Sesame Garlic Ramen Noodles is the best ramen noodle recipe made easy at home with a simple and super flavorful sauce! Make ramen at home even better!
I grew up eating ramen noodles boiled right along with that super salty packet of seasoning, probably like most of us did! As we get older, and realize we probably don’t need ALL that sodium, but we do need flavor and quick, budget-friendly recipes, we start wondering what else can I do what that packet of crunchy noodles?! While we’re at it, this Miso Ramen is absolutely out of this world and we also love this tasty Veggie Beef Ramen too!
Ramen Noodles:
Packets of ramen are actually super versatile because they simply don’t taste like much on their own! Ditch the spice packet that comes with the noodles. When you use it, it kinda feels like eating salt water, because you basically are! My Sesame Garlic Ramen Noodles are one of my favorite ramen “hacks” because I can still take a product that is super duper easy on my budget, impossibly quick to make, and turn it into something amazing! The sauce for this recipe is full of garlic, sesame oil, sriracha, brown sugar, and soy sauce! Seriously good flavor here, and the sauce only takes 3-5 minutes to make, so it will be done at the same time your noodles are! This recipe has become one of our most popular! If you love it be sure to try this Thai Peanut Ramen Noodles Recipe too as well as our Beef and Broccoli Ramen Soup!
How do you Make Ramen Better?
Simple! Like we talked about above, ditch the spice/salt packet that comes with the noodles and make your own sauce! The ingredients for this recipe are sesame oil, packaged ramen noodles, garlic, soy sauce, brown sugar, and sriracha. The sriracha can be added to your own taste.
You will start by cooking your noodles according to package directions. While they are cooking simply heat your sesame oil in a medium skillet and saute the garlic for one minute. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the remaining sauce ingredients. Then, drain your ramen and toss them in the sauce!
You can then eat these noodles as are or taste them and see if you’d like more spice. If so, add a bit more sriracha until desired heat is reached. I happen to love sesame oil so I often drizzle more over the prepared noodles. Top these with chopped green onions, peanuts, or sesame seeds!
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Sesame Garlic Ramen Noodles
Ingredients
- 2 3 Ounce Packages of Ramen Noodles, Seasoning Packet Discarded
- 2 Teaspoons Sesame Oil
- 2 Cloves Garlic, Minced
- 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce** Low Sodium is Best
- 1 Teaspoon Brown Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Sriracha*
Instructions
- Cook the ramen noodles without the seasoning packet as directed on package. Drain and set aside.
- Heat the sesame oil in a small skillet or saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook the garlic, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the soy sauce, brown sugar, and sriracha until combined.
- Toss the noodles with the sauce.
- Garnish with green onions if desired.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I added an extra teaspoon of brown sugar & fried up 1/2 kg of chicken breast to add in at the end ….
ABSOLUTELY A WINNER ….
THANK YOU…for simple & delicious!!
Subbed with 1/2 Tbl Low Salt Tamari .. 2 Tsp Coconut Sugar
Added shredded Swiss Chard (cooked) .. 2 Tbl Low Sodium Chicken broth for juicier Ramen
Next time will add shrimp. The possibilities are when you have a GREAT start!!
Thx again.
Can you make these ahead of time and reheat later?
Quick and easy to make. fried some mushrooms with the garlic and sesame oil and it was amazing with the noodles
Definitely very good! I like mine a little sweeter so maybe I’ll add more brown sugar next time. But overall very good! I am pregnant and have a three year old and my husband loves ramen so I was looking for a good ramen recipe! Thank you very much!
My husband and I loved this! It was delicious and very spicy. I would add less garlic next time though.
This was delicious I even doubled the portion to share with a few other people. (I kept the original amount of saracha) it was great everyone love it and it was by far my favorite ramen recipe I’ve made.
I am a complete spice wimp…. so I’m very thankful that I caught myself before I added both TSP of hot sauce. I added slightly over 1 and it was quite spicy…. next time I will do an even TSP and I think that will be a good balance of sweet & spicy! Good & easy recipe, thank you!
I make this all the time hubby loves it and so do I. I crave defiantly be making it lot since I am pregnant. Super easy super yummy. And sometimes I place hot the brown sugar with honey or maple if I don’t have brown sugar. Defiantly healthy alternative to ramen since i am pregnant and easy since I work a lot..
Really good! I used a combo of toasted sesame oil and pure sesame seed oil
One large clove of garlic. Extra Sriracha! 10/10
Extra sesame seeds.
My ramen loving teen flipped over this! So good!