Gochujang Noodles with Salmon
These flavorful gochujang noodles are packed with veggies and salmon, coated in a sweet and savory sauce and finished with a quick pickle. This quick and easy noodle recipe is perfect for a midweek meal.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time25 minutes mins
Course: Dinner, Noodles, Stir Fry
Cuisine: Korean
Servings: 3
Calories: 600kcal
For pickled cabbage
- 1 cup shredded red cabbage
- ½ - 1 inch ginger sliced into thin matchsticks
- ⅓ cup rice wine vinegar
- ⅓ cup water
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon gochugaru (optional)
For the stir fry
- 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- ½ yellow bell pepper cut into strips
- 100 g fine green beans cut in half
- 100 g sugar snap peas cut in half diagonally
- 4 green onions cut into 3 inch pieces and then in half lengthwise
- 2 salmon fillets skin on (~240g)
- 200 g shandong ramen noodles cooked and drained, or soba noodles
To make the sauce
Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a little bowl (see notes if you want to tone down the heat.)
2 tablespoons gochujang, 3 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, 2 teaspoons sesame oil, 1 inch fresh ginger, 2 garlic cloves
To make the pickle
Slice your red cabbage very thinly on a mandolin. You can use a food processor or a knife too, just get it as fine as you can. The finer it is, the quicker the pickle works! Slice your ginger into fine matchsticks.
1 cup shredded red cabbage, ½ - 1 inch ginger
Add the vinegar, water, sugar and salt to a small dish and whisk together to dissolve completely. Add the cabbage and ginger mix and stir together with the gochugaru flakes, if using. Set aside for the rest of the cooking of the time, 10-20 minutes is fine if it's sliced finely enough.
⅓ cup rice wine vinegar, ⅓ cup water, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sugar, ⅛ teaspoon gochugaru
To make the stir fry
Spread a spoonful of the gochujang sauce over each salmon fillet and rub over the flesh. Place in the preheated oven on a baking sheet and bake for 9-10 minutes until perfectly cooked. Flake the salmon and remove it from the skin, set aside.
2 salmon fillets
Meanwhile prep the veg and place a pan of salted water on to boil the noodles, this only takes 4 minutes for shandong noodles (follow your packet instructions). Heat the wok or a large frying pan with vegetable oil, and stir fry the veg for 4-5 minutes, until starting to soften slightly.
½ yellow bell pepper, 100 g fine green beans, 100 g sugar snap peas, 4 green onions, 200 g shandong ramen noodles, 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Add all of the rest of the gochujang noodle sauce mix and cook for 1 minute. Add the noodles and stir through, you can add a splash of the noodle water to loosen the sauce if needed. Gently toss the salmon through the noodles and serve immediately topped with the pickled cabbage!
- If you like it a little less spicy, use half the amount of gochugang. As written, this recipe is medium spicy.
- If you can't get hold of shandong noodles, use soba noodles or whatever noodles you have on hand instead.
Calories: 600kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 2841mg | Potassium: 1083mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1223IU | Vitamin C: 83mg | Calcium: 101mg | Iron: 6mg