Meal Prep
Kung Pao Beef With Noodles
Kung Pao Beef with Noodles is not here to play nice. This spicy, saucy stir-fry brings together tender slices of beef, crisp broccoli, sweet carrots, and chewy rice noodles all coated in a glossy sweet-heat sauce that clings to every bite. It’s bold, punchy, and built for serious flavor. With 51.4g of protein and 737 calories per serving, it lands right in that hearty-but-balanced sweet spot where big flavor and strong macros can actually coexist.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Makes
- 4 servings
High protein
Kung Pao Beef With Noodles
51.4g protein737 calories per serving
- Prep Time
- 15 mins
- Cook Time
- 25 mins
- Total Time
- 40 mins
Equipment
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Ingredients
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For the Beef:
For the Noodles & Veggies:
For the Sauce:
For the Crunch:
Instructions
Prep & Marinate the Beef:
2 tbsp cornstarch, 3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
1 ½ lb lean steak
Set aside while you prepare the noodles and sauce
Cook the Noodles:
8 oz rice noodles
Make the Sauce:
8 tbsp low sodium soy sauce, 6 tbsp hoisin sauce, ½ cup brown sugar, 1 tbsp fresh ginger, 1 tbsp Mongolian fire oil, ½ tbsp red pepper flakes
Stir-Fry the Beef:
Cook the Vegetables:
3 cup broccoli florets, 6 oz carrots, 4 cloves garlic, ½ tsp olive oil spray
Combine & Serve:
Nutrition
Per servingEstimates for one serving.
- Calories
- 737 kcal
- Protein
- 51.4 g
- Fat
- 15.4 g
- Carbs
- 99.9 g
Full nutrition and how it’s calculated
All values are per serving. Changing the recipe yield scales the ingredients and keeps these per-serving amounts the same.
- Saturated Fat
- 3.17 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 2.84 g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 7.5 g
- Trans Fat
- 0.21 g
- Cholesterol
- 94 mg
- Sodium
- 2,049 mg
- Potassium
- 1,200 mg
- Fiber
- 5.5 g
- Sugar
- 36.9 g
- Added Sugar
- 33.2 g
- Vitamin A
- 373 mcg RAE
- Vitamin C
- 55.53 mg
- Vitamin D
- 0.17 mcg
- Calcium
- 120 mg
- Iron
- 5.31 mg
Estimated ingredient cost
$7.27 per serving · $29.07 for this batch
Ingredient costs and assumptions
Estimated US grocery prices for the amounts used, including purchase waste and discarded marinade. Your store, brands, and package sizes may cost differently. Buying full packages can cost more. Price sources and methodology.
Quantities without exact weights use the nutrition library’s portion estimates. Purchase yields are estimates. Separate citrus ingredients are costed independently; reusing the same fruit for juice and zest can lower your cost. Labor, utilities, and delivery are excluded.
- lean steak: $21.54
680.4 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. BLS Choice boneless sirloin category average; generic lean steak uses this cut as a proxy.
BLS: Sirloin steak, boneless, USDA Choice · Price checked 2026-09-21
- cornstarch: $0.07
16 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 128 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Corn Starch, 16 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- low sodium soy sauce: $0.14
42.6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 14.2 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Less Sodium Soy Sauce, 15 fl oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- olive oil spray: $0.05
2.3 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 4.5 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Extra Virgin Olive Oil Cooking Spray, 7 oz Can · Price checked 2026-09-21
- rice noodles: $2.75
226.8 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Thai Kitchen Gluten Free Gluten Free Stir Fry Rice Noodles, 14.0 oz Box · Price checked 2026-09-21
- broccoli florets: $1.13
228 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup (chopped) = 76 g; cut=chopped Variable-weight produce: uses the listed price per pound, not the estimated price per piece.
Walmart: Fresh Whole Green Broccoli Crowns, 1 Each · Price checked 2026-09-21
- carrots: $0.49
170.1 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Peeled baby carrots used as a reference for carrots; whole carrots may differ.
