Chilli Garlic Noodles | Asian Garlic Noodles

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Chilli Garlic Noodles | Asian Garlic Noodles

Chilli Garlic Noodles are a quick Asian Chinese-style stir-fried noodle dish made with plenty of garlic, red chillies, spring onions and sauces. The flavors are moderately spiced and bright, yet the recipe uses only basic pantry ingredients. Everything cooks fast on medium heat, making it ideal for a weekday meal. Serve the Garlic Noodles on their own or pair them with any light stir-fry or a simple soup.

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Total Time25

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese, World

Diet: Vegan

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Servings:

Calories: 493kcal

Author: Dassana Amit

Ingredients

For Cooking Noodles

150 grams noodles or 2 noodle packets each of 75 grams
3.5 to 4 cups water

Other Ingredients

3 tablespoon sesame oil or any neutral oil
2 to 3 dry red chilies broken and deseeded, swap with 1 to 2 fresh red chilies or green chilies that have been sliced
⅓ cup spring onion whites – chopped or ⅓ cup finely chopped onions or shallots
1 tablespoon or 5 to 6 large garlic cloves
2 teaspoons celery – finely chopped, optional
1 tablespoon soy sauce (naturally brewed), add as required
2 teaspoon red chili sauce or red chili paste, add as required
1 teaspoon rice vinegar or rice wine or ½ teaspoon white vinegar
¼ to ½ teaspoon sugar or add according to taste, optional
2 to 3 tablespoon spring onion greens – chopped
salt as required

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Instructions

Cooking Noodles

In a pan or wok heat water until it comes to a boil
Add the noodles and stir. Cook noodles as per the instructions on the pack or until they are al dente.
Drain the noodles in a colander and rinse with water. Rinsing with water stops the cooking process. Strain them well and set aside.
When the noodles are cooking, you can prep the other ingredients – finely chop garlic cloves, spring onion, and celery. Also break or halve the chilies and remove the seeds. Set aside.

Making Garlic Noodles

Heat sesame oil or any neutral tasting oil in a wok or kadai. Keep the heat to medium and add the finely chopped garlic and the dry red chilies.
Stir fry for a few seconds. No need to brown the garlic.
Next add the chopped spring onions and celery. Celery is optional and if you do not have then omit adding it.
Stir fry on a medium heat till the onions turn translucent and soften.
Next add the sauces one by one - soy sauce, red chili sauce or red chili paste. Also add rice vinegar (swap with rice wine or white vinegar). Mix well.
Add salt according to taste and sugar. Keep in mind to add less salt as the sauces already have salt in them. Stir and mix again.
Now add the cooked noodles. On a medium heat, mix and stir so that the sauce coats the noodles very well. Do a taste test. Add more salt or the sauces as required.
You can decrease or increase the quantity of the sauces as per your taste. You can also add black pepper or white pepper. Switch off the heat.
Finally add the spring onions greens and stir to combine.
Serve Chilli Garlic Noodles accompanied with vegetable manchurian, mushroom manchurian, cauliflower manchurian or sweet and sour vegetable.
While serving Garlic Noodles you can also sprinkle some red chili flakes or red chilli oil on the noodles for an extra kick of heat.

Notes

You can use any type of noodles like instant noodles, whole wheat noodles, Udon noodles, soba noodles, chow mein noodles, Hakka noodles, etc. The texture and taste will vary with the variety of noodles used.
Edible mushrooms like white button mushrooms, cremini mushrooms or shiitake mushrooms can also be included in the recipe.
You can also add vegetables like cabbage, green beans, carrots, baby corn, bell peppers, spinach, etc. to the dish.
If you don’t have celery, make this Chilli Garlic Noodles recipe without it.
Adjust the number of dried red chillies based on their heat level. Mild ones give gentle heat, while hotter varieties make the noodles spicier.
I make this dish moderately spiced. But if you want more spiciness, add more red chili sauce or red chili paste. Even green chili sauce or sweet chili sauce can be added. But with these, the flavor and taste will change.
Instead of sesame oil, you use any neutral flavored oil.
You can easily use white vinegar, rice vinegar or red wine vinegar in this Chilli Garlic Noodles.

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