Asian Garlic Noodles
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Easy peasy Asian noodle stir-fry using pantry ingredients that you already have on hand. Quick, no-fuss, and made in less than 30min!
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I am such a sucker for any kind of Asian noodles – hot, sticky, cold – you name it. I will eat every single strand of noodle left on my plate, guaranteed.
But when you can make a quick noodle stir-fry right at home and use up all those lingering veggies in your fridge, it’s even better.
Hey, it’s quicker than ordering delivery, right? And you can load up on all that garlic goodness. The hubs is just going to have to deal.
Plus, you don’t need any kind of special noodles here. I used standard spaghetti noodles. Done. If you don’t have spaghetti pasta, you can use linguine, fettuccine, or even angel hair.
Let’s just make this easy enough so you don’t have to visit any kind of specialty store.
You can also keep this completely meatless or add your desired protein as needed.
I used shrimp because that’s what I had on hand but a combination of shrimp, chicken and even beef would be absolute perfection!
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WHAT IS SAMBAL OELEK?
Sambal oelek is ground fresh chile paste and can be found in the Asian section of your local grocery store. Sriracha can be substituted for sambal oelek.
Asian Garlic Noodles
Ingredients
- 8 ounces spaghetti
- 12 ounces medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 2 zucchini, diced
- 1 carrot, grated
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
For the sauce
- ⅓ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon sambal oelek, or more, to taste*
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Instructions
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
- Heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add shrimp and 2 tablespoons soy sauce mixture, and cook, stirring occasionally, until pink, about 2-3 minutes; set aside.
- Stir in mushrooms, bell pepper, zucchini and carrot to the skillet. Cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in spaghetti, shrimp and remaining soy sauce mixture until well combined, about 2-3 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with cilantro, if desired.
For the sauce
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, sambal oelek, oyster sauce, ginger and sesame oil.
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Excellent recipe. Used rice noodles as I am gf. It was yummy! Several recipes from Damn Deliicious are outstanding. I could have eaten the entire pot.
Yummy! My 9 year old loved it better than the Chinese restaurant! My husband loved it too! This recipe is a keeper!
My daughter made this for dinner tonight. It was a little on the spicy side, so next time she plans on reducing the amount of Sriracha sauce, but it was very good.
I have one question; it doesn’t indicate what the serving size is in the nutritional facts. I’m on a diet and I watch my calorie intact by measuring my serving sizes.
I’ve found that most, if not all of these recipe sites provide nutritional facts per serving, but never tell you what the service size is (grams or ounces).
We’ve made this once a week for almost a year. This is one of the few recipes where spaghetti subs wonderfully for specialty noodles. It’s versatile and works with ground chicken, steak, or just an extra helping of vegetables. We triple it for a large family and it comes out tasting just as delicious as the base recipe. 10/10
I am making this now. I am making Beef Bulgogi and will be topping it over the noodles.
Perfect, thank you! Had to wait at home for a delivery so couldn’t go out to buy anything – you saved me!
Mmm… it sounds delicious just like it tastes. Me and my sister used this recipe for our noodles. We ate it while watching a movie. We both loved it!
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Can it be made ahead?
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It was really easy to make and delicious too.
nice recipe
Awesome and easy. I’m allergic to seafood and kids can’t do spicy so we left out those, but used salted peanuts for our protein and it was a nice vegetarian option. Thanks !
I have a question, can fish sauce be substituted for the oyster sauce if I don’t have oyster sauce? or is there another substitute for oyster sauce? Just wondering…
I don’t have much experience with fish sauce, but oyster sauce is quite sweet and sticky. Maybe a good substitute would be to add an extra spoon of sugar as well as some corn starch or potato starch to the sauce. Hope this helps.
A good substitute IS fish sauce with a tad more soy sauce but with it having soy sauce already id just put in the fish sauce. Just use half the amount required as it can be quite potent. Hope this helps and enjoy
Made this last night. Excellent. Could scallops be used in this(short searing time then set aside to add veg)?
Awesome!! Can I make extra sauce and either preserve it or store it in cabinet?
I made this as written (used regular soy sauce, not low sodium) and it was absolutely amazing! Even better than our favorite carry-out hibachi! I’d like to try subbing chicken next time. Do you think it would work to make an extra batch of the sauce and marinate the chicken in it? And would it be 12 oz of chicken? Thanks!
This is a top favorite in my house!
I substitute with chicken since I’m not a fan of shrimp. I also replace the mushrooms with steamed broccoli! (Yes I’m picky) I make extra of the sauce and let the chicken marinade while I prep all of the fresh ingredients! This is such a delicious recipe!
Great recipe!!! I whipped this together in about 20 mins and it was sooooo delish! Granted, I had pre-cooked noodles which made it that much easier. Happy Tummies here 🙂
If I don’t have sambal oelek can I just any other chilie paste??
I always make it with just some hot chilli flakes and it’s amazing!
I used Chilli & Garlic sauce which is very paste-like. It was very tasty, but quite spicy.
Omg its sooooooo- good i love the spicy in it and all the flavors it has its mouth- watering . Mhm
My absolute favorite of all!!
I made this for our Asian cuisine themed Thanksgiving this year. It was a major hit! Very flavorful, I added extra soy and oyster sauce per taste but other than that I stuck to the recipe to the T.
This has become one of my favorite go-to meals for when I don’t know what to make for dinner. It’s nice because I’ve used up leftover meat from other meals to throw in here. Super easy and very delicious!