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Asian Noodly Thing 

serves 4 
about 30 minutes to prepare 
stovetop 

1 lb ground beef 
1/2 onion, diced 
1 leek, white and pale green parts coarsely chopped 
1 stalk celery, thinly sliced 
2 small carrots, thinly sliced 
1 tsp sesame oil 
1 1/2 tsp fresh ginger 
1 clove garlic, minced 
3/4 cup beef bouillon 
1/3 cup hoisin sauce 
1 Tbsp. soy sauce 
2 tsp cornstarch mixed into 
3 Tbsp cold water 
salt and pepper, to season ground beef 
about 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley 
1/2 package of instant asian noodles (400gr package)
OR 2 packages of ramen noodles, no seasoning packet 

Start water boiling for instant noodles. Wait to cook noodles until right before serving.

Preheat a medium sized skillet. Spray with cooking spray and add the sesame oil. Add in onions, leeks and celery, and stir fry for about 2 minutes, or until the onion is starting to soften. Add carrots, stir fry for another minute or so, just until carrots start to soften (they will still be crunchy). Remove leek mixture to a bowl, and in same pan brown ground beef with garlic and ginger until beef is thoroughly cooked – season with salt and pepper to taste while cooking.

Once beef is cooked, add the leek mixture back to the pan. Stir in the beef bouillon, hoisin sauce and soy sauce. Heat to boiling point, stir the cornstarch into the water, and then into the pan. Cook for about 2 minutes, until thickened, remove from heat, add parsley. Serve over cooked noodles.