Name: Quick Ramen
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 packets ramen or other instant noodles, seasoning discarded; 1 tsp oil; 2 tsp sesame oil (or more oil); 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 onion, sliced; 200g / 7oz beef mince (ground beef); 1 1/4 cups (315 ml) water, plus more as needed; Big handful bean sprouts; Sauce: 1 tbsp dark soy sauce; Sauce: 1 tbsp oyster sauce (or hoisin); Sauce: 2 tsp hoisin sauce (or more oyster sauce); Sauce: 1 tbsp mirin; Garnish (optional): finely sliced green onion / shallots; Garnish (optional): sesame seeds

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Notes

One-pan: noodles cook straight in the skillet, no separate boiling. Discard the instant noodle seasoning packets. Cook the noodles for the total time stated on their packet, adding a splash more water if needed. Sub any soy sauce for dark soy (colour will be lighter); sub Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry for mirin, or for a non-alcoholic version use 1/2 cup water + 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken stock instead of the 1 1/4 cups water and skip the mirin. Any ground meat works in place of beef. If scaling up, use a larger skillet.