Spicy Garlic Chili Oil Noodles Recipe

• servings: 1 serving
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

4 oz udon noodles (wheat noodles, egg noodles, or ramen noodles)

3 tbsp vegetable oil (or any neutral cooking oil)

3 garlic cloves (minced)

1 teaspoon chili flakes (Korean or Sichuan chili flakes)

1-2 scallion greens (chopped)

1 teaspoon white sesame seeds

1 tbsp soy sauce

½ teaspoon rice vinegar

½ teaspoon brown sugar

¼ teaspoon salt (to taste)

chopped scallion greens

toasted white sesame seeds

Directions

To make the dish, start by boiling the noodles of your choice according to the package instructions or until you like.

Reserve 1 tablespoon of cooking noodles water to add to the sauce later. Then drain the noodles.

Take minced garlic, chili powder, chopped green onion, and white sesame seeds in a heat-proof bowl.

Heat oil in a pan or pot until it's smoking. Pour the hot oil over the aromatics and mix. Add reserved noodles water, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, and brown sugar, and mix.

Add the hot noodles to the spicy sauce and mix until the noodles are well coated.

Serve the spicy noodles and garnish with a little bit of chopped scallions and toasted sesame seeds. You can even sprinkle some chopped cilantro and toasted peanuts if you wish. You can also add your choice of protein if you want.

Nutrition

• Calories: 805 kcal
• Total Fat: 45 g
• Saturated Fat: 6 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 34 g
• Trans Fat: 0.3 g
• Sodium: 2985 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 85 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8 g
• Total Sugars: 13 g
• Protein: 20 g