Supreme Soy Noodles (NEW recipe – lastly!)

25 de maio de 2022

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These tasty noodles may be easy however I make them a LOT! Excellent for all these instances you’re scrambling for a fast facet dish for Asian meals and need one thing extra attention-grabbing than plain rice. Flavoured sufficient to devour as-is, impartial sufficient to serve alongside primary dishes. Supremely straightforward, supremely tasty – Supreme Soy Noodles!

After a 6 month hiatus to deal with my debut cookbook, I’m again with a model new recipe! I’m easing in right here with one thing tremendous fast and simple, however one thing you’ll make time and again…. Hope you like it as a lot as I do! ~ Nagi x

Supreme Soy Noodles – the Asian noodles for every part!

My first new recipe in 6 months!!! Easy and quick, Supreme Soy Noodles are THE Asian noodles to serve with every part and something Asian. These are quick to make and flavoured sufficient to eat plain, regardless of the absence of a great deal of add-ins. But they’re additionally impartial sufficient to accomplice with any mains. Nicely, Asian mains – like Chinese language BBQ Pork, Sticky Asians Wings, Hen or Beef Satay Skewers, Korean Pulled Pork …

However hey, when you even need them alongside your Sunday roast hen, who am I to guage!! 😂

Should you’re questioning in regards to the reasonably grandiose title “Supreme Soy Noodles” I’ve given such a easy dish … effectively, the reality is, it’s partly in jest to amuse myself. 😂 (I’m simply amused). I like the colorful, superlative names Chinese language eating places typically give their dishes. So right here’s mine impressed by this dish, and I’m going to face by it. As a result of easy it might be, nevertheless it’s obtained enamel! Should you strive it, inform me when you agree!!

Supreme Soy Noodles in a wok, ready to be eaten

What you must make these soy noodles

The sauce for these noodles is predicated round soy sauce. However right here’s the factor – you’ll be able to’t use solely soy for an excellent noodle sauce! Soy-only sauces are one-dimensional and bland. As an alternative we’re additionally utilizing a handful of staple Asian sauces right here so as to add depth and character. Prepared-to-use sauces like these additionally minimises the listing of components whereas nonetheless delivering large on flavour!

Right here’s what you want:

You may’t simply use soy sauce! It’s too bland!

Soy sauces – The dominant flavour on this sauce, I’m utilizing a mix of darkish and lightweight soy sauce right here. Collectively they ship the flavour and color I’m aiming for. Darkish soy sauce has a extra intense flavour and stains the noodles a phenomenal mahogany color you’ll be able to see within the photograph beneath. The sunshine soy sauce provides further savour with out an excessive amount of color so the sauce doesn’t get too darkish. See recipe notes for the right way to swap these out, and extra on completely different soy sauces right here!

Soy-sauce sauce for Supreme Soy Noodles — Pouring sauce over the noodles

Tossing Asian noodles in a wok — Pouring sauce over the noodles

Oyster sauce – Candy, salty, thick and pungent, oyster sauce is without doubt one of the secret components on this recipe. Oyster sauce punches excessive above its weight relating to including incomparable complexity, flavour and umami unexpectedly to any dish you add a couple of dashes of the stuff to. A staple sauce in Chinese language and South-east Asian cooking, it’s comprised of oyster extract which supplies it that intensely savoury flavour. Nonetheless it doesn’t tasty oyster-y (is {that a} phrase??) or fishy in any respect. See recipe notes for substitutes.
Mirin – It is a candy Japanese cooking wine that’s the different secret ingredient that brings flavour and nuance to this dish. Usually in Chinese language recipes you’d see Chinese language cooking wine used with a contact of sugar added when wanted. However right now, I’m taking a shortcut through the use of mirin which already has sugar in it. One much less ingredient wanted! Non-alcoholic substitute – Use extra oyster sauce.
Sesame oil – Toasted (ie brown-hued) versus un-toasted (yellow-hued, with much less sesame flavour). Right here in Australia, toasted sesame oil is the norm. It’s really exhausting to seek out un-toasted. Word the sesame oil is added to the sauce and never used for as frying fats, as a result of it loses flavour the longer it’s cooked.
Inexperienced onion – Serving twin features right here. One, as an fragrant flavour base after we sauté the white half with the garlic to flavour the oil. Later, the inexperienced components are used so as to add a contact of color and chew all through the noodles.
Garlic – You’ll be exhausting pressed to discover a recipe on this web site that doesn’t embody garlic (effectively, possibly a cake recipe or two. 😂)

Fresh noodles for Supreme Soy Noodles — Left: Recent white wheat (flour) noodles used on this recipe. Proper: hokkien noodles (egg wheat/flour noodles) additionally ultimate for this dish.