Walmart: Baby Peeled Carrots · Price checked 2026-09-21
- garlic: $0.22
12 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
3 clove = 9 g; USDA SR Legacy household weights used as an approximate physical conversion for the current ingredient profile; nutrition remains from its own mapped record. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Spice World Fresh Peeled Garlic, 6 oz, Pouch · Price checked 2026-09-21
- olive oil spray: $0.05
2.3 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 4.5 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Extra Virgin Olive Oil Cooking Spray, 7 oz Can · Price checked 2026-09-21
- low sodium soy sauce: $0.38
113.6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 14.2 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Less Sodium Soy Sauce, 15 fl oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- hoisin sauce: $0.84
96 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 16 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Lee Kum Kee Hoisin Sauce, 20 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- brown sugar: $0.24
110 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup (packed) = 220 g; packing=packed Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Light Brown Sugar, 32 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- fresh ginger: $0.05
6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 2 g Variable-weight produce: uses the listed price per pound, not the estimated price per piece.
Walmart: Fresh Ginger Root, Each · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Mongolian fire oil: $0.82
14 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 14 g Liquid oil bottle treated as 5 US fl oz; retailer abbreviates the size as oz.
Walmart: HOUSE of TSANG Mongolian Fire Oil, Shelf-Stable, 5 oz Glass Bottle · Price checked 2026-09-21
- red pepper flakes: $0.08
2.7 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 5.3 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Crushed Red Pepper, 1.75 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- dry-roasted unsalted peanuts: $0.21
36.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 146 g Plain dry-roasted unsalted peanuts; brand may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Dry Roasted and Unsalted Peanuts, 16 oz Jar · Price checked 2026-09-23
Make it yoursRecipe notes & meal-prep tips
Macro breakdown
- Protein51.4g28%
- Carbs99.9g54%
- Fat15.4g18%
Per serving · Share of calories from macros
Calculated using 4 calories per gram of protein and carbs, and 9 for fat. Rounding and fiber can affect the listed calorie total.Triple B's Meal Prep Notes
Rice noodles can go from separate strands to one solid clump when they cool, so have the sauce and cooked components ready to toss soon after draining them. Follow the noodle package for cooking rather than using a universal time; thickness and style make a difference. When portioning, lift from the bottom with tongs so the beef and vegetables follow the noodles into each box. Aim for noodles with a little structure left before the final sauced toss, rather than cooking them soft and then putting them through another pan stage.
The heat comes from fire oil and red pepper flakes, with sesame oil offered as the milder alternative. Choose that direction when mixing the clean sauce, then adjust the flakes to match. This version uses broccoli and carrots alongside the beef, making it a complete stir-fry meal prep without a separate vegetable tray. Keep the garlic and vegetables ready before the beef starts searing so the pan does not sit waiting between stages. Use a light coating of olive oil spray at each cooking stage to keep the beef and vegetables moving in the pan. Portion a tablespoon of peanuts per serving into dry side cups and add them after reheating, when their crunch will do the most for the bowl. Small broccoli florets cook more evenly in the short stir-fry stage. Give them some room to color before the noodles and sauce enter the pan; once everything is coated, aim to keep a little bite rather than chase a crisp surface.
Remove the peanut cup before heating and scatter the peanuts over the finished bowl. Add a small splash of water before reheating to help the noodles loosen. For a refrigerated serving, microwave on high for 90 seconds, stir, then heat for another 45 seconds. Use that as a starting point and continue in short intervals as needed until the food reaches 165°F throughout. Gently separate the strands and turn the beef strips during the pause. Extra soy sauce is a flavor adjustment, so check the existing sauce first. Our beef recipe archive and Asian-inspired collection offer other noodle and rice combinations if you want variety from a similar grocery list.
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This recipe might be my magnum opus. Every time I eat this I forget it’s meal prep. It eats like takeout, reheats shockingly well, and doesn’t fall apart by day three.
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So far so good, we messed around with the portions a bit but we liked it. I'd skip the olive oil spray and just use olive oil if you're trying to save a bit of $$$. Last but not least, this is a great website! Thanks for keeping it free :) it means the world to us.
Thanks JD! I’m glad you enjoyed it. The olive oil swap is a great call too. Really appreciate you trying the recipe and helping support the site- comments like this make my day! : )