Chili Garlic Udon
Fragrant and spicy chili garlic udon noodles. Ready in under 30 minutes, this noodle dish is perfect for those hectic weeknights when you're craving noodles.
Ingredients
- 800 grams (28 ounces) Fresh udon noodles
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar or mirin
- 1-2 red chilis deseeded and roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons red pepper flakes (chili flakes)
- 1 teaspoon (2-3 cloves) minced garlic
- Salt to taste
- ¼ cup (20 grams, 0.71 ounces) green onions (spring onions) finely chopped, to garnish
Instructions
- Follow the instructions on your udon noodles packet on how to cook the noodles. Once cooked, drain and set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, white sugar, sesame oil, rice vinegar, and fresh chili. Set aside.
- In a large wok or pan heat the cooking oil. Once hot, add the red pepper flakes and minced garlic. Saute for 1 to 2 minutes. You do not want the garlic to burn.
- Mix through the cooked noodles and coat them well in the oil mixture.
- Add the mixture from step 2 and coat the noodles until well coated.
- Stir fry for a further 1 to 2 minutes. Then turn off heat and serve. Garnish with chopped spring onions.