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This one-pan Sticky Beef & Noodles is packed with flavour and totally satisfying for a no-fuss midweek dinner. Plus it’s ready in under 30 minutes!
I would say this recipe takes about 20 minutes in total. Which, if we consider just how tasty this dinner is, we’re looking at a total WINNER of a dish for the whole family.
The tender meat in this Sticky Beef & Noodles is pair with crunchy green vegetables, a quick, salty, rich sauce and those hearty egg noodles to soak it all up with.
Apart from the soaking of the noodles and a little sauce bowl, we’re cooking this all in one pan too, giving this extra points for midweek speed and satisfaction.
I hope you love it! ❤️
Why you’ll love this Beef Noodles recipe
⭐️ Super speedy full meal
⭐️ Easy to make and loads of flavour
⭐️ Made in one pan – hardly any washing up!
How we came up with this recipe
Making one pan meals is one of my greatest joys, because I know how much they are needed in our busy lives.
So many of you loved my Slow Cooker Beef and Noodles recipe, I thought I’d work on a one pot, quicker, version.
We tested this recipe originally with beef mince but felt that steak would give us more of the fakeaway/takeaway feeling we wanted.
Then we tested using one full portion of steak per person, but discounted this as it works out very expensive.
If this is up your street, you might also like my Easy Chicken Chow Mein and Easy Beef Fried Rice – also one pot recipes.
Ingredients
- Steak – Any kind of stir-fry steak is OK. Flank steak or sirloin steak work really well. Rump steak is also fine. I cut off the fat and slice thinly (see notes below).
- Broccoli – We’re using a whole head
- Mangetout – French beans or sugar snap would also work
- Dried egg noodles – Straight to wok noodles would also work
For the sauce:
- Ginger – Fresh or jarred is fine
- Garlic – As above
- Oyster sauce
- Dark soy sauce – I go for reduced sodium
- Honey – The runny type
- Tomato sauce
To serve:
- Spring onions
How to make Sticky Beef Noodles
1. Start with mixing the sauce ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
2. Soak the noodles in a bowl of boiling water. Pop a plate over the top and set aside.
3. Fry your sliced beef over a high heat as per the recipe below..
4. Add the vegetables to the pan. When softened, drain the noodles and add to the pan along with the sauce. Coat well and top with spring onions.
Hint: Keep and eye on the noodles and stir with a fork a few times to make sure they soften evenly as they soak.
Substitutions
- Vegetables – Really you can use up any vegetables you have for this. Green works really well with steak, but whatever you have in the fridge will also be good.
Leftovers
In the fridge You can keep this recipe in the fridge for 3 days. Reheat fully before serving. You may need to add a splash of water before reheating.
In the freezer Cooked noodles don’t generally freeze very well, but I would rather freeze than throw it away. If you can freeze it without the noodles, that would be best. Make sure you defrost thoroughly before reheating.
Top tips
Saltiness
The sauce for this recipe is quite salty as it is soy sauce based. You don’t need extra salt and you can use reduced sodium soy sauce, like I do.
Time saving
If you have time during the day, you can do all the chopping prep and make up the sauce beforehand. This way, dinner time will be even quicker before it’s on your plates!
Cutting meat ‘Against the Grain’
When you cut the steak into thin strips it’s really quite important to cut AGAINST the grain. This just means that you look for the lines that run along the meat and instead of cutting in the same direction, you cut across them.
This helps the steak to be tender instead of chewy, because essentially we’re cutting across muscle fibres and breaking them down into much smaller sections.
FAQs
Yes, you can. Make sure you use gluten free noodles, a tamari-style of gluten free soy sauce and gluten free oyster sauce.
Check the label on your tomato sauce to be safe.
I use the dried egg noodles that take just a short time to soften in boiling water before adding them into the pan to mix with everything else.
You can also use straight to wok noodles if you prefer.
You could either use a wok if you have one that’s big enough, or any kind of decent saute pan.
I recently tasked myself with trying out a variety of one-pan pans in a quest to find out which ones were up to the important job of making an all-in-one meal. Read my pan review here. I hope it helps!
Yes! Try out my Slow Cooker Chicken Noodles with Curry Sauce, my Honey Garlic Beef Noodles (also a slow cooker recipe), my Peanut Butter with Halloumi Noodles or my 15-minute Gyoza Noodle Soup.
Let me know how you got on and what you thought of these recipes. Please rate the recipe using the ⭐️ below.
Also I’d LOVE to see your cooking creations. If you’d like to share yours with me, you can tag me on Instagram (@tamingtwins).
Sticky Beef & Noodles {One Pan}
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Sunflower oil
- 400 g Steak, Fat removed and cut into thin strips. See notes
- 300 g Broccoli, Or a whole head
- 160 g Mange tout
- 250 g Dried egg noodles
For the sauce:
- 1 tbsp Ginger, Crushed, fresh chopped or jar
- 4 Cloves Garlic, Peeled and crushed
- 5 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 6 tbsp Dark soy sauce, Reduced sodium
- 6 tbsp Honey
- 6 tbsp Tomato ketchup
To serve:
- 4 Spring onions, Trimmed and thinly sliced
Instructions
- Stir the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.
- Place noodles in a bowl. Pour boiling water straight from the kettle over the noodles, pop a plate over the top and leave to soak while you cook the stir fry.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok and add the beef. Stir over a high heat for 4-5 minutes.
- Stir the noodles with a fork to make sure they are softening evenly.
- Add the broccoli and mangetout and cook for a further 4-5 minutes until softened a little.
- Drain the noodles and add to the pan. Add the sauce and heat, coating the ingredients.
- Stir well and serve with the chopped spring onions and sesame seeds.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
