The best cabbage stir fry recipe with ramen noodles. Serve this stir fry dinner topped with sweet chili sauce for the best flavor!

This cabbage stir fry is so delicious!

It’s no secret that I have a love for homemade stir fry recipes.

Broccoli with garlic sauce, ramen noodle stir fry, stir fry vegetables, broccoli tofu stir fry, broccoli stir fry, teriyaki sauce, egg roll in a bowl, just to name a few.

Stir fry is one of our favorite types of dinners to make. This recipe that I am sharing today is just 10 ingredients and so easy to make! You can’t go wrong with this delicious cabbage stir fry recipe. 

Stir Fry Cabbage and Noodles ingredients

• ramen noodles: flavor packets discarded
• thinly sliced green cabbage: you can substitute purple cabbage
• minced fresh ginger: minced
• fresh garlic: minced
• grated carrots: grate them yourself or save time and buy pre shredded carrots in the produce section
• yellow onion: diced
• sesame oil
• stir fry sauce: this homemade 3 ingredient recipe is the best!
• sweet chili sauce, for topping

Cabbage Stir Fry Recipe variations & substitutions

If you are gluten free, make this recipe gluten free by using brown rice ramen noodles!

The texture is slightly different, but I have used them before and they are still good. 

How can I make this high protein?

Cook up some of your favorite protein (chicken, tofu, beef, etc) and add it in to make this higher in protein. 

Just remember you may need more sauce to accommodate for the extra ingredients.

For this cabbage noodle stir fry, you absolutely MUST top it with sweet chili sauce!

The salty nutty flavor of the stir fry pairs perfectly with the sweet slightly spicy sweet chili sauce. 

Sweet chili sauce is so delicious on stir fry recipes. 

The sweetness also balances out the natural slight bitterness that cabbage can sometimes have. 

It’s a must have for this cabbage stir fry!

How to make Cabbage Stir Fry

Step 1: Remove the core from a green cabbage and thinly slice the cabbage until you measure 5 cups worth. 

The core is tough, so we don’t want to use that part of the cabbage in this recipe. Try to slice it as thinly as possible for best texture. 

Step 2: Grate the carrots and finely mince the ginger and garlic. 

These are what give stir fry that next level flavor. 

If you have never bought fresh ginger in the store, just look for it in your produce section. It comes in long knobs which look like roots.

To prepare your ginger, just cut off the peeling with a knife, then slice and dice until the ginger is in very small minced pieces.

You can also use the back of a spoon to scrape off the peel, it takes a little bit longer, but often yields more ginger.

Step 3: Peel and dice up a yellow onion. Once all of your vegetables are prepped, it is time to start cooking the stir fry. 

Step 4: In a large skillet or jumbo cooker combine the cabbage, ginger, garlic, carrots, onion, and 2 tablespoons of sesame oil. 

You do not need a wok to make this recipe, any large skillet type pan will work!

Step 5: Turn the heat to medium high and stir often, until cabbage is wilted and onion is soft as pictured below. This will take around 15 – 20 minutes. 

Stir every few minutes to make sure the vegetables cook evenly. This will cook the cabbage down until it is nice and soft. 

Step 6: When the veggies are close to being done cooking, prepare the ramen noodles. These only take a few minutes to make. Discard the ramen noodle packets, you don’t need those. Cook the ramen noodles according to the package instructions, then drain. 

Step 7: Make the 3 ingredient stir fry sauce and shake all the ingredients together. This is the sauce that I use in every stir fry recipe that I make, it is so easy and always tastes amazing! A good sauce is important to any homemade stir fry recipe. 

Step 8: Once the ramen noodles are cooked, add them to the cabbage stir fry.

Pour the homemade stir fry sauce over the top. It won’t look like much sauce at first, but the flavor is very strong and will work just right for the amount of ingredients in this recipe. 

It is a highly concentrated sauce, so the little bit goes a long way. 

Cook for an additional 3 – 5 minutes, stirring well, until sauce coats the entire stir fry. The cornstarch part of the sauce is what will cause it to thicken and start to coat the ingredients of the stir fry. 

Just keep mixing until all of the veggies and noodles are coated. 

I find tongs to work best for mixing the noodles evenly into the vegetables. 

Everything is going to stick together in clumps at first.

I have found that tongs help separate everything nicely so that you get both ramen and veggies in every bite. 

From here you can taste and add more soy sauce (if you like a saltier stir fry), or you’re ready to eat!

Grab a bowl and serve up this cabbage stir fry!

This makes a very large amount and the leftovers are just as good the next day. 

I love using ramen noodles in stir fry and they’re perfect in this one. 

Do you wash cabbage before cooking?

You do not need to wash cabbage before cooking if the outer leaves cover the whole head of the cabbage.

If you want to wash your cabbage, we recommend doing so after you have cut it into strips.

Should you remove the outer leaves of cabbage before cooking?

Yes, remove several layers of the outer leave of cabbage and discard them. Remove any cabbage leaves that are wilted or have debris before you cut the cabbage.

How do you cut green cabbage for stir fry?

First, cut the stem off of the cabbage. Cut the cabbage from each of the four sides, discarding the core. Cut each piece into thin strips.

Cabbage Stir Fry FAQs

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Looking for more ramen noodle recipes? Try these Sesame Garlic Ramen Noodles, Asian Mushroom Ramen Noodles, or Teriyaki Noodles.

If you have a hankering for orange tofu or orange chicken, try this homemade orange sauce. 

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