Pork and Kimchi Noodle Stir Fry: Korean Style

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by Todd + Diane

Craving an easy Korean inspired dinner? Our pork noodle stir fry with kim chi is so flavorful and perfect for a quick weeknight meal.

Pork and Kimchi Noodles Recipe

It was last month that we photographed an assignment that involved way too many quinoa recipes. How many exactly? Let’s just say that we were blinded by quinoa grains and couldn’t stomach another bite of anything whole grain. It was an assignment that could have benefited our personal health, unlike some chocolate and co*cktail shoots we’ve been working on lately. But after the 8th recipe test and shot, we were hankering to go back to shooting and eating chocolate.Don’t get us wrong cause we adore our healthy grains and lunches, but there’s times when the body need to hold-off on the fiber and chew on something a little more……dangerous.

Video: Recipe for Korean Style Pork and Kimchi Noodles

Easy Stir Fry Noodle Recipe

We were craving something bold. Something really flavorful with a kick of heat that jump-starts our fiber filled … brains. Adding to that dangerous dish, a little bit of ferment and delicious stink of kimchi would do the trick. Oh kimchi, the ubiquitous and famous Korean spicy fermented cabbage. It’s a side dish that has its lovers and haters. For us, we love it so much that we make it homemade. Homemade? Yes, but that’s another post.As lunch time was approaching, the whole team agreed that we were craving something crazy bold and loaded with flavor. With only about 30 minutes available for a break, we whipped out some packages of ramen noodles that we always have on hand for emergency soup fixes at the studio and boiled those for our bed of noodles. Boiled, without the seasoning packet, of course.

Next, we had some leftover ground pork and a bottle of homemade kimchi in the studio fridge. It all stared to make sense as we stared at the table full of quinoa recipes. Pork and noodle stir fry was the only way to go and get our sanity back. And within 30 minutes, we had a huge…..we mean…HUGE…pan of the most yummy stir fried pork and kimchi noodles that one could cook in 10 minutes.

Raise your hand if you like pork, if you enjoy noodles and if you love kimchi. If you’ve say yes to all three, then this noodle dish is for you. You’ll love it! And as for all the rest of the quinoa dishes that we made? They all got donated to our hungry UPS, Fed-Ex and US Postal Service delivery guys. They deserved it!

enjoy,

diane and todd

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Pork and Kim Chi Noodle Stir Fry

Yield: 4 Servings

Total Time: 30 minutes mins

For this recipe, the noodles we used were from packaged ramen. You can use any Asian noodle that you like, but the package ramen noodles worked great and cooked al-dente. But remember to discard the seasoning packets.

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Ingredients

1/2 pound (or about 2 ramen packages) dried Asian noodles , cooked al dente
2 tablespoons oil
1 pound ground pork
1/2 medium onion , finely diced
3 cloves garlic , minced
1/4 cup water
2 Tablespoons fish sauce (or soy sauce, but fish sauce tastes better)
2 teaspoons sugar
2 cups kimchi
1/2 cup green onions , plus additional for garnish

Instructions

Cook noodles to package instructions. Rinse, drain and set aside.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oil, then add onions, and garlic. Cook onions and garlic till translucent and fragrant. Add the pork. Cook until the pork is browned and cooked though, 5-8 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium. Stir in the water, fish sauce, and sugar. Stir in the noodles and cook until the noodles are heated through, 1-2 minutes.
Fold in kim chi and green onions, cook for an additional minute to warm kim chi. Plate, garnish with additional green onions and serve warm.

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Nutrition Information per Serving

Calories: 590kcal, Carbohydrates: 52g, Protein: 22g, Fat: 31g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Cholesterol: 82mg, Sodium: 877mg, Potassium: 432mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 125IU, Vitamin C: 5mg, Calcium: 46mg, Iron: 2mg

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Asian, Stove Top

Calories: 590

Here’s some more great korean recipes to explore. This recipe was originally published in 2014 and re-publised in 2020 with new video and photos!

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32 comments on “Pork and KimChi Noodle Stir Fry: Ramen Hack”

Liz Streithorst — June 25, 2021 @ 4:15 pm Reply

This was a surprising combination of ingredients. It was a flavor bomb. I made it tonight because I had all the ingredients and wanted something easy and tasty. I’m delighted to have found this recipe. I’ll be making it again.
Denise K. — April 24, 2020 @ 8:36 am Reply

So delicious! I never had kimchi and tried it for the first time with this recipe. it added a nice crunch of unexpected flavor to the dish. I will add this to my food rotation. Thank you!
- — May 9, 2020 @ 10:42 am Reply
  
  That’s awesome Denise that you tried Kimchi! Even better that you enjoy it and loved the recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Mariya Zafirova — April 19, 2020 @ 5:26 am Reply

Omg, it looks so yummy!
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Cam — April 15, 2020 @ 9:08 pm Reply

Really loved adding ramen noodles with the Kimchi and pork! We’ll definitely be making this again.
dora ching — April 12, 2020 @ 8:02 am Reply

can I use homemade noodles for this recipe?
- — April 12, 2020 @ 8:57 am Reply
  
  Hi Dora, yes you can totally use homemade noodles. That sounds fantastic!
mitch — December 6, 2019 @ 5:36 pm Reply

Second attempt at what the foodies I serve say is absolute perfection!!! Add in zucchini because you did not have onions just onion powder WOO HOO Spice it up with Spiced Ground Pork. Wing it and be danged when you don’t really know what is to be done (but trust your instincts) this is an awe inspiring recipe for us “BUDDERS!”
GRACE STEWART — July 6, 2019 @ 6:34 am Reply

I love this dish so very much! Have made it several times and shared a photo on IG as well. So delicious, easy, and has some of my favorite foods. Thank you for this delicious recipe!
- — July 13, 2019 @ 10:33 pm Reply
  
  So glad you enjoyed the noodles Grace! We’ll have to check out your IG pic! Thanks so much for sharing.
Cyn — April 5, 2019 @ 9:01 am Reply

What noodle options do you recommend?
Kelly — July 20, 2016 @ 10:08 am Reply

I made this last night and followed the recipe exactly. Wow! It was absolutely delicious, and will be made again and again in this household! Thanks!
Carissa {DomesticDreamboat} — February 14, 2014 @ 5:23 am Reply

I made this dish last week, and it was delicious! The only change I made was to use dried Chinese noodles instead of the ramen, and they turned out great! I will definitely be making this again.
Hannah — February 5, 2014 @ 9:49 pm Reply

Aside from some chopped carrots, I followed this recipe to a T and it was amazing! I’m going to make this over and over again.
Minna — February 5, 2014 @ 4:51 pm Reply

Swap the noodles for some rice and nix the sugar and you’ll have some amazing kimchi fried rice.
Nicole (MyLoveForCooking) — January 29, 2014 @ 7:46 pm Reply

I love everything about this! Must try! 🙂

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