Easy Asian Sesame Beef Noodle soup

I cannot go to a Thai or Vietnamese restaurant without ordering some kind of soup! Soups are healthy, light, spicy, warm, and perfect for a cool fall evening. But making soup can be extremely time-consuming. But this Easy Asian Beef Noodle soup is simple and quick!

And if you're anything like me and you'd rather not dedicate your entire weekend to cooking and need a few quick, easy, and healthy weeknight dinner recipes in my back pocket, that's where this delicious, quick, and easy Asian Sesame Beef Noodle Soup recipe comes in. It's a one-pot meal made with ramen noodles and Asian Sesame Salad dressing.

🥘Ingredient Notes

Who knew salad dressing was such a quick and easy way to get lots of flavor into your beef noodle soup? Well, I discovered, through this experiment, that it is. It adds a very full-bodied flavor to this soup! I also add fresh ginger, garlic, cilantro, and bok choy to this soup to give it that extra fresh taste!

For this quick Beef Asian Noodle Soup recipe, you'll need:

• Beef strips. You can use stir-fry beef or cut beef into thin slices. You don't need expensive beef for this soup.
• Beef soup broth. I use beef bouillon and water.
• Ramen noodles. I used the Ramen noodles from Ramen soup and discarded the flavor packets. But I usually buy gluten-free Ramen noodles from Costco.
• Asian Sesame salad dressing. You can use store-bought or make your own. It gives the soup tons of flavor!
• Bok choy. Bok choy adds leafy green nutrients to this soup and has a mild flavor. You can use bok choy or baby bok choy.
• Sriracha sauce. Gives it spice!
• Fresh cilantro, ginger, and garlic. Give this soup a really fresh taste - these ingredients are critical!
• Lime juice. I use lime juice from concentrate as it's economical, and I always have it on hand.

📖 Variations & Substitutions

• Weight Watchers friendlier - use light salad dressing and you can even substitute chicken breast for the beef
• Gluten-free - use rice ramen noodles and a gluten-free salad dressing
• Salad dressing- You could use homemade Asian Sesame dressing instead of store-bought
• Ramen noodles - you can use the packaged ramen noodles and discard the flavoring or use rice noodles or other Asian noodles
• Bok Choy - you can substitute baby spinach
• Lime juice - You can substitute fresh lime juice for lime juice from concentrate, but you'll need to use double the amount of fresh
• Add-ins - add bean sprouts and/or star anise, and top with a hard-boiled egg, if desired.

🔪🥬How to Make Asian Beef Noodle Soup

This tasty soup is very easy to make:

Cook beef in a pot on the stove top over medium heat until cooked through (medium rare to medium, depending on your preference).

Add beef broth to beef and bring to a boil over medium-high,  then add ramen noodles.

Cook noodles on boil for 1 minute until noodles start to separate, then separate further with a fork.

Add all remaining ingredients.

Reduce to medium-low heat. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat. 

Garnish with additional cilantro, green onion, and lime wedges, if desired.

🎥 Video

If you are not familiar with bok choy and are not sure how to chop it, here's a video: How to chop bok choy.

👪 Serving Size

This Asian Sesame soup serves 8. However, you can cut it in half or double or triple it. Simply click on the serving size in the recipe card, select the number of servings, and the recipe amounts will adjust accordingly.

🌡️Storing

This Easy Asian soup recipe can be made ahead - it keeps well in the fridge for up to 4 days in an airtight container. I do not recommend freezing this recipe.

Reheating: Reheat in the microwave for about 2 minutes (depending on your microwave wattage) or reheat on the stovetop on medium- low, while stirring frequently, until warmed through.

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