By Misty I.

April 8, 2020

I hope you and your family are continuing to be safe during COVID-19. Cooking simple meals with what I have in my pantry has continued to bring me joy. In the beginning, I found myself only thinking about all the ingredients I wished I had on hand but quickly reframed to look at it as a challenge instead.

One day I was scrolling @saltandlavender ‘s Instagram account and found a recipe for ground beef ramen noodle bowls. I had most of the ingredients in my pantry and decided to try it.

Almost Salt and Lavender’s Beef Ramen Noodle Bowls

Ingredients:

• ¾ pound 90/10 ground beef (Natasha uses 1 pound)
• 1 green pepper, chopped (Natasha uses ½ of a red bell pepper)
• 3 T. peanut butter
• 3 T. hoisin sauce
• 1 t. Sriracha sauce (Natasha uses ½ Tablespoon)
• 1 T. shoyu
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp. ginger, grated
• 3 packages ramen, seasoning packets discarded.

Method:

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
2. In a large skillet, fry ground beef. Drain fat.
3. Add in the bell pepper, peanut butter, hoisin sauce, sriracha, shoyu, garlic, and ginger to the ground beef and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
4. Add all three packages of noodles to the boiling water. Boil ramen for three minutes. Add ½ cup of water from noodles to the sauce to loosen. Drain ramen and add to ground beef mixture and toss.

That’s it, only easy!