Why you’ll love this recipe
- Instant Gratification: Faster than ordering delivery and significantly more flavorful.
- The “Golden Ratio”: This sauce mix perfectly balances the heat of the chili with the saltiness of the soy and a hint of sweetness.
- Customizable: This serves as a perfect blank canvas for leftover proteins or blanched greens.
Key Ingredients
- Chili Oil: The backbone of the dish; ensure you include the “bits” at the bottom of the jar for texture.
- Minced Garlic: Using fresh garlic provides a sharp, aromatic bite that “wakes up” the soy-based sauce.
- Hand Shaved Dry Noodles: They are thicker, and more texture noodles which is best as they have a rugged surface that holds onto the oil.
✅Quick Tips: Whisk your sauce ingredients in the serving bowl before the noodles finish boiling. Tossing the noodles while they are piping hot helps them absorb the flavors instantly.
Key Steps
- Step 1: Boil a bundle of wheat noodles until they are just tender.
- Step 2: In your serving bowl, combine chili oil, soy sauce, sugar, and fresh minced garlic.
- Step 3: Transfer the hot noodles directly into the bowl, allowing a tiny bit of pasta water to help emulsify the sauce. Toss vigorously with scallions until every strand is glossy and red.
15-Min Chili Oil Noodles
Simple ingredients with a bold kick. These 15-minute noodles are addictive, spicy, and incredibly easy.
Ingredients:
Sauce:
Instructions
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Cook the noodle in boiling water for about 3-5 minutes.
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In a bowl, put together the chili powder, garlic, sesame seeds and scallion and heat up the cooking oil and splash over them.
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Then mix in the sauce ingredients, and mix in the cooked noodle.
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Mix well and enjoy.
Noodles, Chili oil, Spicy, Quick, Easy, 15-min
