These stir-fried rice noodles are spicy and delicious thanks to our homemade Korean red chili pepper paste (gochujang) stir-fry sauce. We add in fresh vegetables and shrimp to make this a well-balanced meal. This recipe can also be made gluten-free with a few ingredient swaps.
Who doesn’t love stir-fried noodles?! We just love them so much. The fact that it is so easy and quick to prepare makes this a great recipe option for a busy weeknight meal.
Key features and tips
We chose shrimp as the protein for our spicy stir-fried noodles, however, feel free to swap out a protein of your choice if you don’t like shrimp. Chicken, pork, or beef would be great alternative options for the protein. You’ll just have to pre-cook the protein since we are using pre-cooked shrimp in our recipe.
We loved our choice of vegetables in our recipe – cabbage, celery, carrots, green onion, and a bit of cilantro. However, feel free to swap one or all of these vegetables out to make it to your liking.
Ingredients needed to make our easy stir-fried noodle recipe
- Package of Maifun rice sticks (thin rice noodles)
- Cooked shrimp (cleaned and deveined)
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Celery
- Green onions
- Cilantro
- Avocado oil
For the spicy stir-fry sauce:
- Garlic clove
- Korean red chili pepper paste (gochujang)* (here’s a gluten-free option)
- Soy sauce* (use Tamari sauce instead for gluten-free option)
- Seasoning sauce*
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Sugar
- Avocado oil
- Fish sauce*
- Lime juice
- Red cooking wine
*Ensure the products you choose are gluten-free if you are needing this to be a gluten-free meal option.
How to make our easy gochujang stir-fried rice noodles
Step 1: Soak the rice noodles
Soak the rice noodles in cool water for 25-30 minutes. Make sure the noodles are covered in the water entirely. Let the noodles soak until noodles have softened. Drain the noodles and set them aside. Note: Be ready to use the noodles immediately so that the noodles don’t get hard again.
Step 2: Make the spicy stir-fry sauce while noodles soak
While the noodles are soaking, mix everything for the spicy stir-fry sauce together in a small bowl. Set aside.
Step 3: Time to stir-fry the vegetables each separately
Now, it’s time to get to stir-frying. Add olive oil to a frying pan on medium heat. Once the pan is hot, then stir fry each vegetable separately until done to your likeness (crunchy versus softer veggies) – cabbage (about 4-5 minutes), carrots (about 3-4 minutes), and celery (about 3-4 minutes). Set vegetables aside (you can place everything on the same plate).
Step 4: Now stir-fry the shrimp
Next, quickly stir fry the shrimp in the same pan to warm them up and add a bit of color. Set aside with the vegetables.
Step 5: Stir-fry the noodles
Add a bit more oil to the pan to just coat the bottom of the pan. On medium-high heat, stir fry the noodles for about 10 minutes. Note: Add a dash of water (about 1 tsp) periodically while stir-frying to keep the noodles wet so that they don’t dry out.
Step 6: Add everything back in together + the spicy stir-fry sauce
Once the noodles are browned and cooked through, then add back in all the vegetables, the shrimp, and the seasoning sauce. Continue stir-frying everything together for about 2 minutes.
Step 7: Add the vibrant greens and enjoy!
Finally, add the cilantro and the green onions. Mix everything together well. Remove from heat and serve. Enjoy!
We hope you enjoy our spicy gochujang stir-fried noodles recipe!
Want more noodle recipes?
- Easy Asian-style Stir-fried Rice Noodles
- Best Korean Warm Noodle Soup
- Korean Cold Buckwheat Noodles in a Chilled Broth
- Korean Cold Noodles with Spicy Sweet and Sour Gochujang Sauce
- Upgraded Instant Ramen Recipe Hack
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Gochujang Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Shrimp
These stir-fried rice noodles are spicy and delicious thanks to our homemade Korean red chili pepper paste (gochujang) stir-fry sauce. We add in fresh vegetables and shrimp to make this a well-balanced meal.
Ingredients
- ½ package of Maifun rice sticks (thin rice noodles)
- ½ lb cooked shrimp (cleaned and deveined)
- 1 cup cabbage (shredded)
- ½ cup carrots (sliced into long thin strips/matchsticks)
- 1 celery stem (thinly sliced on the diagonal)
- 2 green onions
- ¼ cup cilantro (chopped, optional)
- 3 Tbsp avocado oil
For the spicy stir-fry sauce:
- 1 garlic clove (minced)
- 1 Tbsp Korean red chili pepper paste (gochujang)* (see Notes for a gluten-free option)
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce* (see Notes for a gluten-free option)
- 1 Tbsp seasoning sauce*
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 Tbsp avocado oil
- 1 tsp fish sauce*
- ½ Tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp red cooking wine
Instructions
- Soak the rice noodles in cool water for 25-30 minutes. Make sure the noodles are covered in the water entirely. Let the noodles soak until noodles have softened. Drain the noodles and set them aside. Note: Be ready to use the noodles immediately so that the noodles don’t get hard again.
- While the noodles are soaking, mix everything for the spicy stir-fry sauce together in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Now, it’s time to get to stir-frying. Add olive oil to a frying pan on medium heat. Once the pan is hot, then stir fry each vegetable separately until done to your likeness (crunchy versus softer veggies) - cabbage (about 4-5 minutes), carrots (about 3-4 minutes), and celery (about 3-4 minutes). Set vegetables aside (you can place everything on the same plate).
- Next, quickly stir fry the shrimp to warm them up and add a bit of color for about 3 minutes. Set aside with the vegetables.
- Add a bit more oil to the pan to just coat the bottom of the pan. On medium-high heat, stir fry the noodles for about 10 minutes. Note: Add a dash of water (about 1 tsp) periodically while stir-frying to keep the noodles wet so that they don’t dry out.
- Once the noodles are browned and cooked through, then add back in all the vegetables, the shrimp, and the seasoning sauce. Continue stir-frying everything together for about 2 minutes.
- Finally, add the cilantro and the green onions. Mix everything together well. Remove from heat and serve. Enjoy!
Notes
*Ensure the products you choose are gluten-free if you are needing this to be a gluten-free meal option. Here is a gluten-free gochujang option. Here is a Tamari sauce option that is a gluten-free soy sauce substitute.
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