Consider this Peanut Butter Ramen (a 15 minute recipe) the next obsession because it is crazy delicious and SO EASY! Peanut Butter Ramen is a simple noodle dish packed with peanut butter, sweet chili sauce, and loads of curly ramen. And it’s ready in 15 minutes!

If you are obsessed with our Korean Beef and Noodles, you’ll love this budget-friendly and easy ramen recipe!

It all started with our Chinese Ramen Oriental Salad recipe and now we can’t stop finding new and quick recipes for your busy schedule. By far this is our best ramen recipe to date!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Ready in 15 minutes: Perfect for busy nights when you need something fast and satisfying.

Big flavor, simple ingredients: Pantry staples like peanut butter, soy sauce, and sweet chili sauce come together for an incredible sauce.

Creamy, savory, and slightly sweet: Every bite is rich, balanced, and totally mouth-watering.

Budget-friendly: Made with inexpensive ramen noodles but tastes like takeout.

Easy to customize: Add your favorite protein or veggies to make it your own.

Better than takeout: Quick, fresh, and made right at home.

Ingredients You’ll Need

• Ramen Noodles: Quick-cooking noodles that soak up all that rich peanut sauce perfectly.

For the Sauce

• Peanut Butter: The star of the dish…creamy, nutty, and rich.
• Water: Thins the sauce so it coats the noodles smoothly.
• Sweet Chili Sauce: Adds sweetness with a mild kick.
• Soy Sauce: Brings salty, umami depth.
• Olive Oil: Adds richness and helps create a silky sauce.
• White Vinegar: Brightens everything with a little tang.
• Fresh Ginger: Adds warmth and a mild spicy bite.
• Green Onions: Fresh and slightly sharp for contrast.
• Cilantro: Fresh, bright, and slightly citrusy, it adds a pop of flavor and color to finish the dish.
• Salted Roasted Peanuts: Crunchy texture and extra peanut flavor.
• Sesame Seeds: A nutty finishing touch.

How to Make Peanut Butter Ramen

1. Cook the Noodles: Cook the ramen noodles according

This Asian chicken marinade is the easiest way to make juicy, flavorful chicken at home. It’s sweet, savory, and packed with bold flavor from simple ingredients like soy sauce, honey, garlic, and ginger.

Whether you’re grilling, baking, or meal prepping, this easy marinade transforms a simple chicken breast into something incredibly delicious. This is the marinade we use when we want guaranteed juicy, flavorful chicken every time.

Why You’ll Love This Asian Chicken Marinade

• Made with simple pantry ingredients
• Sweet, savory, and perfectly balanced
• Works for grilling, baking, or stovetop
• Great for meal prep and freezer meals
• Makes chicken incredibly juicy and tender

Ingredients for Asian Chicken Marinade

You’ll find most of these ingredients already in your pantry or refrigerator…

• Ground Ginger: Adds warm, slightly sweet spice and classic Asian-inspired flavor to the marinade.
• Ground Pepper: Brings a subtle heat and depth that balances the sweetness of the sauce.
• Onion Powder: Adds savory, slightly sweet onion flavor without any texture.
• Garlic: Fresh garlic gives bold, aromatic flavor that deepens as the marinade cooks.
• Sweet Chili Sauce: Adds a touch of sweetness with mild heat and helps create that sticky, glossy finish.
• Soy Sauce: Provides salty, umami-rich flavor that forms the base of the marinade.
• Balsamic Vinegar: Adds tangy sweetness and helps balance the richness of the sauce.
• Honey: Brings natural sweetness and helps the sauce caramelize beautifully when cooked.
• Brown Sugar: Adds deep, molasses-like sweetness that enhances the sticky glaze.
• Cornstarch: Helps thicken the sauce so it coats the chicken perfectly.
• Water: Used to create a slurry with the cornstarch for smooth thickening.
• Chicken Breasts: Lean and tender, they soak up the marinade for juicy, flavorful results.

How to Make Asian Chicken Marinade

1. Make the Sauce: Whisk all the ingredients for the sauce together in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat until it comes to a boil. When it starts to boil, whisk in the cornstarch and water mixture. Reduce the heat and let it simmer until thickened. Then let it cool completely.
2. Marinate the Chicken: Once the sauce is cool, pour half of it over the chicken in a ziploc bag. Let it marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Reserve the other half of the sauce for later.
3. Grill the Chicken: Heat a grill to medium-high heat, then add the chicken and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 5-6 minutes then flip and grill for 5-6 minutes more.
4. Serve: Let the chicken rest for 3 minutes then slice and serve with
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If you love our Korean Ground Beef, just wait until you try these One Pot Korean Meatballs! They use the same sweet and savory flavors but in juicy, tender meatball form, and they come together in one pan for the easiest weeknight dinner.

Serve these juicy meatballs over a bowl of fluffy rice and finish them with fresh green onions for a meal that tastes like takeout but is unbelievably simple to make at home.

On the same day I had been thinking about turning our famous sauce into a meatballs recipe, a sweet reader named Patty emailed me that I should make our Korean ground beef recipe into meatballs. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that the clear answer was to make meatballs. So that’s just what I did!

This recipe is one of those dinners that everyone devours. The sweet and savory Korean sauce is rich, slightly sweet, a little tangy, and perfectly glossy thanks to a quick cornstarch thickener. Best of all, using frozen meatballs means you can have dinner on the table in about 20 minutes with almost no prep.

Why You’ll Love These Korean Meatballs

• One Pot: Everything cooks in a single pan, which means less cleanup and a simple weeknight dinner you can throw together fast.
• Family Friendly: The sauce has just a mild hint of heat, making it perfect for kids and adults.
• Quick and Easy: Using frozen meatballs means most of the work is already done. Just brown them and simmer them in the sauce and dinner is ready in about 20 minutes.
• Korean-Inspired Flavor: Soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil, and sweet chili sauce create a bold sweet and savory glaze that tastes like your favorite takeout dish.

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