Noodles – Use any noodles you need – white or yellow, thick or skinny, dried or contemporary. I used contemporary white noodles (from the fridge part of my store) which I typically desire over dried noodles. I like the feel higher, it’s chewier and likewise has higher flavour. Having mentioned that, this recipe will work simply advantageous with dried noodles too. And even spaghetti. Sure, there, I mentioned it! It sounds so flawed, however dried spaghetti is simply flour and water, identical as many dried noodles. So as soon as it’s tossed with the sauce, you actually can’t inform the distinction!!

How you can make Supreme Soy Noodles

It’s a 4-minute cook dinner. There needs to be extra recipes on the earth like this! 😂

Be sure you have all of the components chopped and able to go as a result of when you begin cooking, issues transfer shortly! These noodles solely take 3 minutes!

Sauce – Combine the sauce.
Inexperienced onion – Minimize up the inexperienced onion, separating the darker inexperienced half from the firmer white and pale inexperienced components. We’re going to cook dinner the white half first as they take longer to cook dinner. The inexperienced half solely must be tossed in on the very finish because it wilts in seconds.
Prepare dinner noodles per the packet instructions. Some ideas:
– Prepare dinner noodles simply earlier than you begin stir frying. Don’t go away cooked, drained noodles laying round earlier than stir frying because it makes them extra liable to breaking or sticking to one another.
– Use loads of boiling water so the noodles cook dinner evenly and loosen.
– Rinse the noodles briefly after draining in order that they don’t find yourself sticking collectively in a gluey block.
Sauté aromatics – Utilizing both a wok or giant non-stick pan over excessive warmth, warmth the oil till very popular. Then we begin by cooking the white and pale inexperienced a part of the inexperienced onion for round 20 seconds to offer them a head begin in addition to flavouring the oil. Then, toss the garlic in and cook dinner for round 10 seconds simply till frivolously golden. Don’t let the garlic burn – it goes bitter!

Noodles and sauce – Add the noodles and sauce then toss for round 1 1/2 minutes till all of the noodles are evenly coated within the sauce and also you begin to see among the noodles caramelising a bit. It would take a bit longer relying on the energy of your range.

Don’t skip the caramelisation step! It provides such nice flavour to the noodles!
Inexperienced onion – Lastly, add the inexperienced a part of the inexperienced onions then toss for 30 seconds simply till wilted. That’s it, you’re completed! Able to serve!

To serve, both switch all of the noodles into a big serving dish and let everybody serve themselves, or divide between particular person serving plates.

Garnishes – I don’t use any garnishes right here so it may be served as a facet dish. However if you wish to fairly it up, a sprinkle of finely sliced inexperienced onion or sesame seeds (or each!) wouldn’t go astray.

What to serve with these Asian noodles

I initially created these noodles to spherical out a full meal consisting of Chinese language dumplings (Potstickers) plus a facet of steamed Asian Greens with Oyster Sauce, with Chinese language corn soup to start out (I skipped the hen within the soup).

Dumplings and noodles for dinner!

However as I’ve already talked about too many instances above (😂), the fantastic thing about these Asian noodles is they’re multipurpose. They’re plain sufficient to serve alongside any full flavoured Asian mains – like Chinese language BBQ Pork (Char Siu) – as a carby filler. However they’re additionally well-flavoured sufficient to eat on their very own as a quick and easy meal. And boy have I inhaled many bowls of those noodles!! Listed here are some solutions for different mains to serve with these:

Mains to serve with these noodles

“Can I add extra greens and proteins?”

For add-ins like protein and greens, this recipe will work with a small quantity of extras like some shredded carrot. Nonetheless you don’t need to add an excessive amount of bulk else it is going to dilute the flavour. I’d really suggest utilizing my Lo Mein noodles recipe as a substitute if you need a extra full noodle dish. It has a similar-tasting sauce however is purpose-built particularly for a bigger quantity of add-ins (by means of extra sauce thickened with cornflour/cornstarch so it coats the veg and so forth).

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And there you’ve got it! The primary new recipe I’ve put up for over 6 months, I hope you take pleasure in it! I plan to publish a brand new recipe every week for the foreseeable future whereas I wrap up the cookbook (atone for updates right here!) and likewise kick off some thrilling new modifications taking place on the earth of RecipeTin … keep tuned!! – Nagi x

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