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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made it. very yummy. used gochuchang fir the chili paste. yum!!!! thank u!
Sounds amazing!
Very yummy! The cilantro really enhances the taste. I really love this recipe.
This is absolutely delicious! Just made it and my mom (who was always reluctant to try anything on the Asian spectrum – as we have very different food in Romania) absolutely loved it! The only thing I left out was the red pepper as I did not have any. And the cilantro, because apparently I don’t like it Definitely a 5 star recipe! Thank you!
Great! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Absolutely the best recipe for Asian Noodles! So many recipes use bottled sauces, but I prefer scratch recipes. We love Asian food even more after living in Shanghai, China for a while! Thank you for giving us great Asian recipes here in the US!!
I made this recipe twice. I had to used the vegetables I have. Broccoli, green beans plus dried mushroom and it was delicious. Wow my friend ate the leftover and ask me again to cook but more sauce in it. Thank you damndelicious! It’s always great to received new recipe from your website. God bless!
Awesome, Kitty! Thank you for sharing.
This earns a place in my all-time favorites! I made this tonight about two hours after I discovered it on my email feed! I was out of carrots and zuke, but I had mushrooms, a red bell pepper, onions, and frozen green beans. I boiled the greenbeans in with the pasta so they came out tender crisp. I used sriracha but I will cut down a bit next time. The sauce was incredibly delicious, and I can see myself using it with other dishes. I had shrimp in the freezer, and it was just amazing–tender and succulent– with the sauce and the noodles. I topped it all with thinly sliced scallions. I will be dreaming about this dish all night long! Thank you so much!!!
Thanks for sharing your experience Constance! We appreciate it.
Amazing! I doubled the sauce and used a 6oz pack of chow mein noodles. We like them a little less sweet so I also halved the sugar after the first time I made them. My kids LOVE these and they are so picky!
That’s so great to hear! Thank you Megan.
I made this tonight. I left the sauce completely as is and it was superb! I used 2 boxes of linguine and so doubled the sauce mixture for the volume of pasta. I thought it was just right. I had a bag of broccoli slaw on hand for my veg and gave it a saute before throwing everything all in. This will be my go-to noodle dish forever! I used to be somewhat of a fan of that Pioneer chick’s sesame noodles, but ugh…so much oil. This recipe supersedes it in a big way. Thank you!!
Thank you so much Amber!
Can I omit the sambal oleke? I’ll be sharing this with my toddler and wouldn’t want it to be spicy for him. Would omitting it change the flavor lots?
You can omit. It will change the flavor, but it shouldn’t be too drastic of a change.
Could you please give me a substitute for cilantro? Not a fan of cilantro and alot of your recipes seem to include it.
Hi Janice, you can simply omit the cilantro all together. If you want a replacement, depending on the recipe, parsley works great.
(The above comment is supposed to say my son “devoured it”)!
Wow! This is delicious! My picky son delicious poured, it spite of the fact that I added in more of the chile stuff – my mouth was on fire, but I still loved it. Next time I’ll add the amount the recipe says to! A keeper!
So happy you and your son liked it this much!
This meal was very easy to put together and had good taste! Will definitely make again. I only changed one thing.. made it with Angel Hair Pasta instead of the regular pasta. A keeper for sure! Make it you won’t be disappointed in the flavor.
This looks amazingly. I can’t wait to try and make this dish. Yummy! Yummy!
Made this dish and it was wonderful!
Hi Chungah –
May I suggest that in your replies you correct the spellings of ingredients mentioned by your fans: Siracha (not ‘Sarot she’) and Tabasco (not ‘tobacco’) so your fans don’t look/sound like idiots at the grocery story? More to the point, maybe there is something out there called ‘tobacco sauce’ but I imagine it tastes truly horrendous!
Thanks for all your wonderful recipes 😉
Unfortunately, I cannot speak for the typos listed by readers. 🙂
They were probably using talk to text. Chunga cannot change their answers. Be kind to others.
Looks super delicious! Interesting how you used spaghetti though (:
Delicious! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
This recipe is so good. I have made it meatless and with shrimp. Always awesome. I add broccoli florets and it’s always amazing. Thanks.
Ah yes, I’ve made this recipe 4 times now because it was so good.