Asian Mushroom Ramen Noodles

This is the mushroom version of the Beef and Chicken Vegetable Ramen Noodles which have rapidly become firm reader favourites!

“We can never have enough ramen noodle recipes!”

Asian Mushroom Ramen Noodles

Instant ramen is economical, versatile and quick to prepare. But if you’re thinking of plonking it into a saucepan with the packet seasoning mix and adding some chopped veggies – STOP! You can make that ramen taste so much better – with very little effort. Toss the seasoning packet. Make a simple 4 ingredient Asian sauce. And add this ↓↓↓↓ (THIS being caramelised mushrooms….)

You know just by looking at those mushrooms that this is going to be one seriously tasty dish, right??

What you need

There’s very few ingredients in this – and basically no chopping. (5 knife strikes on a bunch of green onions barely counts as chopping) Don’t let the short list of ingredients fool you. This 4 ingredient Asian sauce is terrific – a deep, intense savoury flavour with a touch of sweet. If you doubt me, read some of the feedback on the Quick Asian Beef Ramen Noodles which uses the same sauce! Chinese Cooking Wine, dry sherry or for a non alcoholic sub, just switch the water for chicken broth!

How to make this quick ramen noodle recipe

The key to this recipe is sautéing the mushrooms until golden, then adding the Asian Sauce which glazes the mushrooms. This flavour carries through the whole dish, and it’s the secret in this recipe to transform instant ramen into an amazing dish that’s Can’t-Stop-Eating-It great! Once that’s done, I use my usual quick and easy technique of pushing the mushrooms to the edge, adding water then cooking the noodles right there in the same skillet. The instant ramen noodles take a mere 2 to 3 minutes to cook. No need to bother cooking the noodles separately. Instant ramen noodles are built to be dummy proof so this recipe is highly forgiving – you can toss ’em around, add more water, cook ’em too long and they’re still going to be fine!

The dish is ready when the noodles are soft and the sauce has reduced down to a glossy sauce that coats the noodles and mushrooms. Totally slurp-worthy!

What to serve with Asian Mushroom noodles

I’m sharing today’s ramen noodle recipe as an Asian side dish because it dawned on me recently that I’m short in that area. It’s very versatile and will pair well with any Asian food, including Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese. Here are some ideas.

As a side dish

Try it on the side of this an Asian marinated chicken, such as:

Chinese Char Siu chicken Thai marinated Chicken or Southern Thai Tumeric Chicken Thai Coconut Chicken Sticky Chicken Drumsticks with Chinese Plum Sauce

Or an Asian salmon or prawn/shrimp dish such as Japanese Salmon, Miso Marinated Salmon, Asian Chilli Garlic Prawns or Chinese Steamed Ginger Shallot Fish.

Make a meal out of smaller dishes

Or make a meal out of dishes usually served as part of a banquet, such as:

Egg Foo Young Chinese Lettuce Wraps (San Choy Bow) Potstickers or Gyoza Thai Satay Chicken Asian Chilli Garlic Shrimp/Prawns

To transform this recipe into a meal by adding more vegetables and a protein, I suggest popping over to the Chicken and Vegetable Ramen Noodles recipe. Follow those directions, but use mushrooms in place of some of the vegetables called for in that recipe. 🙂 – Nagi x

Asian Mushroom Ramen Noodles

Watch how to make it

Watch how to make instant ramen taste better than you ever imagined!

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Caramelised Asian Mushroom Ramen Noodles – this recipe. Caramelised mushrooms tossed through ramen noodles in a sweet savoury Asian sauce One Pot Chicken and Vegetable Ramen Noodles – loads of hidden veggies! Quick Asian Beef Ramen Noodles – with caramelised ground beef Ramen Noodle Salad with Creamy Sesame Peanut Dressing – terrific for work lunchboxes Chow Mein Ramen Noodles – the faster way to make Chow Mein