Description
This Spicy Garlic Chili Oil Noodles recipe is a quick and flavorful dish perfect for a satisfying meal. Combining chewy udon or your choice of noodles with a spicy, garlicky chili oil sauce, it delivers a perfect balance of heat, umami, and freshness, garnished with scallions and toasted sesame seeds for added crunch and aroma.
Ingredients
Scale
Noodles
- 4 oz udon noodles, wheat noodles, egg noodles, or ramen noodles
Sauce
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil or any neutral cooking oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes (Korean or Sichuan)
- 1-2 scallion greens, chopped
- 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon rice vinegar
- ½ teaspoon brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt, to taste
- 1 tablespoon reserved cooking water from noodles
Garnishing
- Chopped scallion greens
- Toasted white sesame seeds
- Optional: chopped cilantro and toasted peanuts
Instructions
- Boil Noodles: Cook the noodles of your choice according to the package instructions until they reach your desired tenderness. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the noodles’ cooking water before draining the noodles.
- Prepare Aromatics: In a heat-proof bowl, combine the minced garlic, chili flakes, chopped green onion, and white sesame seeds, mixing them together.
- Heat Oil: Heat the vegetable oil in a pan or pot over medium-high heat until it is smoking hot. Then immediately pour the hot oil over the prepared aromatics in the bowl, stirring to release their fragrant flavors.
- Mix Sauce: Add the reserved noodles water, soy sauce, rice vinegar, salt, and brown sugar to the bowl with the aromatics and mix thoroughly to create a spicy sauce.
- Toss Noodles: Add the hot, drained noodles to the spicy sauce and toss thoroughly until all noodles are evenly coated with the sauce.
- Garnish and Serve: Plate the noodles and garnish with additional chopped scallions and toasted sesame seeds. Optionally, add chopped cilantro and toasted peanuts or your preferred protein for extra flavor and texture.
Notes
- Use fresh garlic: Fresh garlic offers a strong, vibrant flavor compared to garlic powder or pre-minced garlic. Be sure to mince the garlic just before adding to the sauce.
- Adjust spice level: Modify the quantity of chili flakes to suit your desired heat preference, making the dish more or less spicy accordingly.
- You can substitute different noodle types based on availability or preference, such as ramen, wheat, or egg noodles.
- Adding proteins like tofu, chicken, or shrimp can make this dish more filling and beyond just a noodle side.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 750 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
