Chinese•quick
Chili Garlic Noodles
Quick fix, week day friendly chili garlic noodles for the win.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 400 g the widest slurpiest noodles - a wide rice noodle or a tagliatelle etc.
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp garlic, minced (8 cloves of garlic)
- 2 tbsp ginger, minced (2 inch piece of ginger)
- 2-3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/4 cup scallions (green parts, roughly 2)
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 tbsp chili flakes (or to taste)
- additional soy sauce or salt for adjusting seasoning
Instructions
- 1
Boil the pasta in salted water as per package instructions and make sure to reserve half a cup of pasta water
- 2
Warm the oil in a pan and when it starts to shimmer add your garlic, ginger, ginger, chili flakes, scallions, and cilantro.
- 3
Let it sizzle on medium heat for just a minute and then add 2 tbsp of soy sauce
- 4
Mix the pasta well, adding additional pasta water as needed to create a sauce and adjust seasoning with additional soy, salt, and pepper and dig in.