This Southeast Asian-inspired recipe is a simple meal that’s meant to be served family-style and promises to brighten up your weekly menu plan. The base of the dish is a tangle of ramen noodles, coated in a citrusy sesame-ginger sauce, which also serves as a dressing to drizzle over the dish. Seared skirt steak strips, quickly marinated in a sweet-and-sour sauce fragrant with lemongrass, infuses an extra wallop of flavor and spice that belies the ease of preparing this dish.
The key to this recipe is assembling the list of Asian ingredients for the marinade and dressing, many of which are common pantry staples or easily found in well-stocked supermarkets. The good news is that they have long shelf lives, so once you purchase them, you can easily prepare other Asian-inspired soups, curries, and stir-fries.