10 minutes
• Complete Time: 1 hour
• 5 WW Factors Per Serving. You’ll be able to view the recipe on the WW App right here. (WW login required.)

Elements

For the marinade:

• ½ lb (225 g) flank steak, thinly sliced towards the grain
• 1 tbsp recent grated ginger (15 g)
• ¼ cup tamari or soy sauce (60 ml)
• 1 packet stevia (or 1 tsp sugar)
• 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar (15 ml)
• 1 tsp toasted sesame oil (7 ml)

For the stir-fry:

• 4 oz brown rice noodles (120 g)
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil (15 ml), divided
• ½ crimson onion, sliced (½ cup/50 g)
• ½ crimson bell pepper, julienned (½ cup/60 g)
• 1 small zucchini, julienned (1 cup/120 g)
• 1 carrot, julienned (½ cup/60 g)
• 1 cup broccoli florets (90 g)
• ¼ cup recent basil leaves (5 g)
• 1 tsp sesame seeds (5 g)

Sauce:

• ¼ cup tamari (60 ml)
• 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar (15 ml)

Directions

1. Marinate the meat: Mix sliced beef with ginger, ¼ cup tamari, stevia, 1 tbsp vinegar, and ½ tbsp sesame oil. Therapeutic massage and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Prep the noodles: Soak brown rice noodles in sizzling water for 8 minutes till versatile however agency. Drain and rinse with chilly water.
3. Sear the meat: Warmth ½ tbsp sesame oil in a wok over excessive warmth. Add beef in a single layer and sear for 1 min per aspect till browned however not cooked by. Take away to a plate.
4. Stir-fry the veggies: First batch: Add ½ tsp oil to the wok. Stir-fry onion and bell pepper for two minutes till barely charred. Take away.
5. Second batch: Add ½ tsp oil. Stir-fry zucchini and carrot for 3 minutes till crisp-tender. Take away. Broccoli: Steam individually (or blanch for 1 min) to protect shiny inexperienced coloration.
6. Mix every thing: Return all veggies to the wok. Add noodles, cooked beef, ¼ cup tamari, and 1 tbsp vinegar. Toss gently for two minutes over medium warmth till heated by and the sauce coats evenly.
7. Garnish and serve: Sprinkle it with sesame seeds and basil. Serve instantly.

Suggestions and Tips for Making Wholesome Beef Noodles

I consider Asian cooks have completely decoded Western tastes—the recipes we love most share a number of traits which can be really extra Western than Asian. Right here’s the best way to obtain that addictive restaurant-style taste and presentation each time.

• That impossible to resist umami taste comes partly from MSG (Monosodium Glutamate), a salt ample in soy sauce and different seasonings. Including somewhat further enhances the style superbly. It’s a staple in Chinese language-American cooking.
• Asian cooks generously use recent ginger paired with ample oil, which dramatically boosts taste. For our WW model, we’ll maintain the ginger (together with soy sauce and a sweetener) for that traditional style however skip the surplus oil to maintain factors in test.
• At all times marinate the meat for not less than half-hour. Add salt on the finish since soy sauce already incorporates lots.
• Reduce all greens to the identical dimension for even cooking, and purpose for crisp-tender (“al dente”). Overcooking dulls their colours and ruins their visible enchantment.
• This dish is greatest cooked and eaten recent—it doesn’t work effectively for meal prep.

As soon as the wok is out, maintain it going. Our Wholesome Rooster Stir Fry makes use of the identical high-heat methodology with hen, broccoli, bell pepper, carrot and child corn in a light-weight soy and ginger sauce, and it will get to the desk even quicker as a result of there is no such thing as a marinating. Wish to flip it right into a full feast? Serve it along with your favourite Weight Watchers aspect dishes! And in case you are after one other takeout repair, these two are subsequent: