I’ve been trying to bust through all the food that I bought during the quarantine lately. My pantry is overflowing, so I am slowly but surely picking dry goods that I can make meals out of. This week’s focus was: “ramen noodles.” I decided to make a spicy noodle dish out of them, and boy was it delicious! Follow along below and enjoy!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 tbsp avocado oil
• 1 cup white onion, diced
• 1 1/2 cup mushrooms, diced
• 4 cloves of garlic or 2 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tsp minced ginger
• 2 blocks of gluten-free ramen noodles (I use Lotus Foods brand!)
• 2 cups broccoli, chopped
• 1 cup of vegetable broth/split (1/2 and 1/2)
• 2 tbsp gluten-free soy sauce / or amino acids
• 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 1/2 tbsp gluten-free hoisin sauce
• 1/2 tbsp Asian sweet chili sauce (like Mae Ploy)
• 1/2 tbsp sriracha 
• 1 tsp cornstarch or xanthan gum
• 1 tsp sesame oil

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. heat your avocado oil over medium heat.
2. add onion and cook for 2 min.
3. turn heat to medium-low and add garlic and ginger, cook for an additional 3 min.
4. during this time heat your water to cook your noodles.
5. mix 1/2 cup of vegetable broth, gluten-free soy sauce, rice wine, gluten-free hoisin sauce, Asian sweet chili sauce, sriracha, and cornstarch in a bowl. Set aside.
6. place your broccoli in a bowl in your sink. You will want to catch your pasta water in this bowl to cook your broccoli.
7. once the water is boiling cook the noodles for 4 -5 min, strain over your broccoli bowl.
8. let your broccoli sit in the hot water for 3-4 min (or until cook to desired texture), drain, and rinse with cold water. set broccoli aside.
9. next, you will want to use 1/2 cup of your vegetable broth for your onion, mushroom mixture. turn the heat back up to medium, add 1 tbsp of vegetable broth at a time to the mixture. wait for the broth to evaporate before adding another tbsp (around one min.) continue this process for up to 10 min.
10. once you have completed mixing your broth with your veggie mix add your noodles, broccoli, sauce, and sesame oil to the pan. Mix well and serve!