I got these brown rice ramen noodles at Costco a while back and we love them in our chicken noodle soup, but I really wanted to try a different recipe using them.

While searching Pinterest a recipe for vegetable ramen came up.  I was intrigued and a little bit intimidated.

I am a simple recipe kinda girl and the recipe I saw had a lot of ingredients I did not have  on hand and have never used.  It looked really good though and I am always looking for new vegan/vegetarian options so I went for it with a few changes to the original recipe.

Vegetable Ramen

• 2 squares of ramen noodles
• 1.5 tablespoon Liquid Amino (or low sodium soy sauce)
• ½ teaspoon coconut sugar
• ½ teaspoon sesame oil
• Fresh ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons avocado oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced
• 5 fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 medium carrot, julienned
• 1 ½ cups shredded cabbage
• 1 tablespoon cooking wine
• 1 cup fresh mung bean sprouts

Bring 6 cups of water to a boil. Add the noodles and cook for about 45 seconds to a minute, using a fork to stir occasionally. You want to just rehydrate the ramen until it breaks up from its square form. It’s important not to cook the ramen fully in this step! Once the ramen is rehydrated, immediately drain the noodles in a colander and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process and get rid of the excess starch.

Combine Liquid Amino, sugar, sesame oil, and  pepper in a bowl and set aside.

Heat your pan (or wok if you have one) over high heat, and add oil and garlic.  Immediately add the peppers, mushrooms, carrots, and cabbage, and stir fry for 1 minute.

Next, add the cooking wine and stir-fry for another 15 seconds.

Next, add in the cooked noodles, pulling them apart if they are stuck together. Pour the soy sauce mixture evenly over the noodles. Stir-fry for about 20 seconds using a scooping motion until the sauce is well distributed.

Finally add bean sprouts. Mix well for another minute and serve!

This made 3 nice lunch servings or 4 if serving as a side.

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It was almost better the next day and to be completely honest I ate it cold and it was super delish!  😉

Enjoy!