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Better-Than-Takeout Dragon Noodles

Time: 25 minutes

Yield: 3 servings

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Better-Than-Takeout Dragon Noodles are throwing down the gauntlet! They know that no delivery can compete with the tender noodles, savory pork bites, and spicy-sweet sauce that they're offering up! Crunchy peanuts and notes of smoky and sweet brown sugar help make Better-Than-Takeout Dragon Noodles a mythically delicious dish! And with their speed and ease, delivery drivers are going need to invent new means of transportation to beat this!

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Ingredients

  • For the dragon sauce:
  • 1/4 cup jarred chili garlic sauce
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • For the pork and noodles:
  • 1/2 pound ground pork
  • 1/4 cup unsalted peanuts, chopped
  • 2 (3-ounce) packages ramen noodles, seasoning packets discarded or reserved for another use
  • 3 green onions, sliced, for garnish
  • sesame seeds, optional, to taste, for garnish

Directions

Step 1 -In a bowl, add the chili garlic sauce, the soy sauce, and the brown sugar and stir to combine. Set the sauce mixture aside.

Step 2 -In a skillet over medium heat, add the ground pork and cook, while crumbling, until it is no longer pink, about 5-7 minutes.

Step 3 -Drain the excess grease from the skillet.

Step 4 -Add the sauce mixture and the chopped peanuts to the cooked pork and simmer until the sauce mixture thickens and reduces by half, about 5 minutes.

Step 5 -In a pot of salted, boiling water cook the ramen noodles according to the package directions.

Step 6 -Drain the water from the pot.

Step 7 -Add the drained noodles to the pork mixture and toss until the noodles are combined and coated in the sauce.

Step 8 -Serve the noodles garnished with the green onions and the sesame seeds.

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