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.
These look and sound delish! Can’t wait to try these noodles. Will the leftovers reheat well?
Hi! I usually don’t have leftovers to be honest! But, yes they should reheat just fine in the microwave, I’d start with maybe 45 seconds because they won’t take long at all. 🙂
Made these as a meal-prep for lunch for my work week, and they heated up perfectly fine in the microwave!
I love this recipe! I prefer drier, stir-fried style ramen noodles over those in a broth and being able to make them at home like this is great.
Very good recipe and easy to make! Would love to make it with chicken next time.
I haven’t made this yet, but I know it will be good. I want to serve it as a room temperature side dish. Had anyone had it cold? I think it would be great!
made this for meal prep for work and it was great! all the girls at work want the recipe now too!
Ramen ? noodles with a kick! Thank you ? for sharing followed recipe but next time I’ll use less sriracha but that’s just my taste!
Was amazing
it’s 3am and I really just wanted some sesame noodles and this was for sure the perfect recipe. thank you so much!
Can I Stir in some pork shoulder..
Sure I think cooked pork would be really good! 🙂
Great recipe. I added zucchini and onions to the garlic and served with baked chicken. Very quick and delicious dinner for our family.