One Pot Honey Soy Noodles with Pork & Cashews
Honey Soy Noodles are a quick and easy weeknight staple, but imagine you are so pressed for time that the thought of even a simple stirfry seems too much. Before you reach for the phone to order take out, what if I told you that a fresh, hot bowl of honey soy noodles could be in front of you with only a few minutes of prep involved?
That’s the genius of this recipe for me. I can walk in the door at 6pm, throw everything in the pot and then go about any other number of things that need attention until the pressure release alerts me to the fact that dinner is about to be served.
The pressure cooker really doesn’t come out a lot on weeknights in our house, with the exception of our Pressure Cooker Pork Chops – but even then I know it’s going to take a bit of time and hands on prep.
This meal is totally different. Once the timer is set, you only need to stir everything together and it’s ready to serve. Thanks to a generous sauce, rich with aromatics – there is no shortage of flavour either. So please, give these Honey Soy Noodles a go and let us know what you think in the comments below.
One Pot Honey Soy Noodles
Combine Sauce Ingredients in your pressure cooker or instant pot bowl and mix well. Add the pork, ensuring all the pieces are coated. Empty the 500g bag of frozen mixed vegetables as the next layer in the pot.
Place the noodles on top of the veg layer and pour over 1 & 1/2 cups boiling water. The noodles don't have to be submerged, the liquid will flow through to the bottom. Seal the pressure cooker lid.
Ensure the steam vent is positioned correctly and set the appliance to cook at high pressure for 5 minutes with quick release. It should take about 15 minutes to come up to pressure and then another 5-10minutes to come back down once the cooking time is complete.
Once the pressure has dropped to allow the lid to open, carefully open the pressure cooker and mix everything carefully but thoroughly. If everything is still a little watery, close the lid again after mixing and let the noodles soak it all up for an extra 5-10mins.
Once ready, serve topped with roasted cashews.
Ingredients
Directions
Combine Sauce Ingredients in your pressure cooker or instant pot bowl and mix well. Add the pork, ensuring all the pieces are coated. Empty the 500g bag of frozen mixed vegetables as the next layer in the pot.
Place the noodles on top of the veg layer and pour over 1 & 1/2 cups boiling water. The noodles don't have to be submerged, the liquid will flow through to the bottom. Seal the pressure cooker lid.
Ensure the steam vent is positioned correctly and set the appliance to cook at high pressure for 5 minutes with quick release. It should take about 15 minutes to come up to pressure and then another 5-10minutes to come back down once the cooking time is complete.
Once the pressure has dropped to allow the lid to open, carefully open the pressure cooker and mix everything carefully but thoroughly. If everything is still a little watery, close the lid again after mixing and let the noodles soak it all up for an extra 5-10mins.
Once ready, serve topped with roasted cashews.
Notes
Recipe Notes
Firm Tofu can be substituted 1:1 for the pork, but it’s best to cut into inch cubes and freeze first. It can be added to the sauce and cooked straight from frozen.
Diced Chicken is another great substitute, also swapped 1:1 with the pork.
Because everything comes out quite soft from the pressure cooker, any sort of crispy topping like fried shallots, chopped roasted peanuts or even freshly sliced spring onion will work.
If using fresh capsicum and snow peas, or other assorted vegetables – don’t add these in the pressure cooking stage.
Wait until the pot has come down from pressure, mix up the noodles with the sauce & then top with your fresh veg. Close the lid for another 5-10minutes to allow the veg to steam in the residual heat to cook and then re-open and stir everything through.
For a richer colour, consider using dark soy sauce. Amoy brand works well, some other brands may increase the flavour intensity.
Key Ingredients
Loving the extra tips in your post script, can’t wait to try!
Thankyou Sophia! I hope it’s a success for you and can’t wait to hear how it goes.
This is a fabulous recipe. I made it tonight and it is really delicious. It was quick and easy to prepare, it will be a go to meal for me. Thankyou so much 😋
Thankyou mum, I’m so happy to have encouraged you to try a new pressure cooker recipe! I hope you continue to have success with it. For printing out recipes in future, make sure to check out the little printer icon to the right of “cook time” under the recipe heading.
There are options to make it more printer friendly. There is also a button next to that with 4 arrows to optimize the recipe view if you’re using the ipad in the kitchen xx