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 dish right at home and use up all those lingering veggies in your fridge (perfect for those picky eaters), it’s even better!
reasons to make asian garlic noodles
- Quicker (and better) than takeout. Say goodbye to long delivery wait times and cold takeout. Everyone’s favorited asian noodles tastes so much better than takeout, using fresh and better quality ingredients all around. And you can load up on all that extra garlicky goodness.
- Special ingredients not needed. No need to make that extra grocery run! Use what you have on hand – spaghetti noodles (also linguine, fettuccine or even angel hair) works beautifully here.
- Flexible recipe. This recipe is incredibly forgiving and flexible. You can keep this completely meatless for vegetarians, or add your favorite protein such as beef or a combination of shrimp and chicken. Have extra veggies in the fridge? Throw them right in for a true clean-out-the-fridge meal.

tips and tricks for success
- Use reduced sodium soy sauce. Reduced sodium has less sodium and less salt without compromising flavor.
- Use your favorite protein. Beef, pork, chicken, shrimp or tofu will all work very well here.
- Add more vegetables. Feel free to add as much or as little vegetables as desired – baby corn, cauliflower, bean sprouts, snow peas, edamame, shredded cabbage or leafy greens are all great additions.
- Reheat with a splash of broth. Asian garlic noodles makes for great leftovers. Be sure to add a splash of water or stock when reheating (microwave or stovetop works beautifully!).
what to serve with asian garlic noodles
Tools For This Recipe
Large cast iron skillet
Asian Garlic Noodles: Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this recipe is very flexible! Swap out the shrimp and sub boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs.
Feel free to use any noodles or pasta you have on hand. Brown rice noodles, udon noodles, egg noodles, spaghetti or fettuccine are all suitable options.
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.
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.

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
Equipment
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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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!
So so good!!! Definitely a keeper!!!
Quite delicious.
Awesome recipe and flavors. Added additional slice garlic to vegetables . Very versatile, used fresh Florida shrimp but could easily substituted chicken or beef.
It was delicious! I didn’t have red chili paste, so I replaced it with red curry paste and skipped thr oyster sauce for a vegan version. I will definitely make it again!
I think it was DELICIOUS! in my opinion, I think it should be 2 clove’s of garlic but all-in-all… IT WAS AMAZINGLY SATISFYING TO EAT!!!
“cloves” has no apostrophe. And I would root for 4 to 5 cloves of garlic. You can never have too much garlic!
Made this tonight after a trip to an Asian Market to stock up on ingredients. OMG it was amazing!!! Used gluten free spaghetti and kept the rest of the recipe the same except only half the chili paste because my son can’t take the heat. I will be making this again soon!
Oh my goodness! This was so delicious. We didn’t have oyster sauce so we used a combo of soy and hoisin sauce. We also used chili garlic paste. We stuck with whole wheat thin spaghetti, and it was so good I could have licked the bowl! It’s worth all the effort of chopping the veggies. A must make and now a new recipe to add to our rotation.
Ok, stop it! I’ve always wanted to try making a yummy noodle dish and I have found one that is delicious and satisfies my Asian noodle craving. This dish was amazing! This was also my very first food recipe review because I though it deserved to be reviewed! So yummy. I’m also surprised that it’s so delicious considering it has normal spaghetti noodles and not Asian udon noodles. Well done!
It was one of the best meals I have ever made from a recipe on Pinterest. Thank you so much for sharing.
I was searching for a recipe for Asian garlic noodles to serve with a grilled Thai pork tenderloin. After trying a few others that were bland and boring. I found this recipe which is exactly what I was looking for. I only made the sauce for noodles but talk about good – I even ate leftovers cold from the refrigerator!
So good. I replaced pasta with Low Mein noodles, upped the spice and the family LOVED!!!! Thank you.
Delicious!!! Substituted sriracha as suggested since I didn’t have chile paste, and left out the mushrooms since I don’t like them. Considered tossing in some scallions at the end but got lazy…will do that next time as well as add some shrimp (again, was being lazy). The sauce is fantastic, will make this again and again!
I forgot to mention I burned my tongue because this was SO GOOD I couldn’t wait until it cooled!
YUMMY! I made this tonight and happened to have shrimp and chicken. This is quick, easy and delicious!!!
Hi Chungah, I was looking for an Asian noodle dish and typed simply that into google. Yours was one recipe that came up, so, after checking all the wonderful comments, I decided to take a chance. Omg, I’m so glad I did! This really is damn delicious! I’m vegetarian, so didn’t use oyster sauce, still, DELICIOUS! You have a new fan! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to browsing your other recipes. Thank you SO much!!
Omg this is exactly what I keep hoping quick microwave noodles will taste like but am always disappointed with. Adding the peanut butter as that one top suggested only improves it. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Damn. This will be on my short list of favorites.
I replaced the spaghetti with udon, the oyster sauce with just more soy sauce, and the chili paste with garlic chili sauce. The noodles were sooooooooo good they tasted like that one noodle dish at that one restaurant you always forgot the name of. The noodles were spicy salty sweet and great for slurping. I HIGHLY recommend replacing the spaghetti with udon but all and all a great recipe.
So delicious. Even my picky eaters love it. Thank you
This is great! Didn’t have chili paste, so I added extra garlic, crushed red pepper, and rice vinegar. Absolutely restaurant quality. Added a little dark soy sauce at the end for color. Used wide wheat lo mein noodles. Next time I’ll try it with chicken. Would even be good with crispy tofu, because the sauce makes the dish. The noodles and protein are bystanders. Thanks for the great recipe!
Great balanced meal and very tasty. Thanks for sharing
Lynne